David Bowditch Morse (born October 11, 1953) is an American stage, television, and film actor. He first came to national attention as Dr. Jack Morrison in the medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988. Morse continued his movie career with roles in Dancer in the Dark, The Negotiator, The Green Mile, Disturbia, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Crossing Guard, The Rock, Extreme Measures, Twelve Monkeys, 16 Blocks, and Hounddog. In 2006, Morse had a recurring role as Detective Michael Tritter on the medical drama House for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. Morse portrayed George Washington in the 2008 HBO Miniseries John Adams, which garnered him a second Emmy nomination. Morse has received acclaim for his portrayal of Uncle Peck on the Off-Broadway play How I Learned to Drive for which he earned a Drama Desk and Obie Award. He also had success on Broadway, portraying James "Sharky" Harkin in The Seafarer. As of 2011, Morse is a regular on the HBO series, "Treme". Description above from the Wikipedia article David Morse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie | Von Trier's 100 Eyes | Self | 2000-12-02 |
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Movie | The Green Mile | Brutus "Brutal" Howell | 1999-12-10 |
Movie | The Negotiator | Cdr. Adam Beck | 1998-07-29 |
Movie | George B. | George | 1997-01-20 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Murder Live! | Frank McGrath | 1997-03-09 |
Movie | Contact | Ted Arroway | 1997-07-11 |
Movie | The Rock | Major Tom Baxter | 1996-06-07 |
Movie | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Luke / Daedalus | 1996-10-11 |
Movie | Extreme Measures | Frank Hare | 1996-09-27 |
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Movie | The Crossing Guard | John Booth | 1995-11-15 |
Series | The Langoliers | Captain Brian Engle | 1995-05-14 |
Movie | Magic Kid II | Jack | 1994-12-07 |
Movie | The Getaway | Jim Deer Jackson | 1994-02-11 |
Movie | Miracle on Interstate 880 | Dr. Jim Betts | 1993-02-22 |
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Series | Big Wave Dave's | Dave Bell | 1993-08-09 |
Series | seaQuest DSV | Lenny Sutter | 1993-09-12 |
Movie | The Good Son | Jack Evans | 1993-09-24 |
Movie | Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | Rick Steiner - Fishermen | 1992-09-13 |
Movie | Two-Fisted Tales | Tom McMurdo (segment "Showdown") | 1992-01-18 |
Movie | Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann | Bicycle Pete | 1991-05-06 |
Movie | The Indian Runner | Joe Roberts | 1991-09-20 |
Movie | Desperate Hours | Albert | 1990-10-05 |
Series | Brotherhood of the Rose | Remus | 1989-01-22 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Winnie | Thomas | 1988-10-10 |
Movie | Downpayment on Murder | Det. Jackson | 1987-01-18 |
Movie | Personal Foul | 1987-08-14 | |
Movie | Six Against the Rock | Marvin Hubbard | 1987-05-18 |
Movie | When Dreams Come True | Robert Wynton | 1985-05-28 |
Movie | Shattered Vows | Father Tim | 1984-10-28 |
Movie | Prototype | Michael | 1983-12-07 |
Movie | Max Dugan Returns | Shoe Store Cop | 1983-03-25 |
Series | St. Elsewhere | Jack Morrison | 1982-10-26 |
Series | Nurse | Unknown | 1981-04-02 |
Movie | Inside Moves | Jerry Maxwell | 1980-12-19 |
Movie | The Snow Queen | Kay/Kai (John) (1995 Jove Films version voice) | 1957-10-22 |