Joe Morton

Joe Morton

1947-10-18 • New York City, New York, USA • Male • 146 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-10-18

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known Credits

146

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Joseph Thomas Morton, Jr., Joseph Thomas Morton, Joseph Morton

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Known For Movies

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016
Zack Snyder's Justice League

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019
Justice League

Justice League

2017
American Gangster

American Gangster

2007
Speed

Speed

1994
Stealth

Stealth

2005
What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath

2000
Ali

Ali

2001
Paycheck

Paycheck

2003
Speed 2: Cruise Control

Speed 2: Cruise Control

1997
Dragonfly

Dragonfly

2002
Executive Decision

Executive Decision

1996
Crossroads

Crossroads

1986
The Astronaut's Wife

The Astronaut's Wife

1999
Blues Brothers 2000

Blues Brothers 2000

1998
Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

1992
Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

1998
Lone Star

Lone Star

1996
Bounce

Bounce

2000
...And Justice for All

...And Justice for All

1979
Forever Young

Forever Young

1992
All the Way

All the Way

2016
Cleveland Abduction

Cleveland Abduction

2015
Curse of the Pink Panther

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983
The Good Mother

The Good Mother

1988
The Night Listener

The Night Listener

2006
The Pest

The Pest

1997
Miss Evers' Boys

Miss Evers' Boys

1997
The Line

The Line

2009
Gone But Not Forgotten

Gone But Not Forgotten

2005
The Inkwell

The Inkwell

1994
City of Hope

City of Hope

1991
Trouble in Mind

Trouble in Mind

1985
Challenger

Challenger

1990
Ali: An American Hero

Ali: An American Hero

2000
The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet

1984
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

2017
Lenny The Wonder Dog

Lenny The Wonder Dog

2005
Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

2020
Between the Lines

Between the Lines

1977
Trouble on the Corner

Trouble on the Corner

1997
Badland

Badland

2007
Thoughtcrimes

Thoughtcrimes

2003
Tap

Tap

1989
We're Fighting Back

We're Fighting Back

1981
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

1996
The Lost Platoon

The Lost Platoon

1990
The Good Policeman

The Good Policeman

1991
Back in the Day

Back in the Day

2005
Y2K

Y2K

1999
Home

Home

2013
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

1988
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

2020
In the Shadow of Evil

In the Shadow of Evil

1995
The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant

1982
Alone in the Neon Jungle

Alone in the Neon Jungle

1988
Making a Case for Murder

Making a Case for Murder

1989
Jasper, Texas

Jasper, Texas

2003
The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

1995
A Good Sport

A Good Sport

1984
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today

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

2005
Mr. Tornado

Mr. Tornado

2020
Legacy of Lies

Legacy of Lies

1992
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

1993
Death Penalty

Death Penalty

1980
Stranded

Stranded

1987
Police Story: Burnout

Police Story: Burnout

1988
Trinity's Triumph

Trinity's Triumph

2023
A Million Eyes

A Million Eyes

2019
Zelly & Me

Zelly & Me

1988
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

2025
Lifelines

Lifelines

2008
Building the Alaska Highway

Building the Alaska Highway

2005
Lawman Without a Gun

Lawman Without a Gun

1979
T2: More Than Meets the Eye

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

1993
The Nuremberg Trials

The Nuremberg Trials

2006
Grand Central

Grand Central

2008
NOVA: Addiction

NOVA: Addiction
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

2010
Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar

Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar

2001
Beyond Human

Beyond Human

2001
Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

1994
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

1999
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator

War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
The Bombing of Germany

The Bombing of Germany

2010
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

2016

Known For TV Shows

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999
Law & Order

Law & Order

1990
House

House

2004
Smallville

Smallville

2001
The X-Files

The X-Files

1993
The Good Wife

The Good Wife

2009
CSI: NY

CSI: NY

2004
NOVA

NOVA

1974
Miami Vice

Miami Vice

1984
Scandal

Scandal

2012
Boston Legal

Boston Legal

2004
M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

1972
White Collar

White Collar

2009
The Practice

The Practice

1997
Numb3rs

Numb3rs

2005
American Experience

American Experience

1988
The Equalizer

The Equalizer

1985
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966
Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

1994
Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13

2009
Homicide: Life on the Street

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993
Sherri

Sherri

2022
Nature

Nature

1982
Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters

2006
Eureka

Eureka

2006
Grace and Frankie

Grace and Frankie

2015
A Different World

A Different World

1987
Tamron Hall

Tamron Hall

2019
New York Undercover

New York Undercover

1994
Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son

1972
God Friended Me

God Friended Me

2018
E-Ring

E-Ring

2005
What's Happening!!

What's Happening!!

