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 district 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
Surviving the Game
(1994)
Jack Mason
Tank Girl
(1995)
T-Saint
The Other Guys
(2010)
Narrator (voice)
Ricochet
(1991)
Odessa
Johnny Mnemonic
(1995)
J-Bone
3000 Miles to Graceland
(2001)
Hamilton
UglyDolls
(2019)
Peggy (voice)
Trespass
(1992)
King James
Breakin'
(1984)
Rap Talker
CB4
(1993)
Self
New Jack City
(1991)
Scotty Appleton
Leprechaun in the Hood
(2000)
Mack Daddy
Ticker
(2001)
Terrorist Commander
Mean Guns
(1997)
Vincent Moon
Below Utopia
(1997)
Jim
Good Hair
(2009)
Himself
Full Filmography
Acting
Breakin' 'n' Enterin'
(1983)
Self
Breakin'
(1984)
Rap Talker
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
(1984)
Radiotron Rapper
Rappin'
(1985)
Himself
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
(1990)
Self
The Earth Day Special
(1990)
Self
New Jack City
(1991)
Scotty Appleton
Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour
(1991)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
Rap's Most Wanted
(1991)
Self
Ricochet
(1991)
Odessa
Why Colors?
(1992)
Trespass
(1992)
King James
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 15
(1992)
Self
Who's the Man?
(1993)
Chauncey "Nighttrain" Jackson
CB4
(1993)
Self
Surviving the Game
(1994)
Jack Mason
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
(1994)
Self
Johnny Mnemonic
(1995)
J-Bone
Tank Girl
(1995)
T-Saint
A Night to Die For
(1995)
Himself
Mean Guns
(1997)
Vincent Moon
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
(1997)
Self
Below Utopia
(1997)
Jim
Rhyme & Reason
(1997)
Himself
Playboy: Jenny McCarthy - The Playboy Years
(1997)
Self
The Deli
(1997)
Phil the Meat Man
Crazy Six
(1997)
Raul
Exiled
(1998)
Seymour 'Kingston' Stockton
Corrupt
(1999)
Corrupt
Stealth Fighter
(1999)
Owen Turner
The Disciples
(1999)
The Sensei
Frezno Smooth
(1999)
DJ Superfly
Urban Menace
(1999)
Narrator
Judgment Day
(1999)
Matthew Reese
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
(1999)
The Judge
Sonic Impact
(2000)
Agent Taja
Luck of the Draw
(2000)
Macneilly
Final Voyage
(2000)
Josef
Point Doom
(2000)
Ringman
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
(2000)
Self
The Wrecking Crew
(2000)
Menace
Pimps Up, Ho's Down
(2000)
Self
The Alternate
(2000)
Agent Williams
The Heist
(2000)
C-Note
Leprechaun in the Hood
(2000)
Mack Daddy
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner
(2001)
Self
Guardian
(2001)
Max
Kept
(2001)
Jack Mosler
Gangland
(2001)
Officer Dunn
Out Kold
(2001)
Goldie
Hood Rat
(2001)
Grady
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
(2001)
Self (archive footage)
'R Xmas
(2001)
Kidnapper
Air Rage
(2001)
Matt Marshall
3000 Miles to Graceland
(2001)
Hamilton
Rhapsody
(2001)
Wilson
Ticker
(2001)
Terrorist Commander
Ablaze
(2002)
Albert Denning
Stranded
(2002)
Jeffries
It's Black Entertainment
(2002)
Self
On the Edge
(2002)
Slim Jim
Hip-Hop Honeys
(2002)
Himself
Zalman King's Sex, Y & Z
(2003)
Self
Ice-T's Pimpin 101
(2003)
Host
Crime Partners
(2003)
King Fischer
Beef
(2003)
Self
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
(2004)
Self
If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely
(2004)
Rasheed
Prison Ball
(2004)
Narrator
Up in Harlem
(2004)
Ice T
Body Count Live in LA
(2005)
Body Count: Murder 4 Hire
(2005)
Self
The Notorious B.I.G BET Official presents
(2005)
Tracks
(2005)
Officier Brian Clark
Letter to the President
(2005)
Self
Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop
(2006)
Self
Fuck
(2006)
Self
Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav
(2007)
Self
Tommy and the Cool Mule
(2009)
Jackie A.
Good Hair
(2009)
Himself
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
(2009)
Self
A Family Underground
(2009)
Self
Back From Hell: A Tribute to Sam Kinison
(2010)
Self
The Other Guys
(2010)
Narrator (voice)
Lemmy
(2010)
Self
Straight Outta L.A.
(2010)
Self
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
(2011)
Self
Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation
(2011)
Self
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
(2011)
Himself
The Weird World of Blowfly
(2011)
Himself
Soulja Boy: The Movie
(2011)
(Archive Footage)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
(2012)
Self
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
(2012)
Self
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
(2012)
Self
Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire
(2013)
narrator
Santorini Blue
(2013)
Dr. Lewis
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
(2013)
Tyler Moss
Crossed the Line
(2014)
Miguel
Jungle Fighters
(2014)
Narrator
Hustlers Convention
(2015)
Himself
What Now
(2015)
Himself
How We Met
(2016)
Narrator
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
(2016)
Self
War of Words: Battle Rap in the UK
(2017)
Himself
G-Funk
(2017)
Self
Who Shot Biggie & Tupac
(2017)
Himself
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
The Outhouse The Film 1985-1997
(2017)
Bloodrunners
(2017)
Chesterfield
Survivor's Guide to Prison
(2018)
Self
APEX: The Secret Race Across America
(2019)
narrator
The Gang Activists
(2019)
Himself
UglyDolls
(2019)
Peggy (voice)
Clinton Road
(2019)
RJ
Drive Like Andretti
(2019)
Self
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare
(2019)
Himself
Body Count : Live at Wacken World Wide 2020
(2020)
Himself
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
(2020)
Self
Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
(2020)
Self
bounded in a nutshell, counting himself king of infinite space
(2020)
Himself
Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos
(2021)
Equal Standard
(2021)
Croft
You're Watching Video Music Box
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Racionais MC's: From the Streets of São Paulo
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(2023)
Self
Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History
(2023)
Self
Albert Pyun: King of Cult Movies
(2023)
Self
It Was All a Dream
(2024)
Sound
Production
Urban Menace
(1999)
Producer
Stealth Fighter
(1999)
Executive Producer
Corrupt
(1999)
Producer
Judgment Day
(1999)
Executive Producer
The Wrecking Crew
(2000)
Producer
Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
(2012)
Executive Producer
Who Shot Biggie & Tupac
(2017)
Executive Producer
Public Enemy Number One
(2019)
Executive Producer
Directing