Actor and director Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role on "The Cosby Show," has died in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, officials there said. He was 54.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the Emmy-nominated actor best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died at age 54 in an apparent drowning, TMZ reported. Warner, a Grammy winner and a longtime television fixture, is survived by his wife and daughter.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an actor and artist who rose to fame as a child as Theodore Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died in a drowning accident in Costa Rica, where he was on vacation with his family,