David Morse

David Morse

1953-10-11 Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA 74 Credits

Biography

David Bowditch Morse (born October 11, 1953) is an American stage, television, and film actor. He first came to national attention as Dr. Jack Morrison in the medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988. Morse continued his movie career with roles in Dancer in the Dark, The Negotiator, The Green Mile, Disturbia, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Crossing Guard, The Rock, Extreme Measures, Twelve Monkeys, 16 Blocks, and Hounddog. In 2006, Morse had a recurring role as Detective Michael Tritter on t...

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The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

2025

as Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Acting

In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous ...

La Gloria

La Gloria

2024

as Carson Tidwell

Acting

An embittered Texas border rancher mistakenly shoots a young migrant woman as she crosses his property and must decide whether to help her, risking di...

Cabrini

Cabrini

2024

as Archbishop Corrigan

7.9
Acting

Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a d...

The Timekeepers of Eternity

The Timekeepers of Eternity

2021

as Captain Brian Enlge (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

In this mesmerizing experimental film, a Stephen King television movie is compressed and transformed through hypnotic black and white collage animatio...

The Virtuoso

The Virtuoso

2021

as The Deputy

5.9
Acting

Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

Barbecue

Barbecue

2020

as James T

Acting

The O’Mallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and rousing straight talk while they await their youngest sister’s arrival. Wh...

Trouble

Trouble

2018

as Gerry

5.2
Acting

A feuding brother and sister entangle the fate of an old friend.

Flowing Water

Flowing Water

2017

as Narrator (voice)

8.0
Acting

This documentary tells the story of the revitalization of the Longwood Garden's (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) Main Fountain Garden, a lavish jewel in...

Concussion

Concussion

2015

as Mike Webster

7.1
Acting

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologi...

The Boy

The Boy

2015

as John

5.7
Acting

An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.

Walking the Mile

Walking the Mile

2014

as Self

5.0
Acting

Full-length documentary about the making of Frank Darabont's drama, The Green Mile, based on Stephen King's novel.

Winter in the Blood

Winter in the Blood

2014

as Airplane Man

5.0
Acting

A young, self-destructive Montana Blackfoot Indian, his mind groggy with alcohol and tormented by childhood memories, discovers that his wife has left...

McCanick

McCanick

2014

as Eugene 'Mack' McCanick

4.6
Acting

Over the course of one feverish day, a harried narcotics detective and his reluctant partner frantically track down a recently released convict who kn...

McCanick

McCanick

2014

Producer

4.6
Producing

Over the course of one feverish day, a harried narcotics detective and his reluctant partner frantically track down a recently released convict who kn...

Horns

Horns

2013

as Dale Williams

6.3
Acting

In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

World War Z

World War Z

2013

as Ex-CIA Agent

6.8
Acting

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning ...

Yellow

Yellow

2012

as Psychologist

5.0
Acting

A young substitute teacher escapes from her drudging everyday life by fantasizing about bizarre parallel realities.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012

as James Green, Sr.

7.0
Acting

A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all ...

The Pond

The Pond

2012

as Adam 11

3.0
Acting

A young woman who has tragically lost the love of her life stumbles upon a powerful phenomenon while grieving at a place very special to them, a small...

Collaborator

Collaborator

2011

as Gus

4.7
Acting

A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his former neighbor, a right-wing ex-con.

Drive Angry

Drive Angry

2011

as Webster

5.5
Acting

Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. H...

Shanghai

Shanghai

2010

as Richard Astor

6.1
Acting

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he un...

Mint Julep

Mint Julep

2010

as Karl

5.0
Acting

A lonely, sticky fingered waitress is looking to leave town while her complacent insurance salesman husband gets taken for a ride by a Southern viper....

Mother and Child

Mother and Child

2009

as Tom

6.6
Acting

The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for ado...

The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker

2008

as Colonel Reed

7.3
Acting

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his wo...

Passengers

Passengers

2008

as Arkin

6.1
Acting

After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight's five survivors. When they share their recollections ...

Disturbia

Disturbia

2007

as Robert Turner

6.7
Acting

Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He ...

Hounddog

Hounddog

2007

as Daddy

6.4
Acting

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

Nearing Grace

Nearing Grace

2006

as Shep Nearing

4.8
Acting

Having recently lost his mother, teenager Henry Nearing develops a crush on seductive classmate Grace, who toys with him. Though he has been friends w...

16 Blocks

16 Blocks

2006

as Frank Nugent

6.4
Acting

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running t...

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

2005

as Palmer

7.0
Acting

Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrifice...

Down in the Valley

Down in the Valley

2005

as Wade

5.9
Acting

On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch...

Double Vision

Double Vision

2002

as Kevin Richter

6.6
Acting

An FBI Agent pairs with a troubled Taiwan cop to hunt for a serial killer who's embedding a mysterious fungus in the brains of victims.

The Slaughter Rule

The Slaughter Rule

2002

as Gideon 'Gid' Ferguson

5.7
Acting

A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.

Hearts in Atlantis

Hearts in Atlantis

2001

as Adult Bobby Garfield

6.8
Acting

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

Diary of a City Priest

Diary of a City Priest

2001

as Fr. John McNamee

5.7
Acting

David Morse plays Father John McNamee, a catholic priest who accepts a position at an inner-city church. The film begins with Father McNamee as he sta...

Proof of Life

Proof of Life

2000

as Peter Bowman

6.1
Acting

When American engineer Peter Bowman is kidnapped while working in South America, his wife Alice enlists special agent Terry Thorne to help free him. H...

