The Cosby Show alum was 54

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the best known actor under the name of Theodore Huxtable in the revolutionary sitcom The Cosby Showdied at the age of 54.

Warner died on Sunday in an accidental drowning while she is on family vacation, a source confirms Entertainment every week. The actor was captured by a high current in the water off the coast of Costa Rica, the Costa Rican national police told ABC News.

The actor’s representatives did not immediately respond to EW’s comment request. A Cosby representative said he would not make a statement on the death of his television son.

Born in August 1970 and appointed after Malcolm X and the jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, Warner began his career with episodes of Matt Houston And Fame Before it was broken up under the name of Theodore “Theo” Huxable, the only son of the patriarch of Bill Cosby, Cliff Huxable, on The Cosby Show. The comedy NBC, a revolutionary in its time for its representation of a wealthy African-American family, lasted eight seasons between 1984 and 1992.

The sitcom has also played Phylicia Rashad as a clear houstable matriarch, as well as Lisa Bonet, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam and Sabrina the Beauf as Hleuxable girls and Warner Oscarers sisters.

“No matter what some people can feel the show now, I am always proud of heritage and I have been part of such an emblematic program that had such a deep impact – first and foremost black culture – but also American culture,” said Warner about the lasting heritage of the program in the wake of the controversy controversy in the co -creator and the Cosby Star 2018 overturned in 2021.

Warner resumed his role as Théo through two episodes of the 1987 spin-off series A different world, Centered on Denise Huxable de Bonet during her stay at the Hillman College.

The actor then coded the 1996 sitcom Malcolm and Eddie The actor opposite Eddie Griffin, playing best polar friends and roommates in front of the comedy UPN which lasted four seasons. His big television credits include Here and now listen, community, costumes, story of American horror, Reed between the lines, the resident, 9-1-1, And more recently, Alert: University of missing persons. Warner also had a memorable guest arc as Eric Sanders, pompous boyfriend of Hilary Banks from Karyn Parsons, on The fresh prince of Bel-Air. His film credits include Drop area, Tyson, Fool goldAnd Shot.

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Warner opened in Ew last May on his enthusiasm to play a villain 9-1-1And make up prosthetic for the first time in your career.

“And I had never made a show where I had to wear a prosthesis, so I had the impression that it was something that would certainly make me get out of my comfort zone, and I thought it was exciting,” said Warner at the time. “The first two days were great. I took videos and photos. Then I think when I had to start wearing it on the third consecutive day and the fourth day, I said to myself:” It is not fun. “It was half past two every morning. Star Trek Of the actors or actors who must continue, and they spend four or five hours just in makeup alone, I do not envy these guys. “”

Warner’s last company was Not all the hoodA podcast launched last year with Weusi Baraka and Candace Kelley who examines lived experiences and identifies blacks in America.

Warner is survived by his wife and daughter.