Joe Morton

Known for: Acting

Born: 1947-10-18 (age 78)

From: 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.

Filmography (147)

TV★ 5.9
The American Revolution
2025
as Elisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
2025
as Narrator
TV★ 5.8
Going Dutch
2025
as General Davidson
MOVIE
Trinity's Triumph
2023
as Monsignor Heck
TV★ 8.3
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self (voice)
TV★ 2.6
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
TV★ 5.0
Inside the Black Box
2022
TV★ 7.8
Our Kind of People
2021
as Teddy Franklin
TV★ 7.5
Hemingway
2021
as Ralph Ellison (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.1
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Silas Stone
MOVIE★ 7.9
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mr. Tornado
2020
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.2
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Million Eyes
2019
as Fern
TV★ 7.0
The Politician
2019
as Marcus Standish
TV★ 4.7
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.7
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Dr. Houston Brooks
TV★ 7.7
God Friended Me
2018
as Arthur Finer
MOVIE★ 7.4
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Justice League
2017
as Silas Stone
MOVIE★ 3.5
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.6
All the Way
2016
as Roy Wilkins
MOVIE★ 6.0
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Silas
TV★ 6.5
Proof
2015
as Dr. Charles Russell
TV★ 7.7
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Jason
MOVIE★ 7.2
Cleveland Abduction
2015
as Agent Solano
MOVIE★ 6.9
Home
2013
as Donald Hall
TV★ 6.4
Coma
2012
as Dr. Nelson
TV★ 7.2
Scandal
2012
as Eli 'Rowan' Pope
MOVIE
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010
as Self
MOVIE
The Bombing of Germany
2010
as Narrator
TV★ 8.2
White Collar
2009
as Kyle Bancroft
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Daniel Golden
TV★ 7.7
Warehouse 13
2009
as Reverend John Hill
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Line
2009
as Hodges
MOVIE★ 9.0
Grand Central
2008
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 3.4
Lifelines
2008
as Dr. Livingston
MOVIE★ 6.4
Badland
2007
as Max Astin
MOVIE★ 7.6
American Gangster
2007
as Charlie Williams
TV★ 7.1
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Peter Madsen
TV★ 7.7
Eureka
2006
as Henry Deacon
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Night Listener
2006
as Ashe
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Nuremberg Trials
2006
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.6
E-Ring
2005
as Steven Algazi
MOVIE★ 4.8
Lenny The Wonder Dog
2005
as Dr. Island
MOVIE★ 5.5
Stealth
2005
as Dick Marshfield
MOVIE
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005
as Additional Voices
MOVIE★ 5.2
Back in the Day
2005
as Reverend Packer
MOVIE
Building the Alaska Highway
2005
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Numb3rs
2005
as Peter Lange
MOVIE★ 4.9
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
as Reggie Stewart
TV★ 8.6
House
2004
as Gary Wright
TV★ 7.9
Boston Legal
2004
as Attorney Steve Duprey
TV★ 7.3
CSI: NY
2004
as Dwight Hillborne
MOVIE★ 7.2
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
TV★ 9.0
The Jury
2004
MOVIE★ 6.2
Paycheck
2003
as Agent Dodge
TV★ 8.8
Whoopi
2003
as Martin James
MOVIE★ 6.0
Jasper, Texas
2003
as Walter Diggles
MOVIE★ 6.5
Thoughtcrimes
2003
as Jon Harper
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dragonfly
2002
as Hugh Campbell
MOVIE★ 6.8
Ali
2001
as Chauncey Eskridge
MOVIE
Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar
2001
as Narrator
TV★ 8.2
Smallville
2001
as Steven Hamilton
TV★ 9.0
Africa
2001
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Beyond Human
2001
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.8
Bounce
2000
as Jim Willer
MOVIE★ 5.2
Ali: An American Hero
2000
as Malcom X
MOVIE★ 6.4
What Lies Beneath
2000
as Dr. Drayton
MOVIE★ 4.8
Y2K
1999
as Martin Lowell
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ray Bevins
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Astronaut's Wife
1999
as Sherman Reese
