Malcolm Winters
Actor History
Shemar Moore (1994 to 14 February 2002; 1 November 2004 to September 1, 2005)
Occupation
Last known occupation - Photographer at Jabot Cosmetics
Former Manager of Crimson Lights Coffee Bar
Former Brash & Sassy Photographer
Well-known freelance photographer
Resides At
Unknown
Marital Status
Single
Past Marriages
Keesha Monroe (deceased)
Olivia Barber (divorced)
Relatives
Neil Winters (half-brother)
Children
Lily Winters (by Drucilla Winters)
Flings & Affairs
Stephanie Simmons
Callie Rogers
Drucilla Barber Winters
Phyllis Summers
Alex Perez
Crimes Committed
Black sheep of the family, Malcolm, had quite a history of getting in trouble with the law in his early pre-Genoa City days.
Brief Character History
When Malcolm Winters arrived in Genoa City Wisconsin in 1994, he came with one thing on his mind - a reconciliation with his successful older brother, Neil. The two brothers had a rocky relationship due to sibling rivalry growing up in Chicago. Neil was the 'A' student who went to collage on scholarships and became the up and coming executive. Malcolm was the star athlete with promise of sports scholarships until he blew out his knee playing football in his senior year, which ruined any hope of college. The charismatic Malcolm left home after high school and drifted from town to town, apparently living quite the wild life.
Neil wanted nothing to do with Malcolm because he couldn't get past his wild behavior in the past. Even though Malcolm insisted that he had changed his ways, Neil couldn't help but have his doubts. But not everyone turned their back on Malcolm. He managed to charm Drucilla Barber and her sister Dr. Olivia Hastings with his easy-going manner. With the influence of Drucilla whose childhood relationship with Olivia was identical to Malcolm's with Neil, Neil eventually decided to give his kid brother a second chance and even bought him an expensive wardrobe so that Malcolm could find a job in Genoa City. Knowing that Malcolm was in need of work, Dru, who worked as a model, helped him land a job as an assistant to Jabot Cosmetics photographer Alex Bladeson (Blade). Blade taught him photography, and Malcolm was a natural.
Malcolm only had eyes for Drucilla, but she eventually married his brother Neil. One night when Dru had taken a double dose of her cold medication which left her groggy, and Mal was asked to stop by and check on her, she mistook Mal for Neil, and invited him to her bed. After their love-making Malcolm realized he had made a terrible mistake and confided in Olivia. Dru made Malcolm swear that he would never mention what happened between them to anyone else, especially Neil. Nine months later Lily Winters was born. Dru convinced herself that the father of her child was Neil and forgave Malcolm. To keep her focus on her marriage, Dru got Olivia to fix Malcolm up with her attractive hospital colleague at the hospital, Stephanie Simmons. However, Stephanie's demanding schedule eventually caused their relationship
to fall apart.
When Blade was killed by a train, Malcolm was shocked to find that he had inherited Blade's equipment and photo studio, and soon became the new Jabot photographer. Malcolm then met the beautiful Keesha Monroe at Gina's Place. After dating a couple of months, Malcolm discovered that the women he was falling for had had an affair with Olivia's husband, Nathan Hastings. Even worse, Keesha found she had been exposed to the HIV virus from her former boyfriend Stan. When Keesha's illness escalated to full-blown AIDS, the kind hearted Malcolm forgave her indiscretion with Nathan, and made her last days on earth happy ones. He even granted Keesha's dying wish, arranging a
tearful wedding ceremony for them. After they exchanged vows, Keesha died.
Later, when Olivia's husband Nathan died in a car accident, Malcolm still grieving for Keesha, comforted Olivia and her young son Nate. Malcolm's grief turned to love and he asked Olivia to marry him. It took much persuading but she agreed. Not many people knew at the time, that Olivia had feelings for Malcolm's brother Neil. Drucilla even accused Liv of trying to steal her man! However, Olivia convinced her sister and herself that she didn't want Neil, then she married Malcolm. The couple had been married for about 2 years and Malcolm thought of little Nate as his own son, when the mysterious singer Callie Rogers drifted into town. Callie and Malcolm were lovers in the past, but her father broke them up by lying to Malcolm. Through a series of instances when Olivia couldn't decide if she trusted Mal, or if she even wanted him, she managed to drive him right into Callie's arms, and their marriage ended in divorce.
Malcolm moved in with Callie and they became engaged. But Callie turned out to be secretly still married to her agent Trey Stark. As Malcolm pressured her to marry him, Trey refused to let her go. Malcolm found out, and they ended up parting over her deception. Malcolm next was surprised when the now single, successful Paris model Drucilla turned up in Genoa City again. They had a brief affair, much to the disdain of
her sister Liv and former husband Neil. But Dru went back to the runways of Paris with Lily in tow rather than settle down. Then Olivia decided that Mal was not a fit role model for her son, refused to let them see each other, and set her sights on Neil. Malcolm sued for visitation and won.
