Shemar Moore's biography
Shemar Moore is 52 years old actor born at Oakland. He was born on Monday 20th of April 1970. According to year of birth 1970 he belongs to Generation X. Birthday on 20th of April means he is Aries. Aries is the most active sign of Zodiac, one born with this sign is a very quick learner, aggressive and passionate.
He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as television actor, model. He is recently known as film actor.
Shemar Moore's schools
We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Santa Clara University, Gunn High School, The Nueva School.
Detailed informations about his schools
- Graduated from Santa Clara (CA) University, where he majored in communications and played varsity baseball.
- His mother, a math teacher, moved the family to Denmark when he was six months old for about three years. After that they lived in Bahrain until Shemar was about six years old, where he attended a British private school.
- Attended Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, CA, graduating in 1988.
Shemar Moore's career
His main focus is to be actor.
Awards and competitions
Shemar Moore's Awards
- Presented Susan Lucci with her very first (and so far only) Daytime Emmy award for her 19th nomination. After reading the card and before announcing her name, he shouted, "The streak is over!".
What Shemar Moore has done for a first time
- Presented Susan Lucci with her very first (and so far only) Daytime Emmy award for her 19th nomination. After reading the card and before announcing her name, he shouted, "The streak is over!".
Shemar Moore's quotes
- I'm very proud to be black, but I'm just as much black as I am white. But I want to tell stories that everybody can relate to, so I don't care who's opposite me.
- I'm not a machine. I get really motivated, then I fall off the wagon and want to eat Chinese food and sit on my couch and gain five or 10 pounds!
- Celebrities have more influence to be able to reach out to people, but people are becoming famous on Facebook and social media every day.
- We never get enough of falling in love and believing in love.
- I'm raised by a single mom and didn't have pops around for the most part of my life. And she, by any means necessary, gave me the best opportunities that she knew how to give me.
- No week is ever the same in my world! An average week in my life changes based on my shooting schedule, if I'm promoting a project, or anything else I have going on.
- I wanna chase down Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Will Smith. I would love to start my film career.
- That's because I didn't have to work with Madea. I only had to work with Madea once, and that was at the barbecue and I didn't have to get close to her.
- Let a woman have her place, because as you provide foundation for her, she provides a foundation for you. And through that vulnerability comes strength.
- I say I'm not shy, but . . . acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.
- After eight years on The Young and the Restless (1973) and eight years on Criminal Minds: Evolution (2005), I'm ready for that next phase of my career.
- I don't see myself as a "black actor", I'm just Shemar Moore the actor. I'm very proud to be black, but I'm just as much black as I am white. But I want to tell stories that everybody can relate to, so I don't care who's opposite me.
- [on what his dream was growing up] Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting.
- I think because people are passing--people that we are aware of are passing at--I don't say a great pace, but it seems like people are dropping, and I think it's just making . . . there's a consciousness and there's sensitivity to it.
- I still have shy qualities but nobody would believe that, just because we're in the forefront and I can talk a lot of mess and I can run my mouth.
- Television is in a different time because of reality television, so it's not as exciting.
- I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.
- Acting is therapeutic.
- . . . because I could throw so hard when I got to college they made me a pitcher.
- You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of--my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy.
- It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet. Because, despite what I've achieved in my career, I'm always wondering when somebody's gonna tap me on the shoulder and say, "OK, the gig is up".
- When I do tie the knot, it will be one time, for good.
- Now that I've established myself in a drama, I'm plugging away, trying to get the attention of people who do the independent movies and the features.
- . . . there are still good shows like 24 (2001), Boomtown (2002) and The Wire (2002), The Shield (2002).
- I always speak so highly of my mom because she's my partner in crime, and none of this would be possible without her love and support. Always have to make time for Mom.
- Denzel Washington has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day (2001) and The Hurricane (1999).
- I like to make money; I like to have nice things. But I love to act; I love to tell stories.
- I don't want to be an old dad.
- I got country music in me.
- Each morning needs to start with a good sweat. I'm either working out at home or on set, depending on my call time.
- I could run, but I was throwing 93 mph coming out of high school.
- I admire Brad Pitt, honestly, just because of how he started and the obstacles he had to overcome to have the career that he's had.
- I'm a drama guy.
- Kim Kardashian is a major player coming off of a reality show, and nobody can turn a blind eye to what she's accomplished, no matter how you see her.
- I got rock in me.
- I hosted Soul Train (1971) but I listen to everything.
- And a lesson in this movie is dig beneath the surface. And so with my words, with my character, I purposely created a character that was away from how you've known me thus far in my career.
- Well, you can't compete with a 6'5" man in a wig.
- Because I could throw so hard when I got to college, they made me a pitcher. If I had to do it all over again, I would have stuck to playing in the outfield. I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence.
- There are days when I feel confident, and I feel like, 'OK, this outfit looks nice, I look good, I'm in shape.' But I'm never going to walk out the house trying to be sexy, because that to me is cheesy and not attractive.
- Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.
- I got drafted out of high school, and my mother wasn't having it. She was like, "You're not about to think that you can just play ball, because if you get hurt, you're going to be out of luck".
- I know that on my own sites, a picture of me with my mom or me with my dog does well, but when I put up a picture of myself shirtless, it does get a little crazy.
- Orlando's a part of me. The next guy's a part of me. And the next guy's a part of me. That's all I'm trying to do, is tell cool stories that people can relate to.
- What I love about Criminal Minds: Evolution (2005) is that Morgan [his character] is an ex-Marine, ex-SWAT. To do those things you have to be a pretty bad-ass dude. It's a great incentive to stay in shape.
- Hopefully when you see the movie, Maybe you don't have the Orlando in your life, but you know that guy. He goes to church. He's down the street. He's one of the boys at the schoolyard. They exist.
Shemar Moore's body shape
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