Garrett Gonzalez Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an Americancomedian and actor. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. Morris was a church-choir singer from his youth, trained at the Juilliard School of Music, and graduated from Dillard University in 1958. Early in his career, he soloed with the Harry Belafonte singers. He performed in a number of Broadwaymusicals, including Hallelujah, Baby! and Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. He also appeared as a high school teacher in the 1975 film Cooley High. He had a small role as a police sergeant in The Anderson Tapes (1970). Morris also lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he worked as a postal carrier.

Filmography

• 2025Something Has Changed: A Quixotic Journey through the Spanish Blues — Music
• 2024An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)
• How I Met Your Father — Julian
• Grand Crew — Narrator
• Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker — Cleophus Walker
• A Black Lady Sketch Show — Deacon Jones
• Family Reunion — Grand Sensei Shandu
• 2019Grand-Daddy Day Care — Arnold
• Station 19 — Earl Davis
• The Neighborhood — Jasper
• MacGyver — Willy
• Rhett & Link's Buddy System — Ignatius, Judge
• This Is Us — Lloyd
• 2015Ant-Man — Car Driver
• Metropolis
• 2012Pawn Shop — Rey
• Scandal — Hector
• 2 Broke Girls — Earl Washington
• 2011Let Go — Donuts
• Shameless — Old Priest
• 2011Valley of the Sun — Joe
• 2010Pickin' and Grinnin' — Richard A. Trophey
• 2008Dog Gone — Police Chief
• 2008The Longshots — Reverend Pratt
• 2007Who's Your Caddy? — Reverend
• Psych — Clizby
• Noah's Arc — Reverand Allen
• 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd — Various Characters (archive footage)
• 2003Connecting Dots — Henry
• 2003Maniac Magee — Mr. Cobble
• 2003Super Spy: The Final Exit — Man In Shadow
• According to Jim — Lewis
• 2001Jackpot — Lester Irving
• Justice League — Al McGee (voice)
• 2000Little Richard — Carl Rainey
• Static Shock — Preacher (voice)
• Family Guy — Garrett Morris
• 1999Palmer's Pick-Up — Tom
• 1999Twin Falls Idaho — Jesus
• The Hughleys — Father Roberts
• 1997Black Scorpion II: Aftershock — Argyle
• 1996Black Rose of Harlem — Wisdom
• Boston Common — Sammy Sutherland
• 1996Santa with Muscles — Clayton
• The Jamie Foxx Show — Uncle Junior King
• 1995Black Scorpion — Argyle
• Cleghorne! — Sidney Carlson
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Buzzard (voice)
• 1994Silent Fury
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast
• 1993Almost Blue — Charles
• 1993Coneheads — Captain Orecruiser
• 1992Maid for Each Other — Harold Brown
• Martin — Stan Winters
• 1992Severed Ties — Stripes
• 1991Children of the Night — Matty
• 1991Earth Angel — Joey
• 1991Motorama — Andy
• 1988The Underachievers — Dummont
• 1987Critical Condition — Helicopter Junkie
• Married... with Children — Russ
• 1985The Best of John Belushi — Various Characters
• 1985The Pound Puppies — The Chief (voice)
• 1985The Stuff — 'Chocolate Chip' Charlie W. Hobbs
• The Twilight Zone — Jake (segment "Dealer's Choice")
• Hunter — Sporty James, 'Sporty' James
• It's Your Move — Principal Dwight Ellis
• Murder, She Wrote — Lafayette Duquesne
• 1984The Census Taker — Harvey
• 1983The Invisible Woman — Lieutenant Greg Larkin
• 1982E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors — Merkon Conehead
• Hill Street Blues — Derelict, Derelict (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1980Easter Fever — Jack (voice)
• 1980How to Beat the High Cost of Living — Power & Light Man
• 1976Car Wash — Slide
• 1975Cooley High — Mr. Mason
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters, Self (uncredited), Audience Member (uncredited), Writer
• 1971The Anderson Tapes — Officer Everson
• 1970Where’s Poppa? — Garrett

Appearances as themselves (15)

• 2025Downey Wrote That — Self
• 2025I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2024Jim Henson Idea Man — Self (archive footage)
• Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• 2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy — Self
• 2006Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• 1999Saturday Night Live: Christmas — Self
• 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary — Self
• 1987It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration — Himself
• 1978The Things We Did Last Summer — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Performer