Tracy Morgan Biography
Summary
"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".
Early career
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.
Saturday Night Live
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, and Woodrow. Morgan is also credited with impressions of Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Maya Angelou, Samuel L. Jackson, Mike Tyson, Judge Greg Mathis, and Star Jones.
Other Work
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.
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 has also acted in commercials for Sierra Mist, DiGiorno pizza and Career Builder.com.
Substance abuse
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. (... more) On November 28, 2006, Morgan was again arrested and charged with DWI, this time in Manhattan. (... more)
On May 11 2007, a female disk 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. (... more) According to reports from the scene, Morgan smelled of alcohol, a 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. (... more) Repeat violations can result in a jail sentence. (... more)
Popular Impressions
Jermaine Allensworth
Maya Angelou
Louis Armstrong
Erykah Badu
Marion Barry
Lou Bega
Harry Belafonte
Larry Blackmon
Bobby Brown
Betty Currie
Eric Dickerson
Missy Elliott
Fat Albert
Aretha Franklin
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Steve Harvey
Petri Hawkins-Byrd
Biff Henderson
Joe Jackson
Randy Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
Tito Jackson
Star Jones
Marion 'Suge' Knight
Greg Mathis
Method Man
Shaquille O'Neal
LaWanda Page
William 'The Refrigerator' Perry
Jonathan Ohring
Puff Daddy
Della Reese
Busta Rhymes
Little Richard
Rudy Rush
Al Sharpton
Ruben Studdard
Mr. T
Mike Tyson
Maxine Waters
Royale Watkins
Reggie White
Venus Williams
Earl Woods
Selected Filmography
"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"
Credit
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article about Tracy Morgan.
