Charles Malik Whitfield

An American actor born in the Bronx, Charles Malik Whitfield began his career in 1992 and played Ben Price on the ABC daytime soap One Life to Live between 1993 and 1994. He appeared in the films Fresh (1994) and Bleeding Hearts, and he is best known for his portrayal of Otis Williams in the miniseries The Temptations (1998), which brought him an NAACP Image Award nomination. From 2001 to 2003 he played James Mooney on the CBS legal drama The Guardian. His television work includes a recurring role as Agent Henriksen on Supernatural from 2007 to 2008, guest appearances on Castle, Private Practice, White Collar, Rizzoli and Isles, The Good Wife, and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, and recurring parts on American Horror Story, Empire, and Chicago Med. He also appeared as Dennis in Far Cry 3, and from 2014 to 2019 he had a starring role in If Loving You Is Wrong on the Oprah Winfrey Network.