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Joe Morton

Acting

Born October 18, 1947 · New York City, New York, USA

Also known as Joseph Thomas Morton, Jr. · Joseph Thomas Morton · Joseph Morton

Biography

Joseph Thomas Morton Jr. is an American actor. Known as a character actor for his numerous roles on stage, television and film, he has received several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award as well as a nomination for a Tony Award.

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Awards & recognition

  • Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play · 2017
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series · 2014
  • Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award · 1984
  • Theatre World Award · 1974
  • Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1974 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Making a Case for Murder

1989as Cederic Sandiford

House

2004as Gary Wright

The X-Files

1993as Martin Wells

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2022as Self (voice)

White Collar

2009as Kyle Bancroft

Smallville

2001as Steven Hamilton

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991as Miles Dyson

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021as Silas Stone

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993as Sam Thorne

Trinity's Triumph

2023as Monsignor Heck

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Ray Bevins

M*A*S*H

1972as Captain Saunders

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

2022as Admiral Simon Reeger

Between the World and Me

2020as Self

Boston Legal

2004as Attorney Steve Duprey

Nature

1982as Narrator (voice)

Our Kind of People

2021as Teddy Franklin

God Friended Me

2018as Arthur Finer

Grace and Frankie

2015as Jason

Warehouse 13

2009as Reverend John Hill

Eureka

2006as Henry Deacon

The Good Wife

2009as Daniel Golden

American Gangster

2007as Charlie Williams

The Practice

1997as U.S. Attorney

Mission: Impossible

1966as Clerk

Hemingway

2021as Ralph Ellison (voice)

Sanford and Son

1972

A Different World

2026as Byron Douglas III

Miami Vice

1984as Lt. Jack Davis

What's Happening!!

1976as Manager

Cleveland Abduction

2015as Agent Solano

CSI: NY

2004as Dwight Hillborne

New York Undercover

1994

Law & Order

1990as Roland Books

Crossroads

1986as Scratch's Assistant

Scandal

2012as Eli 'Rowan' Pope

Speed

1994as Capt. McMahon

Touched by an Angel

1994as Jake Stone

Of Mice and Men

1992as Crooks

A Different World

1987as Byron Douglas III

Bull

2016Director

Brothers and Sisters

2006as Peter Madsen

Lone Star

1996as Delmore "Del" Payne

And Justice for All

1979as Prison Doctor

NOVA

1974as Additional Narration

Mr. Tornado

2020as Narrator (voice)

The Politician

2019as Marcus Standish

Numb3rs

2005as Peter Lange

Grady

1975as Hal Marshall

Home

2013as Donald Hall