Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born October 18, 1947
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.
TVThe American Revolution
2025
as Elisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice)
MovieForgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
2025
as Narrator
TVGoing Dutch
2025
as General Davidson
MovieTrinity's Triumph
2023
as Monsignor Heck
TVThe U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self (voice)
TVSherri
2022
as Self - Guest
TVInside the Black Box
2022
TVOur Kind of People
2021
as Teddy Franklin
TVHemingway
2021
as Ralph Ellison (voice)
MovieZack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Silas Stone
MovieBetween the World and Me
2020
as Self
MovieTime Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
as Self
MovieMr. Tornado
2020
as Narrator (voice)
TVTime Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
MovieA Million Eyes
2019
as Fern
TVThe Politician
2019
as Marcus Standish
TVTamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest
MovieGodzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Dr. Houston Brooks
TVGod Friended Me
2018
as Arthur Finer
MovieT2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017
as Self
MovieJustice League
2017
as Silas Stone
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
as Himself
MovieAll the Way
2016
as Roy Wilkins
MovieBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Silas
TVProof
2015
as Dr. Charles Russell
TVGrace and Frankie
2015
as Jason
MovieCleveland Abduction
2015
as Agent Solano
MovieHome
2013
as Donald Hall
TVComa
2012
as Dr. Nelson
TVScandal
2012
as Eli 'Rowan' Pope
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010
as Self
MovieThe Bombing of Germany
2010
as Narrator
TVWhite Collar
2009
as Kyle Bancroft
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Daniel Golden
TVWarehouse 13
2009
as Reverend John Hill
MovieThe Line
2009
as Hodges
MovieGrand Central
2008
as Narrator
MovieLifelines
2008
as Dr. Livingston
MovieBadland
2007
as Max Astin
MovieAmerican Gangster
2007
as Charlie Williams
TVBrothers and Sisters
2006
as Peter Madsen
TVEureka
2006
as Henry Deacon
MovieThe Night Listener
2006
as Ashe
MovieThe Nuremberg Trials
2006
as Narrator (voice)
TVE-Ring
2005
as Steven Algazi
MovieLenny The Wonder Dog
2005
as Dr. Island
MovieStealth
2005
as Dick Marshfield
MovieTimescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005
as Additional Voices
MovieBack in the Day
2005
as Reverend Packer
MovieBuilding the Alaska Highway
2005
as Narrator (voice)
TVNumb3rs
2005
as Peter Lange
MovieGone But Not Forgotten
2005
as Reggie Stewart
TVHouse
2004
as Gary Wright
TVBoston Legal
2004
as Attorney Steve Duprey
TVCSI: NY
2004
as Dwight Hillborne
MovieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)
TVThe Jury
2004
MoviePaycheck
2003
as Agent Dodge
TVWhoopi
2003
as Martin James
MovieJasper, Texas
2003
as Walter Diggles
MovieThoughtcrimes
2003
as Jon Harper
MovieDragonfly
2002
as Hugh Campbell
MovieAli
2001
as Chauncey Eskridge
MovieAfrica: The Leopards of Zanzibar
2001
as Narrator
TVSmallville
2001
as Steven Hamilton
TVAfrica
2001
as Narrator
MovieBeyond Human
2001
as Narrator
MovieBounce
2000
as Jim Willer
MovieAli: An American Hero
2000
as Malcom X
MovieWhat Lies Beneath
2000
as Dr. Drayton
MovieY2K
1999
as Martin Lowell
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ray Bevins
MovieThe Astronaut's Wife
1999
as Sherman Reese
MovieThe Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
1999
as Self - Narrator
MovieApt Pupil
1998
as Dan Richler
TVMercy Point
1998
as Dr. Grote Maxwell
MovieBlues Brothers 2000
1998
as Cab Chamberlain
MovieTrouble on the Corner
1997
as Detective Bill
TVDellaventura
1997
as Councilman Caulder
MovieSpeed 2: Cruise Control
1997
as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)
Prince Street
1997
TVThe Practice
1997
as U.S. Attorney
MovieMiss Evers' Boys
1997
as Dr. Sam Brodus
MovieThe Pest
1997
as Mr. Kent
MovieJack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996
MovieLone Star
1996
as Delmore "Del" Payne
MovieExecutive Decision
1996
as Cappy
TVNew York News
1995
as Mitch Cotter
Under One Roof
1995
as Ron Langston
MovieThe Walking Dead
1995
as Sgt. Barkley
MovieIn the Shadow of Evil
1995
as Lt. Royce
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Jake Stone
TVNew York Undercover
1994
MovieSpeed
1994
as Capt. McMahon
MovieThe Inkwell
1994
as Kenny Tate
MovieAgainst the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
1994
as Narrator
TVThe Great Depression
1993
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Martin Wells
TriBeCa
1993
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Sam Thorne
MovieThe Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
1993
as Narrator
MovieT2: More Than Meets the Eye
1993
as Self
MovieForever Young
1992
as Cameron
MovieOf Mice and Men
1992
as Crooks
MovieLegacy of Lies
1992
as Samuel Flowers
MovieCity of Hope
1991
as Winn
MovieTerminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
as Miles Dyson
MovieThe Good Policeman
1991
as Sweets Montgomery
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles
MovieThe Lost Platoon
1990
as World War II soldier
TVEqual Justice
1990
as Mike James
MovieChallenger
1990
as Dr. Ronald McNair
MovieMaking a Case for Murder
1989
as Cederic Sandiford
MovieTap
1989
as Nicky
MovieTerrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
as Tandy
MoviePolice Story: Burnout
1988
as Sgt. Jeff Allen
MovieThe Good Mother
1988
as Frank Williams
Police Story
1988
as Sgt. Jeff Allen
TVAmerican Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieZelly & Me
1988
as Earl
MovieAlone in the Neon Jungle
1988
as Ken Fraker
MovieStranded
1987
as Sheriff McMahon
TVA Different World
1987
as Byron Douglas III
MovieCrossroads
1986
as Scratch's Assistant
MovieTrouble in Mind
1985
as Solo
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Slate
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Lt. Jack Davis
MovieThe Brother from Another Planet
1984
as The Brother
MovieA Good Sport
1984
as Lionel Zachary
MovieCurse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Charlie
MovieThe Clairvoyant
1982
as Detective Rich
TVNature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Carl Hatch
MovieWe're Fighting Back
1981
as Elgin Jones
MovieDeath Penalty
1980
as William Terry
Movie...And Justice for All
1979
as Prison Doctor
MovieLawman Without a Gun
1979
as Louis
Watch Your Mouth
1978
as Mr. Raymond Geeter
MovieBetween the Lines
1977
as Ahmed
TVWhat's Happening!!
1976
as Manager
TVGrady
1975
as Hal Marshall
TVNOVA
1974
as Additional Narration
TVM*A*S*H
1972
as Captain Saunders
TVSanford and Son
1972
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as Clerk
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
as Narrator
MovieNOVA: Addiction