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
1999
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.6
Apt Pupil
1998
as Dan Richler
TV★ 8.0
Mercy Point
1998
as Dr. Grote Maxwell
MOVIE★ 5.3
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
as Cab Chamberlain
MOVIE★ 3.3
Trouble on the Corner
1997
as Detective Bill
TV★ 8.0
Dellaventura
1997
as Councilman Caulder
MOVIE★ 4.6
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)
TV★ 8.7
Prince Street
1997
TV★ 7.7
The Practice
1997
as U.S. Attorney
MOVIE★ 6.5
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Dr. Sam Brodus
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Pest
1997
as Mr. Kent
MOVIE★ 5.3
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lone Star
1996
as Delmore "Del" Payne
MOVIE★ 6.4
Executive Decision
1996
as Cappy
TV★ 7.0
New York News
1995
as Mitch Cotter
TV★ 9.0
Under One Roof
1995
as Ron Langston
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Walking Dead
1995
as Sgt. Barkley
MOVIE★ 5.0
In the Shadow of Evil
1995
as Lt. Royce
TV★ 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Jake Stone
TV★ 7.3
New York Undercover
1994
MOVIE★ 7.2
Speed
1994
as Capt. McMahon
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Inkwell
1994
as Kenny Tate
MOVIE★ 7.0
Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
1994
as Narrator
TV★ 10.0
The Great Depression
1993
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.4
The X-Files
1993
as Martin Wells
TV★ 8.0
TriBeCa
1993
TV★ 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Sam Thorne
MOVIE
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
1993
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.8
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Forever Young
1992
as Cameron
MOVIE★ 7.3
Of Mice and Men
1992
as Crooks
MOVIE★ 8.0
Legacy of Lies
1992
as Samuel Flowers
MOVIE★ 6.8
City of Hope
1991
as Winn
MOVIE★ 8.2
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
as Miles Dyson
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Good Policeman
1991
as Sweets Montgomery
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Lost Platoon
1990
as World War II soldier
TV★ 6.8
Equal Justice
1990
as Mike James
MOVIE★ 6.5
Challenger
1990
as Dr. Ronald McNair
MOVIE★ 10.0
Making a Case for Murder
1989
as Cederic Sandiford
MOVIE★ 6.8
Tap
1989
as Nicky
MOVIE★ 7.0
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
as Tandy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Police Story: Burnout
1988
as Sgt. Jeff Allen
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Good Mother
1988
as Frank Williams
TV
Police Story
1988
as Sgt. Jeff Allen
TV★ 6.5
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Zelly & Me
1988
as Earl
MOVIE★ 4.3
Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988
as Ken Fraker
MOVIE★ 5.6
Stranded
1987
as Sheriff McMahon
TV★ 7.1
A Different World
1987
as Byron Douglas III
MOVIE★ 7.3
Crossroads
1986
as Scratch's Assistant
MOVIE★ 5.8
Trouble in Mind
1985
as Solo
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Slate
TV★ 7.4
Miami Vice
1984
as Lt. Jack Davis
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
as The Brother
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Good Sport
1984
as Lionel Zachary
MOVIE★ 4.6
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Clairvoyant
1982
as Detective Rich
TV★ 7.9
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Carl Hatch
MOVIE★ 7.0
We're Fighting Back
1981
as Elgin Jones
MOVIE★ 8.0
Death Penalty
1980
as William Terry
MOVIE★ 7.1
...And Justice for All
1979
as Prison Doctor
MOVIE★ 9.0
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
as Louis
TV
Watch Your Mouth
1978
as Mr. Raymond Geeter
MOVIE★ 5.3
Between the Lines
1977
as Ahmed
TV★ 7.4
What's Happening!!
1976
as Manager
TV★ 7.0
Grady
1975
as Hal Marshall
TV★ 7.0
NOVA
1974
as Additional Narration
TV★ 7.9
M*A*S*H
1972
as Captain Saunders
TV★ 7.5
Sanford and Son
1972
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Clerk
MOVIE★ 4.5
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
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as Narrator
MOVIE
NOVA: Addiction
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