Marcus Patrick

Marcus Patrick (born Patrick Marcus Osbourne, 5 June 1974, Bath, England) is a British actor who has been based in the United States for several years.

He has appeared in such American television series as My Wife & Kids, CSI: Miami and Passions. From 29 June to 25 September 2006 he was part of the cast of the long-running soap opera All My Children playing the role of Jamal Cudahy.

Patrick announced on September 13, 2006, that he has left his role on All My Children, due to creative differences with the show. He is also on the The-N television show, Beyond The Break. He also appeared on Just Jordan and Dancing With The Stars.

On 11 May 2007, it was announced that he would be joining the cast of Days of our Lives in the role of Jett Carver. His first air date was 1 June. However after five months he was fired;^[3] NBC declined to comment on the reasons for this, and his last appearance aired on 14 November 2007. Patrick himself has expressed the view that his dismissal was a consequence of an explicit photo shoot he completed in the September 2007 edition of Playgirl Magazine and the magazine website.^[4] Unusual for celebrity subjects, Patrick elected to pose full frontally nude for several shots, in darkened silhouette.

Aside from acting, Patrick has had a singing career, firstly with the boyband Worlds Apart and then as a solo career. He has also practiced Tae Kwon Do, winning championships at junior and men's heavyweight level. He was engaged to porn actress Michelle Maylene, but the engagement was halted due to unclear circumstances.

In October 2009, Soap Opera announced that he would be joining the cast of "The Young and the Restless" in the role of Malcolm Winters previously played by Shemar Moore