Joe Morton

Known for: Acting
Born: October 18, 1947, New York City, New York, USA
Movies: 87

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.

Upcoming Joe Morton Movies

NOVA: Addiction

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

6.0

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016

8.2

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

6.1

Justice League

2017

8.1

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021

7.2

Speed

1994

6.7

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019

7.6

American Gangster

2007

6.2

Paycheck

2003

6.4

What Lies Beneath

2000

6.7

Ali

2001

Filmography

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

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