Tracy Morgan
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| Born | November 10, 1968 |
| Notable roles | *The Meat Man Head of State *Percy P Little Man |
Tracy Morgan (born November 10, 1968 in Bronx, New York) was a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003 and now stars in the 2006-2007 NBC sitcom 30 Rock, a sitcom based on a fictional sketch comedy show.
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.
In 2003 he was on an episode of Punk'd in which his car was towed from the valet parking.
Tracy has also made 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 15th, 2006, episode of The View that he and his wife had been married for 12 years.
Admitted to being a former crack dealer during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show.
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