Tracy Jordan

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Tracy Jordan
Tracy Jordan.
First appearance	"Pilot"
Statistics
Gender	Male
Age	30s
Occupation	New Star of TGS
Portrayed by	Tracy Morgan
Created by	Tina Fey

Tracy Jordan is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, played by Tracy Morgan.

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Tracy is a successful African-American actor who has endured a successful career as an international movie star. When Jack Donaghy is made the new Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming at NBC, he forces Liz Lemon, the head writer of The Girlie Show, to hire Tracy as the show's new star. When Tracy joins the cast, the show is re-named TGS With Tracy Jordan.

Tracy is unpredictable and mentally unstable. He is known in the media for his unpredictability and for being responsible for many minor controversies. These incidents include: running down the 405 Freeway in his underwear while shouting "I am a Jedi!", trying to stab talk show host Conan O'Brien while a guest on his show, getting arrested for walking naked through LaGuardia Airport, falling asleep on Ted Danson's roof, and biting young actress Dakota Fanning on the face. He is being treated for his mental problems by Dr. Leo Spaceman (pronounced Spah-chee-min)(played by Chris Parnell), who describes Tracy's problems as "erratic tendencies and delusions brought on by excessive notoriety".

Tracy began his acting career as a stand-up comedian, performing excessively raunchy and sexual comedy, much in the style of comedian Martin Lawrence. In fact, much of Tracy's persona is patterned off of Lawrence, including his stand-up act, his tendency to cause media controversies with his erratic behavior, and the style of his movies. In the "Pilot" episode, a clip from one of Tracy's films in which he portrays a black man who must pass himself off as an overweight and elderly black woman. This is very similar to Lawrence's own Big Momma's House franchise.

Tracy's movies include Who Dat Ninja?, Black Cop/White Cop, and the aforementioned film in which he portrays a man who disguises himself as an overweight woman. He also tends to play multiple roles in his films, much like actor Eddie Murphy.

Tracy often lurks around the studio with his two friends Dot Com (portrayed by Kevin Brown) and Grizz (portrayed by Grizz Chapman). Tracy is married to Angie Jordan (portrayed by Sharon Wilkins).

Jack is constantly doing anything that he can to keep Tracy happy. Most of the cast and writing staff is unhappy with Jack's decision to hire Tracy because they do not respect his unprofessional demeanor or his film career. However, writer Frank Rossitano enjoys Tracy's films. Jenna Maroney, another actress on the show feels upstaged by Tracy and becomes angry when she learns that he does not even know her name. Tracy refers to Liz by her last name, "Lemon."