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
Complete Filmography
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
2025
as Narrator
While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, the stage had be...
Trinity's Triumph
2023
as Monsignor Heck
Three young men enter the seminary and consider becoming priests, guided by the wise and lovable mentor, Monsignor Heck. They must be true to their ca...
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Silas Stone
Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahu...
Between the World and Me
2020
as Self
Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of tha...
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
as Self
The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking ...
Mr. Tornado
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita spent ten months studying The Super Outbreak of 1974, which was the most intense tornado outbreak on recor...
A Million Eyes
2019
as Fern
A gifted young photographer, grappling with his mother's alcoholism, sets out to capture something he loves with the help of a mentor.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Dr. Houston Brooks
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the migh...
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017
as Self
This retrospective documentary focuses on the cast and crew reminiscing about the making of the film and its legacy. It features new interviews James ...
Justice League
2017
as Silas Stone
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisti...
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
as Himself
Brett Gelman invites four African-American panelists to discuss racism in the United States.
All the Way
2016
as Roy Wilkins
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his...
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Silas
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, mode...
Cleveland Abduction
2015
as Agent Solano
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Home
2013
as Donald Hall
The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010
as Self
A look behind-the-scenes at the making of the movie Trouble in Mind, featuring interviews from cast and crew members.
The Line
2009
as Hodges
The story centers around veteran assassin Mark Shields as he tracks down, Pelon, the elusive head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Through twists of fate,...
Grand Central
2008
as Narrator
On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at New York City's newest landmark. A marvel of enginee...
Lifelines
2008
as Dr. Livingston
Mom Nancy, a schoolteacher, is unable to handle the constant barrage of hostility from her three children. Husband Ira is ineffectual in helping his w...
Badland
2007
as Max Astin
Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of...
American Gangster
2007
as Charlie Williams
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American...
The Night Listener
2006
as Ashe
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions abo...
The Nuremberg Trials
2006
as Narrator (voice)
One journalist described it as a chance "to see justice catch up with evil." On November 20, 1945, the twenty-two surviving representatives of the Naz...
Lenny The Wonder Dog
2005
as Dr. Island
After being implanted with a microchip that gives him special powers, a dog engages a young boy in conversation and adventure. Befriended by a local p...
Stealth
2005
as Dick Marshfield
Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initi...
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005
as Additional Voices
The Museum of the City of New York’s award-winning short documentary explores how New York City grew from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Afr...
Back in the Day
2005
as Reverend Packer
A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.
Building the Alaska Highway
2005
as Narrator (voice)
In May of 1942, across the rugged sub-Arctic wilderness of Alaska and Canada, thousands of American soldiers began one of the biggest and most difficu...
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
as Reggie Stewart
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has...
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
Paycheck
2003
as Agent Dodge
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term m...
Jasper, Texas
2003
as Walter Diggles
In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This ...
Thoughtcrimes
2003
as Jon Harper
Freya McAllister suddenly starts hearing voices in her head on the night of her High School Prom. One night Dr Michael Welles arrives telling Freya th...
Dragonfly
2002
as Hugh Campbell
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.
Ali
2001
as Chauncey Eskridge
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an enti...
Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar
2001
as Narrator
Surrounded by gleaming aquamarine waters and fine white sand, Zanzibar looks like a tropical paradise. But life here is not easy. No one knows that be...
Beyond Human
2001
as Narrator
The remarkable synergy between biology and technology is blurring the line between man and machine. We are at a critical juncture in our evolution: as...
Bounce
2000
as Jim Willer
Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-d...
Ali: An American Hero
2000
as Malcom X
Ali: An American Hero is an American television movie which aired on August 31, 2000 on FOX. It chronicles portions of the career of heavyweight boxer...
What Lies Beneath
2000
as Dr. Drayton
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the wh...
Y2K
1999
as Martin Lowell
It's millennium eve. At the stroke of midnight, the Y2K computer bug kicks in, causing widespread chaos in the U.S.
The Astronaut's Wife
1999
as Sherman Reese
When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beau...
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
1999
as Self - Narrator
The history of black newspapers in America.
Apt Pupil
1998
as Dan Richler
One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles t...
Blues Brothers 2000
1998
as Cab Chamberlain
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospit...
Trouble on the Corner
1997
as Detective Bill
Jeff, a troubled therapist, suffers a breakdown when he spies on his sexy neighbor Ericca, a beautiful model that rollerblades around her apartment in...
