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Birthday: April 20,1970
Full Name: Shemar Franklin Moore
Birthplace: Oakland, CA
Height: 6'1"
Where he lives now: Los Angeles, CA
Former occupation: fashion model
Awards: 7 NAACP Awards; 1 Daytime Emmy Award, two other nominations

Other Acting Roles:
Shemar Moore is best known for the role of Malcolm Winters on the CBS Daytime drama "The Young & the Restless." He has also appeared in the mini-series "Scott Turow's Reversible Errors," the WB series "Birds of Prey" and the films "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" and "The Seat Filler." He also served as host of "Soul Train" for four years.


Trivia:

• Shemar's unique features came from a combination of Irish, French, Canadian, African and American roots.
• This former model became the host of the series Soul Train.
• Shemar didn't learn English until he was six as he lived in the Netherlands before moving to the US.
• While attending the University of Santa Clara on a baseball scholarship, he modeled to pay the bills.
• Shemar loves to bake cookies!
• According to his costars on Criminal Minds, Shemar rides his bike to work daily.
• In 1995, Shemar was featured in the music video "How Many Ways" sung by Toni Braxton.
• Shemar Moore named one of PEOPLE Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive in 2007! Learn more....
• Find out more about Shemar's Annual Bike Tour to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society now. His mother has MS, that is why he joined the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Articles on Shemar:

• "Agent of Change - Shemar Moore's Winding Path to "Criminal Minds" started in Boston (The Boston Globe, 9/25/07)

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