Romany Malco Biography
Romany Romanic Malco Jr. is an American actor, voice actor, and music producer. He has been nominated for several awards, including an NAACP Image Awards, MTV Movie Award, and screen Actors Guild Award. Malco portrayed conrad shepard on the Showtime series Weeds. He currently portrays Rome Howard on the ABC primetime one-hour drama A Million Little Things. He is also known for writing the rap lyrics for the character of MC Skat kat in “Opposites Attract”.
How old is Romany Malco? – Age
The American actor is 52 years old as of November 2020. He was born on November 1968 in Brooklyn, New York in the United States.
Romany Malco Family
Malco’s family is from Trinidad and Tobago, and his extended family in Venezuela. As a young boy, he moved to Baytown, Texas, and he attended Ross S. Sterling High School. He served in the United States Marine corps from 1987 to 1991.
Romany Malco Marriage – Wife
The American actor in the year 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, 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”.
Romany Malco Children
The American actor has only one child. In January 2021, at the age of 52, he welcomed his first child, a son named Brave. He credited his preparedness from his stepchildren quoting: “Based on my upbringing and psychological disposition, waiting to have a child later in life feels right. I’m already a stepdad of two. They taught me unconditional love and they’ve rallied for Brave in unexpected ways. Now, seeing my genes expressed in this little man is fascinating to observe”.
Romany Malco music career
Malco after highschool he 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 charged to college Boyz. The single “Victim of the Ghetto”, off their 1992 album Radio Fusion Radio, went to #2 on the rap charts. He 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.
Acting career
The American actor 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 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 adaption. 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 You Tube 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. Romany currently plays Rome Howard on the ABC series A Million little Things.
Criticism of the media
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 criticized the negative images of blacks 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”.
Romany Malco Net worth
The American actor has an estimated net worth of $4 million.