As the first Black cast member of Saturday Night Live, comedian, actor, and singer Garrett Morris created a huge impact on the show's history. Having worked in theater, music and writing long ...

Award-nominated actor and comedian Garrett Morris is bringing his spirited personality to the stage as host of Garrett Morris Presents: Blues and Comedy with music by The Deacon Jones Blue Band on ...

In 1999, Morris had a memorable role as a character named Jesus in their debut feature, "Twin Falls Idaho." And now, in "Jackpot," written, produced and directed by Mark and Michael Polish, he ...

Morris went on to study classical music at Dillard University in New Orleans. But when he moved to New York in the late 1950s, ... Garrett Morris with the original cast of "Saturday Night Live." ...

Morris, then a 37-year-old playwright and singer, was originally hired as a writer, but after “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels got hip to his work in the 1975 comedy “Cooley High,” he was ...

Actor-comedian Garrett Morris is set to celebrate his 87th birthday on Thursday by receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking the start of Black History Month. The Hollywood Chamber ...

Lamorne Morris says that as the sole Black lead on 'New Girl,' he felt as out of place as he imagines his 'Saturday Night' character felt on 'SNL' in 1975.

Garrett Morris as Chico Escuela during the 'Weekend Update' skit on May 12, 1979 Credit - Alan Singer—NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images. I had been in show business for about 17 years before Saturday ...

Garrett Morris has recalled an incident where he was arrested for a case of "walking while Black" while touring with ... Morris claims the police laughed as he continued explaining he was a singer.

Legendary comedy star Garrett Morris reminisces about his 40-year cocaine as well as surviving a gunshot wound from a 1994 robbery. ... singer-songwriter India.Arie and her mother, Joyce Simpson ...