Ice-T
Acting
- Born:
- 1958-02-16
- Place of birth:
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Tracy Morrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American musician and actor. He was born in Newark, New Jersey and moved to Crenshaw, Los Angeles, California when he was in the 7th grade. After graduating from high school he served in the United States Army for four years. He began his career as a rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The next year, he founded the record label Rhyme Syndicate Records (named after his collective of fellow hip hop artists called the Rhyme Syndicate) and released another album, Power. He co-founded the thrash metal band Body Count, which he introduced in his 1991 album O.G.: Original Gangster. Body Count released its self-titled debut album in 1992. Ice-T encountered controversy over his track "Cop Killer", which was perceived to glamorize killing police officers. Ice-T asked to be released from his contract with Warner Bros. Records, and his next solo album, Home Invasion was released later in the Fall of 1993 through Priority Records. Body Count's next album was released in 1994, and Ice-T released two more albums in the late 1990s. Since 2000, he has portrayed NYPD Detective Odafin Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Known For
Filmography
3 Days Rising
Misty Green
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Inmates with Talent
Fame and Fentanyl
Don't F**k with Liroy
Countdown: Paul vs. Tyson
It Was All a Dream
Celebrity Boxing The 16th Minute
Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza
Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History
Snake Oil
Hip Hop Treasures
Hail to the Breadsticks!
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Racionais MC's: From the Streets of São Paulo
Password
You're Watching Video Music Box
Equal Standard
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos
Framed By the Killer
Name That Tune
The Masked Dancer
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
Body Count : Live at Wacken World Wide 2020
Celebrity Ghost Stories
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
APEX: The Secret Race Across America
Public Enemy Number One
Untold Stories of Hip Hop
Straight Up Steve Austin
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
The Gang Activists
Clinton Road
Drive Like Andretti
UglyDolls
Deadly Class
In Ice Cold Blood
Survivor's Guide to Prison
The Outhouse: The Film 1985-1997
Who Shot Biggie & Tupac
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
G-Funk
Bloodrunners
War of Words: Battle Rap in the UK
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Hip Hop Evolution
Party Legends
The $100,000 Pyramid
Match Game
How We Met
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Celebrity Family Feud
What Now
Younger
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt