Joe Morton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 October 1947 · New York City, New York, USA
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 90
- 2026War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator as Narrator
- 2026NOVA: Addiction
- 2025Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP as Narrator
- 2023Trinity's Triumph as Monsignor Heck
- 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League as Silas Stone
- 2020Between the World and Me as Self
- 2020Mr. Tornado as Narrator (voice)
- 2020Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
- 2019A Million Eyes as Fern
- 2019Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Dr. Houston Brooks
- 2017T2: Reprogramming The Terminator as Self
- 2017Justice League as Silas Stone
- 2016Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Himself
- 2016All the Way as Roy Wilkins
- 2016Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Silas
- 2015Cleveland Abduction as Agent Solano
- 2013Home as Donald Hall
- 2010Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind as Self
- 2010The Bombing of Germany as Narrator
- 2009The Line as Hodges
- 2008Grand Central as Narrator
- 2008Lifelines as Dr. Livingston
- 2007Badland as Max Astin
- 2007American Gangster as Charlie Williams
- 2006The Night Listener as Ashe
- 2006The Nuremberg Trials as Narrator (voice)
- 2005Lenny The Wonder Dog as Dr. Island
- 2005Stealth as Dick Marshfield
- 2005Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today as Additional Voices
- 2005Back in the Day as Reverend Packer
- 2005Building the Alaska Highway as Narrator (voice)
- 2005Gone But Not Forgotten as Reggie Stewart
- 2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
- 2003Paycheck as Agent Dodge
- 2003Jasper, Texas as Walter Diggles
- 2003Thoughtcrimes as Jon Harper
- 2002Dragonfly as Hugh Campbell
- 2001Ali as Chauncey Eskridge
- 2001Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar as Narrator
- 2001Beyond Human as Narrator
- 2000Bounce as Jim Willer
- 2000Ali: An American Hero as Malcom X
- 2000What Lies Beneath as Dr. Drayton
- 1999Y2K as Martin Lowell
- 1999The Astronaut's Wife as Sherman Reese
- 1999The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords as Self - Narrator
- 1998Apt Pupil as Dan Richler
- 1998Blues Brothers 2000 as Cab Chamberlain
- 1997Trouble on the Corner as Detective Bill
- 1997Speed 2: Cruise Control as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)
- 1997Miss Evers' Boys as Dr. Sam Brodus
- 1997The Pest as Mr. Kent
- 1996Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
- 1996Lone Star as Delmore "Del" Payne
- 1996Executive Decision as Cappy
- 1995The Walking Dead as Sgt. Barkley
- 1995In the Shadow of Evil as Lt. Royce
- 1995American Cinema as Narrator
- 1994Speed as Capt. McMahon
- 1994The Inkwell as Kenny Tate
- 1994Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance as Narrator
- 1993T2: More Than Meets the Eye as Self
- 1993The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's as Narrator
- 1992Forever Young as Cameron
- 1992Of Mice and Men as Crooks
- 1992Legacy of Lies as Samuel Flowers
- 1991City of Hope as Winn
- 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day as Miles Dyson
- 1991The Good Policeman as Sweets Montgomery
- 1990The Lost Platoon as World War II soldier
- 1990Challenger as Dr. Ronald McNair
- 1989Making a Case for Murder as Cederic Sandiford
- 1989Tap as Nicky
- 1988Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami as Tandy
- 1988Police Story: Burnout as Sgt. Jeff Allen
- 1988The Good Mother as Frank Williams
- 1988Zelly & Me as Earl
- 1988Alone in the Neon Jungle as Ken Fraker
- 1987Stranded as Sheriff McMahon
- 1986Crossroads as Scratch's Assistant
- 1985Trouble in Mind as Solo
- 1984The Brother from Another Planet as The Brother
- 1984A Good Sport as Lionel Zachary
- 1983Curse of the Pink Panther as Charlie
- 1982The Clairvoyant as Detective Rich
- 1981We're Fighting Back as Elgin Jones
- 1980Death Penalty as William Terry
- 1979...And Justice for All as Prison Doctor
- 1979Lawman Without a Gun as Louis
- 1977Between the Lines as Ahmed