Lamorne Morris

Morris is originally from Glen Ellyn, a suburb near Chicago. He attended Glenbard South High School. Morris graduated from the College of DuPage in 2003,[2] The Second City Training Center, and was a member of Second City's Outreach And Diversity Ensemble. He made his TV debut as host of his own show HotWyred on BET, a witty interactive tech and gaming show. Morris has since become a familiar funny guy as one of BET's most visible on-air personalities, with his comedic antics and coverage for many of the network's top-rated shows. From signature skits like "The Package" leading up to the annual BET Awards to segments for 106 & Park, BET's Spring Bling: Fashion 5–0, 106 & Party, Top 100 Countdown, Grammy Nomination Special, and many more. Most recently Morris has been seen as the co-host of the daily music and entertainment news show BET Now with Alesha Renee.

Morris has appeared in several award-winning independent films and shorts including April Fools (Code Black), One Word (Panel Select at Cannes) and voiceover work for animated comedy Urban Group Squirrels. He studied theatre at the College of DuPage near Chicago and is a recipient of the Chris Farley Memorial Acting Scholarship. With his recent relocation from New York to Los Angeles, Morris has begun developing several of his own show concepts and is up for several film and television projects.

Morris can be seen in commercials including ones 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. He has been the spokesperson for Bank of Montreal since March 25, 2019. He appears as the Help Desk banker in the BMO Effect commercial campaign.[3]

Morris is featured in the supporting role of Winston in the Zooey Deschanel anchored comedy series New Girl, which premiered September 20, 2011, on Fox.[4] However, Morris did not appear until the second episode[5] - originally, Damon Wayans Jr. was a member of the cast, in the supporting role of Coach. However, Wayans' other comedy series, Happy Endings, had already been picked up for a second season on rival network ABC. The producers of New Girl initially planned to recast Wayans' role,[6] but later decided not to recast and instead wrote his character out in the second episode.

Morris has also appeared in some YouTube videos by the channels Funny or Die and, more recently, "Water". Morris featured in one of Water's videos starring Matt Damon which aim to increase awareness about the lack of water in developing countries. Also, Morris starred in a parody music video of the song "Wiggle" by Jason Derulo in the YouTube channel "Bart Baker" as Jason Derulo in August 2014.

In November 2018 it was announced that Hulu would be producing a half-hour sitcom, titled Woke, based on cartoonist Keith Knight's autobiographical comic strip The K Chronicles. Morris will be playing Knight.[7]

Morris is an avid baseball and basketball fan, supporting the Chicago White Sox, and has said that every room in his house has something to do with basketball [8]

In May 2019 it was announced Netflix that Morris would be replacing Jason Mitchell, who was officially fired from Desperados and accused of misconduct allegations.

• Lamorne Morris at IMDb