Actor, musician and spoken word artist Malcolm-Jamal Warner talks music career and band 'Miles Long'

Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is also a Grammy award-winning musician, a spoken word artist, and a director, with four critically acclaimed spoken word albums to his credit. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Most known for his iconic role as “Theo Huxtable” on the sitcom series, The Cosby Show, Malcolm-Jamal Warner is much more than merely an Emmy-nominated actor.

In addition to his numerous acting roles in the almost four decades since the beginning of his career, Malcolm-Jamal Warner is also a Grammy award-winning musician, spoken word artist and director.

As a musician, Warner is an accomplished bassist and band leader. He’s released four critically-acclaimed spoken word albums: Miles Long Mix Tape (in 2003), Love and Other Social Issues (in 2007), Selfless (in 2015), and his most recent Grammy-nominated album Hiding in Plain View, released in 2022.



In this interview, “City Lights” producer Jeannine Etter speaks with Malcolm-Jamal Warner to discuss his most recent album and music career.

“The acting is what pays the bills but the poetry and music… it’s a lane that I can express myself in ways that I can’t as an actor,” Warner said.

More information about actor, director, musician and poet Malcolm-Jamal Warner and his band “Miles Long” is available here.