1976
The Politician

The Politician

2019
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982
The Jury

The Jury

2004
Whoopi

Whoopi

2003
New York News

New York News

1995
Going Dutch

Going Dutch

2025
Equal Justice

Equal Justice

1990
The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022
Coma

Coma

2012
Our Kind of People

Our Kind of People

2021
Dellaventura

Dellaventura

1997
Police Story

Police Story

1988
Hemingway

Hemingway

2021
Grady

Grady

1975
Prince Street

Prince Street

1997
Proof

Proof

2015
TriBeCa

TriBeCa

1993
Mercy Point

Mercy Point

1998
Inside the Black Box

Inside the Black Box

2022
Under One Roof

Under One Roof

1995
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

2020
The Great Depression

The Great Depression

1993
Africa

Africa

2001
Watch Your Mouth

Watch Your Mouth

1978

Movie Credits

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

Miles Dyson

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016

Silas

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021

Silas Stone

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019

Dr. Houston Brooks

Justice League

2017

Silas Stone

American Gangster

2007

Charlie Williams

Speed

1994

Capt. McMahon

Stealth

2005

Dick Marshfield

What Lies Beneath

2000

Dr. Drayton

Ali

2001

Chauncey Eskridge

Paycheck

2003

Agent Dodge

Speed 2: Cruise Control

1997

Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)

Dragonfly

2002

Hugh Campbell

Executive Decision

1996

Cappy

Crossroads

1986

Scratch's Assistant

The Astronaut's Wife

1999

Sherman Reese

Blues Brothers 2000

1998

Cab Chamberlain

Of Mice and Men

1992

Crooks

Apt Pupil

1998

Dan Richler

Lone Star

1996

Delmore "Del" Payne

Bounce

2000

Jim Willer

...And Justice for All

1979

Prison Doctor

Forever Young

1992

Cameron

All the Way

2016

Roy Wilkins

Cleveland Abduction

2015

Agent Solano

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

Charlie

The Good Mother

1988

Frank Williams

The Night Listener

2006

Ashe

The Pest

1997

Mr. Kent

Miss Evers' Boys

1997

Dr. Sam Brodus

The Line

2009

Hodges

Gone But Not Forgotten

2005

Reggie Stewart

The Inkwell

1994

Kenny Tate

City of Hope

1991

Winn

Trouble in Mind

1985

Solo

Challenger

1990

Dr. Ronald McNair

Ali: An American Hero

2000

Malcom X

The Brother from Another Planet

1984

The Brother

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

2004

Other Voices (voice)

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

2017

Self

Lenny The Wonder Dog

2005

Dr. Island

Between the World and Me

2020

Self

Between the Lines

1977

Ahmed

Trouble on the Corner

1997

Detective Bill

Badland

2007

Max Astin

Thoughtcrimes

2003

Jon Harper

Tap

1989

Nicky

We're Fighting Back

1981

Elgin Jones

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

1996

The Lost Platoon

1990

World War II soldier

The Good Policeman

1991

Sweets Montgomery

Back in the Day

2005

Reverend Packer

Y2K

1999

Martin Lowell

Home

2013

Donald Hall

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

1988

Tandy

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

2020

Self

In the Shadow of Evil

1995

Lt. Royce

The Clairvoyant

1982

Detective Rich

Alone in the Neon Jungle

1988

Ken Fraker

Making a Case for Murder

1989

Cederic Sandiford

Jasper, Texas

2003

Walter Diggles

The Walking Dead

1995

Sgt. Barkley

A Good Sport

1984

Lionel Zachary

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

2005

Additional Voices

Mr. Tornado

2020

Narrator (voice)

