Joe 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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
House
2004
Smallville
2001
The X-Files
1993
The Good Wife
2009
Sherri
2022
The Practice
1997
CSI: NY
2004
Scandal
2012
NOVA
1974
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Ray Bevins · 1999
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles · 1990
Law & Order
as Roland Books · 1990
House
as Gary Wright · 2004
Smallville
as Steven Hamilton · 2001
The X-Files
as Martin Wells · 1993
The Good Wife
as Daniel Golden · 2009
Sherri
as Self - Guest · 2022
The Practice
as U.S. Attorney · 1997
CSI: NY
as Dwight Hillborne · 2004
Scandal
as Eli 'Rowan' Pope · 2012
NOVA
as Additional Narration · 1974
NOVA
as Narrator · 1974
M*A*S*H
as Captain Saunders · 1972
Boston Legal
as Attorney Steve Duprey · 2004
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest · 2019
Numb3rs
as Peter Lange · 2005
Touched by an Angel
as Jake Stone · 1994
Touched by an Angel
as Martin Hunter · 1994
White Collar
as Kyle Bancroft · 2009
American Experience
as Narrator (voice) · 1988
Mission: Impossible
as Clerk · 1966
Miami Vice
as Lt. Jack Davis · 1984
American Playhouse
as Carl Hatch · 1982
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
as Admiral Simon Reeger · 2022
Brothers and Sisters
as Peter Madsen · 2006
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Sam Thorne · 1993
Warehouse 13
as Reverend John Hill · 2009
Nature
as Narrator (voice) · 1982
A Different World
as Byron Douglas III · 1987
Grace and Frankie
as Jason · 2015
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
as Miles Dyson · 1991
Eureka
as Henry Deacon · 2006
The Equalizer
as Slate · 1985
The Equalizer
as Carter Brock · 1985
New York Undercover
· 1994
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Silas · 2016
Sanford and Son
· 1972
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Silas Stone · 2021
Justice League
as Silas Stone · 2017
God Friended Me
as Arthur Finer · 2018
What's Happening!!
as Manager · 1976
American Gangster
as Charlie Williams · 2007
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Dr. Houston Brooks · 2019
Speed
as Capt. McMahon · 1994
The Politician
as Marcus Standish · 2019
E-Ring
as Steven Algazi · 2005
What Lies Beneath
as Dr. Drayton · 2000
Whoopi
as Martin James · 2003
New York News
as Mitch Cotter · 1995
The American Revolution
as Elisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice) · 2025
Going Dutch
as General Davidson · 2025
Executive Decision
as Cappy · 1996
The Jury
· 2004
Speed 2: Cruise Control
as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited) · 1997
Police Story
as Sgt. Jeff Allen · 1988
Equal Justice
as Mike James · 1990
Paycheck
as Agent Dodge · 2003
Forever Young
as Cameron · 1992
Stealth
as Dick Marshfield · 2005
Coma
as Dr. Nelson · 2012
Of Mice and Men
as Crooks · 1992
...And Justice for All
as Prison Doctor · 1979
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
as Self · 2020
Dragonfly
as Hugh Campbell · 2002
Crossroads
as Scratch's Assistant · 1986
The Astronaut's Wife
as Sherman Reese · 1999
The U.S. and the Holocaust
as Self (voice) · 2022
Our Kind of People
as Teddy Franklin · 2021
Ali
as Chauncey Eskridge · 2001
Blues Brothers 2000
as Cab Chamberlain · 1998
Proof
as Dr. Charles Russell · 2015
Hemingway
as Ralph Ellison (voice) · 2021
Prince Street
as Lt. Tom Warner · 1997
Grady
as Hal Marshall · 1975
Apt Pupil
as Dan Richler · 1998
Inside the Black Box
· 2022
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Charlie · 1983
Cleveland Abduction
as Agent Solano · 2015
All the Way
as Roy Wilkins · 2016
TriBeCa
· 1993
Bounce
as Jim Willer · 2000
Dellaventura
as Councilman Caulder · 1997
The Night Listener
as Ashe · 2006
Lone Star
as Delmore "Del" Payne · 1996
Under One Roof
as Ron Langston · 1995
The Brother from Another Planet
as The Brother · 1984
Africa
as Narrator · 2001
Tap
as Nicky · 1989
Mercy Point
as Dr. Grote Maxwell · 1998
The Line
as Hodges · 2009
Back in the Day
as Reverend Packer · 2005
Gone But Not Forgotten
as Reggie Stewart · 2005
The Good Mother
as Frank Williams · 1988
Miss Evers' Boys
as Dr. Sam Brodus · 1997
Mr. Tornado
as Narrator (voice) · 2020
The Clairvoyant
as Detective Rich · 1982
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice) · 2004
The Pest
as Mr. Kent · 1997
Thoughtcrimes
as Jon Harper · 2003
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Self · 2020
Lifelines
as Dr. Livingston · 2008
Trouble in Mind
as Solo · 1985
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
· 1996
Between the World and Me
as Self · 2020
The Great Depression
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1993
Alone in the Neon Jungle
as Ken Fraker · 1988
Lenny The Wonder Dog
as Dr. Island · 2005
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as Tandy · 1988
City of Hope
as Winn · 1991
In the Shadow of Evil
as Lt. Royce · 1995
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
as Self · 2017
Lawman Without a Gun
as Louis · 1979
Challenger
as Dr. Ronald McNair · 1990
Home
as Donald Hall · 2013
Trouble on the Corner
as Detective Bill · 1997
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
as Additional Voices · 2005
Badland
as Max Astin · 2007
We're Fighting Back
as Elgin Jones · 1981
The Good Policeman
as Sweets Montgomery · 1991
Jasper, Texas
as Walter Diggles · 2003
Grand Central
as Narrator · 2008
Between the Lines
as Ahmed · 1977
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's
as Narrator · 1993
Making a Case for Murder
as Cederic Sandiford · 1989
The Inkwell
as Kenny Tate · 1994
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
as Self · 1993
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
as Narrator · 2025
Brett Gelman's Dinner in America
as Himself · 2016
The Walking Dead
as Sgt. Barkley · 1995
Ali: An American Hero
as Malcom X · 2000
Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar
as Narrator · 2001
Police Story: Burnout
as Sgt. Jeff Allen · 1988
Stranded
as Sheriff McMahon · 1987
A Good Sport
as Lionel Zachary · 1984
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
as Self · 2010
The Lost Platoon
as World War II soldier · 1990
Legacy of Lies
as Samuel Flowers · 1992
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
as Self - Narrator · 1999
Y2K
as Martin Lowell · 1999
A Million Eyes
as Fern · 2019
Building the Alaska Highway
as Narrator (voice) · 2005
Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
as Narrator · 1994
Death Penalty
as William Terry · 1980
Trinity's Triumph
as Monsignor Heck · 2023
Watch Your Mouth
as Mr. Raymond Geeter · 1978
Zelly & Me
as Earl · 1988
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
as Narrator
The Nuremberg Trials
as Narrator (voice) · 2006
The Bombing of Germany
as Narrator · 2010
NOVA: Addiction
Beyond Human
as Narrator · 2001