Lamorne Morris | New Girl

On the 14th of August, 1983, Lamorne Morris was born. He was born and raised on Chicago’s South Side. Morris attended Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn as a child. He then earned his bachelor’s degree in theatre from the College of DuPage in 2003, and he was awarded the Chris Farley Memorial Acting Scholarship.

Morris was a voiceover artist for the comedy film Urban Ground Squirrels” in 2002. He was then discovered by BET and was chosen as one of their New Faces contest winners. On July 10, 2006, he made his BET hosting debut, co-hosting his own program, HotWyred, with Alesha Renee, the co-winner of New Faces. The show lasted until May 2007 and was a huge hit. Morris eventually got his first break when he was cast as Winston Bishop in the Fox sitcom series New Girl. Morris did not debut until the second episode. Did you know that Damon Wayans Jr. was initially cast as Morris? That would be weird now since we can’t imagine Winston played by someone other than Morris.