years_active birth_place nationality name birth_date article_title education birth_name occupation
1962 -- present new orleans , louisiana , u.s. american garrett morris 01 february 1937 garrett morris
 dillard university juilliard school of music garrett gonzalez morris actor , comedian
garrett morris

garrett gonzalez morris -lrb- born february 1 , 1937 -rrb- is an american comedian and actor .
he was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program `` saturday night live '' , appearing from 1975 to 1980 .
morris also had a long-running role as junior `` uncle junior '' king on the comedy sitcom `` the jamie foxx show '' , which aired from 1996 -- 2001 .
currently , morris has a starring role as earl on the cbs sitcom `` 2 broke girls '' -lrb- september 2011-present -rrb- .