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

Von Trier's 100 Eyes

2000

as Self

7.2
Acting

Although at first sight this might look like a simple ‘making of DANCER IN THE DARK’, the later developments in the film reveal the whole drama of Lar...

Bait

Bait

2000

as Edgar Clenteen

5.7
Acting

Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves r...

Dancer in the Dark

Dancer in the Dark

2000

as Bill Houston

7.9
Acting

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder a...

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

2000

as Self - 'Brutal Howell'

7.0
Acting

Frank Darabont explains how this new project was introduced thru a phone call from Stephen King as "another prison tale" if he was interested to make ...

The Green Mile

The Green Mile

1999

as Brutus 'Brutal' Howell

8.5
Acting

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. Wh...

Crazy in Alabama

Crazy in Alabama

1999

as Dove Bullis

6.0
Acting

An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a co...

The Negotiator

The Negotiator

1998

as Cdr. Adam Beck

7.1
Acting

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elabo...

Contact

Contact

1997

as Ted Arroway

7.4
Acting

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and ...

Murder Live!

Murder Live!

1997

as Frank McGrath

5.5
Acting

Frank takes Pia Postman hostage on live TV, threatening to execute her after she accepts the blame for his daughter's suicide.

George B.

George B.

1997

as George

Acting

After winning money gambling in Reno, George enjoys a streak of luck that brings him happiness and success. He dates a beautiful woman and works with ...

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Kiss Goodnight

1996

as Luke / Daedalus

6.6
Acting

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and...

Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

1996

as Frank Hare

6.0
Acting

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency roo...

The Rock

The Rock

1996

as Major Tom Baxter

7.1
Acting

When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into Sa...

Twelve Monkeys

Twelve Monkeys

1995

as Dr. Peters

7.6
Acting

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all...

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior

1995

as Galloway

6.0
Acting

This western began in 1812 when the settlers tried to take away more and more territories from the indians. Tecumseh, who is the leader of the Shawnee...

The Crossing Guard

The Crossing Guard

1995

as John Booth

6.0
Acting

Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.

Magic Kid II

Magic Kid II

1994

as Jack

4.9
Acting

Kevin Ryan is Hollywood's leading teen heartthrob. He's the star of "Ninja Boy," a hot Martial Arts TV series. The trouble starts when Kevin decides h...

The Getaway

The Getaway

1994

as Jim Deer Jackson

5.8
Acting

An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.

The Good Son

The Good Son

1993

as Jack Evans

6.8
Acting

A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic be...

Miracle on Interstate 880

Miracle on Interstate 880

1993

as Dr. Jim Betts

4.9
Acting

A man attempts to rescue people trapped on the I-880 bridge after the top half collapses during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

1992

as Rick Steiner - Fishermen

5.2
Acting

The real-life struggle to contain the environmental and financial damage caused to Alaska by the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez is dramatized.

Two-Fisted Tales

Two-Fisted Tales

1992

as Tom McMurdo (segment "Showdown")

5.0
Acting

The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of the Road," a...

The Indian Runner

The Indian Runner

1991

as Joe Roberts

6.5
Acting

Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is violent...

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

1991

as Bicycle Pete

5.1
Acting

True story of a young woman's abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania.

Desperate Hours

Desperate Hours

1990

as Albert

5.4
Acting

An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.

Winnie

Winnie

1988

as Thomas

7.7
Acting

Based on a true story about a woman who is institutionalized as mentally retarded for 30 years while struggling to reach the outside world through her...

A Place at the Table

1988

as Tom Williams

1.0
Acting

A young student is determined to motivate her community after a friend of hers is found to be suffering from hunger.

Personal Foul

Personal Foul

1987

Acting

A warm and heartfelt tale of a drifter who is befriended by a kind hearted grade school teacher.

Six Against the Rock

Six Against the Rock

1987

as Marvin Hubbard

4.1
Acting

In May of 1946, Alcatraz inmate Bernie Coy initiates a carefully thought out plan to escape the island prison. His plan, carried out with five accompl...

Downpayment on Murder

Downpayment on Murder

1987

as Det. Jackson

6.0
Acting

About an estranged husband who, in an explosive rage, decides to have his wife murdered by a hired killer.

When Dreams Come True

When Dreams Come True

1985

as Robert Wynton

5.7
Acting

A Dallas museum tour guide finds herself having dreams that foretell killings that are attributed to a killer known as "The Perfect Murderer." She ask...

Shattered Vows

Shattered Vows

1984

as Father Tim

3.8
Acting

At the age of 16 Mary becomes a nun. But she never gets used to the strict rules of her new life and when she falls in love with Father Tim, she wants...

Prototype

Prototype

1983

as Michael

5.8
Acting

An intelligent android (Michael) constructed by a research team is taken outdoors and successfully passed off as human in a trial run. When the govern...

Max Dugan Returns

Max Dugan Returns

1983

as Shoe Store Cop

6.5
Acting

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.

Our Family Business

Our Family Business

1981

as Phil

Acting

A syndicate mob boss doesn't realize that his eldest son, Gep, has been informing to the police on the family's dealings in exchange for protection, w...

Inside Moves

Inside Moves

1980

as Jerry Maxwell

6.4
Acting

After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. Wh...

Looking Through Water

N/A

Acting

A father invites his estranged son to visit him in Puerto Rico to compete in a father-son fishing competition to try and mend their broken relationshi...