Tracy Morgan

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Tracy Morgan

Tracy in 30 Rock
Born November 10, 1968 (age 38)
The Bronx, New York
Spouse(s) Sabina Morgan
Notable roles Various on Saturday Night Live
Tracy Jordan on 30 Rock

Tracy Morgan (born November 10, 1968 in Bronx, New York) is an American actor perhaps best known form being a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003. He now stars in the 2006–2007 NBC sitcom 30 Rock, a sitcom based on a fictional sketch comedy show.

Tracy Morgan was discovered in 1984 while doing stand-up at The Apollo. Martin Lawrence's ex-wife, Patricia Martin, was in the audience and is said to have introduced Morgan to Lawrence. Morgan became a regular 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.

One of his recurring SNL characters was "Brian Fellow", host of "Brian Fellow's Safari Planet", The introduction for the sketch always ended with the following:

Brian Fellow is not an accredited zoologist, nor does he hold an advanced degree in any of the environmental sciences. He is simply an enthusiastic young man with a sixth grade education and an abiding love for all of God's creatures...share his love tonight on Brian Fellow's Safari Planet!

A similar sketch called Astronaut Jones was memorable for its catchy theme song played while Morgan sauntered across the screen in his space suit carrying a suitcase. Other characters include Dominican Lou, Bishop Don "Mack" Donald (from Pimp Chat), 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.

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 has also appeared in feature films, including:

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 stated on the November 15, 2006, episode of The View and on the January 17, 2007 episode of Late Night with Conan O' Brien that he and his wife had been married for 21 years. Tracy wed his high school sweetheart at the age of 17.

He admitted to being a former crack dealer during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show.

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 March 2, 2007 Tracy joked on The Opie and Anthony Show that he knew he was going to jail after he stepped on the Officers boots 3 times. He also stated that he didn't really want to make light of the situation as he didn't want to give the wrong message about drinking and driving.

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