
Joe Morton
Known for Acting · 147 credits
- Born
- 1947-10-18 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Joseph Thomas Morton, Jr. · Joseph Thomas Morton · Joseph Morton
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
TV Shows (58)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ray Bevins

Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles / Roland Books

House
2004
as Gary Wright

Smallville
2001
as Steven Hamilton

The X-Files
1993
as Martin Wells

The Good Wife
2009
as Daniel Golden

Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest

NOVA
1974
as Additional Narration / Narrator

CSI: NY
2004
as Dwight Hillborne

Boston Legal
2004
as Attorney Steve Duprey

Scandal
2012
as Eli 'Rowan' Pope

The Practice
1997
as U.S. Attorney

Miami Vice
1984
as Lt. Jack Davis

White Collar
2009
as Kyle Bancroft

M*A*S*H
1972
as Captain Saunders

American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)

Numb3rs
2005
as Peter Lange

Mission: Impossible
1966
as Clerk

Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)

The Equalizer
1985
as Slate / Carter Brock

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Jake Stone / Martin Hunter

Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Peter Madsen

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Sam Thorne

Warehouse 13
2009
as Reverend John Hill

Tamron Hall
2019
as Self - Guest

Eureka
2006
as Henry Deacon

A Different World
1987
as Byron Douglas III

Grace and Frankie
2015
as Jason

New York Undercover
1994

Sanford and Son
1972

God Friended Me
2018
as Arthur Finer

What's Happening!!
1976
as Manager

The Politician
2019
as Marcus Standish

E-Ring
2005
as Steven Algazi

American Playhouse
1982
as Carl Hatch

The American Revolution
2025
as Elisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice)

The Jury
2004

New York News
1995
as Mitch Cotter

Equal Justice
1990
as Mike James

Whoopi
2003
as Martin James

Going Dutch
2025
as General Davidson

The U.S. and the Holocaust
2022
as Self (voice)

Coma
2012
as Nelson

Proof
2015
as Dr. Charles Russell

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
Prince Street
1997
Police Story
1988
as Sgt. Jeff Allen

Our Kind of People
2021
as Teddy Franklin

Hemingway
2021
as Ralph Ellison (voice)

Dellaventura
1997
as Councilman Caulder

Grady
1975
as Hal Marshall

Mercy Point
1998
as Dr. Grote Maxwell
TriBeCa
1993
Under One Roof
1995
as Ron Langston

Inside the Black Box
2022

The Great Depression
1993
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Africa
2001
as Narrator
Watch Your Mouth
1978
as Mr. Raymond Geeter
Movies (89)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
as Miles Dyson

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016
as Silas

Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Silas Stone

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Dr. Houston Brooks

Justice League
2017
as Silas Stone

Speed
1994
as Capt. McMahon

American Gangster
2007
as Charlie Williams

What Lies Beneath
2000
as Dr. Drayton

Ali
2001
as Chauncey Eskridge

Paycheck
2003
as Agent Dodge

Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)

Executive Decision
1996
as Cappy

Stealth
2005
as Dick Marshfield

Dragonfly
2002
as Hugh Campbell

Cleveland Abduction
2015
as Agent Solano

Blues Brothers 2000
1998
as Cab Chamberlain

The Astronaut's Wife
1999
as Sherman Reese

Crossroads
1986
as Scratch's Assistant

Bounce
2000
as Jim Willer

Apt Pupil
1998
as Dan Richler

...And Justice for All
1979
as Prison Doctor

Forever Young
1992
as Cameron

The Pest
1997
as Mr. Kent

Lone Star
1996
as Delmore "Del" Payne

Of Mice and Men
1992
as Crooks

Y2K
1999
as Martin Lowell

Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Charlie

Home
2013
as Donald Hall

Thoughtcrimes
2003
as Jon Harper

All the Way
2016
as Roy Wilkins

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004
as Other Voices (voice)

City of Hope
1991
as Winn

Miss Evers' Boys
1997
as Dr. Sam Brodus

The Brother from Another Planet
1984
as The Brother

Tap
1989
as Nicky

Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
as Reggie Stewart

The Night Listener
2006
as Ashe

The Line
2009
as Hodges

Trouble in Mind
1985
as Solo

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
1988
as Tandy

The Good Policeman
1991
as Sweets Montgomery

The Inkwell
1994
as Kenny Tate

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
as Self

Stranded
1987
as Sheriff McMahon

Back in the Day
2005
as Reverend Packer

Challenger
1990
as Dr. Ronald McNair

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
2017
as Self

Between the Lines
1977
as Ahmed

The Good Mother
1988
as Frank Williams

The Walking Dead
1995
as Sgt. Barkley

Badland
2007
as Max Astin

Lifelines
2008
as Dr. Livingston

Zelly & Me
1988
as Earl

Between the World and Me
2020
as Self

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996

Making a Case for Murder
1989
as Cederic Sandiford
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010
as Self

We're Fighting Back
1981
as Elgin Jones

Jasper, Texas
2003
as Walter Diggles

Lenny The Wonder Dog
2005
as Dr. Island

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005
as Additional Voices

Trouble on the Corner
1997
as Detective Bill

Police Story: Burnout
1988
as Sgt. Jeff Allen

Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar
2001
as Narrator

The Clairvoyant
1982
as Detective Rich

Lawman Without a Gun
1979
as Louis

Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988
as Ken Fraker

In the Shadow of Evil
1995
as Lt. Royce

Mr. Tornado
2020
as Narrator (voice)

T2: More Than Meets the Eye
1993
as Self

Legacy of Lies
1992
as Samuel Flowers

Building the Alaska Highway
2005
as Narrator (voice)

Trinity's Triumph
2023
as Monsignor Heck

Grand Central
2008
as Narrator

Ali: An American Hero
2000
as Malcom X

The Lost Platoon
1990
as World War II soldier

A Good Sport
1984
as Lionel Zachary

A Million Eyes
2019
as Fern

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
1999
as Self - Narrator
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
as Narrator
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
2016
as Himself

Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
2025
as Narrator

Death Penalty
1980
as William Terry

Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
1994
as Narrator

The Nuremberg Trials
2006
as Narrator (voice)

The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
1993
as Narrator

Beyond Human
2001
as Narrator

NOVA: Addiction

The Bombing of Germany
2010
as Narrator
About 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. With 147 credits spanning from 1966 to 2025, Joe Morton has appeared in 89 films and 58 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joe Morton Movies
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) — as Miles Dyson
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) — as Silas
- Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) — as Silas Stone
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) — as Dr. Houston Brooks
- Justice League (2017) — as Silas Stone
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