Born in New Jersey in 1970, Malcolm-Jamal Warner raised to fame by playing Theo Huxtable on the popular NBC sitcom "The Cosby Show."  Warner was raised in California by his divorced mother, who also is his manager.  Warner developed an interest in acting at the tender age of nine and enrolled in acting classes.  It was on the last day of a nationwide search that Warner was cast to play Theo in "The Cosby Show."

After "The Cosby Show" ended, Warner hosted a variety of TV specials and even did voiced roles on the popular animated children's series "The Magic School Bus" (PBS, 1994-98) and tried to repeat his sitcom success as the star of the short-lived "Here and Now" (NBC, 1992-93).  This sitcom did not do well and he fared better with the sitcom "Malcolm and Eddie" (1996-2000), which paired him with comic Eddie Griffin as roommates.  After that sitcom ended, Warner
appeared in the sci-fi series "Jeremiah" (2002).