Joe Morton: movies and TV shows
Joe Morton has 155 credits in the archive: 89 films and 66 TV series, from 1966 to 2025. Highest rated: House (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1966 – 2025 · busiest year: 2005 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Going Dutch | General Davidson | TV | 5.8 | 77 |
| 2025 | The American Revolution | Elisha Bostwick / Elias Dayton (voice) | TV | 5.9 | 77 |
| 2025 | Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 77 |
| 2023 | Trinity's Triumph | Monsignor Heck | Film | — | 75 |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 74 |
| 2022 | The U.S. and the Holocaust | Self (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 74 |
| 2022 | Inside the Black Box | TV | 5.0 | 74 | |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Silas Stone | Film | 8.1 | 73 |
| 2021 | Our Kind of People | Teddy Franklin | TV | 7.8 | 73 |
| 2021 | Hemingway | Ralph Ellison (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 73 |
| 2020 | Mr. Tornado | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2020 | Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time | Self | TV | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2020 | Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi | Self | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2020 | Between the World and Me | Self | Film | 7.9 | 72 |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV | 4.7 | 71 |
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Dr. Houston Brooks | Film | 6.7 | 71 |
| 2019 | The Politician | Marcus Standish | TV | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2019 | A Million Eyes | Fern | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2018 | God Friended Me | Arthur Finer | TV | 7.7 | 70 |
| 2018 | God Friended Me | TV | 7.7 | 70 | |
| 2017 | Justice League | Silas Stone | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2017 | T2: Reprogramming The Terminator | Self | Film | 7.4 | 69 |
| 2016 | Bull | TV | 7.1 | 68 | |
| 2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Silas | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2016 | All the Way | Roy Wilkins | Film | 6.6 | 68 |
| 2016 | Brett Gelman's Dinner in America | Himself | Film | 3.5 | 68 |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Jason | TV | 7.7 | 67 |
| 2015 | Cleveland Abduction | Agent Solano | Film | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2015 | Proof | Dr. Charles Russell | TV | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2013 | Home | Donald Hall | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2012 | Scandal | Eli 'Rowan' Pope | TV | 7.2 | 64 |
| 2012 | Scandal | TV | 7.2 | 64 | |
| 2012 | Coma | Dr. Nelson | TV | 6.4 | 64 |
| 2010 | The Bombing of Germany | Narrator | Film | — | 62 |
| 2010 | Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Daniel Golden | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2009 | White Collar | Kyle Bancroft | TV | 8.2 | 61 |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 | Reverend John Hill | TV | 7.7 | 61 |
| 2009 | The Line | Hodges | Film | 4.8 | 61 |
| 2008 | Grand Central | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 2008 | Lifelines | Dr. Livingston | Film | 3.4 | 60 |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Charlie Williams | Film | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2007 | Badland | Max Astin | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Peter Madsen | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 2006 | Eureka | Henry Deacon | TV | 7.7 | 58 |
| 2006 | Eureka | TV | 7.7 | 58 | |
| 2006 | The Night Listener | Ashe | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 2006 | The Nuremberg Trials | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Peter Lange | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2005 | E-Ring | Steven Algazi | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2005 | Stealth | Dick Marshfield | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2005 | Gone But Not Forgotten | Reggie Stewart | Film | 4.9 | 57 |
| 2005 | Lenny The Wonder Dog | Dr. Island | Film | 4.8 | 57 |
| 2005 | Back in the Day | Reverend Packer | Film | 5.2 | 57 |
| 2005 | Building the Alaska Highway | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 57 |
| 2005 | Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today | Additional Voices | Film | — | 57 |
| 2004 | House | Gary Wright | TV | 8.6 | 56 |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Dwight Hillborne | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Attorney Steve Duprey | TV | 7.9 | 56 |
| 2004 | The Jury | TV | 9.0 | 56 | |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Other Voices (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2003 | Paycheck | Agent Dodge | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 2003 | Whoopi | Martin James | TV | 8.8 | 55 |
| 2003 | Thoughtcrimes | Jon Harper | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2003 | Jasper, Texas | Walter Diggles | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2002 | Dragonfly | Hugh Campbell | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2001 | Smallville | Steven Hamilton | TV | 8.2 | 53 |
| 2001 | Ali | Chauncey Eskridge | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 2001 | Africa | Narrator | TV | 9.0 | 53 |
| 2001 | Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar | Narrator | Film | — | 53 |
| 2001 | Beyond Human | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | Dr. Drayton | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 2000 | Bounce | Jim Willer | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 2000 | Ali: An American Hero | Malcom X | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Ray Bevins | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1999 | The Astronaut's Wife | Sherman Reese | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1999 | Y2K | Martin Lowell | Film | 4.8 | 51 |
