David Ramsey

David Ramsey Biography

David Ramsey (born November 17, 1971) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the Showtime TV series Dexter as Anton Briggs, the film Mother and Child and currently on the hit CW show, Arrow as John Diggle.

Life and career

Ramsey was born in Detroit, Michigan and was the fourth of five children of Jeraldine and Nathaniel Ramsey. After performing in a church play, he started wanting to become an actor and after graduating from Mumford High School, he attended Wayne State University. He had his first role in Scared Stiff but his main career kicked off in 1995 when he started getting small roles in films and television series. He starred in such films as The Nutty Professor, A Very Brady Sequel, Con Air and A Short Wait Between Trains.

From 1997 to 1998, he appeared on the UPN sitcom Good News, starring as Pastor David Randolph. In 2000, he starred as Muhammad Ali in the Fox television movie Ali: An American Hero. Later that year, he appeared in Pay It Forward and started a recurring role in For Your Love. He has also starred in recurring roles in All of Us, The West Wing, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Ghost Whisperer, Wildfire and Hollywood Residential. In 2008 to 2009, he appeared in 17 episodes of Dexter as Anton Briggs, a pot-smoking confidential informant who has an affair with Debra Morgan in Season 3 and at the start of Season 4. He appeared in an episode of Grey's Anatomy in 2010.

Ramsey appeared in the short lived NBC courtroom drama series Outlaw in 2010, and in 2012 was included in the main cast for CW's superhero show Arrow as John Diggle, an ex-military who is Oliver's partner and bodyguard.

Ramsey is an accomplished martial artist. Holding a black belt in jeet kune do, he has also studied boxing and tae kwon do, and has trained in kickboxing under Benny "Jet" Urquidez.

Filmography

Year	Film/Show	Role	Notes
1987	Scared Stiff	George Masterson
1995	Murder One	Reporter #3
1996	Deutschlandlied	George
	Space: Above and Beyond	Supervisor
	The Nutty Professor	Student
	A Very Brady Sequel	Brent, the Lifeguard
	Her Costly Affair	Shep Walker
1997	Con Air	Londell
1998	A Short Wait Between Trains	Jenkins
	Good News	Pastor David Randolph
	CHiPs '99	Officer Sergeant McFall
	Mama Flora's Family	Booker Palmer (Adult)
1999	Mutiny	Vernon Nettles
1999	Three to Tango	Bill
2000	Ali: An American Hero	Muhammad Ali
	Pay It Forward	Sidney Parker
	For Your Love	Brian
2001	Girlfriends	Randall
	Thieves	Agent Victor
	Mr. Bones	Vince Lee
2002	For the People
	Romeo Fire
	The Guardian	Debord's Lawyer
2002"2003	One on One	Jayden
2003	The Flannerys
	Strong Medicine	Jake Cortese
	Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service	Special Agent Richard Owens
2004	Crossing Jordan	Agent Scannell
	CSI: Miami	Officer Everhart
	Charmed	Upper Level Demon
	Hair Show	Cliff
	Second Time Around	Travis Byrd
2005	Central Booking	Troy Stonebreaker
	Huff	Clay
	Resurrection: The J.R. Richard Story (film)	J.R. Richard	Produced by Benjamin O. Jimerson-Phillips
	All of Us	Rusty
	Bathsheba	King David
	Jane Doe: The Wrong Face	Mac
2005"2008	Ghost Whisperer	Will
2006	Hello Sister, Goodbye Life	Uncle Dennis Klein
	The West Wing	Santos's Turnout Briefer
	Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America	Curtis Ansen
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Gerald Crowley
2007	Criminal Minds	Wakeland
	The Death and Life of Bobby Z	Wayne
	Journeyman	Det. Wilson Hargreaves
2008	Wildfire	Dr. Noah Gleason
	Hollywood Residential	Don Merritt
	The Coverup	Bill Daily
2008"2009	Dexter	Anton Briggs	Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2009	The Rub	Cam Stewart
	Mother and Child	Joseph
	Castle	Jim Wheeler
2010	Grey's Anatomy	Jimmy Thompson	Episode: "Sympathy for the Parents"
2010	Outlaw	Al Druzinsky	Main cast
2011"2013	Blue Bloods	Mayor Carter Poole	Recurring Cast
2012–present	Arrow	John Diggle	Main cast

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