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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 11, 1953
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- David Bowditch Morse
David Morse
2.7 Popularity
Biography
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". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
0.0
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
The Gettysburg Address
2025
5.2
Leo
Looking Through Water
2025
7.2
Harris Sinclair
We Were Liars
2025
0.0
Carson Tidwell
La Gloria
2024
7.9
Archbishop Corrigan
Cabrini
2024
6.8
Nicholas Bell
The Last Thing He Told Me
2023
7.0
Captain Brian Enlge (archive footage)
The Timekeepers of Eternity
2021
6.5
Paul Larson
The Chair
2021
5.9
The Deputy
The Virtuoso
2021
0.0
James T
Barbecue
2020
Credits
The Gettysburg Address
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
2025
0.0
Looking Through Water
as Leo
2025
5.2
We Were Liars
as Harris Sinclair
2025
7.2
La Gloria
as Carson Tidwell
2024
0.0
Cabrini
as Archbishop Corrigan
2024
7.9
The Last Thing He Told Me
as Nicholas Bell
2023
6.8
The Timekeepers of Eternity
as Captain Brian Enlge (archive footage)
2021
7.0
The Chair
as Paul Larson
2021
6.5
The Virtuoso
as The Deputy
2021
5.9
Barbecue
as James T
2020
0.0
The Morning Show
as Mr. Jackson
2019
7.7
Trouble
as Gerry
2018
5.0
Escape at Dannemora
as Gene Palmer
2018
7.5
The Deuce
as Matthew Rouse
2017
7.6
Flowing Water
as Narrator (voice)
2017
8.0
Outsiders
as Big Foster
2016
6.5
Concussion
as Mike Webster
2015
7.1
Blindspot
as Hank Crawford
2015
7.4
The Boy
as John
2015
5.7
Walking the Mile
as Self
2014
5.0
Winter in the Blood
as Airplane Man
2014
5.0
McCanick
as Eugene 'Mack' McCanick
2014
4.6
True Detective
as Eliot Bezzerides
2014
8.3
Horns
as Dale Williams
2013
6.3
World War Z
as Ex-CIA Agent
2013
6.8
Yellow
as Psychologist
2012
5.0
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as James Green, Sr.
2012
7.0
The Pond
as Adam 11
2012
3.0
Collaborator
as Gus
2011
4.8
Drive Angry
as Webster
2011
5.5
Shanghai
as Richard Astor
2010
6.1
Mint Julep
as Karl
2010
5.0
Treme
2010
7.6
Treme
as Terry Colson
2010
7.6
Mother and Child
as Tom
2009
6.6
The Hurt Locker
as Colonel Reed
2008
7.3
Passengers
as Arkin
2008
6.1
Hounddog
as Daddy
2008
6.4
John Adams
as George Washington
2008
7.7
Disturbia
as Robert Turner
2007
6.7
Nearing Grace
as Shep Nearing
2006
4.8
16 Blocks
as Frank Nugent
2006
6.4
Made in Hollywood
as Self
2005
4.7
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
as Palmer
2005
7.0
Down in the Valley
as Wade
2005
5.9
Medium
as Douglas Lydecker
2005
7.5
House
as Michael Tritter
2004
8.6
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
6.1
Double Vision
as Kevin Richter
2002
6.6
Hack
as Mike Olshansky
2002
7.7
The Slaughter Rule
as Gideon 'Gid' Ferguson
2002
5.6
Hearts in Atlantis
as Adult Bobby Garfield
2001
6.8
Diary of a City Priest
as Fr. John McNamee
2001
5.7
Proof of Life
as Peter Bowman
2000
6.1
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
as Self
2000
7.2
Bait
as Edgar Clenteen
2000
5.7
Dancer in the Dark
as Bill Houston
2000
7.9
🎬
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
as Self - 'Brutal Howell'
2000
7.0
The Green Mile
as Brutus 'Brutal' Howell
1999
8.5
Crazy in Alabama
as Dove Bullis
1999
6.0
The Negotiator
as Cdr. Adam Beck
1998
7.1
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Contact
as Ted Arroway
1997
7.4
Murder Live!
as Frank McGrath
1997
5.5
George B.
as George
1997
0.0
The Long Kiss Goodnight
as Luke / Daedalus
1996
6.6
Extreme Measures
as Frank Hare
1996
6.0
The Rock
as Major Tom Baxter
1996
7.1
Twelve Monkeys
as Dr. Peters
1995
7.6
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
as Galloway
1995
6.0
The Langoliers
as Captain Brian Engle
1995
6.4
The Crossing Guard
as John Booth
1995
6.0
Magic Kid II
as Jack
1994
5.0
The Getaway
as Jim Deer Jackson
1994
5.8
The Good Son
as Jack Evans
1993
6.8
seaQuest DSV
as Lenny Sutter
1993
7.0
🎬
Big Wave Dave's
as Dave Bell
1993
6.0
Miracle on Interstate 880
as Dr. Jim Betts
1993
4.9
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Jim Bayliss
1993
8.1
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Rick Steiner - Fishermen
1992
5.2
HBO First Look
as Self
1992
4.9
Two-Fisted Tales
as Tom McMurdo (segment "Showdown")
1992
5.0
The Indian Runner
as Joe Roberts
1991
6.5
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
as Bicycle Pete
1991
5.1
Desperate Hours
as Albert
1990
5.4
Cross of Fire
as Clell Henry
1989
6.5
Tales from the Crypt
as Tom McMurdo
1989
8.0
Brotherhood of the Rose
as Remus
1989
6.7
Winnie
as Thomas
1988
7.7
American Experience
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1988
6.9
American Experience
as Abraham Lincoln
1988
6.9
🎬
A Place at the Table
as Tom Williams
1988
1.0
Personal Foul
1987
0.0
Six Against the Rock
as Marvin Hubbard
1987
4.1
Downpayment on Murder
as Det. Jackson
1987
6.0
When Dreams Come True
as Robert Wynton
1985
5.7
Shattered Vows
as Father Tim
1984
3.8
Prototype
as Michael
1983
5.8
Max Dugan Returns
as Shoe Store Cop
1983
6.5
St. Elsewhere
as Jack Morrison
1982
5.6
Our Family Business
as Phil
1981
0.0
Nurse
as Kevin Mallory
1981
5.0
Inside Moves
as Jerry Maxwell
1980
6.3
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9