Joe Morton

Joe Morton

Known for
Acting
Born
October 18, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Joe Morton (born October 18, 1947) 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

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Filmography

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War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator

War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator

Movie · as Narrator

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NOVA: Addiction poster

NOVA: Addiction

Movie

2026
A Different World poster

A Different World

TV · as Byron Douglas III · 2 eps

2026
Cupertino poster

Cupertino

TV · as Bayard Diamond · 2 eps

2025
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP poster

Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

Movie · as Narrator

2025
Going Dutch poster

Going Dutch

TV · as General Davidson · 11 eps

2025
The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution

TV · as Elisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice) · 3 eps

2023
Trinity's Triumph poster

Trinity's Triumph

Movie · as Monsignor Heck

2022
Inside the Black Box poster

Inside the Black Box

TV · 20 eps

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
The U.S. and the Holocaust poster

The U.S. and the Holocaust

TV · as Self (voice) · 3 eps

2022
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds poster

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

TV · as Admiral Simon Reeger · 1 ep

2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League poster

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Movie · as Silas Stone

2021
Our Kind of People poster

Our Kind of People

TV · as Teddy Franklin · 12 eps

2021
Hemingway poster

Hemingway

TV · as Ralph Ellison (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi poster

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

Movie · as Self

2020
Mr. Tornado poster

Mr. Tornado

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2020
Between the World and Me poster

Between the World and Me

Movie · as Self

2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time poster

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters poster

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Movie · as Dr. Houston Brooks

2019
A Million Eyes poster

A Million Eyes

Movie · as Fern

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
The Politician poster

The Politician

TV · as Marcus Standish · 4 eps

2018
God Friended Me poster

God Friended Me

TV · as Arthur Finer · 42 eps

2017
Justice League poster

Justice League

Movie · as Silas Stone

2017
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator poster

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

Movie · as Self

2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice poster

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Movie · as Silas

2016
All the Way poster

All the Way

Movie · as Roy Wilkins

2016
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

Movie · as Self

2015
Cleveland Abduction poster

Cleveland Abduction

Movie · as Agent Solano

2015
Proof poster

Proof

TV · as Dr. Charles Russell · 10 eps

2015
Grace and Frankie poster

Grace and Frankie

TV · as Jason · 2 eps

2013
Home poster

Home

Movie · as Donald Hall

2012
Scandal poster

Scandal

TV · as Eli 'Rowan' Pope · 88 eps

2012
Coma poster

Coma

TV · as Dr. Nelson · 2 eps

2010
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

Movie · as Self

2010
The Bombing of Germany poster

The Bombing of Germany

Movie · as Narrator

2009
The Line poster

The Line

Movie · as Hodges

2009
Warehouse 13 poster

Warehouse 13

TV · as Reverend John Hill · 1 ep

2009
White Collar poster

White Collar

TV · as Kyle Bancroft · 1 ep

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Daniel Golden · 11 eps

2008
Grand Central poster

Grand Central

Movie · as Narrator

2008
Lifelines poster

Lifelines

Movie · as Dr. Livingston

2007
American Gangster poster

American Gangster

Movie · as Charlie Williams

2007
Badland poster

Badland

Movie · as Max Astin

2006
The Night Listener poster

The Night Listener

Movie · as Ashe

2006
The Nuremberg Trials poster

The Nuremberg Trials

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
Brothers and Sisters poster

Brothers and Sisters

TV · as Peter Madsen · 2 eps

2006
Eureka poster

Eureka

TV · as Henry Deacon · 77 eps

2005
Stealth poster

Stealth

Movie · as Dick Marshfield

2005
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today poster

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

Movie · as Additional Voices

2005
Back in the Day poster

Back in the Day

Movie · as Reverend Packer

2005
Lenny The Wonder Dog poster

Lenny The Wonder Dog

Movie · as Dr. Island

2005
Gone but Not Forgotten poster

Gone but Not Forgotten

Movie · as Reggie Stewart

2005
Building the Alaska Highway poster

Building the Alaska Highway

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Peter Lange · 1 ep

2005
E-Ring poster

E-Ring

TV · as Steven Algazi · 22 eps

2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson poster

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Movie · as Other Voices (voice)

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Dwight Hillborne · 2 eps

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Attorney Steve Duprey · 1 ep

2004
The Jury poster

The Jury

TV · 1 ep

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Gary Wright · 1 ep

2003
Paycheck poster

Paycheck

Movie · as Agent Dodge

2003
Thoughtcrimes poster

Thoughtcrimes

Movie · as Jon Harper

2003
Jasper, Texas poster

Jasper, Texas

Movie · as Walter Diggles

2003
Whoopi poster

Whoopi

TV · as Martin James · 1 ep

2002
Dragonfly poster

Dragonfly

Movie · as Hugh Campbell

2001
Ali poster

Ali

Movie · as Chauncey Eskridge

2001
Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar poster

Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar

Movie · as Narrator

2001
Beyond Human poster

Beyond Human

Movie · as Narrator

2001
Smallville poster

Smallville

TV · as Steven Hamilton · 4 eps

2001
Africa poster

Africa

TV · as Narrator · 8 eps

2000
Bounce poster

Bounce

Movie · as Jim Willer

2000
Ali: An American Hero poster

Ali: An American Hero

Movie · as Malcom X

2000
What Lies Beneath poster

What Lies Beneath

Movie · as Dr. Drayton

1999
The Astronaut's Wife poster

The Astronaut's Wife

Movie · as Sherman Reese

1999
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords poster

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

Movie · as Self - Narrator

1999
Y2K poster

Y2K

Movie · as Martin Lowell

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Ray Bevins · 1 ep

1998
Blues Brothers 2000 poster

Blues Brothers 2000

Movie · as Cab Chamberlain

1998
Apt Pupil poster

Apt Pupil

Movie · as Dan Richler

1998
Mercy Point poster

Mercy Point

TV · as Dr. Grote Maxwell · 8 eps

1997
Miss Evers' Boys poster

Miss Evers' Boys

Movie · as Dr. Sam Brodus

1997
Speed 2: Cruise Control poster

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Movie · as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)

