Personal life

Malco was born in Brooklyn, New York. His family is from Trinidad, with extended relatives in Venezuela. As a teen, he moved to Baytown, Texas and attended Ross S Sterling High School. After graduation, he formed the rap group R.M.G., and upon relocating to Los Angeles, the crew signed a deal with Virgin Records in 1991. The group's name was changed to College Boyz and the single "Victim of the Ghetto” off their 1992 album Radio Fusion Radio went to #2 on the rap charts.

In 2008, he married former ice skater Taryn Dakha, the body double for Jessica Alba. They met in 2007 on the set of the 2008 film The Love Guru. In 2015, while filming Mad Dogs in Puerto Rico, Malco decided to move to the island. On an interview on ABC's The Chew, Malco said he "couldn't leave" and that living in the island made him feel he was "living the dream".

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. He went on to play Jay in Judd Apatow’s 2005 film The 40 Year Old Virgin and as 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.

Politics

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. He stated "Hundreds of blacks die annually 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." Malco criticized the negative images of blacks by the same media that now purports to side with Martin. He asks 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."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Awards
1999	Urban Menace	Syn
	Corrupt	Snackbar Dude
2000	The Wrecking Crew	Chewy
	The Prime Gig	Zeke
2001	The Château	Allen Rex Granville
	Ticker	T.J.
2002	White Boy	Mike Robinson
	The Tuxedo	Mitch
2004	True Vinyl	Nite Owl
	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
	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	A Meyers Christmas		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Touched by an Angel	Bulldog	Guest star, episode: "Redeeming Love"
	For Your Love	Frank "Heavyhands" Cato	Guest star, 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	Guest star, 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	Guest star, voice only, episode: "Camp Refoogee"
2009	Bored to Death	Gay Male Escort
2010-2011	No Ordinary Family	George St. Cloud	Series regular
2010	Tijuana Jackson	Tijuana Jackson
2011	The Good Wife	Justin Coyne	3 episodes
2012	Unsupervised	Darius	Series regular, voice only
2013-present	Real Husbands of Hollywood	Himself	Guest Star
2015	Blunt Talk	Bob Gardner	Guest star (7 episodes)
2015-2016	Mad Dogs	Gus	Series regular

Podcasts

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	NSFW Show	Self	Guest star, episode #122: "The Belt Guru"
2011	NSFW Show	Tijuana Jackson	Guest star, episode #77: "The Science of Triumph"
2012	The Nerdist Podcast	Self	Guest star, episode #199: "Romany Malco"
2012	Juan Epstein Podcast	Self	Guest star, season #4 episode #12: "Romany Malco (The Black Guy from Everything) and Anthony Jeselnik"
2012	Equals Three	Self	Guest Host, episode 'T-Painful': "Romany Malco"
2014	Sklarbro Country	Self	Guest, episode #202: "Romany Malco, David Huntsberger"
2014	WTF with Marc Maron	Self	Guest, episode # 509: "Romany Malco"

Awards and nominations

Nominations

Image Awards

• 2008 - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Weeds)
• 2007 - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Weeds)

MTV Movie Awards

• 2006 - Best Breakthrough Performance (The 40-Year-Old Virgin)
• 2006 - Best On-Screen Team (The 40-Year-Old Virgin)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

• 2007 - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (Weeds)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]