Early life

Moore was born in Oakland, California, the son of Marilyn Wilson, a business consultant, and Sherrod Moore. Moore's father is African American and his mother, who was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, is of Irish and French-Canadian descent. His mother, who has a degree in mathematics, worked as a teacher in Bahrain and Denmark. Moore moved with her to Denmark as an infant, and then to Bahrain when he was four where he attended a British private school until the age of seven. Moore cites civil unrest, interracial relationships being taboo, and racism in the US in the 1970s as part of the reason his mother moved abroad with him. Returning to California in 1977, the family moved to Chico, California, where his mother worked at a clinic, before later moving to Palo Alto. Shemar Moore graduated from Gunn High School in Palo Alto. He attended Santa Clara University, majoring in communication, and modeled to pay his bills. His mother now lives in Redondo Beach, California, where he visits from time to time.

Career

Moore played the role of Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless for eight years. In November 2004, he returned to The Young and the Restless after originally planning to leave the show, but after a few months he dropped back to recurring status and left in September 2005. In 2007, he said, "My time is done on Y&R. I did eight solid years as Malcolm." When Susan Lucci won her long-awaited Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series at the 1999 Daytime Emmy Awards, it was Moore who announced it by exclaiming, "The streak is over...Susan Lucci!"

He was the host of the syndicated version of the series Soul Train from 2000 until 2003, and appeared in the 2001 feature film The Brothers. He portrayed Detective Jesse Reese on the television series Birds of Prey from 2002 to 2003. Moore played the role of Emery Simms in the 2004 film Motives alongside Vivica Fox and Golden Brooks, and had a supporting role in the film Diary of a Mad Black Woman. He also appeared in the romantic comedy The Seat Filler with Kelly Rowland and Duane Martin.

In 2005, Moore began playing Derek Morgan in Criminal Minds. It was the seventh pilot in which he was cast.

He is signed to DNA Model Management in New York City. Moore appeared on the March 2009 issue of Men's Fitness magazine.

Moore exited Criminal Minds after 11 seasons and 251 episodes in episode 18 of season 11, "A Beautiful Disaster". Moore says that even though he has left the show he is not opposed to coming back for special appearances in the future.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Hav Plenty	Chris
1998	Butter	Freddy Roland
2004	Motives	Emery Simms	Video
2004	Greener	Ricky Johnson
2005	The Seat Filler	Trent
2005	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Orlando
2007	Motives 2	Emery Simms	Video
2013	Kill Me, Deadly	Bill the Piano Player	Film noir comedy
2014	Justice League: War	Victor Stone/Cyborg	Direct-to-video; voice role
2014	The Bounce Back	Matthew Taylor	Also director
2015	Justice League: Throne of Atlantis	Victor Stone/Cyborg	Direct-to-video; voice role
2016	Justice League vs. Teen Titans	Victor Stone/Cyborg	Direct-to-video; voice role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Living Single	Jon Marc	Episode: "The Last Temptation"
1994-2005 2014	The Young and the Restless	Malcolm Winters	Role held: May 1994 - Feb. 2002; Nov. 2004 - Sept. 2005; Sept. 10-11, 2014
1996	The Jamie Foxx Show	Elister	Episode: "Kiss & Tell"
1997	The Nanny	Malcolm Winters, Shemar Moore	Episode: "The Heather Biblow Story"
1997	Arliss	Sammy Stilton	Episode: "How To Be a Good Listener"
1998	Chicago Hope	Bobby Barrett	Episode: "Waging Bull"
1998	Mama Flora's Family	Lincoln Fleming	Movie
1999	Moesha	Earl Thomas	Episode: "Had to Be You"
1999	For Your Love	Dakota Collins	Episode: "Baby Boom"
1999	Malcolm & Eddie	Ty	Episode: "Won't Power"
2000	How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale	Jason Hunt	Movie
2001	Brothers, TheThe Brothers	Terry White
2002-2003	Birds of Prey	Jesse Reese	Main role (13 episodes)
2003	Chasing Alice		Movie
2004	Nikki and Nora		Movie
2004	Reversible Errors	Collins Farwell	Movie
2004	Half & Half	Amani Love	Episode: "The Big Good Help Is Hard to Find Episode"
2005-2016	Criminal Minds	Derek Morgan	Main role (251 episodes)

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1996	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated
1996	Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated
1997			The Young and the Restless	Nominated
1997	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Nominated
1998	Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Won
1999			The Young and the Restless	Won
2000			The Young and the Restless	Won
2000	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Won
2001	Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Won
2002			The Young and the Restless	Won
2005			The Young and the Restless	Won
2005	Black Reel Awards	Best Actor, Independent Film	Motives	Nominated
2006	Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series	The Young and the Restless	Won
2006		Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Nominated
2014		Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series	Criminal Minds	Nominated
2015			Criminal Minds	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]