- Posted November 14, 2025
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Amazon Studios/Quantrell D. ColbertAlthough he’s already known as one of the funniest people on the planet, those close to Tracy Morgan say he’s ready to get serious onscreen — by playing groundbreaking jazz legend Louis Armstrong.
That’s the word from his Coming 2 America co-star Jermaine Fowler. “I would love to see him do something dramatic,” the stand-up and actor tells NME. “He wants to play Louis Armstrong in a biopic and I believe he can do it.”
Fowler, who plays Lavelle, the illegitimate son of Eddie Murphy‘s Prince Akeem, in the comedy, explains, “In fact, he showed us a clip of a movie he’s financing that’s really, really dope.”
Fowler says of Morgan playing