Malcolm Goodwin

Malcolm Goodwin (born November 28, 1982) is an American actor, known for his role as Clive Babineaux in The CW supernatural comedy-drama series iZombie (2015-2019).^[1]

Malcolm Goodwin
Goodwin in 2015
Born	(1982-11-28) November 28, 1982 (age 42) New York City, U.S.
Education	State University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
Occupation(s)	Actor, producer, director
Years active	1997–present

In 2022, Goodwin portrayed Oscar Finlay in the Amazon Prime Video series Reacher.

Life and career

His love for acting began during his time with the Julia Richman Talent Unlimited Program in New York City. He later trained at SUNY Purchase College Acting Conservatory, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts and Film.^[2]

Goodwin has directed and produced independent commercials, sketches, short films, music videos and public service announcements. In 2011 he appeared in the music video for the song "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO.^[3] He has been featured in articles for Interview, L.A. Confidential, King, Vibe, and Venice. Goodwin also had minor roles in various films and TV shows, such as American Gangster, Detroit 1-8-7, Leatherheads, The Longshots, Crazy on the Outside.^[4]

In 2015, Goodwin was cast in the lead male role of Det. Clive Babineaux on The CW television series iZombie.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Color of Justice	Shawn	TV movie
2005	Wake of the Fallen Sun	Jacob	Short
	Backseat	Ricky
	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Shaarocks
2006	The Architect	Big Tim
2007	Got Next	Drew	Short
	Anamorph	Museum Guard
	American Gangster	Jimmy Zee
2008	Leatherheads	Bakes
	Deception	Cabbie
	The Longshots	Roy
	Miracle at St. Anna	Higgins
	The Lazarus Project	Robbie
2009	Mississippi Damned	Sammy Stone
	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	Father of Subject #42
	Black Gloves	James	Short
2010	Crazy on the Outside	Rick
2011	Make a Movie Like Spike	Ronald
	The Tommy O Show Starring America	Mac Man	TV movie
2012	Rhino	Hank
	Freelancers	A.D.
2013	A True Story	Jason
	Thank You Card	Jamaal	Short
2014	Hot Fail	Matt	Short
2015	Run All Night	Officer Colston
	Lucky Number	Garrett 'G' Brown
2017	The Bigfoot Project	Junior
2019	Skater	David Byrd	Short
	Ring Ring	Will
2020	Be the Light	Marvin
	The Bellmen	Jeff Bridges
2021	Not Quite College	Taxi Tommy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Law & Order	Lamont Tyler	Episode: "Patient Zero"
	Hack	-	Episode: "Out of the Ashes"
2004	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Elvin Fergin	Episode: "Mad Hops"
2007	K-Ville	Troy Boulet	Episode: "Critical Mass"
2009	Raising the Bar	Wesley Wedderburn	Episode: "Is There a Doctor in the House?"
2010	Detroit 1-8-7	KJ	Episode: "Nobody's Home/Unknown Soldier"
2011–12	Breakout Kings	Shea Daniels	Main cast
2012	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Aaron Voss	Episode: "Fallen Angels"
2013	Elementary	Andre Bell	Episode: "Details"
	Blue Bloods	Angelo Reid	Episode: "Unwritten Rules"
	Bones	CC Creach	Episode: "The Dude in the Dam"
2014	House of Cards	Darnell Hayes	Episode: "Chapter 22"
	True Blood	Joe Thornton	Episode: "Almost Home"
2015	Wayward Pines	Dr. Bauer	Episode: "Where Paradise Is Home"
2015–19	iZombie	Clive Babineaux	Main cast
2019	Bull	Eddie Mitchell	Episode: "Rectify"
	FBI	Agent Collins	Episode: "Codename: Ferdinand"
2020	The Fugitive	Kevin Lawson	Recurring cast
2022-2023	Reacher	Oscar Finlay	Main cast (2022); guest (2023)
2023	The Fall of the House of Usher	Young C. Auguste Dupin	Recurring cast
2024	Law & Order: Organized Crime	Moses Warren	Guest (2024)