Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor maybe finest recognized for starring within the TV sitcom “The Cosby Present” as son Theodore “Theo” Huxtable, has died at 54.
Warner drowned off the coast of Costa Rica on Sunday, Costa Rican Nationwide Police instructed ABC Information. Warner’s official reason behind demise was asphyxia, police mentioned.
Warner died close to Cocles, a seaside in Limon, Costa Rica, police mentioned. Police mentioned he was caught by a excessive present within the water and was found Sunday afternoon.
Warner was formally recognized by Costa Rica’s nationwide police.
The Cosby Present forged members, Tempestt Bledsoe, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Lisa Bonet, Phylicia Rashad, Keshia Knight Pulliam and Invoice Cosby.
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Warner performed Theo Huxtable for all eight seasons of “The Cosby Present,” which ran from 1985-1992, receiving an Emmy nomination for the position.
Warner additionally starred with Eddie Griffin within the 1996-2000 sitcom “Malcolm & Eddie,” and as Dr. Alex Reed within the BET sitcom “Reed Between the Traces.” He additionally appeared in visitor roles on dozens of tv reveals over time.
Warner most just lately starred within the Fox medical drama “The Resident” for 5 of the present’s six seasons.
Born Aug. 18, 1970, Warner caught the appearing bug early in life and attended and graduated from The Skilled Youngsters’s Faculty in New York Metropolis.
He made his first tv look in an episode of the TV collection “Matt Houston” in 1982 and in addition appeared within the “Fame” tv collection the next yr.
In 1984, he landed his position in “The Cosby Present” alongside Invoice Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Lisa Bonet and extra.
In 2023, Warner appeared on “Stay with Kelly and Mark” and shared how he acquired the position.
“When my agent submitted me, they had been searching for a 6-foot-2-inch 16-year-old,” he mentioned on the time. “As a result of it was a working joke — Mr. Cosby’s son on the time was 15 and was (6 ft, 2 inches tall).”
He mentioned that they weren’t capable of finding somebody with that standards, so his agent resubmitted him for the position and he auditioned.
“I used to be actually the final individual they noticed,” he mentioned.
The position earned Warner an Emmy nomination in 1986 for excellent supporting actor in a comedy collection.
Warner spoke to Bevy Smith concerning the legacy of “The Cosby Present” in 2023, saying, “There is a era of us who went to varsity, they sought out increased schooling due to that present. There is a era of us that went and acquired married and had loving relationships with one another and their kids due to that present.”
He added, “That impression is irreversible.”
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