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tracy morgan is an american stand-up
comedian actor television producer tv
host screenwriter and voice actor he's
best known for his television work as a
cast member on saturday night live from
1996 to 2003 and for his role as tracy
jordan in the sitcom 30 rock from 2006
to 2013 each of which earned him a prime
time emmy award nomination in february
2022 the new york friars club announced
that it would bestow the entertainment
icon award on tracy morgan at the club
spring gala tracy morgan is only the
ninth recipient of the prestigious
comedy award and the first black
recipient he currently stars as trey
barker in the tbs comedy the last og
tracy morgan has an estimated net worth
of 70 million us dollars about tracy
morgan's early life tracy jamal morgan
was born on november 10 1968 in brooklyn
then raised in marlborough houses and
tompkins houses in its bedford stevenson
neighborhood he's the second of five
children of alicia warden the homemaker
and jimmy morgan a musician who left the
family when tracy morgan was just six
years old his father named him tracy in
honor of a platoon mate and friend who
shipped off to vietnam with him and was
killed in action days later
tracy morgan was the target of bullies
as a child he attended to whit clinton
high school in 1985 at the age of 17 in
his senior year he learned his father
had contracted hiv from hypodermic
needle use tracy morgan married his
girlfriend sabina that year and dropped
out of high school just four credits
short of his diploma to care for his
ailing father his father died in january
1987 at the age of 38. living on welfare
tracy morgan sold crack cocaine with
limited success but began earning money
performing comedy on the streets after
his best friend was murdered he said in
2009 he would say to me yo tracy man you
should be doing comedy a week later he
was murdered and that for me that was
like my vietnam i had my survival guilt
when i started to achieve success why i
made it out and some guys didn't tracy
morgan embarked on a stand-up comedy
career successful enough that he finally
moved to a nice community in the bronx
neighborhood of riverdale from a
run-down apartment next to yankee
stadium in the bronx tracy morgan is 5
foot 10 inches tall or 1.78 meters tall
tracy morgan's personal life in 1987
while in high school tracy morgan
married his girlfriend sabina the pair
have three sons together eatrid morgan
who was born in 1986 malcolm morgan who
was born in 1988 and tracy morgan jr who
was born in 1992 tracy morgan filed for
divorce in august 2009 after having been
separated for approximately eight years
he credits one of his sons with having
saved him from his alcoholism tracy
morgan said in 2009 i'm estranged from
my own mother and most of my family and
i'm not sure that's going to change much
in september 2011 on the red carpet at
the emmy awards tracy morgan announced
he and model megan wolover had become
engaged six months earlier in san
francisco their first child daughter
maven was born in new york city on july
2nd 2013.
tracy morgan and wallover married on
august 23 2015.
in july 2020 tracy morgan filed for
divorce in 1996 tracy morgan was
diagnosed with diabetes and for years
has struggled with alcohol abuse he's
conceded that many of his own troubles
were incorporated within 30 rock
episodes in early december 2010 tracy
morgan received a kidney transplant
necessitated by his diabetes and alcohol
abuse he admitted that he initially did
not take his diabetes seriously but
later realized the care for it would end
up being a matter of life and death on
october 20th 2009 tracy morgan's
autobiography i am the new black was
released the book includes stories about
living in tompkins projects in bed
stewie brooklyn to becoming a cast
member on saturday night live tracy
morgan appeared on national public
radio's fresh air hosted by terry gross
at times becoming very emotional about
his former life in a new york ghetto
about tracy morgan's career tracy morgan
made his screen debut playing hustle man
on the television show martin the
character sold various items from the
hood always greeting people with his
trademark what's happening chief and had
a pet dog he dressed as a rapper in the
2003 chris rock film head of state tracy
morgan appeared as a man watching
television often questioning why they're
not watching martin he was also a
regular cast member on uptown comedy
club a sketch comedy show filmed in
harlem that aired for two seasons from
1992-19
tracy morgan joined the cast of the
comedy series saturday night live in
1996.
lorne michaels chose him over stephen
colbert in the final round and performed
as a regular until 2003 he returned to
host on march 14 2009 and reprised his
roles as brian fellow and astronaut
jones he then made a guest appearance on
the 2011 christmas show hosted by jimmy
fallon and hosted again on october 17
2015. from 2006 to 2013
tracy morgan was a cast member of the
television series 30 rock playing the
character tracy jordan a caricature of
himself his work on 30 rock was well
received and he was nominated for
outstanding supporting actor in a comedy
series at the 2009 emmy awards he
returned to the role in july 2020 for a
reunion episode during the coven 19
pandemic that was an upfront special for
nbc universal in 2018 tracy morgan began
starring in the last og
in 2003 tracy morgan had his own sitcom
the tracy morgan show which was canceled
after one season tracy morgan appeared
in a stand-up special one mic on comedy
central he also hosted the first spike
guys choice awards which aired on june
13 2007. tracy morgan can be heard as
spoony love on the comedy central
program crank yankers and his wolf in
the animated series where my dog's at he
also was the voice of lewis in the
animated film rio
tracy morgan acted in commercials for
nfl 2k nba 2k and nhl 2k co-starring
with warren sapp ben wallace and jeremy
renick he appeared in adam sandler's
film the longest yard as a transgender
inmate tracy morgan has hosted the vh1
hip-hop honors for two consecutive years
and hosted the 2013 billboard music
awards in july 2019 he hosted the espys
in los angeles about tracy morgan's real
estate in 2015 tracy morgan paid 13.9
million dollars for a 22-room mansion on
two acres of property in alpine new
jersey the 22 000 square foot home
boasts a whopping 7 bedrooms and 10
bathrooms it also features its own home
theater a bar area a home gym a
basketball court a two-lane bowling
alley a swimming pool and a spa there's
even a pool table that doubles up as a
fish tank complete with two live
alligators and a twenty thousand gallon
shark reef in the backyard that's home
to eight sharks about tracy morgan's car
collection tracy morgan owns or has
owned a lamborghini murcielago roadster
a bmw x6 a bentley continental gt a
jaguar xf and a 2 million bugatti veyron
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