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)
A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of ...
Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Dr. Sam Brodus
The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure...
The Pest
1997
as Mr. Kent
Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything t...
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996
as Gordon Thomas
Jack Reed is investigating a mass murder that occurred in a cemetery in broad daylight. Most individuals at the cemetery and the victims are Russian i...
Lone Star
1996
as Del
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Executive Decision
1996
as Cappy
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) s...
The Walking Dead
1995
as Sgt. Barkley
Five young marines on a suicide mission in Vietnam, struggle for survival in a jungle minefield. The mean streets of home did not prepare them for thi...
In the Shadow of Evil
1995
as Lt. Royce
Jack Brenner is a hot-shot cop on the trail of a serial killer known as The Roper. Just as he's getting close to catching the killer, he is injured an...
American Cinema
1995
as Narrator
The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular nine hour celebration of movie magic. It's a mesmerizing, epic analysis that c...
Speed
1994
as Capt. McMahon
Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they...
The Inkwell
1994
as Kenny Tate
The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
1994
as Narrator
Explore the lives of visual artists who made the Harlem Renaissance one of the 20th century's richest artistic moments. Archival footage, newsreels, a...
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
1993
as Narrator
Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming America...
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
1993
as Self
A documentary about scenes that were deleted from the original theatrical release of Terminator 2.
Forever Young
1992
as Cameron
A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that ...
Of Mice and Men
1992
as Crooks
Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
Legacy of Lies
1992
as Samuel Flowers
A famous orchestra director was killed by the mafia when he left a restaurant. But the policeman who is in charge of this case discovers that there is...
City of Hope
1991
as Winn
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who ...
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
as Miles Dyson
Set ten years after the events of the original, James Cameron’s classic sci-fi action flick tells the story of a second attempt to get rid of rebellio...
The Good Policeman
1991
as Sweets Montgomery
Isaac Seidel is a highly unconventional New York police-commissioner. He is well-abled in dealing with trouble at the headquarter, the maffia and situ...
The Lost Platoon
1990
as World War II soldier
An American reporter covering a civil war in Nicaragua discovers that four soldiers that he used to know during World War II are there and they are ac...
Challenger
1990
as Dr. Ronald McNair
A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its e...
Making a Case for Murder
1989
as Cederic Sandiford
In December, 1986, 3 black men ran into car trouble in Howard Beach, a middle-class neighborhood in New York City. Unable to start their car, they sou...
Tap
1989
as Nicky
Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. He returns to his old hangout, a hoofer club. His old girl friend, ...
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
as Tandy
There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero r...
Police Story: Burnout
1988
as Sgt. Jeff Allen
A veteran vice cop has a hard time dealing with her partner's suicide.
The Good Mother
1988
as Frank Williams
After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influ...
Zelly & Me
1988
as Earl
A young orphan who lives with her grandmother in a large Virginian home infatuates herself with the voices of Joan d'Arc. Her French nanny seeks out t...
Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988
as Ken Fraker
A by-the-book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up.
Stranded
1987
as Sheriff McMahon
A young woman and her grandmother living in an isolated farmhouse are kidnapped by aliens.
Crossroads
1986
as Scratch's Assistant
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
Trouble in Mind
1985
as Solo
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the hypnotic Rain City.
The Brother from Another Planet
1984
as The Brother
An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth p...
A Good Sport
1984
as Lionel Zachary
The stylish editor of a fashion magazine and a rumpled sports reporter endeavor to keep their somewhat offbeat romance on a purely platonic level.
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Charlie
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Su...
The Clairvoyant
1982
as Detective Rich
Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and dr...
We're Fighting Back
1981
as Elgin Jones
Inspired by the exploits of New York's Guardian Angels, which began as a band of streetwise young people who formed an anti-crime subway patrol and we...
Death Penalty
1980
as William Terry
A strong-willed psychologist tries to rehabilitate a member of a Pittsburgh street gang who has been found guilty of the murder of two other teenagers...
...And Justice for All
1979
as Prison Doctor
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat o...
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
as Louis
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a ...
Between the Lines
1977
as Ahmed
The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of...
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
N/A
as Narrator
The story behind the novel of the same name, mainly concerning three WWI aviators and the authorship of the novel.
NOVA: Addiction
N/A
As the deadliest drug epidemic in US history rages, follow the cutting-edge work of doctors and scientists as they explore how ADDICTION affects the b...