Garret Morris

Garrett Morris
Morris (right) with Randy Wilkinson
Born	Garrett Isaac Morris (1937-02-01) February 1, 1937 (age 80) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Dillard University Juilliard School of Music
Occupation	Actor, Comedian
Years active	1963–present
Spouse(s)	Freda Morris (1996-present)

Garrett Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an American comedian and actor. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. Morris also had a long-running role as Junior "Uncle Junior" King on the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, which aired from 1996–2001. Currently, Morris has a starring role as Earl Washington on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls. He was also in the sitcom Martin as Stan Winters from 1992-1995.

Morris was born on February 1, 1937 in New Orleans, Louisiana. A church-choir singer from his youth, he trained at the Juilliard School of Music and graduated from Dillard University in 1958. Early in his career, he performed with The Belafonte Folk Singers. He performed in a number of Broadway musicals, including Hallelujah, Baby! and Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. In 1965, he worked alongside Amiri Baraka, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler and Sonia Sanchez at the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School in Harlem; during this period, the theater was frequently raided and surveilled by the New York City Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He had a small role as a police sergeant in The Anderson Tapes (1971) and was a cast member in the short lived CBS sitcom, Roll Out. He also appeared as a high school teacher in the 1975 film Cooley High.