Over the course of the show’s eight year run, this moment was not always taken as a given; the son, Theo Huxtable, was for years presented as a chronic underachiever, more interested in the typical trappings of teenage boyhood—friends,

Malcolm-Jamal Warner was not just the unforgettable Theo Huxtable from The Cosby Show, but an artist who built a long-lasting and versatile career in television, film, and beyond.