Charles Malik Whitfield

Charles Malik Whitfield (born August 1, 1972) is an American actor. Whitfield is best known for his performance as Otis Williams in the television miniseries, The Temptations (1998), for which he was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series.

Life and career

Whitfield was born in the Bronx, New York.[1] Beginning his career in 1992, he played, from 1993 to 1994, Dr. Ben Price on the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. He later appeared in films Fresh and Bleeding Hearts.[1] Whitfield is best known for his role as Otis Williams in the 1998 miniseries The Temptations.[2][3]

From 2001-03 he starred as James Mooney in the CBS legal drama series, The Guardian.[4] Whitfield later guest-starred on CSI: Miami, Castle, The Game, Private Practice, White Collar, Rizzoli & Isles, Body of Proof, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Good Wife, and Scorpion. He also had the recurring role of Agent Henriksen in The CW series Supernatural from 2007 to 2008, and co-starred in the number of television pilots. Whitfield also featured in Ubisoft's first-person shooter, Far Cry 3 as Dennis who helps Jason Brody throughout the game.

In 2014, Whitfield began starring as April Parker Jones' character's love interest in the Oprah Winfrey Network series If Loving You Is Wrong.[5][6]

In 2016 he appeared in 2 episodes of the sixth season of the anthological series American Horror Story, portraying Mason Harris.

In 2019, he appears on a new Bounce TV original sitcom titled Last Call, starring in the lead role as Darius Knight.[7]

List of roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–1994	One Life to Live	Dr. Ben Price
1996	New York Undercover	Judd Dawes	Episode: "Without Mercy"
1997	Touched by an Angel	Eric Zachariah 'E.Z.' Mony	Episode: "Nothing But Net"
1998	The Temptations	Otis Williams	2 episodes Nominated— NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
1999	Homicide: Life on the Street	Walter Boyce	Episode: "Sideshow"
1999	Seven Days	Dellard Shivers	Episode: "Vegas Heist"
2000	Now and Again	Maceo T. Jones	Episode: "I am the Greatest"
2000	The Street	Knowles	Episode: "The Ultimatum"
2001–2003	The Guardian	James Mooney	45 episodes
2007–2008	Supernatural	Agent Henriksen	recurring role
2009	Castle	Charles Wyler	Episode: "A Chill Goes Through Her Veins"
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Officer Douglas Ramsey	Episode: "Excessive Forces" Season 5 Episode 10
2009	The Game	Ronald "Ronnie" Dawson	Episode: "I Want It All and I Want It Now"
2013	Two and a Half Men	Police Officer	Episode: "Advantage: Fat, Flying Baby"
2014–present	If Loving You Is Wrong	Lushion Morgan	Series regular (59 episodes)
2015-2018	Empire	Reverend L.C. Price	6 episodes
2016	American Horror Story: Roanoke	Mason Harris	recurring role
2018	Family Time	Maxwell	Episode: "Mancrush"
2019-present	Last Call	Darius Knight	Series regular (13 episodes)
2019-present	Chicago Med	Ben Campbell	Series regular (5 episodes)
2019	Chambers	Russell Perkins	3 episodes

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