New York Comedy Festival: Tracy Morgan's Hard Knock Life

With a trio of films on the way, two in production and a hit television series, Tracy Morgan has been an extremely busy man as of late. He is currently filming the Screen Gems comedy Death at a Funeral, a remake of the 2007 British movie of the same name, alongside Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence. He can be heard lending his voice to two animated movies: G-Force and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. In G-Force, a combination live action/CG film, Morgan’s stars as “Blaster,” one of the highly trained secret agent guinea pigs dispatched to save the world. Inspired by the beloved children’s book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, tells the story of a town where food falls from the sky like rain. '

Morgan can currently be seen starring on NBC’s two-time Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning “30 Rock.” He stars opposite Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, as “Tracy Jordan” the unpredictable star of Lemon's (Fey) hit variety show, "TGS with Tracy Jordan." Morgan has twice been nominated for the NAACP Image Award in support of his role. Along with the cast, Morgan has also won a 2009 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

He will star alongside Bruce Willis in the comedy "A Couple of Dicks" about two cops whose adventures include locating a stolen baseball card, rescuing a woman, and dealing with gangsters and their laundered money. He will also be seen later this year in the romantic comedy, Nailed, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biehl. Morgan’s other feature film credits include Superhero Movie, First Sunday, The Longest Yard, Little Man, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Head of State.

As a stand-up comic who has headlined across the country, Morgan was first introduced to television audiences in his role as “Hustleman” on the hit comedy series “Martin.” He went on to join “Saturday Night Live” in 1996 where he appeared for seven seasons and created such memorable characters as “Astronaut Jones” and “Brian Fellows.” After leaving SNL, Morgan went on to star in his own comedy series “The Tracy Morgan Show” and as the voice of “Spoonie Luv” on Comedy Central’s “Crank Yankers.”