Romany Malco

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, 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".

Personal life Malco was born in Brooklyn, New York. His family is from Trinidad and Tobago.

Malco served in the United States Marine Corps from 1987 to 1991.

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.

Music career 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.

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. After several film and television appearances, his breakthrough came in 2005 with supporting roles in the Judd Apatow comedy film The 40-Year-Old Virgin and the Showtime dark-comedy series Weeds. He continued playing supporting roles in comedies, with appearances in such films 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 played Rome Howard on the ABC series A Million Little Things until the series ended.

Filmography

Film 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 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 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 Top Five Benny Barnes 2015 The DUFF Principal Buchanon 2016 When the Bough Breaks Todd Almost Christmas Christian Meyers 2018 Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison Tijuana Jackson Also writer and director Night School Jaylen 2019 Holiday Rush Rashon "Rush" Williams

Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Touched by an Angel Bulldog Episode: "Redeeming Love" 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 Prison Logic Tijuana Jackson 10 episodes 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 Mad Dogs Gus Series regular 2018–2023 A Million Little Things Rome Howard Series regular

Podcasts Year Title Role Notes 2011 NSFW Show Tijuana Jackson Guest star, episode #77: "The Science of Triumph" 2012 NSFW Show Self Guest star, episode #122: "The Belt Guru" The Nerdist Podcast Self Guest star, episode #199: "Romany Malco" Juan Epstein Podcast Self Guest star, season #4 episode #12: "Romany Malco (The Black Guy from Everything) and Anthony Jeselnik" Equals Three Self Guest Host, episode 'T-Painful': "Romany Malco" 2014 Sklarbro Country Self Guest, episode #202: "Romany Malco, David Huntsberger"WTF with Marc MaronSelf Guest, episode # 509: "Romany Malco" 2016 Night AttackSelf Guest, episode # 135: "Prison Logic Attack (w/ Romany Malco)"Guys We F****d Self Guest, episode "How would you wear breaks off a p***y?"

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) [Shared with Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, and Seth Rogen]

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007 – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (Weeds)