Joe Morton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-10-18 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Joe 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
Acting
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
as Narrator
(2025)
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
as Narrator
(2023)
Trinity's Triumph
as Monsignor Heck
(2021)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Silas Stone
(2020)
(2020)
Between the World and Me
as Self
(2020)
Mr. Tornado
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Dr. Houston Brooks
(2019)
A Million Eyes
as Fern
(2017)
Justice League
as Silas Stone
(2017)
(2016)
(2016)
All the Way
as Roy Wilkins
(2016)
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
as Himself
(2015)
Cleveland Abduction
as Agent Solano
(2013)
Home
as Donald Hall
(2010)
(2009)
The Line
as Hodges
(2008)
Lifelines
as Dr. Livingston
(2008)
Grand Central
as Narrator
(2007)
American Gangster
as Charlie Williams
(2007)
Badland
as Max Astin
(2006)
The Night Listener
as Ashe
(2006)
The Nuremberg Trials
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
Stealth
as Dick Marshfield
(2005)
Gone But Not Forgotten
as Reggie Stewart
(2005)
Lenny The Wonder Dog
as Dr. Island
(2005)
Back in the Day
as Reverend Packer
(2005)
Building the Alaska Highway
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
as Additional Voices
(2004)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
(2003)
Paycheck
as Agent Dodge
(2003)
Jasper, Texas
as Walter Diggles
(2003)
Thoughtcrimes
as Jon Harper
(2002)
Dragonfly
as Hugh Campbell
(2001)
Ali
as Chauncey Eskridge
(2001)
Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar
as Narrator
(2001)
Beyond Human
as Narrator
(2000)
What Lies Beneath
as Dr. Drayton
(2000)
Bounce
as Jim Willer
(2000)
Ali: An American Hero
as Malcom X
(1999)
The Astronaut's Wife
as Sherman Reese
(1999)
Y2K
as Martin Lowell
(1999)
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
as Self - Narrator
(1998)
Apt Pupil
as Dan Richler
(1998)
Blues Brothers 2000
as Cab Chamberlain
(1997)
Speed 2: Cruise Control
as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)
(1997)
Miss Evers' Boys
as Dr. Sam Brodus
(1997)
The Pest
as Mr. Kent
(1997)
Trouble on the Corner
as Detective Bill
(1996)
Executive Decision
as Cappy
(1996)
Lone Star
as Del
(1996)
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
as Gordon Thomas
(1995)
The Walking Dead
as Sgt. Barkley
(1995)
In the Shadow of Evil
as Lt. Royce
(1995)
American Cinema
as Narrator
(1994)
Speed
as Capt. McMahon
(1994)
The Inkwell
as Kenny Tate
(1994)
(1993)
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
as Self
(1993)
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
as Narrator
(1992)
Of Mice and Men
as Crooks
(1992)
Forever Young
as Cameron
(1992)
Legacy of Lies
as Samuel Flowers
(1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as Miles Dyson
(1991)
City of Hope
as Winn
(1991)
The Good Policeman
as Sweets Montgomery
(1990)
Challenger
as Dr. Ronald McNair
(1990)
The Lost Platoon
as World War II soldier
(1989)
Tap
as Nicky
(1989)
Making a Case for Murder
as Cederic Sandiford
(1988)
The Good Mother
as Frank Williams
(1988)
Alone in the Neon Jungle
as Ken Fraker
(1988)
Police Story: Burnout
as Sgt. Jeff Allen
(1988)
Zelly & Me
as Earl
(1988)
(1987)
Stranded
as Sheriff McMahon
(1986)
Crossroads
as Scratch's Assistant
(1985)
Trouble in Mind
as Solo
(1984)
The Brother from Another Planet
as The Brother
(1984)
A Good Sport
as Lionel Zachary
(1983)
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Charlie
(1982)
The Clairvoyant
as Detective Rich
(1981)
We're Fighting Back
as Elgin Jones
(1980)
Death Penalty
as William Terry
(1979)
...And Justice for All
as Prison Doctor
(1979)
Lawman Without a Gun
as Louis
(1977)
Between the Lines
as Ahmed