The Kennedy Center to Welcome Tracy Morgan

The Kennedy Center presents multi-talented comedian Tracy Morgan in Tracy Morgan: Picking up the Pieces, his latest major multi-city standup tour starting in February 2016, as part of Capital One's sponsorship of Comedy at the Kennedy Center. After a triumphant return to the Hollywood stage at this year's Emmy Awards and a visit to his old stomping grounds at Saturday Night Life, audiences can look forward to the entertainer doing what he does best-bringing bag loads of funny and making people laugh.

"It's just like falling off a bike and getting back on, that's all-you don't forget where the pedals are," Morgan says on getting back to touring. "People can expect more of what I did before. It's me, funny + truth = Tracy Morgan. I can't wait to get back to ya'll; city to city, state to state, watch me operate."

Starring for seven seasons on NBC's Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning 30 Rock, Morgan appeared opposite Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin as Tracy Jordan, the unpredictable star of Lemon's (Fey) hit variety show, TGS with Tracy Jordan. In 2009, Morgan received his first Emmy nomination for this role, in the Supporting Actor category. He has also been nominated multiple times for a Supporting Actor NAACP Image Award.

Morgan has successfully turned his love for standup comedy tour into a couple of TV specials. His first, an HBO special titled Black & Blue, and the second, a Comedy Central special titled Tracy Morgan: Bona Fide, which brought Comedy Central one of its largest viewership for a standup special in 2014. He also headlined the famed New York Comedy Festival, which featured acclaimed comedians including Bill Maher, Andy Samberg, and Patton Oswalt, among others. To round out his list of achievements, Morgan released his first book entitled I Am The New Black, a compilation of studied anecdotes and some of the more serious moments that shaped him and his career.

Morgan was first introduced to television audiences in his role as Hustleman on the hit comedy series Martin. He went on to join Saturday Night Live in 1996, where he appeared for seven seasons and created such memorable characters as Astronaut Jones and Brian Fellows.

Morgan has been a part of some of the most successful animated films in recent years. In 2009, he made his animation debut lending his voice for Jerry Bruckheimer's G-FORCE. In 2013, he starred as the bulldog Luiz in the colorful and lively film RIO, and again in April 2014 when he reprised his role in RIO 2. Morgan's voice can also be heard in the Oscar-nominated film BOXTROLLS, as one of the film's antagonists, Mr. Gristle.