Garrett Morris

SoundActorWriter Feb 1 (age 89) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 1956–2025 (69 year career)

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Biography

Garrett Gonzalez Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an Americancomedian and actor. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. Morris was a church-choir singer from his youth, trained at the Juilliard School of Music, and graduated from Dillard University in 1958. Early in his career, he soloed with the Harry Belafonte singers. He performed in a number of Broadwaymusicals, including Hallelujah, Baby! and Ain't Supposed to Die a …

Known For

Film

Ant-Man

Car Driver

Film

2 Broke Girls

Earl Washington

Film

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Cleophus Walker

Film

Saturday Night Live

Self - Various Characters

Film

Coneheads

Captain Orecruiser

Film

The Stuff

'Chocolate Chip' Charlie W. Hobbs

Film

Martin

Stan Winters

Film

The Anderson Tapes

Officer Everson

Filmography

Acting (90)

Movies (51)

I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not

2025

as Self

7.1

Downey Wrote That

2025

as Self

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Grand-Daddy Day Care

as Arnold

Ant-Man

as Car Driver

Pawn Shop

as Rey

Valley of the Sun

as Joe

Let Go

as Donuts

Pickin' and Grinnin'

as Richard A. Trophey

2.0

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

as Self

Dog Gone

as Police Chief

The Longshots

as Reverend Pratt

Who's Your Caddy?

as Reverend

Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

2005

as Various Characters (archive footage)

8.2

Maniac Magee

2003

as Mr. Cobble

Super Spy: The Final Exit

2003

as Man In Shadow

Connecting Dots

2003

as Henry

Jackpot

as Lester Irving

Little Richard

as Carl Rainey

Twin Falls Idaho

as Jesus

Palmer's Pick-Up

as Tom

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

1999

as Self

4.5

Black Scorpion II: Aftershock

as Argyle

Santa with Muscles

as Clayton

Black Rose of Harlem

as Wisdom

Black Scorpion

as Argyle

Silent Fury

Coneheads

as Captain Orecruiser

Almost Blue

as Charles

Severed Ties

as Stripes

Maid for Each Other

as Harold Brown

Earth Angel

as Joey

Motorama

as Andy

Children of the Night

1991

as Matty

4.2

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

as Self

The Underachievers

as Dummont

Critical Condition

as Helicopter Junkie

The Pound Puppies

as The Chief (voice)

The Stuff

as 'Chocolate Chip' Charlie W. Hobbs

6.0

The Best of John Belushi

1985

as Various Characters

The Census Taker

as Harvey

The Invisible Woman

as Lieutenant Greg Larkin

5.0

E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors

1982

as Merkon Conehead

7.5

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

as Power & Light Man

Easter Fever

as Jack (voice)

The Things We Did Last Summer

as Self

Car Wash

as Slide

Cooley High

as Mr. Mason

The Anderson Tapes

as Officer Everson

Where’s Poppa?

as Garrett

Television (39)

How I Met Your Father

2022

as Julian

6.5

Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

2022

as Self

6.0

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

2020

as Cleophus Walker

7.4

Family Reunion

2019

as Grand Sensei Shandu

8.0

A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Deacon Jones

Station 19

as Earl Davis

The Neighborhood

as Jasper

This Is Us

as Lloyd

MacGyver

as Willy

Rhett & Link's Buddy System

2016

as Ignatius

7.0

Celebrity Family Feud

as Self

Metropolis

Scandal

as Hector

Shameless

as Old Priest

2 Broke Girls

as Earl Washington

Psych

as Clizby

Noah's Arc

as Reverand Allen

Justice League

as Al McGee (voice)

Static Shock

as Preacher (voice)

Family Guy

as Garrett Morris

The Hughleys

as Father Roberts

The Jamie Foxx Show

as Uncle Junior King

Boston Common

as Sammy Sutherland

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Buzzard (voice)

Cleghorne!

as Sidney Carlson

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Martin

as Stan Winters

Martin

as Stan Winters

Married... with Children

1987

as Russ

7.7

The Twilight Zone

1985

as Jake (segment "Dealer's Choice")

7.8

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Lafayette Duquesne

Hunter

as 'Sporty' James

It's Your Move

as Principal Dwight Ellis

Hill Street Blues

as Derelict

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

7.0

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Various (archive footage)

7.0

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

Crew (2)

Movies (1)

Something Has Changed: A Quixotic Journey through the Spanish Blues

2025

Music

Television (1)

Saturday Night Live

1975

Writer

7.0