Actor Shemar Moore is making a return to The Young and the Restless. Moore, who plays FBI detective Derek Morgan for the past nine years on Criminal Minds, is making a comeback to the soap opera that helped launch his acting career.
The former model will return to daytime television for the first time since 2005 as Malcolm Winters for two episodes airing September 10 and 11. Moore says he has yet to see a script, but it’s known that Winters will return home to “make amends” with his family, including his brother Neil, played by Kristoff St. John.
“I just knew at some point when I thought it made sense I would love to go back if they would have me … to act in the show and play with my old family,” Moore told the New York Post. “I’m not leaving ‘Criminal Minds’ but I’m getting a chance to go back to where it all started.
“When they asked me to go back [to ‘Y&R’] it was a no-brainer,” he says. “I have a feeling when I get there it will feel just like yesterday and I’ll give Kristoff a big old hug and jump right back into [Malcolm’s] shoes.
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