Shemar Moore Biography

Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970) is an American actor and former fashion model. His notable roles are that of Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless from 1994 to 2005, Derek Morgan on CBS's Criminal Minds from 2005 to 2016, and as the third permanent host of Soul Train from 1999 to 2003.

Early life

Moore was born in Oakland, California, the son of Marilyn Wilson, a business consultant, and Sherrod Moore. Moore's father is African American and his mother, who was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, is of Irish and French-Canadian descent. His mother, who has a degree in mathematics, worked as a teacher in Bahrain and Denmark. Moore moved with her to Denmark as an infant, and then to Bahrain when he was four where he attended a British private school until the age of seven. His grandmother is from Quebec City, Canada. Moore cites civil unrest, interracial relationships being taboo, and racism in the US in the 1970s as part of the reason his mother moved abroad with him. Returning to the US in 1977, the family moved to Chico, California, where his mother worked at a clinic, before later moving to Palo Alto. Shemar Moore graduated from Gunn High School in Palo Alto. He attended Santa Clara University, majoring in communication, minoring in theatre arts, and modeled to pay his bills. His mother now lives in Redondo Beach, California, where he occasionally visits.

Career

Moore played the role of Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless for eight years. In November 2004, he returned to The Young and the Restless after originally planning to leave the show, but after a few months he dropped back to recurring status and left in September 2005. In 2007, he said, "My time is done on Y&R. I did eight solid years as Malcolm." When Susan Lucci won her long-awaited Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series at the 1999 Daytime Emmy Awards, Moore announced it by exclaiming, "The streak is over...Susan Lucci!"

He was the host of the syndicated version of the series Soul Train from 2000 until 2003, and appeared in the 2001 feature film The Brothers. He portrayed Detective Jesse Reese on the television series Birds of Prey from 2002 to 2003. Moore played the role of Emery Simms in the 2004 film Motives alongside Vivica Fox and Golden Brooks, and had a supporting role in the film Diary of a Mad Black Woman. He also appeared in the romantic comedy The Seat Filler with Kelly Rowland and Duane Martin.

In 2005, Moore began playing Derek Morgan in Criminal Minds. It was the seventh pilot in which he was cast. He is signed to DNA Model Management in New York City. Moore appeared on the March 2009 issue of Men's Fitness magazine. Moore exited Criminal Minds after 11 seasons and 251 episodes in episode 18 of season 11, "A Beautiful Disaster" on March 23, 2016. In February 2017, it was announced that Moore would star in CBS's new series based on the 2003 film S.W.A.T..

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Hav Plenty	Chris
1998	Butter	Freddy Roland
2001	The Brothers	Terry White
2004	Motives	Emery Simms	Video
	Greener	Ricky Johnson
2005	The Seat Filler	Trent
	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Orlando
2007	Motives 2	Emery Simms	Video
2013	Kill Me, Deadly	Bill the Piano Player	Film noir comedy
2014	Justice League: War	Victor Stone/Cyborg	Direct-to-video; voice role
2015	Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	Victor Stone/Cyborg	Direct-to-video; voice role
2016	The Bounce Back	Matthew Taylor	Also director
	Justice League vs. Teen Titans	Victor Stone/Cyborg	Direct-to-video; voice role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Living Single	Jon Marc	Episode: "The Last Temptation"
1994-2005 2014	The Young and the Restless	Malcolm Winters	Role held: May 1994 - February 2002; November 2004 - September 2005; September 10-11, 2014
1996	The Jamie Foxx Show	Elister	Episode: "Kiss & Tell"
1997	The Nanny	Malcolm Winters, Shemar Moore	Episode: "The Heather Biblow Story"
	Arliss	Sammy Stilton	Episode: "How To Be a Good Listener"
1998	Chicago Hope	Bobby Barrett	Episode: "Waging Bull"
	Mama Flora's Family	Lincoln Fleming	Movie
1999	Moesha	Earl Thomas	Episode: "Had to Be You"
	For Your Love	Dakota Collins	Episode: "Baby Boom"
	Malcolm & Eddie	Ty	Episode: "Won't Power"
2000	How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale	Jason Hunt
2002-2003	Birds of Prey	Jesse Reese	Main role (13 episodes)
2003	Chasing Alice		TV Movie
2004	Nikki and Nora		TV Movie
	Reversible Errors	Collins Farwell	TV Movie
	Half & Half	Amani Love	Episode: "The Big Good Help Is Hard to Find Episode"
2005-2016, 2017	Criminal Minds	Derek Morgan	Main role; season 1-11 special guest; season 12

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1996	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless
1996	Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
1997
1997	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
1998	Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
1999
2000
2000	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
2001	Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
2002
2005
2005	Black Reel Awards	Best Actor, Independent Film	Motives
2006	Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series	The Young and the Restless
2006		Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2014		Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Criminal Minds
2015
2016	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor