United Kingdom, Feb. 11 -- Frankie Muniz thinks his 'Malcolm in the Middle' character "sucked".

The actor, 39, starred as the titular Malcolm for all seven seasons of the hit sitcom, which ran from 2000 to 2006, but he has now admitted he wasn't fond of the role -and says he told his wife Paige about his feelings after he watched all the episodes for the first time with her eight years ago.

He said in a chat with People: "She looked at me at the very end and she goes, 'You weren't acting at all. You are literally Malcolm'.

"And I'm like, 'I don't know how to take that because Malcolm sucked.' He was the worst character on that show!"

Despite his opinion of Malcolm, Frankie stressed he was "obviously so thrilled" about the reboot of th...