Malcolm-Jamal Warner Dies At Age 54

The Cosby Show” actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner has reportedly died at the age of 54.

It was reported he was on vacation in Costa Rica and drowned while swimming.

Warner played Theodore Huxtable, the only son of Bill Cosby’s Cliff Huxtable. Warner appeared on all 197 episodes of the show, which ran from 1984 to 1992.

The role earned Warner an Emmy nomination in 1986 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

He was also nominated for two Grammy Awards once in 2023 for the Best Spoken Word Poetry Album and in 2015 for Best Traditional R&B Performance for the song “Jesus Children, which he won.

After his run on “The Cosby Show,” Warner starred in “Malcolm & Eddie” and gave his voice as The Producer on “The Magic School Bus.”

More recently, Warner had starred in Major Crimes as Chuck Cooper, as Julius Rowe in Suits and as AJ Austin in The Resident.

9-1-1 and Alert: Missing Persons Unit were his most recent credits.