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.

Né le 16 février 1958 à Newark, New Jersey, sous le nom de Tracy Lauren Marrow, Ice-T est un rappeur, acteur et producteur américain, pionnier du gangsta rap. Il se fait connaître dans les années 1980 avec des albums comme Rhyme Pays (1987) et Power (1988), marqués par des textes percutants sur la vie urbaine. Son titre Cop Killer (1992) suscite la controverse pour son message provocateur. Au cinéma, il joue dans New Jack City (1991) et Ricochet (1991). À la télévision, il incarne depuis 2000 le détective Odafin Tutuola dans New York, unité spéciale, rôle qui lui vaut deux NAACP Image Awards. Fondateur du groupe Body Count, Ice-T est aussi une figure influente de la culture hip-hop, récompensé par un Grammy Award.

Ice-T (* 16. Februar 1958 in Newark, New Jersey; eigentlich Tracy Lauren Marrow) ist ein US-amerikanischer Musiker und Schauspieler.

Seine Filmkarriere forcierte er ab 1991. Seitdem drehte er eine Reihe von Kinofilmen. In kurzer Folge drehte er New Jack City, Ricochet – Der Aufprall und Trespass. Seitdem steht er regelmäßig vor der Kamera, ohne dass seine Filme im deutschsprachigen Raum häufiger zu sehen sind. Er spielt vornehmlich Polizisten oder Gangster. Ab 1995 übernahm er auch Rollen in Fernsehserien. Mehrere Gastauftritte absolvierte er in New York Undercover und V.I.P. – Die Bodyguards, bevor er ab 2000 zur Stammbesetzung von Law & Order: Special Victims Unit wechselte. Bereits 1998 hatte er in dem Law-&-Order-Film Exiled eine Rolle übernommen.

Quelle: Wikipedia