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