Person
Joe Morton
Acting · Born 1947-10-18 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Joe Morton is an American stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy awarded role as Eli Pope in the television series Scandal, and for playing Reverend Arthur Finer on God Friended Me. Morton studied Drama at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ray Bevins
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Leon Chiles
Smallville
Steven Hamilton
House
Gary Wright
NOVA
Additional Narration
The X-Files
Martin Wells
The Good Wife
Daniel Golden
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
CSI: NY
Dwight Hillborne
Numb3rs
Peter Lange
Filmography
- 2025The American RevolutionElisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice)
- 2025Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACPNarrator
- 2025Going DutchGeneral Davidson
- 2023Trinity's TriumphMonsignor Heck
- 2022The U.S. and the HolocaustSelf (voice)
- 2022SherriSelf - Guest
- 2022Inside the Black Box
- 2021Our Kind of PeopleTeddy Franklin
- 2021HemingwayRalph Ellison (voice)
- 2021Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueSilas Stone
- 2020Between the World and MeSelf
- 2020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-FiSelf
- 2020Mr. TornadoNarrator (voice)
- 2020Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeSelf
- 2019A Million EyesFern
- 2019The PoliticianMarcus Standish
- 2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
- 2019Godzilla: King of the MonstersDr. Houston Brooks
- 2018God Friended MeArthur Finer
- 2017T2: Reprogramming The TerminatorSelf
- 2017Justice LeagueSilas Stone
- 2016BullDirector
- 2016Brett Gelman's Dinner in AmericaHimself
- 2016All the WayRoy Wilkins
- 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeSilas
- 2015ProofDr. Charles Russell
- 2015Grace and FrankieJason
- 2015Cleveland AbductionAgent Solano
- 2013HomeDonald Hall
- 2012ComaDr. Nelson
- 2012ScandalEli 'Rowan' Pope
- 2010Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in MindSelf
- 2010The Bombing of GermanyNarrator
- 2009White CollarKyle Bancroft
- 2009The Good WifeDaniel Golden
- 2009Warehouse 13Reverend John Hill
- 2009The LineHodges
- 2008Grand CentralNarrator
- 2008LifelinesDr. Livingston
- 2007BadlandMax Astin
- 2007American GangsterCharlie Williams
- 2006Brothers and SistersPeter Madsen
- 2006EurekaHenry Deacon
- 2006The Night ListenerAshe
- 2006The Nuremberg TrialsNarrator (voice)
- 2005E-RingSteven Algazi
- 2005Lenny The Wonder DogDr. Island
- 2005StealthDick Marshfield
- 2005Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-TodayAdditional Voices
- 2005Back in the DayReverend Packer
- 2005Building the Alaska HighwayNarrator (voice)
- 2005Numb3rsPeter Lange
- 2005Gone But Not ForgottenReggie Stewart
- 2004HouseGary Wright
- 2004Boston LegalAttorney Steve Duprey
- 2004CSI: NYDwight Hillborne
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)
- 2004The Jury
- 2003PaycheckAgent Dodge
- 2003WhoopiMartin James
- 2003Jasper, TexasWalter Diggles
- 2003ThoughtcrimesJon Harper
- 2002DragonflyHugh Campbell
- 2001AliChauncey Eskridge
- 2001Africa: The Leopards of ZanzibarNarrator
- 2001SmallvilleSteven Hamilton
- 2001AfricaNarrator
- 2001Beyond HumanNarrator
- 2000BounceJim Willer
- 2000Ali: An American HeroMalcom X
- 2000What Lies BeneathDr. Drayton
- 1999Y2KMartin Lowell
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRay Bevins
- 1999The Astronaut's WifeSherman Reese
- 1999The Black Press: Soldiers Without SwordsSelf - Narrator
- 1998Apt PupilDan Richler
- 1998Mercy PointDr. Grote Maxwell
- 1998Blues Brothers 2000Cab Chamberlain
- 1997Trouble on the CornerDetective Bill
- 1997DellaventuraCouncilman Caulder
- 1997Speed 2: Cruise ControlLt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)
- 1997Prince Street
- 1997The PracticeU.S. Attorney
- 1997Miss Evers' BoysDr. Sam Brodus
- 1997The PestMr. Kent
- 1996Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
- 1996Lone StarDelmore "Del" Payne
- 1996Executive DecisionCappy
- 1995New York NewsMitch Cotter
- 1995Under One RoofRon Langston
- 1995The Walking DeadSgt. Barkley
- 1995In the Shadow of EvilLt. Royce
- 1994Touched by an AngelJake Stone
- 1994New York Undercover
- 1994SpeedCapt. McMahon
- 1994The InkwellKenny Tate
- 1994Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem RenaissanceNarrator
- 1993The Great DepressionSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1993The X-FilesMartin Wells
- 1993TriBeCa
- 1993Homicide: Life on the StreetSam Thorne
- 1993The Great Depression: A Job at Ford'sNarrator
- 1993T2: More Than Meets the EyeSelf
- 1992Forever YoungCameron
- 1992Of Mice and MenCrooks
- 1992Legacy of LiesSamuel Flowers
- 1991City of HopeWinn
- 1991Terminator 2: Judgment DayMiles Dyson
- 1991The Good PolicemanSweets Montgomery
- 1990Law & OrderDefense Attorney Leon Chiles
- 1990The Lost PlatoonWorld War II soldier
- 1990Equal JusticeMike James
- 1990ChallengerDr. Ronald McNair
- 1989Making a Case for MurderCederic Sandiford
- 1989TapNicky
- 1988Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim AjamiTandy
- 1988Police Story: BurnoutSgt. Jeff Allen
- 1988The Good MotherFrank Williams
- 1988Police StorySgt. Jeff Allen
- 1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
- 1988Zelly & MeEarl
- 1988Alone in the Neon JungleKen Fraker
- 1987StrandedSheriff McMahon
- 1987A Different WorldByron Douglas III
- 1986CrossroadsScratch's Assistant
- 1985Trouble in MindSolo
- 1985The EqualizerSlate
- 1984Miami ViceLt. Jack Davis
- 1984The Brother from Another PlanetThe Brother
- 1984A Good SportLionel Zachary
- 1983Curse of the Pink PantherCharlie
- 1982The ClairvoyantDetective Rich
- 1982NatureNarrator (voice)
- 1982American PlayhouseCarl Hatch
- 1981We're Fighting BackElgin Jones
- 1980Death PenaltyWilliam Terry
- 1979...And Justice for AllPrison Doctor
- 1979Lawman Without a GunLouis
- 1978Watch Your MouthMr. Raymond Geeter
- 1977Between the LinesAhmed
- 1976What's Happening!!Manager
- 1975GradyHal Marshall
- 1974NOVAAdditional Narration
- 1972M*A*S*HCaptain Saunders
- 1972Sanford and Son
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleClerk
- —War Birds: Diary of an Unknown AviatorNarrator
- —NOVA: Addiction
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