David Denman On 'Traffic Light,' 'The Office'

David Denman is the star of Traffic Light, the new FOX series that follows Glee and Raising Hope, and Denman's character, Mike Reilly, puts a male spin on the rom-com. Denman was born in Newport Beach, Calif., and attended Julliard with Grey’s Anatomy star Sara Ramirez, where he received his BFA. He has made a number of television appearances in series such as The X-Files, CSI: Miami, Angel, Grey’s Anatomy and Brothers and Sisters. His first long-term recurring character in a television series was on The Office, where he played Roy Anderson, the fiance — and then ex-fiance — of Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer). Denman's first major film debut was alongside Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman in The Replacements. Since then he has had small roles in films like Out Cold, Big Fish, Smart People and Fanboys.

In Traffic Light, based on the Israeli series Ramzor, Denman plays Mike, a married man who tries to balance his marriage with his relationships with his male buddies, Adam (Nelson Franklin) and Ethan (Kris Marshall). Denman compares acting on Traffic Light to working as part of an ensemble cast like The Office. “It’s rare, really rare when you work with people 12 hours a day and you’re like, ‘Hey what do you want to do after this?’" Denman told Uinterview exclusively. “That doesn’t really happen. You know, it happened on The Office at a certain point early on. So the dynamic of the set was very creative and very loose.”