Shemar Moore

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Shemar Moore · Proposed-mint record CTL-ESS-0062 · Live page CTL-E-5637 · Entity Depth Program · 685 words · Evidence grade: UNVERIFIED · Census status: PROPOSED · Researched 2026-10-25

PROPOSED MINT — published ahead of canonical classification. This page publishes CultureTechLens proposed-mint record CTL-ESS-0062 in full, at the founder’s direction (October 25, 2026). The record is a proposal, not yet part of the canonical knowledge graph: its census status is PROPOSED and its evidence grade is UNVERIFIED. Canonical ID assignment, grade review, and merge into the canonical graph take place at the founder’s classification sitting; until then, this page carries the proposed-mint ID beside its live page ID so the two reconcile exactly at the merge.

Shemar Moore (born April 20, 1970) is an American actor, recorded here as a PROPOSED MINT: no canonical person record for Moore exists in the CultureTechLens master, and this staged record proposes one on the strength of his documented place in Soul Train history. His grade is UNVERIFIED, his census status is PROPOSED, and nothing in this record asserts a role for him in the Soul Train Awards 2026 — no sourced 2026 involvement for Moore was found in the research for this batch, and none is claimed.

Moore was born in Oakland, California, on April 20, 1970, the son of Marilyn Wilson, a teacher, and Sherrod Moore, and he attended Santa Clara University on an athletic scholarship, playing varsity baseball and earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications with a minor in theater arts. His best-known acting roles are Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless (1994–2002, with later returns), Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds (2005–17), and the lead role of Sergeant Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson on S.W.A.T. (2017–25), all on CBS. He has won eight NAACP Image Awards and the 2000 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for The Young and the Restless, and he played G.U.N. Agent Randall Handel in the second and third Sonic the Hedgehog films.

The Soul Train connection is twofold, and this record keeps its two halves separate. First, the series: Moore was the third permanent host of Soul Train, the television series. His biography dates the hosting tenure from 1999 to 2003, while the series record dates his takeover to 2000, following Mystro Clark, with 112 episodes hosted through 2003, after which Dorian Gregory hosted until the series ended in 2006. During his time on The Young and the Restless, Moore hosted the syndicated version of Soul Train, a concurrent tenure his biography states directly. He succeeded the series' creator-host Don Cornelius in a line of succession — celebrity hosts, then Mystro Clark, then Moore, then Gregory — that this record names as series history, not as an awards fact.

Second, the awards: Moore co-hosted the Soul Train Music Awards at the turn of the decade, as the master ceremony records CTL-E-0131 and CTL-E-0132 in the CultureTechLens graph already document at STRONG EVIDENCE grade. The 2000 Soul Train Music Awards, held March 4, 2000, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, were hosted by Eric Benét, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Tamia, and Shemar Moore, honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year, with Artist of the Decade honors to Prince and Whitney Houston. The franchise ceremony list records the 2001 edition as hosted by Shemar Moore, Mýa, and Queen Latifah, and the 2002 edition as hosted by Shemar Moore with Arsenio Hall, Yolanda Adams, and Faith Evans — three consecutive years in the host line of the franchise's flagship ceremony.

That double tenure — permanent host of the series at the same years he was co-hosting its awards — is the basis on which this proposed record is minted. Moore belongs in the graph not as a general celebrity addition but as a load-bearing figure in the franchise's middle period: the face of the syndicated series from the turn of the decade to 2003, and a repeated host of the ceremony whose 2026 return is documented in this same batch. This record is a staged proposal pending the founder's classification sitting.

His screen work in the same years rounds out the biography this mint rests on. Moore appeared in the 2001 feature film The Brothers, portrayed Detective Jesse Reese on the television series Birds of Prey from 2002 to 2003, played Emery Simms in the 2004 film Motives, and had a supporting role in Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Those credits, all stated in his biography, place his Soul Train hosting tenure inside an active film and television career — he was not a presenter borrowed for the franchise but one of its era's working leading men, holding a daytime-drama lead role, a syndicated music institution, and feature-film work at the same time.

Sources for this record

• Shemar Moore — Wikipedia (reference biography)
  Claims supported: Born Shemar Franklin Moore, April 20, 1970, Oakland, California; Santa Clara University BA in communications with minor in theater arts, varsity baseball on athletic scholarship; Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless, Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, Hondo Harrelson on S.W.A.T.; third permanent host of Soul Train from 1999 to 2003, hosting the syndicated series during his Young and the Restless tenure; eight NAACP Image Awards and 2000 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor; G.U.N. Agent Randall Handel in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and 3; appeared in The Brothers (2001), Detective Jesse Reese on Birds of Prey (2002–2003), Emery Simms in Motives (2004), supporting role in Diary of a Mad Black Woman
• Soul Train — Wikipedia (reference summary)
  Claims supported: Presented by list: Shemar Moore hosted Soul Train 2000–2003, 112 episodes, succeeding Mystro Clark (1997–1999) and preceding Dorian Gregory (2003–2006); text: Don Cornelius stopped hosting in 1993, celebrity hosts followed, Mystro Clark took over in 1997, Shemar Moore took over in 2000, Dorian Gregory in 2003
• 2000 Soul Train Music Awards — Wikipedia (ceremony record)
  Claims supported: Held March 4, 2000 at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles; hosted by Eric Benét, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes, Tamia and Shemar Moore; honored best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz and gospel from the previous year; Artist of the Decade special awards to Prince (male) and Whitney Houston (female)
• Soul Train Music Awards — Ceremonies — Wikipedia (franchise ceremony list)
  Claims supported: Ceremony list: 2001 hosted by Shemar Moore, Mýa and Queen Latifah; 2002 hosted by Shemar Moore, Arsenio Hall, Yolanda Adams and Faith Evans; 2000 hosted by Shemar Moore, Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes, Tamia and Eric Benét

Citations

Published October 25, 2026, at the founder’s direction, from the head-verified staged proposed-mint record in the Entity Depth Program (Batch Soul Train). Canonical classification pending. Source: CultureTechLens