Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor perhaps better known for starring the television comedy “The Cosby Show” as son Theodore “Theo” Huxtable, has died at age 54.
Warner drowned on the coast of Costa Rica, told ABC News to ABC News. The official cause of Warner’s death was suffocation, police said.
Warner died near Cocles, a beach in Limón, Costa Rica, police said. Police said it was caught by a RIP current in the water and was discovered on Sunday afternoon.
Warner was formally identified by the National Police of Costa Rica.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner speaks during the 65th Awards ceremony of the Grammy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on February 5, 2023 in Los Angeles.
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Warner played Theo Huxtable for the eight seasons of “The Cosby Show”, which was developed between 1985 and 1992, receiving an Emmy nomination for paper.
Warner also starred in Eddie Griffin in the 1996-2000 “Malcolm situation comedy & Eddie, “And as Dr. Alex Reed in Bet’s situation” Reed among the lines. “He also appeared in invited roles in dozens of television programs over the years.
Warner recently starred in Fox’s medical drama “The Resident” for five of the six seasons of the program.
Born on August 18, 1970, Warner caught the error of early action in life and attended and graduated from the Professional School of Children in New York City.
He made his first television appearance in an episode of the television series “Matt Houston” in 1982 and also appeared in the television series “Fame” the following year.
In 1984, he got his role in “The Cosby Show” with Bill Cosby, Phyllicia Rashad, Lisa Bonet and more.
In 2023, Warner appeared In “Live With Kelly and Mark” and shared how he got the paper.
“When my agent introduced me, they were looking for a 16 -foot and 2 -inch young man,” he said at that time. “Because it was a career joke: Mr. Cosby’s son at that time was 15 years old and it was [6 feet, 2 inches tall]”
He said they could not find someone with that criterion, so his agent sent him again for the paper and he auditioned.
“I literally was the last person they saw,” he said.
The members of the cast of Cosby Show, Tempestt Bledsoe, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Lisa Bonet, Phylicia Rashad, Keshia Knight Pulliam and Bill Cosby.
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The role earned Warner a nomination for Emmy in 1986 by an outstanding support actor in a comedy series.
Warner speak For Bevy Smith about the legacy of “The Cosby Show” in 2023, saying: “There is a generation of us who went to university, they sought higher education due to that show. There is a generation of us who went and married and we had love relationships between us and their children for that program.”
He added: “That impact is irreversible.”
After “The Cosby Show”, Warner continued to appear on several television series, including “The Michael J. Fox Show”, “Key & Pele, “” American Horror Story “and” Sons of Anarchy “in 2014, as well as” Suits “and” American Crime Story “in 2016.
In 2011, he starred in the Bet Comedy series “Reed among the lines”, along with Tracee Ellis Ross.
He also starred in several films, including “The List” in 2007, “Fool’s Gold” in 2008 and “Shot” in 2017.
In 2015, Warner won a Grammy Award for the best R& B Performance along with the experiment Robert Glasper and Lalah Hathaway on its cover of “Jesus Children of America” by Stevie Wonder.
He said Questlove in 2023 who was 26 when he started playing the bass as a hobby while working in “Malcolm and Eddie”.
He also talked about playing bass in 2015 interview With ForBassplayersonly.com, saying: “I always say that the bass chose me because when I was a child, the bass was always something that resonated to me.”
“I got my first headdresses when I was 8 years old and the first album I steal from my mother’s collection was Grand Central Station,” he added. “Then, at 8 years, that’s what I would hit.”
Warner also obtained a Grammy nomination in 2023 to the best spoken poetry album for “Hiding in Plain View”.
In June 2024, Warner began the “Not All Hood” podcast with Candace Kelly, where they talked about mental health in the black community and more.
He said People in May 2024 that the podcast was a space for “it is as vulnerable as I allow me to be.”
“Many of our black images and much of our black music show a side of our black culture,” he said. “We want to make sure we can balance that with the many other aspects of black culture.”
In 2013, Warner told the American television archive that his “most proud achievement” in life was “to be able to have a life after Cosby and a career after Cosby and still have his head as heterosexual as possible.”
“I’ve had such an incredible life,” he said at that time. “I have my ups and downs and all that, but if I die tomorrow, I know I would go with a smile on my face.”
He added: “I have peace of mind and for me, you cannot put a price on that. And I can definitely say that I feel successful in my life after Cosby and have peace of mind.”
