[1] Moore's father was African-American and his mother, who was born in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, was of Irish and French-Canadian descent.

Moore moved with her to Denmark as an infant, and then to Bahrain when he was four, where he attended a British private school until the age of seven.

[5] Moore cites civil unrest, interracial relationships being taboo, and racism in the U.S. in the 1970s as part of the reason his mother moved abroad with him.

[6][4] Moore was awarded an athletic scholarship to attend Santa Clara University where he played varsity baseball as both a pitcher and an outfielder all four years.

[7] Moore is best known for his role as Malcolm Winters on the CBS television soap opera The Young and the Restless for more than a decade.

In November 2004, he returned to The Young and the Restless after originally planning to leave the show, but after a few months he dropped back to recurring status and left in September 2005.

"[8] During his time on The Young and the Restless, Moore was the host of the syndicated version of the series Soul Train from 1999 until 2003,[9] and he appeared in the 2001 feature film The Brothers.

[13] In 2005, Moore began playing Derek Morgan in the original cast of Criminal Minds.

[28] In 2016, actor Keith Tisdell pleaded guilty to grand theft charges after stealing more than $60,000 from Baby Girl LLC, and agreed to repay the amount.