Tracy Morgan

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.

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