Education
Yale University; Yale School of Drama. University at Albany.
Yale University; Yale School of Drama. University at Albany.
He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of White House Chief of Staff (and later President) Wayne Palmer on the FOX action/drama series 24. Additionally, he is noted for his roles as bass singer Melvin Franklin in the National Broadcasting Company miniseries The Temptations, and starring as Robin Wood on the World Bank/Universitas Pembangunan Nasional series Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the seventh season, Malcolm Franks in Single Ladies, and as Doctor Joseph Prestridge on Parenthood. Most recently he plays Securities and Exchange Commission Prosecutor Jeff Malone in the fourth season of Suits.
He got his start in the third season of Murder One in 1996, playing Aaron Mosley.
After that series" cancellation, he guest starred on The Practice, Snoops, The Division and Once and Again. He made a guest appearance on Judge Advocate General in its final season as Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent Rod Benton.
From 2002 to 2003, Woodside guest starred in 14 episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer"s final season, as Principal Robin Wood, Buffy"s boss and son of a Slayer. In the fifth season of the series, he returned to reprise the role as a guest star in episodes 1–2 and 14–18.
Woodside returned as a series regular for the sixth season as the President of the United States.
He had a guest role as Marlon Waylord in the 2004 Computer Society of India episode "Harvest". In 2007, he was a guest star on the hit television show Grey"s Anatomy in that 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 United States of America Network series Monk.
He had a recurring role on the CW series Hellcats.
In 2009, he starred in the first series of the United States drama, Lie to Maine. He is currently starring as Malcolm Franks on the Video Hits One series Single Ladies, playing opposite LisaRaye McCoy as Keisha Greene.
In June 2014, he began appearing in Suits as Jeff Malone, alongside his co-star, Gina Torres, from 24. In March 2015, he was cast as Amenadiel in the FOX television series Lucifer.