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Tracy Morgan
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| Tracy Morgan | |
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| Born | November 10, 1968 Brooklyn, New York |
| Spouse(s) | Sabina Morgan |
Tracy Morgan (born November 10, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor perhaps best known as a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003. Morgan currently stars as Tracy Jordan in Emmy Award Winning NBC sitcom 30 Rock.
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Tracy Morgan was discovered in 1984 while doing stand-up at The Apollo. Tracy Morgan began his career on Martin, where he played Hustle Man. The character sold random items he had from the 'hood, always greeting with his trademark "What's happ'n, chief?" In the 2003 movie Head of State starring Chris Rock, he appears several times as a man watching television, often questioning why they aren't watching Martin.
Tracy was also a regular cast member on "Uptown Comedy Club", a sketch comedy show filmed in Harlem New York City and aired from 1992 to 1994 on various channels. It had a predominantly African-American cast, but there were a couple of white performers, notably Jim Breuer. He was also on an HBO show "Snaps."
Tracy Morgan joined the cast of sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live in 1996, where he performed as a regular until 2003.
Morgan performed a variety of characters on the program, including Brian Fellow, Dominican Lou, Bishop Don "Mack" Donald (from Pimp Chat), Astronaut Jones, African Andy, Benny the Bengal, and Woodrow. Morgan is also credited with impressions of Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Maya Angelou, Samuel L. Jackson, Mike Tyson, Judge Greg Mathis, Oprah Winfrey, and Star Jones.
Morgan had his own show, The Tracy Morgan Show, in 2003, which was cancelled after one season.
Morgan also had a stand-up special entitled "One Mic," that was shown on Comedy Central.
Morgan was the host of the first Spike Guys' Choice Awards, which aired on June 13, 2007.
In 2003 he was on an episode of Punk'd in which his car was towed from the valet parking. Tracy can be heard as "Spoonie Luv" on the Comedy Central program Crank Yankers and as Woof in the MTV2 Animated Series Where My Dogs At?.
Tracy acted in commercials for ESPN NFL 2K, ESPN NBA 2K, and ESPN NHL 2K where he co-starred with Ben Wallace, Warren Sapp, and others.
Tracy acted in the movie "The Longest Yard", starring Adam Sandler, as a transexual inmate.
Tracy Morgan is currently a cast member of the NBC television show 30 Rock, playing a character "Tracy Jordan."
On December 2, 2005, Morgan was arrested in Hollywood, California on impaired driving charges. He later pled no contest to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge stemming from the incident.[1] On November 28, 2006, Morgan was again arrested and charged with DWI, this time in Manhattan.[2]
On May 11, 2007, a female disc jockey in Miami filed a misdemeanor battery complaint against Morgan, saying he groped her in a radio station studio. Morgan's shows for that night and the next night at the Improv Comedy Club in Coconut Grove were cancelled. As of May 11, police have not yet decided whether to file charges. [3] According to reports from the scene, Morgan smelled of alcohol, potential violation of his probation for a DUI charge. Morgan had already been scheduled to be fitted with a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) ankle bracelet on May 25 in Los Angeles, to test his skin for alcohol vapors every 30 minutes for 90 days. As of September 19, Morgan has been ordered to wear the monitoring bracelet for another 80 days as a result of the comedian admitting that he had violated a prior agreement to abstain from alcohol.[4] Repeat violations can result in a jail sentence.[5] The alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet was incorporated into the episode of "30 Rock" airing December 13, 2007, in which his character Tracy Jordan is also sentenced to wear one.
- Little Man
- The Longest Yard
- Are We There Yet?
- Head of State
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Half Baked
- VH1's Totally Awesome
- Farce of the Penguins
- How High
- First Sunday
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