Joe Morton

American actor

Joe Morton is an acclaimed American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including The Brother from Another Planet, Terminator 2, Scandal, and Eureka. He has won critical acclaim for his versatile performances and has been recognized with awards such as the Primetime Emmy.

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About the Joe Morton

Joseph Thomas Morton Jr.is an American stage, television and film actor. He has worked with film director John Sayles in The Brother from Another Planetand Lone Star (1996). Other films he has appeared in include 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.

In 2019, Morton narrated the Audible program, The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Frequently Asked Questions

Joe Morton was born on October 18, 1947.

Joe Morton has appeared in films such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Of Mice and Men, Speed, American Gangster, and the DC superhero movies Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League.

Joe Morton is known for his roles as Eli Pope in the TV series Scandal and Henry Deacon in the sci-fi series Eureka.

Yes, Joe Morton won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2014 for his role in Scandal.

In 2019, Joe Morton narrated the Audible program, The Water Dancer, by author Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Joe Morton has collaborated with film director John Sayles on several projects, including The Brother from Another Planet, City of Hope, and Lone Star.

Joe Morton has demonstrated his versatility by appearing in a wide range of film and television genres, from science fiction and action to drama and comedy.

19 Quotes by Joe Morton

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    One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again.

    Joe Morton

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    There are lots of stories about my culture that I think bring a whole other perspective to who we are and where we have been and how we got here that I think need to be done.

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    Yes, I would love to play one of the leads in one these movies and have all those challenges and deal with all those complications, but the business being what it is, there is a slot for me in these kinds of films, so I enjoy them, and I enjoy the people that I work with.

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    Basically, the actor’s job is to pay attention to the script.

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    I love doing movies but I loved doing theatre just as much.

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    I think it talks about the fact that there are black people in the world who have tremendous amount of talents and have no channel through which they can those talents.

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    If you have the skill, then you can move as you age.

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    If there’s no craft there, then once the looks go, there goes your career.

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    I think it talks about that there needs to be some proactive attack against drugs infiltrating our culture.

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    With my background, I came out of the theater.

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    I think people believe that I give ant aura of someone who has both feet on the ground.

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    James Cameron has always been way ahead of the curve in terms of the use of technology in his movies.

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    American actor

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    When I started off many years ago, I made a determination that there were certain roles I didn’t want to play.

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    Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far.

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    American actor

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    Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same; but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums.

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    American actor

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    I came into the industry at a time when there weren’t a lot of choices to what you could do.

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    I would love to play the villain, but again, it sort of what happens in this industry.

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    The advice that I usually give to young actors is that if you can create a character for the stage and keep that character fresh for at least 6 months that means you’re doing the show eight times a week.

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    I think the thing is with a movie that has this much science fiction in it; you need characters who are more science fact, if you know what I mean, than they are human.

    Joe Morton

    American actor