What Happened to Malcolm-Jamal Warner?
Fans of former Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner were stunned to learn the shocking news about the actor, but all was not as it seemed.
Fake stories about celebrities are nothing new and have been around since Marilyn Monroe. In her day, that was like taking a smart and successful woman and constantly referring to her as a stupid promiscuous blonde. However, with the advent of the digital age, false stories about celebrities have become more extreme, with ridiculous and even dangerous false rumors being posted on social media. around the world every day. This was the recent case of Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
The 52-year-old actor, best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, found himself the subject of a particularly nasty online rumor. In early May 2023, news began to spread online that the actor suddenly passed away. Like everything online these days, the story spread like wildfire. Thankfully, it was confirmed to be a hoax. Since Warner is still alive and well, it’s now tempting to wonder where he’s been lately and what he’s been doing with his career in recent years.
Although Malcolm-Jamal made small appearances in television shows in 1982, The Cosby Show would prove to be a career-defining film for the actor. From 1984 to 1992, he played Theo Huxtable alongside Bill Cosby as a member of one of America’s most beloved television families.
Warner was just a teenager at the time and did a lot of things growing up. Back when Bill Cosby was known only as a funny TV star and a family-friendly comedian, anyone associated with the show instantly became a household name. For his part, Malcolm-Jamal Warner was so famous at the time that he hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in 1986. That year, he was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Series comedy.
After his time on the show, in the early 90s, Warner continued acting and appeared in the Wesley Snipes film, Drop Zone. Despite his fame as the former Huxtable, Warner’s roles were not as glamorous as one might expect. His notable credits early on during that period included a few appearances on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air before joining the main cast of the Bill Cosby-produced NBC show , Here and Now. Despite being credited on the show as a main character and executive consultant, the show was canceled after only 13 episodes due to low ratings.
Aside from a few appearances in independent films and TV miniseries, Warner’s career as an actor has remained relatively quiet. After Here and Now, he took on the voice role of The Magic Schoolbus and appeared in a TV movie about Mike Tyson. By the mid-’90s, Warner returned to sitcoms when he joined the main cast of Malcolm & Eddie alongside the hilarious Eddie Griffin. The show was very popular but could never reach the heights of The Cosby Show.
That was probably a good thing because Warner was a lot bigger by then and the show itself had a lot more raunchy humor. However, despite all of Warner’s early recognition as an actor, he struggled to regain his glory days and appeared mainly in small films and one-liners. of television programs. A popular actor, Warner became less visible for a time and largely disappeared from the limelight. However, since the 2010s, Warner’s career has shown signs of a comeback.
By 2013, Warner’s potential emerged again as he began to gradually secure roles in more acclaimed shows more suited to his acting caliber. Over the next three years, he appeared in Key & Peele, had a recurring role on Major Crimes and appeared on hit shows like Sons of Anarchy and American Horror Story. Suddenly, the once familiar face of Malcolm-Jamal Warner appeared on popular shows more often.
He’s much older and noticeably more mature, and his talent and physique both seem to age gracefully. At the peak of his fame, Warner suddenly landed a recurring role on the very popular hit legal drama, Suits. He continued to appear on various shows after Suits, and in 2018, he landed a role that put him back on the map as one of the most solid TV actors around. around.
The hit medical show, The Resident, has grown in popularity since it first aired on Fox in January 2018. Besides the gripping medical drama that takes place at Memorial Hospital