Роман Малко: Американдық актер және өнерпаздың өмірі мен мансабы

American actor

Romany Romanic Malco Jr. (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".

Malco was born in Brooklyn, New York. His family is from Trinidad and Tobago. 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. 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". Malco has a son, born in 2021.

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. 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.

Malco was working as a music producer on The Pest when John Leguizamo, impressed by his dynamic personality, encouraged Romany to pursue acting. He went then played Jay in Judd Apatow's 2005 film The 40 Year Old Virgin and Conrad Shepard in the Showtime television series Weeds. He played supporting roles in films such 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. Malco currently plays Rome Howard on the ABC series A Million Little Things.

On July 17, 2013, Malco wrote a piece for the Huffington Post on the Trayvon Martin verdict. In it, he chastised the media for sensationalizing the verdict to improve their ratings. Malco stated "Hundreds of Blacks die annually in South Side Chicago without even a blurb. Trayvon isn't in the mainstream news for any reason other than ratings and profit. The news coverage on the Zimmerman case almost implies that the killing of this young Black man is somehow an anomaly and I resent that." He also criticized the negative images of Black people by the same media that now purported to side with Martin. Malco called for an end to reinforcing negative stereotypes from within the Black community and suggests that "education, introspection, self love and excellence are the only ways to overcome the wrath of ignorance".

Year Title Role Notes 1989 Opposites Attract Taboo (voice) Video short 1990 Skat Strut Taboo (voice) Video short 1992 Big Time Taboo (voice) Video short 1999 Urban Menace Syn 1999 Corrupt Snackbar Dude 2000 The Wrecking Crew Chewy 2000 The Prime Gig Zeke 2001 The Château Allen Rex Granville 2001 Ticker T. J. 2002 White Boy Mike Robinson 2002 The Tuxedo Mitch 2004 True Vinyl Nite Owl 2004 Churchill: The Hollywood Years Denzil Eisenhower 2005 The 40 Year Old Virgin Jay Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best On Screen Team (shared with Steve Carell, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd) 2006 The Ex Dr. Hakeem Oliver 2007 Blades of Glory Jesse 2008 Baby Mama Oscar Priyan 2008 The Love Guru Darren Roanoke 2010 Saint John of Las Vegas Virgil 2010 Gulliver's Travels Young Hank 2011 A Little Bit of Heaven Peter Cooper 2012 Think Like a Man Zeke Freeman 2013 Last Vegas Lonnie 2014 Think Like a Man Too Zeke Freeman 2014 Top Five Benny Barnes 2015 The DUFF Principal Buchanon 2016 When The Bough Breaks Todd 2016 Almost Christmas Christian Meyers 2018 Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison Tijuana Jackson Also writer and director 2018 Night School Jaylen 2019 Holiday Rush Rashon "Rush" Williams

Year Title Role Notes 1998 Touched by an Angel Bulldog Episode: "Redeeming Love" 1998 For Your Love Frank "Heavyhands" Cato Episode: "The Hair Club for Men" 2000–2001 Level 9 Jerry Hooten Series regular 2001 Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story MC Hammer Television movie 2003 Miss Match Master Z Episode: "Jive Turkey" 2005–2008, 2012 Weeds Conrad Shepard Series regular in seasons 1–3, season 8 guest star 2006 American Dad! Skittle/Refugee/Hot Rod Voice only, episode: "Camp Refoogee" 2009 Bored to Death Gay Male Escort Episode: "The Case of the Lonely White Dove" 2010–2011 No Ordinary Family George St. Cloud Series regular 2011 Funny or Die Presents Tijuana Jackson 3 episodes 2011 Prison Logic Tijuana Jackson 10 episodes 2011 The Good Wife Justin Coyne 3 episodes 2012 Unsupervised Darius Series regular, voice only 2013 Real Husbands of Hollywood Himself 2 episodes 2014 Key & Peele Johnson Family Member Episode: "Alien Impostors" 2015–2016 Blunt Talk Bob Gardner 12 episodes 2015–2016 Mad Dogs Gus Series regular 2018–2023 A Million Little Things Rome Howard Series regular