Joe Morton
October 18, 1947 (78 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
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
Credits
- 2025 · The American Revolution as Elisha Bostwick (voice) /Elias Dayton (voice)
- 2025 · The American Revolution as voice
- 2025 · Going Dutch as General Davidson
- 2023 · Trinity's Triumph as Monsignor Heck
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Zack Snyder's Justice League as Silas Stone
- 2020 · Mr. Tornado as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Politician as Marcus Standish
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Dr. Houston Brooks
- 2018 · God Friended Me as Arthur Finer
- 2017 · Justice League as Silas Stone
- 2016 · Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Silas
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Jason
- 2012 · Scandal as Eli 'Rowan' Pope
- 2009 · White Collar as Kyle Bancroft
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Daniel Golden
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Reverend John Hill
- 2009 · The Line as Hodges
- 2008 · Lifelines as Dr. Livingston
- 2007 · American Gangster as Charlie Williams
- 2006 · Brothers and Sisters as Peter Madsen
- 2006 · Eureka as Henry Deacon
- 2006 · The Night Listener as Ashe
- 2005 · E-Ring as Steven Algazi
- 2005 · Stealth as Dick Marshfield
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Peter Lange
- 2004 · House as Gary Wright
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Attorney Steve Duprey
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Dwight Hillborne
- 2003 · Paycheck as Agent Dodge
- 2002 · Dragonfly as Hugh Campbell
- 2001 · Ali as Chauncey Eskridge
- 2001 · Smallville as Steven Hamilton
- 2000 · Bounce as Jim Willer
- 2000 · Ali: An American Hero as Malcom X
- 2000 · What Lies Beneath as Dr. Drayton
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ray Bevins
- 1998 · Apt Pupil as Dan Richler
- 1998 · Blues Brothers 2000 as Cab Chamberlain
- 1997 · Speed 2: Cruise Control as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)
- 1997 · The Practice as U.S. Attorney
- 1997 · The Pest as Mr. Kent
- 1996 · Lone Star as Delmore "Del" Payne
- 1995 · New York News as Mitch Cotter
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Jake Stone
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Martin Hunter
- 1994 · New York Undercover as
- 1994 · Speed as Capt. McMahon
- 1993 · The X-Files as Martin Wells
- 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as Sam Thorne
- 1991 · City of Hope as Winn
- 1991 · Terminator 2: Judgment Day as Miles Dyson
- 1991 · The Good Policeman as Sweets Montgomery
- 1990 · Law & Order as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles
- 1990 · Law & Order as Roland Books
- 1990 · Challenger as Dr. Ronald McNair
- 1988 · The Good Mother as Frank Williams
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Zelly & Me as Earl
- 1987 · A Different World as Byron Douglas III
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Slate
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Carter Brock
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Lt. Jack Davis
- 1983 · Curse of the Pink Panther as Charlie
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1981 · We're Fighting Back as Elgin Jones
- 1979 · ...And Justice for All as Prison Doctor
- 1974 · NOVA as Additional Narration
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as Captain Saunders
- 1972 · Sanford and Son as
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Clerk
- Future · NOVA: Addiction as
- 2022 · The U.S. and the Holocaust as (voice)
- 2021 · Our Kind of People as Teddy Franklin
- 2021 · Hemingway as Ralph Ellison (voice)
- 2017 · T2: Reprogramming The Terminator as Self
- 2016 · All the Way as Roy Wilkins
- 2015 · Proof as Dr. Charles Russell
- 2015 · Cleveland Abduction as Agent Solano
- 2012 · Coma as Nelson
- 2008 · Grand Central as Narrator
- 2007 · Badland as Max Astin
- 2005 · Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today as Additional Voices
- 2005 · Back in the Day as Reverend Packer
- 2005 · Gone But Not Forgotten as Reggie Stewart
- 2004 · The Jury as
- 2003 · Whoopi as Martin James
- 2003 · Jasper, Texas as Walter Diggles
- 2003 · Thoughtcrimes as Jon Harper
- 1999 · The Astronaut's Wife as Sherman Reese
- 1998 · Mercy Point as Dr. Grote Maxwell
- 1997 · Dellaventura as Councilman Caulder
- 1997 · Prince Street as
- 1996 · Executive Decision as Cappy
- 1995 · Under One Roof as Ron Langston
- 1993 · The Great Depression as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · TriBeCa as
- 1992 · Forever Young as Cameron
- 1992 · Of Mice and Men as Crooks
- 1990 · The Lost Platoon as World War II soldier
- 1990 · Equal Justice as Mike James
- 1989 · Tap as Nicky
- 1987 · Stranded as Sheriff McMahon
- 1986 · Crossroads as Scratch's Assistant
- 1985 · Trouble in Mind as Solo
- 1984 · The Brother from Another Planet as The Brother
- 1976 · What's Happening!! as
- 1975 · Grady as Hal Marshall
- Future · War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator as Narrator
- 2025 · Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP as Narrator
- 2022 · Inside the Black Box as
- 2020 · Between the World and Me as Self
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
- 2019 · A Million Eyes as Fern
- 2016 · Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Himself
- 2013 · Home as Donald Hall
- 2010 · Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind as Self
- 2006 · The Nuremberg Trials as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Lenny The Wonder Dog as Dr. Island
- 2005 · Building the Alaska Highway as Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- 2001 · Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar as Narrator
- 2001 · Africa as Narrator
- 2001 · Beyond Human as Narrator
- 1999 · Y2K as Martin Lowell
- 1999 · The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords as Self - Narrator
- 1997 · Trouble on the Corner as Detective Bill
- 1997 · Miss Evers' Boys as Dr. Sam Brodus
- 1996 · Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance as Gordon Thomas
- 1995 · The Walking Dead as Sgt. Barkley
- 1995 · In the Shadow of Evil as Lt. Royce
- 1994 · The Inkwell as Kenny Tate
- 1994 · Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance as Narrator
- 1993 · T2: More Than Meets the Eye as Self
- 1993 · The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's as Narrator
- 1992 · Legacy of Lies as Samuel Flowers
- 1989 · Making a Case for Murder as Cederic Sandiford
- 1988 · Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami as Tandy
- 1988 · Police Story: Burnout as Sgt. Jeff Allen
- 1988 · Alone in the Neon Jungle as Ken Fraker
- 1984 · A Good Sport as Lionel Zachary
- 1982 · The Clairvoyant as Detective Rich
- 1980 · Death Penalty as William Terry
- 1979 · Lawman Without a Gun as Louis
- 1978 · Watch Your Mouth as Mr. Raymond Geeter
- 1977 · Between the Lines as Ahmed