Legacy of Lies

1992

Samuel Flowers

The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

1993

Narrator

Death Penalty

1980

William Terry

Stranded

1987

Sheriff McMahon

Police Story: Burnout

1988

Sgt. Jeff Allen

Trinity's Triumph

2023

Monsignor Heck

A Million Eyes

2019

Fern

Zelly & Me

1988

Earl

Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

2025

Narrator

Lifelines

2008

Dr. Livingston

Building the Alaska Highway

2005

Narrator (voice)

Lawman Without a Gun

1979

Louis

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

1993

Self

The Nuremberg Trials

2006

Narrator (voice)

Grand Central

2008

Narrator

NOVA: Addiction

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

2010

Self

Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar

2001

Narrator

Beyond Human

2001

Narrator

Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

1994

Narrator

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

1999

Self - Narrator

War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator

Narrator

The Bombing of Germany

2010

Narrator

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

2016

Himself

TV Credits

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Ray Bevins (1 episodes)

Law & Order

1990

Defense Attorney Leon Chiles (4 episodes)

House

2004

Gary Wright (1 episodes)

Smallville

2001

Steven Hamilton (4 episodes)

The X-Files

1993

Martin Wells (1 episodes)

The Good Wife

2009

Daniel Golden (11 episodes)

CSI: NY

2004

Dwight Hillborne (2 episodes)

NOVA

1974

Narrator (2 episodes)

Miami Vice

1984

Lt. Jack Davis (1 episodes)

Scandal

2012

Eli 'Rowan' Pope (88 episodes)

Boston Legal

2004

Attorney Steve Duprey (1 episodes)

M*A*S*H

1972

Captain Saunders (1 episodes)

White Collar

2009

Kyle Bancroft (1 episodes)

The Practice

1997

U.S. Attorney (1 episodes)

Numb3rs

2005

Peter Lange (1 episodes)

American Experience

1988

Narrator (voice) (8 episodes)

The Equalizer

1985

Slate (1 episodes)

Mission: Impossible

1966

Clerk (1 episodes)

Touched by an Angel

1994

Jake Stone (1 episodes)

Warehouse 13

2009

Reverend John Hill (1 episodes)

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993

Sam Thorne (2 episodes)

Sherri

2022

Self - Guest (1 episodes)

Nature

1982

Narrator (voice) (1 episodes)

Brothers and Sisters

2006

Peter Madsen (2 episodes)

Eureka

2006

Henry Deacon (77 episodes)

Grace and Frankie

2015

Jason (2 episodes)

A Different World

1987

Byron Douglas III (7 episodes)

Tamron Hall

2019

Self - Guest (1 episodes)

New York Undercover

1994

(1 episodes)

Sanford and Son

1972

(1 episodes)

God Friended Me

2018

Arthur Finer (42 episodes)

E-Ring

2005

Steven Algazi (22 episodes)

What's Happening!!

1976

Manager (1 episodes)

The Politician

2019

Marcus Standish (4 episodes)

American Playhouse

1982

Carl Hatch (3 episodes)

The Jury

2004

(1 episodes)

Whoopi

2003

Martin James (1 episodes)

New York News

1995

Mitch Cotter (13 episodes)

Going Dutch

2025

General Davidson (11 episodes)

Equal Justice

1990

Mike James (27 episodes)

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022

Self (voice) (3 episodes)

Coma

2012

Nelson (2 episodes)

Our Kind of People

2021

Teddy Franklin (12 episodes)

Dellaventura

1997

Councilman Caulder (1 episodes)

Police Story

1988

Sgt. Jeff Allen (1 episodes)

Hemingway

2021

Ralph Ellison (voice) (1 episodes)

Grady

1975

Hal Marshall (10 episodes)

Prince Street

1997

(6 episodes)

Proof

2015

Dr. Charles Russell (10 episodes)

TriBeCa

1993

(7 episodes)

Mercy Point

1998

Dr. Grote Maxwell (8 episodes)

Inside the Black Box

2022

(20 episodes)

Under One Roof

1995

Ron Langston (6 episodes)

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

2020

Self (1 episodes)

The Great Depression

1993

Self - Narrator (voice) (7 episodes)

Africa

2001

Narrator (8 episodes)

Watch Your Mouth

1978

Mr. Raymond Geeter (1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

No movie production credits available.

TV Production Credits

Scandal

Director

2012

Bull

Director

2016

Eureka

Director

2006

God Friended Me

Director

2018