Joe Morton
Known for Acting · 147 credits
- Born
- 1947-10-18 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Joseph Thomas Morton, Jr. · Joseph Thomas Morton · Joseph Morton
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
TV Shows (58)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ray Bevins
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles / Roland Books
House
2004
as Gary Wright
Smallville
2001
as Steven Hamilton
The X-Files
1993
as Martin Wells
The Good Wife
2009
as Daniel Golden
CSI: NY
2004
as Dwight Hillborne
NOVA
1974
as Additional Narration / Narrator
Scandal
2012
as Eli 'Rowan' Pope
M*A*S*H
1972
as Captain Saunders
Boston Legal
2004
as Attorney Steve Duprey
Miami Vice
1984
as Lt. Jack Davis
White Collar
2009
as Kyle Bancroft
The Practice
1997
as U.S. Attorney
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Clerk
Numb3rs
2005
as Peter Lange
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Jake Stone / Martin Hunter
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Sam Thorne
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
The Equalizer
1985
as Slate / Carter Brock
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Peter Madsen
Warehouse 13
2009
as Reverend John Hill
Eureka
2006
as Henry Deacon
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Jason
Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
A Different World
1987
as Byron Douglas III
New York Undercover
1994
Sanford and Son
1972
God Friended Me
2018
as Arthur Finer
What's Happening!!
1976
as Manager
The American Revolution
2025
as Elisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice)
E-Ring
2005
as Steven Algazi
The Politician
2019
as Marcus Standish
American Playhouse
1982
as Carl Hatch
New York News
1995
as Mitch Cotter
The Jury
2004
Equal Justice
1990
as Mike James
Going Dutch
2025
as General Davidson
Coma
2012
as Nelson
Whoopi
2003
as Martin James
Our Kind of People
2021
as Teddy Franklin
Proof
2015
as Dr. Charles Russell
Prince Street
1997
Hemingway
2021
as Ralph Ellison (voice)
The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self (voice)
Police Story
1988
as Sgt. Jeff Allen
Dellaventura
1997
as Councilman Caulder
Grady
1975
as Hal Marshall
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
TriBeCa
1993
Mercy Point
1998
as Dr. Grote Maxwell
Inside the Black Box
2022
Under One Roof
1995
as Ron Langston
The Great Depression
1993
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Africa
2001
as Narrator
Watch Your Mouth
1978
as Mr. Raymond Geeter
Movies (89)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Silas
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
as Miles Dyson
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Silas Stone
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Dr. Houston Brooks
Justice League
2017
as Silas Stone
Speed
1994
as Capt. McMahon
American Gangster
2007
as Charlie Williams
Paycheck
2003
as Agent Dodge
What Lies Beneath
2000
as Dr. Drayton
Stealth
2005
as Dick Marshfield
Ali
2001
as Chauncey Eskridge
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)
Executive Decision
1996
as Cappy
Dragonfly
2002
as Hugh Campbell
Apt Pupil
1998
as Dan Richler
Crossroads
1986
as Scratch's Assistant
Lone Star
1996
as Delmore "Del" Payne
...And Justice for All
1979
as Prison Doctor
The Astronaut's Wife
1999
as Sherman Reese
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
as Cab Chamberlain
Bounce
2000
as Jim Willer
Of Mice and Men
1992
as Crooks
Cleveland Abduction
2015
as Agent Solano
Forever Young
1992
as Cameron
The Pest
1997
as Mr. Kent
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
All the Way
2016
as Roy Wilkins
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
as The Brother
Trouble in Mind
1985
as Solo
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
as Tandy
Home
2013
as Donald Hall
The Night Listener
2006
as Ashe
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
as Reggie Stewart
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Dr. Sam Brodus
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Charlie
City of Hope
1991
as Winn
The Line
2009
as Hodges
Thoughtcrimes
2003
as Jon Harper
The Inkwell
1994
as Kenny Tate
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
Back in the Day
2005
as Reverend Packer
Tap
1989
as Nicky
Between the Lines
1977
as Ahmed
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017
as Self
The Good Mother
1988
as Frank Williams
Y2K
1999
as Martin Lowell
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
as Self
The Good Policeman
1991
as Sweets Montgomery
Making a Case for Murder
1989
as Cederic Sandiford
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996
Challenger
1990
as Dr. Ronald McNair
Badland
2007
as Max Astin
Trouble on the Corner
1997
as Detective Bill
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005
as Additional Voices
Lenny The Wonder Dog
2005
as Dr. Island
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010
as Self
Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988
as Ken Fraker
The Clairvoyant
1982
as Detective Rich
The Walking Dead
1995
as Sgt. Barkley
A Million Eyes
2019
as Fern
Stranded
1987
as Sheriff McMahon
Jasper, Texas
2003
as Walter Diggles
We're Fighting Back
1981
as Elgin Jones
Zelly & Me
1988
as Earl
Legacy of Lies
1992
as Samuel Flowers
Police Story: Burnout
1988
as Sgt. Jeff Allen
In the Shadow of Evil
1995
as Lt. Royce
Lifelines
2008
as Dr. Livingston
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
as Louis
The Lost Platoon
1990
as World War II soldier
Mr. Tornado
2020
as Narrator (voice)
A Good Sport
1984
as Lionel Zachary
Death Penalty
1980
as William Terry
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
1993
as Self
The Nuremberg Trials
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Grand Central
2008
as Narrator
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
1999
as Self - Narrator
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
2025
as Narrator
Building the Alaska Highway
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Ali: An American Hero
2000
as Malcom X
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
as Himself
Trinity's Triumph
2023
as Monsignor Heck
Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
1994
as Narrator
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
1993
as Narrator
Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar
2001
as Narrator
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
as Narrator
NOVA: Addiction
Beyond Human
2001
as Narrator
The Bombing of Germany
2010
as Narrator
About Joe Morton
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. With 147 credits spanning from 1966 to 2025, Joe Morton has appeared in 89 films and 58 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joe Morton Movies
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) — as Silas
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) — as Miles Dyson
- Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) — as Silas Stone
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) — as Dr. Houston Brooks
- Justice League (2017) — as Silas Stone
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