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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. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links 30_Rock_season_1_episode_2. ... This article is about the TV series. ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... This article is about the state. ... This article is about the American television series. ... Tracy Jordan is a fictional character on the American television series 30 Rock, played by Tracy Morgan. ... This article is about the television network. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... This article is about the TV series. ...

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. Martin is an American television sitcom produced by HBO Independent Productions (a subsidiary of HBO, in turn a division of Time Warner) that aired for five seasons from August 27, 1992 to May 1, 1997 on FOX. The show starred comedian Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell. ... Head of State is a 2003 American movie starring Chris Rock. ...

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." For other uses, see Harlem (disambiguation). ... Jim Breuer This article is about the comedian. ...

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. This article is about the American television series. ...

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 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. Weekend Update has been a platform for Saturday Night Live characters to grow and gain popularity ever since Gilda Radner used it to create Emily Litella and Roseanne Roseannadanna. ... Since the humble beginnings of Saturday Night Live, the show has been something of an anti-television show, turning the medium on its head with endless fake commercials and parodies of TV shows themselves. ... Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Harold George Belafonete, Jr. ... Maya Angelou (IPA: [1]), born Marguerite Ann Johnson April 4, 1928 in St. ... Samuel Jackson redirects here. ... Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is a former two-time American world heavyweight boxing champion and is the youngest man to have won a world heavyweight title. ... Judge Greg Mathis, cover of Inner City Miracle, a memoir published in 2002. ... Oprah Winfrey, (born January 29, 1954) is a multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest rated talk show in television history. ... Star Jones Reynolds (born March 24, 1962) is an American lawyer, best known for her stint as a co-host of the ABC weekday morning talk show The View. ...

Other Work

Morgan had his own show, The Tracy Morgan Show, in 2003, which was cancelled after one season. The Tracy Morgan Show was a television sitcom-comedy that aired from December 3, 2003 to March 20, 2004 on NBC. The series starred Tracy Morgan and Tamala Jones. ...

Morgan also had a stand-up special entitled "One Mic," that was shown on Comedy Central. Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ...

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?. Punkd is an American hidden camera practical joke television series on MTV, produced and hosted by Ashton Kutcher, which first aired in 2003. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ... Crank Yankers is a United States TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that features actual prank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests which are re-enacted onscreen by puppets. ... Where My Dogs At? is an animated program created by Aaron Matthew Lee and Jeffrey Ross that airs on MTV2 as part of its Sicemation lineup. ...

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. Cover of the Xbox version of ESPN NFL 2K5. ...

Tracy Morgan is currently a cast member of the NBC television show 30 Rock, playing a character "Tracy Jordan."

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.[1] On November 28, 2006, Morgan was again arrested and charged with DWI, this time in Manhattan.[2] is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... Nolo contendere, in criminal trials, in some common law jurisdictions, is a plea where the defendant neither admits nor disputes a charge, serving as an alternative to a pleading of guilty or not guilty. ... A misdemeanor, or misdemeanour, in many common law legal systems, is a lesser criminal act. ... is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Under the influence. ... For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). ...

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. [3] 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. [4] Repeat violations can result in a jail sentence. [5] is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Popular Impressions

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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

For other uses, see Little Man. ... The Longest Yard is a remake of the 1974 film of the same name. ... Are We There Yet? is a 2005 comedy film, directed by Brian Levant. ... Head of State is a 2003 American movie starring Chris Rock. ... Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) is a film written by, directed by and starring Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks. ... Half Baked is a 1998 comedy film starring Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams and Guillermo Díaz. ... Farce of the Penguins is a 2007 direct-to-DVD parody film of the 2005 film March of the Penguins. ... See also: How High Soundtrack How High is a 2001 comedy film, directed by Jesse Dylan, which is a feature film debut for him. ...

External links

• Tracy Morgan at the Internet Movie Database