Joe Morton
Known for acting · Born 18 October 1947 · 78 · New York City, New York, USA
152 credits
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
Eureka
2006
Scandal
2012
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
God Friended Me
2018
Speed
1994
The Astronaut's Wife
1999
Dragonfly
2002
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
Paycheck
2003
What Lies Beneath
2000
Bull
2016
Stealth
2005
Acting (148)
2025The American RevolutionElisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2025Going DutchGeneral Davidson · 11 episodesSeries
2025Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACPNarratorFilm
2023Trinity's TriumphMonsignor HeckFilm
2022Star Trek: Strange New WorldsAdmiral Simon ReegerSeries
2022SherriSelf - GuestSeries
2022The U.S. and the HolocaustSelf (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2022Inside the Black Box · 20 episodesSeries
2021Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueSilas StoneFilm
2021Our Kind of PeopleTeddy Franklin · 12 episodesSeries
2021HemingwayRalph Ellison (voice)Series
2020Between the World and MeSelfFilm
2020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-FiSelfFilm
2020Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All TimeSelfSeries
2020Mr. TornadoNarrator (voice)Film
2019Godzilla: King of the MonstersDr. Houston BrooksFilm
2019The PoliticianMarcus Standish · 4 episodesSeries
2019The Tamron Hall ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2019A Million EyesFernFilm
2018God Friended MeArthur Finer · 42 episodesSeries
2017Justice LeagueSilas StoneFilm
2017T2: Reprogramming The TerminatorSelfFilm
2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeSilasFilm
2016All the WayRoy WilkinsFilm
2016Brett Gelman's Dinner in AmericaHimselfFilm
2015Cleveland AbductionAgent SolanoFilm
2015Grace and FrankieJason · 2 episodesSeries
2015ProofDr. Charles Russell · 10 episodesSeries
2013HomeDonald HallFilm
2012ScandalEli 'Rowan' Pope · 88 episodesSeries
2012ComaDr. Nelson · 2 episodesSeries
2010Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in MindSelfFilm
2010The Bombing of GermanyNarratorFilm
2009White CollarKyle BancroftSeries
2009Warehouse 13Reverend John HillSeries
2009The Good WifeDaniel Golden · 11 episodesSeries
2009The LineHodgesFilm
2008LifelinesDr. LivingstonFilm
2008Grand CentralNarratorFilm
2007American GangsterCharlie WilliamsFilm
2007BadlandMax AstinFilm
2006EurekaHenry Deacon · 77 episodesSeries
2006The Night ListenerAsheFilm
2006Brothers and SistersPeter Madsen · 2 episodesSeries
2006The Nuremberg TrialsNarrator (voice)Film
2005StealthDick MarshfieldFilm
2005Numb3rsPeter LangeSeries
2005Back in the DayReverend PackerFilm
2005Gone But Not ForgottenReggie StewartFilm
2005E-RingSteven Algazi · 22 episodesSeries
2005Lenny The Wonder DogDr. IslandFilm
2005Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-TodayAdditional VoicesFilm
2005Building the Alaska HighwayNarrator (voice)Film
2004HouseGary WrightSeries
2004CSI: NYDwight Hillborne · 2 episodesSeries
2004Boston LegalAttorney Steve DupreySeries
2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonOther Voices (voice)Film
2004The JurySeries
2003PaycheckAgent DodgeFilm
2003ThoughtcrimesJon HarperFilm
2003Jasper, TexasWalter DigglesFilm
2003WhoopiMartin JamesSeries
2002DragonflyHugh CampbellFilm
2001SmallvilleSteven Hamilton · 4 episodesSeries
2001AliChauncey EskridgeFilm
2001Beyond HumanNarratorFilm
2001AfricaNarrator · 8 episodesSeries
2001Africa: The Leopards of ZanzibarNarratorFilm
2000What Lies BeneathDr. DraytonFilm
