Joe Morton

ActorDirector Oct 18 (age 78) New York City, New York, USA 1966–2025 (59 year career)

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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

Film

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Miles Dyson

Film

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Silas Stone

Film

American Gangster

Charlie Williams

Film

Speed

Capt. McMahon

Film

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Silas

Film

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Dr. Houston Brooks

Film

Justice League

Silas Stone

Film

Ali

Chauncey Eskridge

Filmography

Acting (145)

Movies (88)

Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

2025

as Narrator

10.0

Trinity's Triumph

2023

as Monsignor Heck

Zack Snyder's Justice League

as Silas Stone

Mr. Tornado

as Narrator (voice)

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

2020

as Self

6.4

Between the World and Me

2020

as Self

7.9

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019

as Dr. Houston Brooks

A Million Eyes

as Fern

Justice League

as Silas Stone

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

2017

as Self

7.4

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as Silas

All the Way

as Roy Wilkins

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

as Himself

Cleveland Abduction

as Agent Solano

Home

as Donald Hall

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

2010

as Self

The Line

as Hodges

Lifelines

as Dr. Livingston

Grand Central

as Narrator

American Gangster

as Charlie Williams

Badland

as Max Astin

The Nuremberg Trials

as Narrator (voice)

The Night Listener

as Ashe

Building the Alaska Highway

2005

as Narrator (voice)

Stealth

2005

as Dick Marshfield

5.5

Gone But Not Forgotten

as Reggie Stewart

Lenny The Wonder Dog

as Dr. Island

Back in the Day

as Reverend Packer

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today

2005

as Additional Voices

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004

as Other Voices (voice)

Paycheck

as Agent Dodge

Thoughtcrimes

as Jon Harper

Jasper, Texas

as Walter Diggles

Dragonfly

as Hugh Campbell

Ali

as Chauncey Eskridge

Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar

2001

as Narrator

Beyond Human

2001

as Narrator

What Lies Beneath

as Dr. Drayton

Bounce

as Jim Willer

Ali: An American Hero

as Malcom X

The Astronaut's Wife

as Sherman Reese

Y2K

as Martin Lowell

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

as Self - Narrator

Apt Pupil

as Dan Richler

Blues Brothers 2000

as Cab Chamberlain

Speed 2: Cruise Control

1997

as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)

4.6

Trouble on the Corner

as Detective Bill

The Pest

as Mr. Kent

Miss Evers' Boys

as Dr. Sam Brodus

Executive Decision

as Cappy

Lone Star

as Delmore "Del" Payne

7.0

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

as Gordon Thomas

The Walking Dead

as Sgt. Barkley

In the Shadow of Evil

as Lt. Royce

Speed

as Capt. McMahon

Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

as Narrator

The Inkwell

as Kenny Tate

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

1993

as Self

6.7

The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

1993

as Narrator

Forever Young

as Cameron

Of Mice and Men

as Crooks

Legacy of Lies

as Samuel Flowers

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

as Miles Dyson

City of Hope

as Winn

The Good Policeman

as Sweets Montgomery

Challenger

1990

as Dr. Ronald McNair

6.2

The Lost Platoon

1990

as World War II soldier

4.1

Making a Case for Murder

1989

as Cederic Sandiford

Tap

as Nicky

The Good Mother

as Frank Williams

Zelly & Me

as Earl

Alone in the Neon Jungle

1988

as Ken Fraker

3.7

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

1988

as Tandy

6.0

Police Story: Burnout

1988

as Sgt. Jeff Allen

Stranded

1987

as Sheriff McMahon

5.2

Crossroads

1986

as Scratch's Assistant

Trouble in Mind

as Solo

A Good Sport

as Lionel Zachary

The Brother from Another Planet

1984

as The Brother

6.6

Curse of the Pink Panther

as Charlie

The Clairvoyant

as Detective Rich

We're Fighting Back

as Elgin Jones

Death Penalty

as William Terry

...And Justice for All

1979

as Prison Doctor

7.1

Lawman Without a Gun

1979

as Louis

Between the Lines

1977

as Ahmed

5.1

NOVA: Addiction

War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator

as Narrator

1.0

Television (57)

The American Revolution

2025

as Elisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice)

Going Dutch

as General Davidson

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Inside the Black Box

The U.S. and the Holocaust

as (voice)

Our Kind of People

as Teddy Franklin

Hemingway

as Ralph Ellison (voice)

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

The Politician

as Marcus Standish

God Friended Me

as Arthur Finer

Grace and Frankie

as Jason

Proof

as Dr. Charles Russell

Scandal

as Eli 'Rowan' Pope

Scandal

as Eli 'Rowan' Pope

Coma

as Nelson

The Good Wife

as Daniel Golden

White Collar

as Kyle Bancroft

Warehouse 13

as Reverend John Hill

Eureka

as Henry Deacon

Brothers and Sisters

as Peter Madsen

Numb3rs

as Peter Lange

E-Ring

as Steven Algazi

House

as Gary Wright

CSI: NY

as Dwight Hillborne

Boston Legal

as Attorney Steve Duprey

The Jury

Whoopi

as Martin James

Smallville

as Steven Hamilton

Africa

as Narrator

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Ray Bevins

7.9

Mercy Point

1998

as Dr. Grote Maxwell

The Practice

as U.S. Attorney

Prince Street

Dellaventura

as Councilman Caulder

New York News

1995

as Mitch Cotter

Under One Roof

1995

as Ron Langston

Touched by an Angel

as Jake Stone

New York Undercover

The X-Files

as Martin Wells

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

as Sam Thorne

8.1

The Great Depression

1993

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TriBeCa

Law & Order

as Roland Books

Equal Justice

as Mike James

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

A Different World

as Byron Douglas III

The Equalizer

as Slate

Miami Vice

as Lt. Jack Davis

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

American Playhouse

as Carl Hatch

Watch Your Mouth

as Mr. Raymond Geeter

What's Happening!!

Grady

as Hal Marshall

NOVA

as Narrator

M*A*S*H

as Captain Saunders

Sanford and Son

Mission: Impossible

as Clerk

Crew (4)

Television (4)

God Friended Me

Director

Bull

Director

Scandal

Director

Eureka

Director