1997
The Pest poster

The Pest

Movie · as Mr. Kent

1997
Trouble on the Corner poster

Trouble on the Corner

Movie · as Detective Bill

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as U.S. Attorney · 1 ep

1997
Dellaventura poster

Dellaventura

TV · as Councilman Caulder · 1 ep

1997
Prince Street

Prince Street

TV · as Lt. Tom Warner · 6 eps

1996
Executive Decision poster

Executive Decision

Movie · as Cappy

1996
Lone Star poster

Lone Star

Movie · as Delmore "Del" Payne

1996
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance poster

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

Movie

1995
The Walking Dead poster

The Walking Dead

Movie · as Sgt. Barkley

1995
In the Shadow of Evil poster

In the Shadow of Evil

Movie · as Lt. Royce

1995
Under One Roof

Under One Roof

TV · as Ron Langston · 6 eps

1995
New York News poster

New York News

TV · as Mitch Cotter · 8 eps

1994
Speed poster

Speed

Movie · as Capt. McMahon

1994
The Inkwell poster

The Inkwell

Movie · as Kenny Tate

1994
Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance poster

Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

Movie · as Narrator

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Jake Stone, Martin Hunter · 1 ep

1994
New York Undercover poster

New York Undercover

TV · 1 ep

1993
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's poster

The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

Movie · as Narrator

1993
T2: More Than Meets the Eye poster

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

Movie · as Self

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Martin Wells · 1 ep

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Sam Thorne · 2 eps

1993
TriBeCa

TriBeCa

TV · 7 eps

1993
The Great Depression poster

The Great Depression

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 7 eps

1992
Forever Young poster

Forever Young

Movie · as Cameron

1992
Of Mice and Men poster

Of Mice and Men

Movie · as Crooks

1992
Legacy of Lies poster

Legacy of Lies

Movie · as Samuel Flowers

1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day poster

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Movie · as Miles Dyson

1991
City of Hope poster

City of Hope

Movie · as Winn

1991
The Good Policeman poster

The Good Policeman

Movie · as Sweets Montgomery

1990
The Lost Platoon poster

The Lost Platoon

Movie · as World War II soldier

1990
Challenger poster

Challenger

Movie · as Dr. Ronald McNair

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles, Roland Books · 4 eps

1990
Equal Justice poster

Equal Justice

TV · as Mike James · 27 eps

1989
Tap poster

Tap

Movie · as Nicky

1989
Making a Case for Murder poster

Making a Case for Murder

Movie · as Cederic Sandiford

1988
Alone in the Neon Jungle poster

Alone in the Neon Jungle

Movie · as Ken Fraker

1988
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami poster

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

Movie · as Tandy

1988
Zelly & Me poster

Zelly & Me

Movie · as Earl

1988
Police Story: Burnout poster

Police Story: Burnout

Movie · as Sgt. Jeff Allen

1988
The Good Mother poster

The Good Mother

Movie · as Frank Williams

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

1988
Police Story

Police Story

TV · as Sgt. Jeff Allen · 1 ep

1987
Stranded poster

Stranded

Movie · as Sheriff McMahon

1987
A Different World poster

A Different World

TV · as Byron Douglas III · 7 eps

1986
Crossroads poster

Crossroads

Movie · as Scratch's Assistant

1985
Trouble in Mind poster

Trouble in Mind

Movie · as Solo

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Slate, Carter Brock · 1 ep

1984
The Brother from Another Planet poster

The Brother from Another Planet

Movie · as The Brother

1984
A Good Sport poster

A Good Sport

Movie · as Lionel Zachary

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Lt. Jack Davis · 1 ep

1983
Curse of the Pink Panther poster

Curse of the Pink Panther

Movie · as Charlie

1982
The Clairvoyant poster

The Clairvoyant

Movie · as Detective Rich

1982
Nature poster

Nature

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Carl Hatch · 3 eps

1981
We're Fighting Back poster

We're Fighting Back

Movie · as Elgin Jones

1980
Death Penalty poster

Death Penalty

Movie · as William Terry

1979
Lawman Without a Gun poster

Lawman Without a Gun

Movie · as Louis

1979
...And Justice for All poster

...And Justice for All

Movie · as Prison Doctor

1978
Watch Your Mouth

Watch Your Mouth

TV · as Mr. Raymond Geeter · 1 ep

1977
Between the Lines poster

Between the Lines

Movie · as Ahmed

1976
What's Happening!! poster

What's Happening!!

TV · as Manager · 1 ep

1975
Grady poster

Grady

TV · as Hal Marshall · 10 eps

1974
NOVA poster

NOVA

TV · as Narrator, Additional Narration · 2 eps

1972
M*A*S*H poster

M*A*S*H

TV · as Captain Saunders · 1 ep

1972
Sanford and Son poster

Sanford and Son

TV · 1 ep

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Clerk · 1 ep