Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan is a comedic actor whose known for his antics. No one ever knows what he's going to do next! He received his big break when he appeared on Saturday Night Live. The character he played, the 30 Rock one, was based on his own over the top personality.

In the Beginning

Tracy Morgan was born on November 10, 1968 in Bronx, New York. He was the second oldest out of five children. He grew up in a low income neighborhood called Bedford-Stuyvesant. At the time Brooklyn was a dangerous place due to the drug trade going on. His father was Jimmy Morgan Sr. who worked as a solider and a musician. His father did several tours in Vietnam and began to use heroin while still in the army. He returned home in 1974 with post traumatic stress disorder and a drug addiction. Tracy was only six years old at the time. Tracy lived his mother for most of the time. She asked his father to leave due to his drug problem. He attended De Witt Clinton High School for a time, but at that point the relationship with his mother had begun to fail. A year later he moved in with his father. His sister and brother moved in with their father as well soon after. Tracy's father contracted AIDS after he used a dirty hypodermic needle. At the time Tracy had already married Sabina, his high school sweetheart. He dropped out of high school in order to care for his father. His father passed away in November of 1987. A friend of Morgan's was the one who suggested Morgan pursue comedy in order to make a living. Soon after, his friend was killed due an act of random violence in the community. The death made Morgan pursue stand-up, and soon he developed a popular act. Using the rough situations he had to deal with in his own life as his material for his act.

Most Known For

Tracy Morgan is still widely popular for his stint on SNL. While his own show, The Tracy Morgan Show, did not gain the audience backing it needed to continue for a second season. He struck gold in 2006 with his sitcom 30 Rock that he created with a SNL co-star Tina Fey.

Where Are They Now

On June 7, 2014 Tracy was involved in a car crash. A Walmart truck crashed into his limo. Killing his friend James McNair. Morgan was taken to the intensive care unit in New Jersey where he was declared to be in critical condition. Walmart settled the lawsuit with Tracy in May 2015.  He made a return to live TV at the 67^th Annual Emmy Awards that year. Nearly a year later he married Megan Wollover on August 23, 2015. He's even made a comeback to comedy TV as well. In October 2015 he announced a comedy tour called Tracy Morgan: Picking Up the Pieces, will be kicking off in February 2016.      

Career Accomplishments

Tracy Morgan didn't get his big day view until he did a sketch comedy show on Saturday Night Live. He spent seven years on the show. He left SNL in 2003 and created his own show called The Tracy Morgan Show. The show didn't gain a big following and ended up only lasting for one season. In 2006 he found his niche with his hit show 30 Rock.