David Bryan Woodside (born July 25, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as the bass singer

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'', Robin Wood in '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', Malcolm Franks in '' Single Ladies'', Dr. Joseph Prestridge in ''

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'', the angel

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'', as well as

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in the thriller series '' 24''.

Early life

David Bryan Woodside was born in the

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neighborhood of

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borough on July 25, 1969. He has a BA from the

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and an MFA from the

Yale School of Drama The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in e ...

Career

Woodside got his start in the second season of '' Murder One'' in 1996, playing Aaron Mosley. After that series' cancellation, he guest starred on ''

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'', '' Snoops'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He made a guest appearance on '' JAG'' in its final season as FBI agent Rod Benton. From 2002-2003, he starred in 14 episodes of the final season of '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' as Robin Wood, the Principal of Sunnydale High School. He followed this up by playing the pragmatic

, the Chief of Staff, on the

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series '' 24''. Introduced in the third season, he returned to reprise the role as a guest star in the series' fifth season in episodes 1–2 and 14–18, and returned as a series regular for the sixth season as the

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. Woodside had a guest role as Marlon Waylord in the 2004 '' CSI'' episode "

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". In 2007, he was a guest star on the TV show ''

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'' in the show's 4th-season episode "Forever Young" wherein he played the character of Marcus. Woodside also guest-starred as a doctor in the series finale of the

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series ''

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''. He had a recurring role on the CW series ''

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''. In 2009, he starred in the first series of the US drama ''

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''. He starred as Malcolm Franks on the VH1 series '' Single Ladies'', playing opposite

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as Keisha Greene. In June 2014, he began appearing in '' Suits'' as Jeff Malone. In 2016, he began playing the angel

in the Fox/Netflix series ''

''.

Personal life

Woodside was in a relationship with actress

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from 2008 to 2010. They have a daughter, who was born in 2009.Michaud, Sarah (October 7, 2009) ''People.com.'' Retrieved July 14, 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodside, D. B. 1969 births Living people Male actors from New York City American male film actors American male television actors People from Queens, New York University at Albany, SUNY alumni Yale School of Drama alumni African-American male actors 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people