Joe Morton

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.

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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Ray Bevins

Law & Order

1990 • as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles

Law & Order

1990 • as Roland Books

House

2004 • as Gary Wright

MAS*H

1972 • as Captain Saunders

The X-Files

1993 • as Martin Wells

Filmography

2025

Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 2/25/2025

Going Dutch

as General Davidson

TV - Released: 1/2/2025

2023

Trinity's Triumph

as Monsignor Heck

Movie - Released: 4/27/2023

2022

Inside the Black Box

TV - Released: 1/1/2022

Sherri

as Self - Guest

TV - Released: 9/12/2022

The U.S. and the Holocaust

as (voice)

TV - Released: 9/18/2022

2021

Zack Snyder's Justice League

as Silas Stone

Movie - Released: 3/18/2021

Our Kind of People

as Teddy Franklin

TV - Released: 9/21/2021

Hemingway

as Ralph Ellison (voice)

TV - Released: 4/5/2021

2020

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

as Self

Movie - Released: 5/19/2020

Mr. Tornado

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 5/19/2020

Between the World and Me

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/21/2020

2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

as Dr. Houston Brooks

Movie - Released: 5/29/2019

A Million Eyes

as Fern

Movie - Released: 11/15/2019

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

TV - Released: 9/9/2019

The Politician

as Marcus Standish

TV - Released: 9/27/2019

2018

God Friended Me

as Arthur Finer

TV - Released: 9/30/2018

2017

Justice League

as Silas Stone

Movie - Released: 11/15/2017

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/23/2017

2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as Silas

Movie - Released: 3/23/2016

All the Way

as Roy Wilkins

Movie - Released: 5/23/2016

Movie

Brett Gelman's Dinner in America

as Himself

Movie - Released: 7/1/2016

2015

Cleveland Abduction

as Agent Solano

Movie - Released: 5/2/2015

Proof

as Dr. Charles Russell

TV - Released: 6/16/2015

Grace and Frankie

as Jason

TV - Released: 5/8/2015

2013

Home

as Donald Hall

Movie - Released: 11/22/2013

2012

Coma

as Nelson

TV - Released: 9/3/2012

Scandal

as Eli 'Rowan' Pope

TV - Released: 4/5/2012

2010

Movie

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

as Self

Movie - Released: 12/14/2010

2009

The Line

as Hodges

Movie - Released: 5/11/2009

Warehouse 13

as Reverend John Hill

TV - Released: 7/7/2009

White Collar

as Kyle Bancroft

TV - Released: 10/23/2009

The Good Wife

as Daniel Golden

TV - Released: 9/22/2009

2008

Grand Central

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 2/4/2008

Lifelines

as Dr. Livingston

Movie - Released: 1/1/2008

2007

American Gangster

as Charlie Williams

Movie - Released: 11/2/2007

Badland

as Max Astin

Movie - Released: 11/30/2007

2006

The Night Listener

as Ashe

Movie - Released: 2/12/2006

The Nuremberg Trials

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/30/2006

Brothers and Sisters

as Peter Madsen

TV - Released: 9/24/2006

Eureka

as Henry Deacon

TV - Released: 7/18/2006

2005

Stealth

as Dick Marshfield

Movie - Released: 7/27/2005

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today

as Additional Voices

Movie - Released: 6/1/2005

Back in the Day

as Reverend Packer

Movie - Released: 5/24/2005

Lenny The Wonder Dog

as Dr. Island

Movie - Released: 8/23/2005

Gone But Not Forgotten

as Reggie Stewart

Movie - Released: 1/1/2005

Building the Alaska Highway

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 2/7/2005

Numb3rs

TV - Released: 1/23/2005

E-Ring

as Steven Algazi

TV - Released: 9/21/2005

2004

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

as Other Voices (voice)

Movie - Released: 9/4/2004

CSI: NY

as Dwight Hillborne

TV - Released: 9/22/2004

Boston Legal

as Attorney Steve Duprey

TV - Released: 10/3/2004

The Jury

TV - Released: 6/8/2004

House

as Gary Wright

TV - Released: 11/16/2004

2003

Paycheck

as Agent Dodge

Movie - Released: 12/25/2003

Thoughtcrimes

as Jon Harper

Movie - Released: 1/1/2003

Jasper, Texas

as Walter Diggles

Movie - Released: 6/8/2003

Whoopi

as Martin James

TV - Released: 9/9/2003

2002

Dragonfly

as Hugh Campbell

Movie - Released: 2/22/2002

2001

Ali

as Chauncey Eskridge

Movie - Released: 12/10/2001

Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 10/23/2001

Beyond Human

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 5/15/2001

Smallville

as Steven Hamilton

TV - Released: 10/16/2001

Africa

as Narrator

TV - Released: 9/9/2001

2000

Bounce

as Jim Willer

Movie - Released: 11/15/2000

Ali: An American Hero

as Malcom X

Movie - Released: 8/1/2000

What Lies Beneath

as Dr. Drayton

Movie - Released: 7/21/2000

1999

The Astronaut's Wife

as Sherman Reese

Movie - Released: 8/27/1999

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

as Self - Narrator

Movie - Released: 2/8/1999

Y2K

as Martin Lowell

Movie - Released: 12/22/1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Ray Bevins

TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Blues Brothers 2000

as Cab Chamberlain

Movie - Released: 2/5/1998

Apt Pupil

as Dan Richler

Movie - Released: 10/23/1998

Mercy Point

as Dr. Grote Maxwell

TV - Released: 10/6/1998

1997

Miss Evers' Boys

as Dr. Sam Brodus

Movie - Released: 2/22/1997

Speed 2: Cruise Control

as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/13/1997

The Pest

as Mr. Kent

Movie - Released: 2/7/1997

Trouble on the Corner

as Detective Bill

Movie - Released: 10/9/1997

The Practice

TV - Released: 3/4/1997

Prince Street

TV - Released: 3/6/1997

Dellaventura

as Councilman Caulder

TV - Released: 9/23/1997

1996

Executive Decision

as Cappy

Movie - Released: 3/15/1996

Lone Star

as Del

Movie - Released: 6/21/1996

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance

as Gordon Thomas

Movie - Released: 11/17/1996

1995

The Walking Dead

as Sgt. Barkley

Movie - Released: 2/24/1995

In the Shadow of Evil

as Lt. Royce

Movie - Released: 2/7/1995

American Cinema

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 1/23/1995

Under One Roof

as Ron Langston

TV - Released: 3/14/1995

New York News

as Mitch Cotter

TV - Released: 9/28/1995

1994

Speed

as Capt. McMahon

Movie - Released: 6/9/1994

The Inkwell

as Kenny Tate

Movie - Released: 4/22/1994

Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 1/1/1994

Touched by an Angel

as Jake Stone

TV - Released: 9/21/1994

New York Undercover

TV - Released: 9/8/1994

Touched by an Angel

as Martin Hunter

TV - Released: 9/21/1994

1993

The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 1/1/1993

T2: More Than Meets the Eye

as Self

Movie - Released: 1/1/1993

The X-Files

as Martin Wells

TV - Released: 9/10/1993

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Sam Thorne

TV - Released: 1/31/1993

TriBeCa

TV - Released: 3/23/1993

The Great Depression

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 10/25/1993

1992

Forever Young

as Cameron

Movie - Released: 12/16/1992

Of Mice and Men

as Crooks

Movie - Released: 9/16/1992

Legacy of Lies

as Samuel Flowers

Movie - Released: 4/22/1992

1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

as Miles Dyson

Movie - Released: 7/3/1991

City of Hope

as Winn

Movie - Released: 10/11/1991

The Good Policeman

as Sweets Montgomery

Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

1990

The Lost Platoon

as World War II soldier

Movie - Released: 6/1/1990

Challenger

as Dr. Ronald McNair

Movie - Released: 2/25/1990

Law & Order

as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

Equal Justice

as Mike James

TV - Released: 3/27/1990

Law & Order

as Roland Books

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Tap

as Nicky

Movie - Released: 2/12/1989

Making a Case for Murder

as Cederic Sandiford

Movie - Released: 12/4/1989

1988

Alone in the Neon Jungle

as Ken Fraker

Movie - Released: 1/17/1988

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

as Tandy

Movie - Released: 12/30/1988

Zelly & Me

as Earl

Movie - Released: 4/15/1988

Police Story: Burnout

as Sgt. Jeff Allen

Movie - Released: 11/26/1988

The Good Mother

as Frank Williams

Movie - Released: 11/4/1988

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1987

Stranded

as Sheriff McMahon

Movie - Released: 11/20/1987

A Different World

as Byron Douglas III

TV - Released: 9/24/1987

1986

Crossroads

as Scratch's Assistant

Movie - Released: 3/14/1986

1985

Trouble in Mind

as Solo

Movie - Released: 12/11/1985

The Equalizer

as Slate

TV - Released: 9/18/1985

The Equalizer

as Carter Brock

TV - Released: 9/18/1985

1984

The Brother from Another Planet

as The Brother

Movie - Released: 9/7/1984

A Good Sport

as Lionel Zachary

Movie - Released: 2/8/1984

Miami Vice

as Lt. Jack Davis

TV - Released: 9/16/1984

1983

Curse of the Pink Panther

as Charlie

Movie - Released: 8/12/1983

1982

The Clairvoyant

as Detective Rich

Movie - Released: 10/24/1982

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 10/10/1982

1981

We're Fighting Back

as Elgin Jones

Movie - Released: 4/28/1981

1980

Death Penalty

as William Terry

Movie - Released: 1/22/1980

1979

Lawman Without a Gun

as Louis

Movie - Released: 5/30/1979

...And Justice for All

as Prison Doctor

Movie - Released: 10/19/1979

1978

Watch Your Mouth

as Mr. Raymond Geeter

TV - Released: 1/1/1978

1977

Between the Lines

as Ahmed

Movie - Released: 4/27/1977

1976

What's Happening!!

TV - Released: 8/5/1976

1975

Grady

as Hal Marshall

TV - Released: 12/4/1975

1974

NOVA

as Narrator

TV - Released: 3/3/1974

NOVA

as Additional Narration

TV - Released: 3/3/1974

1972

M*A*S*H

as Captain Saunders

TV - Released: 9/17/1972

Sanford and Son

TV - Released: 1/14/1972

1966

Mission: Impossible

as Clerk

TV - Released: 9/17/1966

Unknown

Movie

War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator

as Narrator

Movie

NOVA: Addiction

Movie