Joe Morton

He has collaborated with film director John Sayles three times, acting in his films The Brother from Another Planet (1984), City of Hope (1991) and Lone Star (1996). Other films he has appeared in include..And Justice for All (1979), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Of Mice and Men (1992), Speed (1994), Apt Pupil (1998), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), What Lies Beneath (2000), Ali (2001), Paycheck (2003), Stealth (2005), American Gangster (2007), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). His television work includes his role as Eli Pope, Olivia Pope's father, in Scandal, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2014, and the role of Henry Deacon on the TV series Eureka. On stage, Morton made his Broadway debut in Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971). He received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in the musical Raisin (1973). He made his West End debut portraying Colin Powell in the David Hare play Stuff Happens (2004).

Joe Morton studied at Hofstra University and Andrew Jackson High School. The recorded working language is English. Distinctions recorded are Theatre World Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play.

• Birth Name — Joseph Thomas Morton Jr. • Born — 18 October 1947 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Education — Hofstra University • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1970–present • Children — 3

Morton was born in Harlem, New York City, the son of Evelyn, a secretary, and Joseph Thomas Morton Sr., a U.S. Army intelligence officer. Because of his father's military service, he spent parts of his childhood in West Germany and Okinawa. When Morton was 10 years old, his father died. Morton was raised Catholic and attended a Catholic military school for a time. He was an altar boy and considered becoming a priest. Morton graduated from Andrew Jackson High School and studied drama at Hofstra University.

Morton made his Broadway debut in Hair, appeared in Salvation, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Raisin. He has appeared in over 70 films, including John Sayles' The Brother from Another Planet (as The Brother), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (as Dr. Miles Bennett Dyson) and Blues Brothers 2000 (as Cabel "Cab" Chamberlain, as the son of Curtis, played by Cab Calloway). He also played Police Lieutenant Herb "Mac" McMahon, in Speed. On daytime, Morton has had roles on Search for Tomorrow (1973–74), Another World (1983–84), and All My Children (2002). In 2002, he appeared on the London stage in the play Art. Morton has made many notable TV guest appearances, including his appearances as Dr. Steven Hamilton in the first two seasons of Smallville. He starred in the Sanford and Son spin-off Grady (1975–76), M*A*S*H* (battalion aid surgeon Capt. Nick Saunders, 1976), Under One Roof (1995) and E-Ring (2005). He portrayed the jack-of-all-trades scientist Henry Deacon as a regular on Syfy Channel's Eureka (2006–12). Morton played the role of Eli Pope on the hit drama Scandal, a role for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. In 2016, Morton portrayed the activist and comedian Dick Gregory in the play Turn Me Loose at the Westside Theatre in Manhattan. Morton portrayed Dr. Silas Stone, father of Victor Stone/Cyborg, in a cameo role in the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, part of the DC Extended Universe. He reprised the character in the film Justice League (2017) and more extensively in its director's cut. From 2018 to 2020, Morton co-starred as Reverend Arthur Finer in the CBS series God Friended Me. Morton directed three episodes of God Friended Me, and has directing credits for four other TV series.

