Tracy Morgan
Born 10/11/1968
(55 years old)
Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Tracy Morgan starred on all seven years of the series run of NBC's beloved multi-Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning comedy 30 Rock, with Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin. For his portrayal of "TGS" star Tracy Jordan, Mr. Morgan was an Emmy and NAACP Image Award nominee, and shared with his fellow actors from the ensemble the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, among other accolades.
He was first introduced to television audiences in a recurring role as Hustle Man on the hit Fox Network comedy series Martin. Upon joining NBC's Saturday Night Live troupe in 1996, he created such memorable characters as Astronaut Jones and Brian Fellows. After his seven-year stint on the show, he starred in his own comedy series The Tracy Morgan Show; and voiced Spoonie Luv on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers. He will be returning to television starring on FXX in an untitled comedy series created by RCG Productions.
Mr. Morgan's feature films have included Kevin Smith's Cop Out, in which he starred alongside Bruce Willis, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; Neil LaBute's ensemble farce Death at a Funeral; David Talbert's First Sunday, with Ice Cube and Katt Williams; Craig Mazin's Superhero Movie; Peter Segal's The Longest Yard, with Adam Sandler; Keenen Ivory Wayans' Little Man, with Marlon and Shawn Wayans; Chris Rock's Head of State; Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner's Why Stop Now?, opposite Jesse Eisenberg and Melissa Leo; and Dito Montiel's drama The Son of No One, with Channing Tatum.
Moviegoers have also heard him as the voice of the bulldog Luiz in Carlos Saldanha's blockbuster animated features Rio and Rio 2. These followed his voiceover work in another hit, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced G-Force, directed by Hoyt Yeatman.
A standup comic who has packed venues across the country and abroad, in April 2014 he filmed a standup special for Comedy Central, Tracy Morgan: Bona Fide, bringing the network its largest viewership for a standup special for the year. A previous standup special, Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue, aired on HBO in November 2010.
Mr. Morgan hosted the 2013 Billboard Music Awards live on ABC. Another milestone for the performer was reached in 2009 with the release of his first book, a compilation of anecdotes and the more serious moments that shaped him and his career, entitled I Am the New Black.
Universal Pictures
Actor
Movies | |
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2022 |
Spirited |
2021 |
Coming 2 America |
2020 |
Scoob! |
2019 |
What Men Want |
2017 |
Fist Fight |
The Clapper |
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The Star |
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Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive (TV movie) |
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2015 |
Accidental Love |
The Night Before |
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2014 |
Rio 2 |
The Boxtrolls |
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Top Five |
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2012 |
Predisposed |
2011 |
Chick Magnet |
Rio |
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The Son of No One |
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2010 |
Cop Out |
Death at a Funeral |
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2009 |
Deep in the Valley |
G-Force |
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2008 |
First Sunday |
Superhero Movie |
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2006 |
Farce of the Penguins |
Little Man |
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Totally Awesome (TV movie) |
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2005 |
Are We There Yet? |
The Longest Yard |
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2003 |
Head of State |
2002 |
Frank McKlusky, C.I. |
Tracy Morgan: One Mic (TV movie) |
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2001 |
30 Years to Life |
How High |
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back |
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2000 |
Bamboozled |
1998 |
Half Baked |
1996 |
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate |
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl (TV movie) |
2021 |
History of the Sitcom (series) |
NYC Epicenters 9/11–2021½ (series) - a.f. |
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Episode 2 - a.f. (E02) |
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2017 |
Stand for Rights (TV movie) |
That's My Time: The Todd Lynn Story |
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2014 |
Lennon or McCartney - a.f. |
2011 |
The Undefeated - a.f. |
2005 |
Richard Pryor: The Funniest Man Dead or Alive (TV movie) |
2004 |
Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem (TV movie) |
2003 |
The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (TV movie) |
2002 |
Driven (series) |
Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry (series) |
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1999 |
SNL: 25 Years of Music (TV movie) - a.f. |
Saturday Night Live 25 (TV movie) |
Guest
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2017 |
Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive (TV movie) |
Shows | |
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2010 |
Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue |