SHEMAR MOORE

THE ACTOR REFLEC ON 30 YEARS OF TV STARDOM AND HOW FATHERHOOD NOW HAS HIM FEELING JUST AS SUCCESSFUL AT HOME

- JANINE RUBENSTEIN

I'm Proof That Magic Happen

Sometimes things just work out perfectly. Like when Shemar Moore sends a beanbag flying 30 ft. through the air in his backyard, sinking it right into its target. "That's what I'm talking about, baby, yeah!" the actor and 2023 Superhole cornhole champion exclaims. At 54, the first-time dad to 21-month-old daughter Frankie has figured out what it takes to make magic happen in more ways than one. "It's skill, it's hunger, it's determination, it's passion, it's humility and a whole bunch of luck," he says, "It has to be a perfect storm, and I'm a product of exactly that."

Recently the star and perennial heartthrob used that special sauce to help rescue S.W.A.T., the CBS police procedural he's led since 2017, from extinction. "To get canceled twice in a row and to get uncanceled twice in a row, I give kudos to me running my mouth on social media," he says. "Nothing lasts forever, but I fight." Now Moore has suited up again as Sergeant Hondo for season 8. "I'm the leader of this team, which I'm very proud of," he says.