Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who rose to fame on The Cosby Present, has reportedly died. The actor, who was nominated for an Emmy for enjoying Theodore Huxtable on the NBC sitcom within the ‘80s, can be recognized for roles on The Resident and his eponymous sitcom Malcolm & Eddie. He was 54 years previous.
The actor’s dying was being reported by TMZ as an unintended drowning, citing a “dependable supply.” Individuals additionally reported the dying, saying an insider knowledgeable their staffers that Malcolm-Jamal Warner was on a household trip in Costa Rica when the incident occurred.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner was reportedly caught by a excessive present within the water whereas swimming close to Cocles, a seashore in Limon, Costa Rica, on Sunday, July 20. His physique was formally recognized by police. He’s reportedly survived by a spouse and daughter.
Regardless of a decades-long profession, Malcolm-Jamal Warner will doubtless be greatest remembered for each the comedy and the center he delivered to The Cosby Present as Theo, a style of which you’ll be able to see under:
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The Cosby Present aired on NBC from 1984 to 1992 and is taken into account one of many greatest sitcoms of all time. Regardless of some followers re-evaluating their opinion of the present’s legacy following Invoice Cosby’s assault convictions, there’s no arguing the impression it had on popular culture as a sequence that was centered round a Black higher middle-class household. Malcolm-Jamal Warner remained happy with what The Cosby Present had finished, telling Individuals in 2023:
No matter how some folks could really feel concerning the present now, I am nonetheless happy with the legacy and having been part of such an iconic present that had such a profound impression on — at first, Black tradition — but additionally American tradition.
After The Cosby Present, Malcolm-Jamal Warner continued his tv profession with appearances on exhibits together with The Recent Prince of Bel-Air, Dexter, Sons of Anarchy and American Horror Story: Freak Present. He had a recurring function on Fits as Julius Rowe and was a part of the Neighborhood solid, the place he recurred in 4 episodes as Shirley’s ex-husband Andre.
His most up-to-date credit score was a four-episode stint on 9-1-1 in 2024, whereas in 2023 he joined the solid of Accused and made appearances on The Surprise Years reboot, The Irrational and Grown-ish.
Except for TV and flicks, Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s newest venture was a podcast, Not All Hood, by which he continued to make a optimistic impression on the Black neighborhood by breaking down psychological well being obstacles. In discussing what he and co-hosts Weusi Baraka and Candace Kelley needed to perform, Warner advised Individuals:
Once we speak concerning the Black neighborhood, we have a tendency to talk of it as a monolith when the truth is there are such a lot of completely different aspects of the Black neighborhood, and we needed to have an area the place we are able to actually discover, talk about, and acknowledge all of these completely different facets.
Information of the actor’s dying is just heartbreaking, and we at CinemaBlend ship our condolences to Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s household and mates, in addition to anybody else affected by the actor’s dying, at the moment.