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Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born August 18, 1970) was an American actor, musician, and poet. He rose to prominence for his role as Theodore "Theo" Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby S…
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born August 18, 1970) was an American actor, musician, and poet. He rose to prominence for his role as Theodore "Theo" Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992), which earned him a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 38th Primetime Emmy Awards. His other starring television roles include Malcolm McGee in the UPN sitcom Malcolm & Eddie (1996–2000), Kurdy Malloy in Jeremiah (2002–2004), Dr. Alex Reed in the sitcom Reed Between the Lines (2011–2015), and Dr. AJ Austin in the Fox medical drama The Resident (2018–2023). Warner also had recurring roles in many shows including The Magic School Bus (1994–1997), Community (2011–2012), Major Crimes (2013–2016), Sons of Anarchy (2014), American Horror Story (2014–2015), Suits (2016–2017), Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2017–2018), Sneaky Pete (2017–2019), and 9-1-1 (2024). He occasionally acted in films such as Drop Zone (1994), Restaurant (1998), and Fool's Gold (2008). Outside of acting, Warner was a vocalist and bass guitarist. He won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance for his contribution to a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Jesus Children of America" and was nominated for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album in 2022.
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2025
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
TV show Self
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2024
Murder in a Small Town
TV show Richard Bannister
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2023
Carol & the End of the World
TV show (voice)
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2023
The Irrational
TV show Dustin Atwood
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2023
Alert: Missing Persons Unit
TV show Chief Inspector Bill Houston
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
The Wonder Years
TV show Melvin
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2018
The Resident
TV show AJ Austin
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2018
9-1-1
TV show Amir Casey
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2018
grown-ish
TV show Darnell
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2017
White Famous
TV show Nelson Youngblood
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2017
Ten Days in the Valley
TV show Matt Walker
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2017
Shot
Movie EMT Jones
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2017
Detroiters
TV show Sebastian
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2016
Lethal Weapon
TV show David Reed
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2016
American Crime Story
TV show Al Cowlings
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2015
Sneaky Pete
TV show James Bagwell
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2015
Megachurch Murder
Movie Hamilton Spears
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2014
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
TV show Darrell
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2013
The Michael J. Fox Show
TV show Russell
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2012
Major Crimes
TV show Lt. Chuck Cooper
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2012
Key & Peele
TV show Dad #3
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2012
House of Lies
TV show Yurgen Celebi
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2011
Reed Between the Lines
TV show Alex Reed
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2011
American Horror Story
TV show Angus T. Jefferson
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2011
Suits
TV show Julius Rowe
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2011
King of the Underground
Movie Malcom
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2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Movie (archive footage)
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2009
Sherri
TV show Kevin
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2009
Community
TV show Andre Bennett
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2009
Hawthorne
TV show
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2008
Sons of Anarchy
TV show Sticky
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2008
The Cleaner
TV show
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2008
The Wendy Williams Show
TV show
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2008
Secret Talents of the Stars
TV show Contestant
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2008
Fool's Gold
Movie Cordell
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2007
The List
Movie Randy
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2006
Dexter
TV show Rita's Lawyer
- 2006
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2005
100 Greatest Kid Stars
TV show