A few years before filming Terminator 2, Morton was injured in a car crash and suffered a punctured lung. After he demonstrated its effects on his breathing to director James Cameron, Cameron decided to integrate that into Morton's character's death scene in the movie.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1970 — Bracken's World — Yule Buford — Episode: "Love It or Leave It, Change It or Lose It" • Mission: Impossible — Clerk — Episode: "Hunted" • 1973–1974 — Search for Tomorrow — Dr. James Foster — Main role • 1975 — Sanford and Son — Hal Marshall — Episode: "The Family Man" • 1975–1976 — Grady — Hal Marshall — Main role • 1976 — M*A*S*H — Captain Saunders — Episode: "Der Tag" • What's Happening!! — Department Store Manager — Episode: "The Birthday Present" • 1978 — Watch Your Mouth — Raymond Geeter — Main role • 1979 — Guiding Light — Dan Stennis — Episode: "Episode #1.8295" • 1983 — American Playhouse — Carl Hatch — Recurring: season 2 • Another World — Dr. Abel Marsh — Main role • 1985 — Miami Vice — Lt. Jack Davis — Episode: "The Maze" • 1986 — Who's the Boss? — Limo Driver — Episode: "Mona's Limo" • 1987 — The Equalizer — Slate — Episode: "Re-Entry" • 1989 — The Equalizer — Carter Brock — "The Sins of Our Fathers" (S4.E8) "Time Present, Time Past" (S4.E16) "Suicide Squad" (S4.E22) • 1989 — A Man Called Hawk — Rev. Marvin Lewis — Episode: "Choice of Chance" • One Life to Live — Judge Romero — Episode: "Episode dated 22 May 1989" • 1990–1991 — Equal Justice — Mike James — Main role • 1992 — Law & Order — Roland Books — Episode: "Conspiracy" • A Different World — Byron Douglas III — Recurring: season 5 • 1993 — TriBeCa — Carlton Thomas — Main role • 1994 — Homicide: Life on the Street — Sam Thorn — 2 episodes • New York Undercover — Dean/Dinah — Episode: "Blondes Have More Fun" • 1995 — Under One Roof — Ron Langston — Main role • New York News — Mitch Cotter — Episode: "Fun City" • 1996 — Nova — Narrator — Episode: "Shark Attack!" • Touched by an Angel — Jake Stone — Episode: "Jacob's Ladder" • 1997 — Prince Street — Lieutenant Tom Warner — Main role • 1998 — Dellaventura — Councilman Caulder — Episode: "David & Goliath" • 1998–1999 — Mercy Point — Dr. Grote Maxwell — Main role • 2000 — The X-Files — Martin Wells — Episode: "Redrum" • 2000–2005 — Law & Order — Leon Chiles — Recurring: seasons 10 & 11, 14 & 15 • 2001–2002 — Smallville — Steven Hamilton — Recurring: season 1; guest: season 2 • 2002 — All My Children — Zeke McMillan — Episode: "#1.8387" • The Practice — U.S. Attorney — Episode: "Fire Proof" • Touched by an Angel — Martin — Episode: "The Impossible Dream" • 2003 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Ray Bevins — Episode: "Grief" • 2004 — Whoopi — Martin James — Episode: "Sins of the Sister" • The Jury — James Byron Milton — Episode: "Last Rites" • 2005 — House — Senator Gary H. Wright — Episode: "Role Model" • JAG — Elroy Johnson — Episode: "Unknown Soldier" • CSI: NY — Chief Dwight Hillborne — 2 episodes • 2005–2006 — E-Ring — Steve Algazi — Recurring • 2006–2012 — Eureka — Henry Deacon — Main role • 2007 — Numbers — Reporter — Episode: "Graphic" • 2008 — Boston Legal — Attorney Steve Duprey — Episode: "Indecent Proposals" • 2009 — Great Performances — Eugene Bullard — Episode: "Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story" • Warehouse 13 — Reverend John Hill — Episode: "Regrets" • Brothers & Sisters — Peter Madsen — 2 episodes • 2009–2011 — The Good Wife — Daniel Golden — Recurring: season 1; guest: season 3 • 2010 — White Collar — Kyle Bancroft — Episode: "Prisoner's Dilemma" • 2012 — Coma — Dr. Nelson — Episode: "Part One & Two" • 2013–2018 — Scandal — Eli Rowan Pope — Recurring: seasons 2–4, main: seasons 5–7 • 2015 — Proof — Dr. Charles Richmond — Main role • 2015–2016 — Grace and Frankie — Jason — 2 episodes • 2018–2020 — God Friended Me — Rev. Arthur Finer — Main role • 2019–2020 — The Politician — Marcus — Guest: season 1; recurring: season 2 • 2021–2022 — Our Kind of People — Teddy Franklin — Main role • 2025–present — Going Dutch — General Davidson — Series regular • 2026 — Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Simon Reeger — Episode: "Orders of Magnitude"

• Year — Title — Role — Venue • 1971 — Two Gentlemen of Verona — Valentine (replacement) — St. James Theatre, Broadway • 1973 — Tricks — Arlecchino — Alvin Theatre, Broadway • Raisin — Walter Lee Younger — 46th Street Theater, Broadway • 1981 — Oh, Brother! — Eastern Habim — ANTA Theater, Broadway • 1986 — Honky Tonk Nights — Barney Walker — Biltmore Theatre, Broadway • 1998 — Art — Serge (replacement) — Royale Theatre, Broadway • 2004 — Stuff Happens — Colin Powell — National Theater, London

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2010 — Invisible Man — Narrator • 2019 — The Water Dancer — Narrator • 2021 — Marvel's Wastelanders: Hawkeye — Ringmaster • 2024 — Worst Case Scenario — Narrator — Authored by T. J. Newman

Joe Morton is recorded as having received Theatre World Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award. Recognition and collections. Morton received Theatre World Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play.