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