David Morse
Acting • Born 1953-10-11
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
Filmography
105 credits
Dancer in the Dark
Movie • 2000
Bill Houston
Twelve Monkeys
Movie • 1995
Dr. Peters
The Green Mile
Movie • 1999
Brutus 'Brutal' Howell
The Getaway
Movie • 1994
Jim Deer Jackson
Contact
Movie • 1997
Ted Arroway
16 Blocks
Movie • 2006
Frank Nugent
Max Dugan Returns
Movie • 1983
Shoe Store Cop
Nearing Grace
Movie • 2006
Shep Nearing
The Slaughter Rule
Movie • 2002
Gideon 'Gid' Ferguson
Extreme Measures
Movie • 1996
Frank Hare
Hearts in Atlantis
Movie • 2001
Adult Bobby Garfield
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Movie • 1996
Luke / Daedalus
Down in the Valley
Movie • 2005
Wade
Crazy in Alabama
Movie • 1999
Dove Bullis
Desperate Hours
Movie • 1990
Albert
Proof of Life
Movie • 2000
Peter Bowman
Disturbia
Movie • 2007
Robert Turner
The Hurt Locker
Movie • 2008
Colonel Reed
The Indian Runner
Movie • 1991
Joe Roberts
The Good Son
Movie • 1993
Jack Evans
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Movie • 2005
Palmer
The Crossing Guard
Movie • 1995
John Booth
The Rock
Movie • 1996
Major Tom Baxter
The Negotiator
Movie • 1998
Cdr. Adam Beck
Passengers
Movie • 2008
Arkin
Bait
Movie • 2000
Edgar Clenteen
Hounddog
Movie • 2008
Daddy
Mother and Child
Movie • 2009
Tom
Shanghai
Movie • 2010
Richard Astor
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Movie • 1992
Rick Steiner
Drive Angry
Movie • 2011
Webster
Inside Moves
Movie • 1980
Jerry Maxwell
Diary of a City Priest
Movie • 2001
Fr. John McNamee
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Movie • 2012
James Green, Sr.
World War Z
Movie • 2013
Ex-CIA Agent
Prototype
Movie • 1983
Michael
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Movie • 2000
Self
Double Vision
Movie • 2002
Kevin Richter
Yellow
Movie • 2012
Psychologist
Collaborator
Movie • 2011
Gus
Winter in the Blood
Movie • 2014
Airplane Man
Six Against the Rock
Movie • 1987
Marvin Hubbard
McCanick
Movie • 2014
Eugene 'Mack' McCanick
Cabrini
Movie • 2024
Archbishop Corrigan
The Timekeepers of Eternity
Movie • 2021
Captain Brian Enlge (archive footage)
The Boy
Movie • 2015
John
Miracle on Interstate 880
Movie • 1993
Dr. Jim Betts
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
Movie • 1991
Bicycle Pete
Looking Through Water
Movie • 2025
Leo
Our Family Business
Movie • 1981
Phil
Magic Kid II
Movie • 1994
Jack
Concussion
Movie • 2015
Mike Webster
Horns
Movie • 2013
Dale Williams
Walking the Mile
Movie • 2014
Self
Mint Julep
Movie • 2010
Karl
Two-Fisted Tales
Movie • 1992
Tom McMurdo (segment "Showdown")
Downpayment on Murder
Movie • 1987
Det. Jackson
Shattered Vows
Movie • 1984
Father Tim
A Place at the Table
Movie • 1988
Tom Williams
Trouble
Movie • 2018
Gerry
Winnie
Movie • 1988
Thomas
George B.
Movie • 1997
George
The Pond
Movie • 2012
Adam 11
Murder Live!
Movie • 1997
Frank McGrath
The Gettysburg Address
Movie • 2025
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Flowing Water
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Movie • 2000
Self - 'Brutal Howell'
When Dreams Come True
Movie • 1985
Robert Wynton
Personal Foul
Movie • 1987
Barbecue
Movie • 2020
James T
The Virtuoso
Movie • 2021
The Deputy
La Gloria
Movie • 2024
Carson Tidwell
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Movie • 1995
Galloway
Mayday
Movie • 2026
Harold Kelly
Medium
TV • 2005
Douglas Lydecker
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Jack Morrison
House
TV • 2004
Michael Tritter
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
seaQuest DSV
TV • 1993
Lenny Sutter
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Tom McMurdo
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Jim Bayliss
Big Wave Dave's
TV • 1993
Dave Bell
Hack
TV • 2002
Mike Olshansky
John Adams
TV • 2008
George Washington
The Chair
TV • 2021
Paul Larson
Treme
TV • 2010
Nurse
TV • 1981
Kevin Mallory
The Langoliers
TV • 1995
Captain Brian Engle
Outsiders
TV • 2016
Big Foster
The Morning Show
TV • 2019
Mr. Jackson
True Detective
TV • 2014
Eliot Bezzerides
Brotherhood of the Rose
TV • 1989
Remus
Treme
TV • 2010
Terry Colson
Blindspot
TV • 2015
Hank Crawford
Escape at Dannemora
TV • 2018
Gene Palmer
The Deuce
TV • 2017
Matthew Rouse
We Were Liars
TV • 2025
Harris Sinclair
Cross of Fire
TV • 1989
Clell Henry
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self
HBO First Look
TV • 1992
Self
American Experience
TV • 1988
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
American Experience
TV • 1988
Abraham Lincoln
The Last Thing He Told Me
TV • 2023
Nicholas Bell
The Good Lord Bird
TV • 2020
Dutch Henry Sherman