Acting

Joe Morton

Born 1947-10-18 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

Credits

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A Different World
as Byron Douglas III
2026
The American Revolution
as Elisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice)
2025
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
as Narrator
2025
Going Dutch
as General Davidson
2025
Trinity's Triumph
as Monsignor Heck
2023
The U.S. and the Holocaust
as Self (voice)
2022
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
as Admiral Simon Reeger
2022
Inside the Black Box
2022
Our Kind of People
as Teddy Franklin
2021
Hemingway
as Ralph Ellison (voice)
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Silas Stone
2021
Between the World and Me
as Self
2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Self
2020
Mr. Tornado
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
as Self
2020
A Million Eyes
as Fern
2019
The Politician
as Marcus Standish
2019
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Dr. Houston Brooks
2019
God Friended Me
as Arthur Finer
2018
God Friended Me
Director
2018
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
as Self
2017
Justice League
as Silas Stone
2017
Bull
Director
2016
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
as Self
2016
All the Way
as Roy Wilkins
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Silas
2016
Proof
as Dr. Charles Russell
2015
Grace and Frankie
as Jason
2015
Cleveland Abduction
as Agent Solano
2015
Home
as Donald Hall
2013
Coma
as Dr. Nelson
2012
Scandal
as Eli 'Rowan' Pope
2012
Scandal
Director
2012
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
as Self
2010
The Bombing of Germany
as Narrator
2010
White Collar
as Kyle Bancroft
2009
The Good Wife
as Daniel Golden
2009
Warehouse 13
as Reverend John Hill
2009
The Line
as Hodges
2009
Grand Central
as Narrator
2008
Lifelines
as Dr. Livingston
2008
Badland
as Max Astin
2007
American Gangster
as Charlie Williams
2007
Brothers and Sisters
as Peter Madsen
2006
Eureka
as Henry Deacon
2006
Eureka
Director
2006
The Night Listener
as Ashe
2006
The Nuremberg Trials
as Narrator (voice)
2006
E-Ring
as Steven Algazi
2005
Lenny The Wonder Dog
as Dr. Island
2005
Stealth
as Dick Marshfield
2005
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
as Additional Voices
2005
Back in the Day
as Reverend Packer
2005
Building the Alaska Highway
as Narrator (voice)
2005
Numb3rs
as Peter Lange
2005
Gone But Not Forgotten
as Reggie Stewart
2005
House
as Gary Wright
2004
Boston Legal
as Attorney Steve Duprey
2004
CSI: NY
as Dwight Hillborne
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004
The Jury
2004
Paycheck
as Agent Dodge
2003
Whoopi
as Martin James
2003
Jasper, Texas
as Walter Diggles
2003
Thoughtcrimes
as Jon Harper
2003
Dragonfly
as Hugh Campbell
2002
Ali
as Chauncey Eskridge
2001
Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar
as Narrator
2001
Smallville
as Steven Hamilton
2001
Africa
as Narrator
2001
Beyond Human
as Narrator
2001
Bounce
as Jim Willer
2000
Ali: An American Hero
as Malcom X
2000
What Lies Beneath
as Dr. Drayton
2000
Y2K
as Martin Lowell
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ray Bevins
1999
The Astronaut's Wife
as Sherman Reese
1999
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
as Self - Narrator
1999