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Shemar Moore
August 14th, 2009 by Lynn DeVries

Shemar Moore: Plays FBI Special Agent Derek Morgan

Full Name: Shemar Franklin Moore
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[Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS
©2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved]
Birth Date: April 20, 1970  
Astrological Sign: Taurus
Birth Place: Oakland, California
Spouse:
  • none
College:
  • Moore is a graduate of Gunn High School in Palo Alto, CA.
  • Attended Santa Clara University, where he majored in Communications.
Awards:
  • BET Comedy Awards
    • 2005 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Theatrical Film for: Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) – Nominated
  • Black Reel Awards
    • 2005 Best Actor, Independent Film for: Motives (2004) – Nominated
  • Daytime Emmy Awards

    • 2000 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Winner
    • 1997 Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Nominated
    • 1996 Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Nominated
  • Image Awards
    • 2006 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Winner
    • 2006 Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for: Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) – Nominated
    • 2005 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Winner
    • 2002 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Winner
    • 2001 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Winner
    • 2000 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Winner
    • 1999 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Winner
    • 1998 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Winner
    • 1997 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Nominated
    • 1996 Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Nominated
  • Soap Opera Digest Awards
    • 1999 Hottest Male Star for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Nominated
    • 1998 Hottest Male Star for: “The Young and the Restless” (1973) – Nominated
Fast Facts:
  • Height: 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
  • Moore is the son of Marilyn Wilson, a business consultant, and Sherrod Moore.
  • His father is African American and his mother, who was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, is Caucasian-American.
  • As a child, Moore lived in The Netherlands with his mother until he was 10 years old. His mother, who had a degree in mathematics, worked as a teacher in Bahrain and Denmark for several years.
  • Moore lived for a short time in his mother’s hometown of Boston when they returned to California
  • They moved to Chico, California, in the late 1970s, where his mother worked at a clinic, before later moving to Palo Alto, California.
  • While pursuing his undergraduate degree, he modeled to pay his bills.
  • His first language is Dutch, he didn’t learn English until he was five or six years old.
  • In 1994, he was in Toni Braxton’s music video, “How Many Ways.”
  • Moore appears on March 2009 issue of Men’s Fitness magazine.
  • Moore dated Halle Berry in the past.
  • His mother has Multiple Sclerosis, commonly known as MS. He and his fellow cast members from Criminal Minds compete in a MS Bike Tour each year to help raise money for research.
  • Moore was arrested in June 2007 on suspicion of DUI.
Quotes:
  • Shemar Moore addresses his nude photographs that were taken at a gay beach, and alleged homosexuality in People Magazine and In Touch Weekly on July 20, 2007, saying:

    “Look, I had no problems … What I have a problem with is their making such an issue out of me being gay. I’ll say it right now: I’m not gay. Not even a little bit. I love women. Women are God’s greatest creation.”
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