For years, Lamorne Morris has been a standout in ensembles both comedic (“New Girl”) and dramatic (“Fargo”), but his next project sees the Emmy winner step into the spotlight in the titular role, starring as the lasagna-loving orange cat in Paramount+’s new animated series "Garfield."
But the upcoming remake isn’t Morris’s first foray into the world of cartoons. The actor-comedian portrayed a Black cartoonist based on series co-creator Keith Knight in "Woke," a Hulu original comedy series that saw his character having to navigate racial tensions and social realities after he develops an unexpected ability: inanimate objects begin talking to him.
