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Checking in with SHEMAR MOORE

Shemar Moore escaped the end of “S.W.A.T.” once before, but this time all indications are that the finale really is near.

The reboot of the 1970s police drama, seen Fridays on CBS (and streaming on Paramount+), had been canceled after its sixth season, until an outcry from fans prompted the powers that be to take another look at the decision, with the series ultimately being renewed for a seventh year, which is airing now. That has enabled the current “S.W.A.T.” to last more than twice as long as the original version, which itself only spent two seasons (1975-76) on ABC.

Before the charismatic Moore assumed Steve Forrest’s earlier series role as S.W.A.T. leader Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, he was well known to viewers from a couple of other long-running TV turns. For his role as Malcolm Winters — whose agenda and behavior were highly questionable on some occasions — in the CBS weekday serial “The Young and the Restless,” he earned a Daytime Emmy Award and seven NAACP Image Awards. His initial run in that show lasted from 1994 to 2002, but he has returned to it for short stints several times since.

While he went on from that program to the then-WB Network’s (now The CW) “Birds of Prey,” Moore had his next long-term TV engagement in CBS’s “Criminal Minds,” where he was a founding cast member as FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit member Derek Morgan, a part he played for the series’ first 11 seasons, before he returned for guest appearances in the 12th and 13th seasons. Of course, the end of “S.W.A.T.” begs the question of whether Moore might play Morgan again in the Paramount+ continuation, “Criminal Minds: Evolution,” but only time will tell.

Whether that reprise happens for Moore, it seems likely that he’ll turn up again on television in some capacity. Having had substantial turns in three different series makes it a reasonably good bet that there’s more Moore to come.

Birthdate: April 20, 1970

Birthplace: Oakland, California

Current residence: Los Angeles

Marital status: Single; has a daughter from his current relationship

Movie credits include: “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” “The Bounce Back 2,” “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” “Motives,” “Motives 2,” “The Brothers,” “Butter,” “Hav Plenty”

Other television credits include: “Criminal Minds,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Half & Half,” “Reversible Errors,” “Chasing Alice,” “Birds of Prey,” “How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale,” “Soul Train,” “Malcolm & Eddie,” “For Your Love,” “Moesha,” “Mama Flora’s Family,” “Chicago Hope,” “Arliss,” “The Nanny,” “The Jamie Foxx Show,” “Living Single”