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
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Zack Snyder's Justice League as Silas Stone
- 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
- 2015 · Cleveland Abduction as Agent Solano
- 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
- 2007 · Badland as Max Astin
- 2007 · American Gangster as Charlie Williams
- 2006 · Brothers and Sisters as Peter Madsen
- 2006 · Eureka as Henry Deacon
- 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
- 2004 · The Jury as
- 2003 · Paycheck as Agent Dodge
- 2003 · Whoopi as Martin James
- 2003 · Jasper, Texas as Walter Diggles
- 2002 · Dragonfly as Hugh Campbell
- 2001 · Ali as Chauncey Eskridge
- 2001 · Smallville as Steven Hamilton
- 2000 · Bounce as Jim Willer
- 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
- 1992 · Forever Young as Cameron
- 1991 · Terminator 2: Judgment Day as Miles Dyson
- 1990 · Law & Order as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles
- 1990 · Law & Order as Roland Books
- 1990 · Equal Justice as Mike James
- 1990 · Challenger as Dr. Ronald McNair
- 1989 · Tap as Nicky
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Zelly & Me as Earl
- 1987 · A Different World as Byron Douglas III
- 1986 · Crossroads as Scratch's Assistant
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Slate
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Carter Brock
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Lt. Jack Davis
- 1982 · The Clairvoyant as Detective Rich
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1976 · What's Happening!! as
- 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
- 2025 · Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP as Narrator
- 2023 · Trinity's Triumph as Monsignor Heck
- 2022 · The U.S. and the Holocaust as (voice)
- 2022 · Inside the Black Box as
- 2021 · Our Kind of People as Teddy Franklin
- 2021 · Hemingway as Ralph Ellison (voice)
- 2020 · Between the World and Me as Self
- 2020 · Mr. Tornado as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
- 2019 · A Million Eyes as Fern
- 2017 · T2: Reprogramming The Terminator as Self
- 2016 · Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Himself
- 2016 · All the Way as Roy Wilkins
- 2015 · Proof as Dr. Charles Russell
- 2013 · Home as Donald Hall
- 2012 · Coma as Nelson
- 2010 · Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind as Self
- 2008 · Grand Central as Narrator
- 2008 · Lifelines as Dr. Livingston
- 2006 · The Night Listener as Ashe
- 2006 · The Nuremberg Trials as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Lenny The Wonder Dog as Dr. Island
- 2005 · Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today as Additional Voices
- 2005 · Back in the Day as Reverend Packer
- 2005 · Building the Alaska Highway as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Gone But Not Forgotten as Reggie Stewart
- 2004 · Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- 2003 · Thoughtcrimes as Jon Harper
- 2001 · Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar as Narrator
- 2001 · Africa as Narrator
- 2001 · Beyond Human as Narrator
- 2000 · Ali: An American Hero as Malcom X
- 1999 · Y2K as Martin Lowell
- 1999 · The Astronaut's Wife as Sherman Reese
- 1999 · The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords as Self - Narrator
- 1998 · Mercy Point as Dr. Grote Maxwell
- 1997 · Trouble on the Corner as Detective Bill
- 1997 · Dellaventura as Councilman Caulder
- 1997 · Prince Street as
- 1997 · Miss Evers' Boys as Dr. Sam Brodus
- 1996 · Executive Decision as Cappy
- 1995 · Under One Roof as Ron Langston
- 1995 · The Walking Dead as Sgt. Barkley
- 1995 · In the Shadow of Evil as Lt. Royce
- 1994 · The Inkwell as Kenny Tate
- 1993 · The Great Depression as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · TriBeCa as
- 1992 · Of Mice and Men as Crooks
- 1991 · City of Hope as Winn
- 1988 · The Good Mother as Frank Williams
- 1988 · Alone in the Neon Jungle as Ken Fraker
- 1987 · Stranded as Sheriff McMahon
- 1984 · The Brother from Another Planet as The Brother
- 1984 · A Good Sport as Lionel Zachary
- 1983 · Curse of the Pink Panther as Charlie
- 1981 · We're Fighting Back as Elgin Jones
- 1979 · ...And Justice for All as Prison Doctor
- 1978 · Watch Your Mouth as Mr. Raymond Geeter
- Future · War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator as Narrator
- 1996 · Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance as Gordon Thomas
- 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
- 1991 · The Good Policeman as Sweets Montgomery
- 1990 · The Lost Platoon as World War II soldier
- 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
- 1985 · Trouble in Mind as Solo
- 1980 · Death Penalty as William Terry
- 1979 · Lawman Without a Gun as Louis
- 1977 · Between the Lines as Ahmed
- 1975 · Grady as Hal Marshall



