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With appearances and roles on many television shows and films, he landed his most successful role as Theo Huxtable, the only son of Heathcliff Huxtable, who was played by Bill Cosby on the NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992. Warner auditioned for the role on the final day of the nationwide search and was chosen by Cosby himself.
Theo Huxtable has had a mostly positive reception from viewers. [15] [16] [17] The character also won praise about discussing dyslexia.[18] [19] [20] Warner was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1986, making him the youngest nominee in history in that category.
Theo appears in the series the most out of the Huxtable children. The character is loosely based upon Cosby's only son Ennis, who was approximately the same age as Theo (and was also dyslexic). Theo also appears in two episodes of A Different World : "My Dinner With Theo" (with Rudy) and "Risky Business" (with Clair and Vanessa).
Clockwise from top left: Tempestt Bledsoe as Vanessa Huxtable, Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Theodore "Theo" Huxtable, Lisa Bonet as Denise Huxtable, Phylicia Rashad as Clair Hanks Huxtable, Keshia ...
Warner, best known as Theo Huxtable from "The Cosby Show" and now appearing on FOX's "The Resident," mixed things up a bit in a gray vest over a white shirt.
The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom created by (along with Ed. Weinberger and Michael J. Leeson) and starring Bill Cosby that originally aired on NBC from September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992, with a total of 201 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons, including an outtakes special.
"Pilot" (also known as "Theo's Economic Lesson") is the pilot episode and the first episode of the first season of the American sitcom The Cosby Show. "Pilot" originally aired in the United States on NBC on Thursday, September 20, 1984, at 8:00 PM ET.
The series bore many similarities with Warner's previous series The Cosby Show, mostly in relation to Warner's characters. Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show and A.J. on this series were both psychology majors and worked at youth centers. Warner stated that difference between A.J. and Theo was that A.J. was "more hip and street wise". [3]