1. Lamorne Morris was born on August 14,1983 and is an American actor and comedian.
17 Facts About Lamorne Morris
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Lamorne Morris has played the roles of Winston Bishop in the Fox sitcom New Girl, Daniel in Call Me Kat, Darrin Morris in the National Geographic docudrama Valley of the Boom, about the 90s tech boom, cartoonist Keef Knight in the Hulu comedy Woke, and North Dakota State Trooper Whitley "Witt" Farr in the fifth season of Fargo, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Lamorne Morris has had supporting roles in the films Barbershop: The Next Cut, Game Night, Jumanji: The Next Level, and Yesterday.
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Lamorne Morris's mother worked for the United States Postal Service.
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Lamorne Morris graduated from the College of DuPage in 2003 where he studied theatre and received the Chris Farley Memorial Acting Scholarship.
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Lamorne Morris attended the Second City Training Center, and was a member of Second City's Outreach And Diversity Ensemble.
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Lamorne Morris appeared in commercials for State Farm Insurance, Taco Bell, Twix, Miller Lite, Las Vegas, 7 Up, Edge, Sears, Microsoft Windows, Chili's, McDonald's, Ford, and Hornitos Tequila.
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Lamorne Morris started out as an on-air personality for BET, hosting HotWyred, an interactive tech and gaming show as well as the daily music and entertainment news show BET Now in addition to other appearances.
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Lamorne Morris hosted the game show BrainRush on Cartoon Network as part of CN Real.
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Lamorne Morris's breakthrough came when he was cast as Winston Bishop in the comedy series New Girl on Fox.
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Lamorne Morris did not appear until the second episode - originally, Damon Wayans Jr.
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In November 2018 it was announced that Lamorne Morris would be starring in a half-hour sitcom, Woke, based on cartoonist Keith Knight's autobiographical comic strip The K Chronicles on Hulu.
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Lamorne Morris has appeared in the films Barbershop: The Next Cut, Game Night, The Christmas Chronicles, Jumanji: The Next Level, Yesterday, Bloodshot, and Desperados.
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Lamorne Morris began cohosting Welcome to Our Show, a New Girl rewatch podcast with co-stars Hannah Simone and Zooey Deschanel, distributed by IHeartRadio, in January 2022.
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In July 2024, it was announced Lamorne Morris was set to play Robbie Robertson in the upcoming Spider-Noir television show on Amazon Prime Video.
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Lamorne Morris supports semi-retired professional bowler Pete Weber and the Chicago White Sox.
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Lamorne Morris has stated that every room in his house has something to do with basketball.