2000BounceJim WillerFilm
2000Ali: An American HeroMalcom XFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRay BevinsSeries
1999The Astronaut's WifeSherman ReeseFilm
1999Y2KMartin LowellFilm
1999The Black Press: Soldiers Without SwordsSelf - NarratorFilm
1998Apt PupilDan RichlerFilm
1998Blues Brothers 2000Cab ChamberlainFilm
1998Mercy PointDr. Grote Maxwell · 8 episodesSeries
1997Speed 2: Cruise ControlLt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)Film
1997The PestMr. KentFilm
1997The PracticeU.S. AttorneySeries
1997Miss Evers' BoysDr. Sam BrodusFilm
1997Trouble on the CornerDetective BillFilm
1997Prince StreetLt. Tom Warner · 6 episodesSeries
1997DellaventuraCouncilman CaulderSeries
1996Executive DecisionCappyFilm
1996Lone StarDelmore "Del" PayneFilm
1996Jack Reed: Death and VengeanceFilm
1995The Walking DeadSgt. BarkleyFilm
1995In the Shadow of EvilLt. RoyceFilm
1995Under One RoofRon Langston · 6 episodesSeries
1995New York NewsMitch Cotter · 13 episodesSeries
1994SpeedCapt. McMahonFilm
1994Touched by an AngelJake Stone, Martin HunterSeries
1994New York UndercoverSeries
1994The InkwellKenny TateFilm
1994Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem RenaissanceNarratorFilm
1993The X-FilesMartin WellsSeries
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetSam Thorne · 2 episodesSeries
1993T2: More Than Meets the EyeSelfFilm
1993TriBeCa · 7 episodesSeries
1993The Great DepressionSelf - Narrator (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
1993The Great Depression: A Job at Ford'sNarratorFilm
1992Forever YoungCameronFilm
1992Of Mice and MenCrooksFilm
1992Legacy of LiesSamuel FlowersFilm
1991Terminator 2: Judgment DayMiles DysonFilm
1991City of HopeWinnFilm
1991The Good PolicemanSweets MontgomeryFilm
1990Law & OrderDefense Attorney Leon Chiles · 4 episodes, Roland BooksSeries
1990The Lost PlatoonWorld War II soldierFilm
1990ChallengerDr. Ronald McNairFilm
1990Equal JusticeMike James · 27 episodesSeries
1989TapNickyFilm
1989Making a Case for MurderCederic SandifordFilm
1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice) · 8 episodesSeries
1988The Good MotherFrank WilliamsFilm
1988Zelly & MeEarlFilm
1988Alone in the Neon JungleKen FrakerFilm
1988Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim AjamiTandyFilm
1988Police Story: BurnoutSgt. Jeff AllenFilm
1988Police StorySgt. Jeff AllenSeries
1987A Different WorldByron Douglas III · 7 episodesSeries
1987StrandedSheriff McMahonFilm
1986CrossroadsScratch's AssistantFilm
1985The EqualizerSlate, Carter Brock · 3 episodesSeries
1985Trouble in MindSoloFilm
1984Miami ViceLt. Jack DavisSeries
1984The Brother from Another PlanetThe BrotherFilm
1984A Good SportLionel ZacharyFilm
1983Curse of the Pink PantherCharlieFilm
1982NatureNarrator (voice)Series
1982The ClairvoyantDetective RichFilm
1982American PlayhouseCarl Hatch · 3 episodesSeries
1981We're Fighting BackElgin JonesFilm
1980Death PenaltyWilliam TerryFilm
1979...And Justice for AllPrison DoctorFilm
1979Lawman Without a GunLouisFilm
1978Watch Your MouthMr. Raymond GeeterSeries
1977Between the LinesAhmedFilm
1976What's Happening!!ManagerSeries
1975GradyHal Marshall · 10 episodesSeries
1974NOVANarrator · 2 episodes, Additional NarrationSeries
1972M*A*S*HCaptain SaundersSeries
1972Sanford and SonSeries
1966Mission: ImpossibleClerkSeries
—War Birds: Diary of an Unknown AviatorNarratorFilm
—NOVA: AddictionFilm
Directing (4)
2018God Friended MeDirectorSeries
2016BullDirectorSeries
2012ScandalDirectorSeries
2006EurekaDirectorSeries