Malcolm's last love interest was Alex Perez, a successful lawyer with major commitment issues. Mal charmed her into loving him, moving in, and becoming engaged. But as usual, a growing attraction between Alex and brother Neil threatened to spoil Malcolm's plans. Just about the time that Neil was ready to confess his love to Alex, she agreed to marry Malcolm. Because she had committed to Malcolm, she spent months trying to keep her feelings for Neil from Malcolm and avoided Neil to avoid further temptation. Since his best friend Ryan McNeil was murdered, Neil began hitting the bottle pretty hard. In drunken frustration he admitted his love for Alex to Malcolm. Alex swore it was one-sided and hurried along her relationship with Malcolm, wanting to get married right away.
Despite the fact that the two brothers couldn't stand to be in the same room together, Neil was sent to Kenya with Alex and Malcolm to supervise a special photo shoot that Ryan had planned before his death. Malcolm overheard the two of them talking and Alex admit she had feelings for Neil. Malcolm concluded that what Neil had told him was true, that Alex had been dishonest with him about her feelings for Neil. But he didn't stay long enough to hear her proclaim she had made her choice, and loved and would marry Malcolm. Later a stunned Malcolm returned and slugged Neil, then took off for a location visit with their location manager, Isaac. As their vehicle was crossing a bridge, an oncoming truck created too much weight for it, and the bridge collapsed. Malcolm survived and rescued Isaac, then swam off to find their driver. Isaac saw more of the bridge fall on Malcolm. They searched for weeks, the driver's body was found, but not Malcolm's, so Alex and Neil reluctantly returned to Genoa City. They finally put the pieces together, with the help of Victoria, and realized that their conversation must have led Malcolm to his death. The guilt was too much for them both. Alex returned to Minneapolis, and Neil quit his job and turned to the bottle full time. Neil cleaned up his act and went on the wagon when X-wife Drucilla returned from Paris with their daughter Lily, who needed a father.
Three years after he was declared dead, Malcolm showed up in Genoa City, very much alive, sporting cornrows and a bad attitude, out for revenge against the brother he thinks stole his fiancé and left him for dead in Kenya. Malcolm explained that a family took him in and nursed him back to health, then ended up having to take care of them. But now mostly he returned to see Nate again. Olivia is resentful that Malcolm didn't make himself known to Nate as soon as possible, sparing him the devastation of his death, and is making Malcolm wait to reveal himself until Nate returns from boarding school in England at the end of semester. Until then, Malcolm took a job as a waiter, and was later named Manager at Crimson Lights, and Olivia convinced him to stay in her extra bedroom. Malcolm hadn't forgotten the possibility that Lily might be his daughter, so Dru had a paternity test done. Although Lily found out that Dru and Uncle Malcolm had once been an item and wondered, when it turned out Malcom really was Lily's father, they decided not to tell the truth to Lily or Neil.
Devon's birthday came around, but no one remembered it. Disappointed, but unwilling to tell anyone but his friend Sierra, he skipped school and headed for the zoo. Later that night when he was discovered missing, Sierra tipped them to check the zoo. Dru, Neil, Lily and Malcolm found a terrified Devon marooned in the lion habitat, eye to eye with a lion! Malcolm climbed down into the pit and used skills apparently learned in Africa to distract the lion while Devon climbed out with the help of Neil, followed by Malcolm. Lily and Devon brought around the SUV to pick them up, but she lost control when it skidded on the ice and struck Neil. Neil made up with Malcolm, asking him to take care of his family in case he didn't make it through surgery. He relieved guilt from Devon and Lily, and said goodbye to Dru. In the waiting room, Lily blamed Devon, so when Mrs. Davis arrived, he asked be put into a group home. Dru intervened and assured Devon that families were all about love and forgiveness. Neil needed blood, and Lily wanted to donate, but Malcolm insisted he be the one. Devon helped Lily see that Malcolm needed to give back to his brother to mend the relationship, but Malcolm was really more interested in the possibility that Neil was not Lily's father. Neil came through the surgery fine.
Lily fell for Daniel Romalotti like a ton of bricks! Dru fought it at every turn because her nemesis Phyllis Abbott was his mother. But through a tragic turn of events, [see Cassie Newman profile] Daniel was charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death of Cassie Newman. Lily couldn't be parted from her new love, so talked him into hiding out in the remote Abbott family playhouse. While the police, his mother, and a vengeful Nick Newman searched for him, Lily was visiting him and bringing him food right under their noses. Malcolm figured it out, and tried to get Lily to talk Daniel into giving himself up. But instead they ran away together in Lily's car and became fugitives from the law. (See Lily profile for conclusion.)
After Jill was named CEO of Jabot, she called on her old friend and co-worker Malcolm, to work for her as their Photographer to help return Jabot's look to a classy, state of the art company it once had when Malcolm used to freelance for them. Malcolm said yes on the condition that Lily would become the new Jabot teen model. Malcolm quit his job at Crimson Lights and was spending a lot of time out of town on photo shoots. Lily's true paternity has since come to light and Neil knows he is not Lily's father. But both Neil and Dru have been unable to locate Malcolm.
