Romany Malco

Romany Malco (born November 18, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African-American actor and music producer. Getting his start as a rapper at age 7 under the name Kid Nice, he formed the rap group R.M.G. in his teens. The group moved to Los Angeles from Baytown Texas and changed their name to College Boyz. Under this name, Virgin Records signed the group, and their single "Victim of the Ghetto" went to #1 on the Billboard rap chart.

Later, Malco produced albums for artists such as Paula Abdul and CeCe Peniston and worked on film soundtracks. Malco was encouraged to start acting by John Leguizamo while he was working on the soundtrack to Leguizamo's film, The Pest.

Malco plays Conrad Shepard on the show Weeds, and recently appeared in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Blades of Glory. He also portrayed rapper MC Hammer in the TV movie Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story, which aired on VH1 in 2001. In 2000, he played Jerry Hooten in Level 9.

In regards to his career, friend Judd Apatow advised Malco that street cred is important and that it is necessary to be selective when taking roles. "I didn’t come to this business broke and needing a job," Malco said of his career, "I actually came to this business saying no."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The Wrecking Crew	Chewy
	Urban Menace	Syn	Direct-to-video
	Corrupt	Snackbar Dude
2000	True Vinyl	Nite Owl
	The Prime Gig	Zeke
2001	The Chateau	Allen "Rex" Granville
	Ticker	T.J.
2002	White Boy	Mike Robinson
	The Tuxedo	Mitch
2004	Death and Texas	Ray Ray Ellis
	Churchill: The Hollywood Years	Denzil Eisenhower
2005	The 40 Year Old Virgin	Jay
2007	Blades of Glory	Jesse
	The Ex	Hakeem Oliver the Doctor	Cameo
2008	Baby Mama	Oscar	awaiting release
	The Love Guru	Darren Roanoke	post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Touched by an Angel	Bulldog	Guest star, episode: "Redeeming Love"
	For Your Love	Frank "Heavyhands" Cato	Guest star, episode: "The Hair Club for Men"
2000-2001	Level 9	Jerry Hooten	Series regular
2001	Too Legit: The M.C. Hammer Story	M.C. Hammer	Television movie plays for the falcons
2003	Miss Match	Master Z	Guest star, episode: "Jive Turkey"
2005-present	Weeds	Conrad Shepard	Series regular
2006	American Dad!	Skittle/Refugee/Hot Rod	Guest star, voice only, episode: "Camp Refoogee"

External links

• Romany Malco at IMDb