| 1999 | The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords | Self - Narrator | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 | Cab Chamberlain | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1998 | Apt Pupil | Dan Richler | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1998 | Mercy Point | Dr. Grote Maxwell | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1997 | The Practice | U.S. Attorney | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1997 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited) | Film | 4.6 | 49 |
| 1997 | Trouble on the Corner | Detective Bill | Film | 3.3 | 49 |
| 1997 | Miss Evers' Boys | Dr. Sam Brodus | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1997 | Prince Street | TV | 8.7 | 49 | |
| 1997 | Dellaventura | Councilman Caulder | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1997 | The Pest | Mr. Kent | Film | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1996 | Executive Decision | Cappy | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Film | 5.3 | 48 | |
| 1996 | Lone Star | Delmore "Del" Payne | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1995 | New York News | Mitch Cotter | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1995 | Under One Roof | Ron Langston | TV | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1995 | The Walking Dead | Sgt. Barkley | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1995 | In the Shadow of Evil | Lt. Royce | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Jake Stone | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Martin Hunter | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | TV | 7.3 | 46 | |
| 1994 | Speed | Capt. McMahon | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1994 | The Inkwell | Kenny Tate | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1994 | Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Martin Wells | TV | 8.4 | 45 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Sam Thorne | TV | 8.1 | 45 |
| 1993 | TriBeCa | TV | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1993 | The Great Depression | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1993 | T2: More Than Meets the Eye | Self | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1993 | The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's | Narrator | Film | — | 45 |
| 1992 | Of Mice and Men | Crooks | Film | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1992 | Forever Young | Cameron | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1992 | Legacy of Lies | Samuel Flowers | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Miles Dyson | Film | 8.2 | 43 |
| 1991 | City of Hope | Winn | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1991 | The Good Policeman | Sweets Montgomery | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Leon Chiles | TV | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Roland Books | TV | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Mike James | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1990 | Challenger | Dr. Ronald McNair | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1990 | The Lost Platoon | World War II soldier | Film | 4.6 | 42 |
| 1989 | Tap | Nicky | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1989 | Making a Case for Murder | Cederic Sandiford | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1988 | Police Story | Sgt. Jeff Allen | TV | — | 40 |
| 1988 | The Good Mother | Frank Williams | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1988 | Alone in the Neon Jungle | Ken Fraker | Film | 4.3 | 40 |
| 1988 | Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami | Tandy | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1988 | Police Story: Burnout | Sgt. Jeff Allen | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1988 | Zelly & Me | Earl | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1987 | A Different World | Byron Douglas III | TV | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1987 | Stranded | Sheriff McMahon | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1986 | Crossroads | Scratch's Assistant | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Slate | TV | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Carter Brock | TV | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1985 | Trouble in Mind | Solo | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Lt. Jack Davis | TV | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1984 | The Brother from Another Planet | The Brother | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1984 | A Good Sport | Lionel Zachary | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | Charlie | Film | 4.6 | 35 |
| 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 34 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Carl Hatch | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1982 | The Clairvoyant | Detective Rich | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1981 | We're Fighting Back | Elgin Jones | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1980 | Death Penalty | William Terry | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1979 | ...And Justice for All | Prison Doctor | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1979 | Lawman Without a Gun | Louis | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1978 | Watch Your Mouth | Mr. Raymond Geeter | TV | — | 30 |
| 1977 | Between the Lines | Ahmed | Film | 5.4 | 29 |
| 1976 | What's Happening!! | Manager | TV | 7.4 | 28 |
| 1975 | Grady | Hal Marshall | TV | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1974 | NOVA | Additional Narration | TV | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1974 | NOVA | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Captain Saunders | TV | 7.9 | 24 |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son | TV | 7.5 | 24 | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Clerk | TV | 7.6 | 18 |
| NOVA: Addiction | Film | — | — | ||
| War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator | Narrator | Film | 4.5 | — |