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Romany Malco
American actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Romany Romanic Malco Jr.[1] (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor, rapper, and music producer. He has been nominated for several awards, including an NAACP Image Award, MTV Movie Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. In film, he is best known for his roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Baby Mama (2008), Think Like a Man (2012) and its sequel Think Like a Man Too (2014), and The DUFF (2015). In television, he is best known for portraying Conrad Shepard on the Showtime series Weeds (2005–2012) and Rome Howard on the ABC series A Million Little Things (2018–2023). He is also known for writing the rap lyrics for the character of MC Skat Kat in "Opposites Attract".[2]
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Personal life
Malco was born in Brooklyn, New York.[3] His family is from Trinidad and Tobago.[1]
As a young boy, Malco moved to Baytown, Texas, and he attended Ross S. Sterling High School.[4]
Malco served in the United States Marine Corps from 1987 to 1991.[5]
In 2008, he married former ice skater Taryn Dakha, the stunt/body double for Jessica Alba. They met in 2007 on the set of the 2008 film The Love Guru.[6]
In 2015, Malco decided to move to Puerto Rico while filming Mad Dogs there. During an interview on ABC's The Chew, Malco said he "couldn't leave" and that living on the island made him feel he was "living the dream".[7]
Malco has a son, born in 2021.[8]
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Music career
After high school graduation, Malco formed the rap group R.M.G. The group moved to Los Angeles and signed a deal with Virgin Records in 1991. The group's name was changed to College Boyz. The single "Victim of the Ghetto", off their 1992 album Radio Fusion Radio, went to #2 on the rap charts.[9]
Malco is often mistakenly credited for performing one of the raps as MC Skat Kat on the Grammy Award–winning "Opposites Attract", a duet with Paula Abdul. On October 29, 2013, Malco told Wendy Williams that he wrote the rap, but did not perform it. He mentioned running into Paula Abdul and asking her, "Who keeps telling people that I'm the cat?" and she responded, "I do, it makes a better story." Malco said that Derrick "Delite" Stevens was the one that rapped the duet with Abdul.[10]
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Acting career
Malco was working as a music producer on The Pest when John Leguizamo, impressed by his dynamic personality, encouraged Romany to pursue acting. After several film and television appearances, his breakthrough came in 2005 with supporting roles in the Judd Apatow comedy film The 40-Year-Old Virgin and the Showtime dark-comedy series Weeds. He continued playing supporting roles in comedies, with appearances in such films as Blades of Glory, The Love Guru, and Baby Mama.
He appeared in 2011's A Little Bit of Heaven and the Gulliver's Travels adaptation. In the fall of 2010, Malco appeared as a member of the ABC primetime one-hour drama No Ordinary Family. He also appeared as a guest host on the popular YouTube series, Equals Three, on the episode "T-Painful".
In 2013, he played a concierge in the movie Last Vegas, alongside Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, and Michael Douglas.[11]
Malco played Rome Howard on the ABC series A Million Little Things until the series ended.[12]
Filmography
Film
Television
Podcasts
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Awards and nominations
Nominations
- 2008 – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Weeds)
- 2007 – Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Weeds)
- 2006 – Best Breakthrough Performance (The 40-Year-Old Virgin)
- 2006 – Best On-Screen Team (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) [Shared with Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and Seth Rogen]
- 2007 – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (Weeds)
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External links
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