Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970 in Oakland, California) is an Emmy Award-winning 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 is the fourth permanent host of the long-running Soul Train series, from 1999 to 2003. Currently, he plays FBI Special Agent Derek Morgan on CBS's hit drama, Criminal Minds.
Has black hair and brown eyes.
Graduated from Santa Clara University.
Attended Santa Clara University where he majored in communications and played varsity baseball.
Nephew of a high school teacher, Stephen Wilson of Watertown High School in Watertown Massachussetts.
Previously dated both Halle Berry and Toni Braxton.
Was a "Weakest Link" (2001) contestant and was voted off.
His mother is caucasian and his father is African American.
His mother moved the family to Holland, she only spoke Dutch to him as a child. Since his African-American father was not around, he didn't learn to speak English until he was about five or six.
Attended Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California: Class of 1988.
