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16 Instances of Tracy Morgan Shirtless

Every great actor has his sharpest tool: Olivier’s Shakespearean diction, Brando’s troubled insouciance, Streep’s confident subtlety. For Tracy Morgan, it’s taking off his shirt. Inspired by his real-life proclivity, Morgan is the best in the business at wringing a laugh out of removing his top. In protest of Cop Out, in theaters tomorrow, in which Morgan tragically keeps his shirt on the whole time (and with respect to this, which we found while Googling “tracy morgan shirtless” for this slideshow), we present a comprehensive analysis of how the comedian wields his weapon, both in and out of character.

Another “pants off, too,” again paired with the comical “tighty-whities.”
You can tell this is from 30 Rock because the oversize diamond chain Tracy is wearing has a J instead of an M.
The half-reveal, a more subtle iteration usually reserved for the red carpet.
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Once inside the alcohol company–sponsored event, however, you’re goddamn right the shirt’s coming off.
Literary shirtlessness.
Clichéd jailhouse-transvestite-in-ill-advised-remake shirtlessness.
Most of Tracy’s recurring characters on SNL, like Brian Fellows, Woodrow the Homeless Man, and Astronaut Jones, had no reason to take their shirts off, so we’re glad the show’s writers figured out how to work it in anyway.
Rumor has it that before he agreed to voice Blaster, a secret-agent gerbil, Morgan demanded the character be written as shirtless.
16 Instances of Tracy Morgan Shirtless