Joe Morton
Joseph Thomas Morton Jr. (born October 18, 1947) is an American stage, television and film actor. He has worked with film director John Sayles in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), City of Hope (1991) and 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).
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| Born | Joseph Thomas Morton Jr. October 18, 1947 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Hofstra University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Spouse |
Nora Chavooshian
(m. 1985; div. 2006) |
| Children | 3 |
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.