Warner began his career as an actor by playing Theo Huxtable, the only son of Bill Cosby 's character, Heathcliff Huxtable, in The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992. He went on to star alongside Chestnut on Fox's The Resident for two seasons.

TV One will pay tribute to the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner wi marathons of 'The Cosby Show,' celebrating his role as Theo Huxtable.

For Black youth and teens growing up in the mid-1980s, “The Cosby Show” offered something rarely seen on television up until that time — a sitcom that placed characters who looked like them in a