Shemar Franklin Moore (born
April 20,
1970) is an
American actor and former male fashion model with
Irene Marie Models, best known for his role as
Malcolm Winters on
The Young and the Restless, which he originally played from 1994 to 2002, and as the third permanent host of
Soul Train, from 1999 to 2003. Currently, he plays
FBI Special Agent Derek Morgan on the
CBS drama,
Criminal Minds.
Early years
Moore was born in
Oakland, California, the son of Marilyn Wilson, a business consultant, and Sherrod Moore.
[Shemar Moore Biography (1970-)] Shemar Moore's father is
African American and his mother, who was born in
Roxbury, Massachusetts, is of Dutch descent.
[Hot Hollywood Hunks on Black Love, Black Women and The Changing Male Image][Is Shemar Moore the finest thing on TV?][Agent of change] As a child, Moore lived in The Netherlands with his mother until he was 10 years old. His mother, who had a degree in mathematics, worked as a teacher in
Bahrain and
Denmark for several years.
[ Moore lived for a short time in his mother's hometown of Boston when they returned to California They moved to Chico, California, in the late 1970s, where his mother worked at a clinic, before later moving to Palo Alto, California.]
Moore is a graduate of Gunn High School in Palo Alto, CA. He matriculated to Santa Clara University, where he majored in Communications. While pursuing his undergraduate degree, he modeled to pay his bills.
