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David Morse
Highest Rated: 97% The Hurt Locker (2008)
Lowest Rated: 4% Shanghai (2010)
Birthday: Oct 11, 1953
Birthplace: Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
A reliable and versatile character actor, and occasional lead in television and film for almost two decades, David Morse rose to fame in the early 1980s as a tragedy-plagued doctor on "St. Elsewhere" (NBC, 1982-88). The sympathetic role led to a string of similar performances on television and features, including Michael Cimino's "The Desperate Hours" (1990) and Sean Penn's "The Indian Runner" (1991). After several celebrated runs in off-Broadway productions in the late 1990s, Morse settled into a string of impressive performances in features and television. Tall and stoic in delivery and demeanor, Morse was best used as an imposing authority figure like his prison guard in "The Green Mile" (1999), a kidnapped husband in "Proof of Life" (2000), a tough football coach in "The Slaughter Rule" (2001) and a detective with an axe to grind in several episodes of "House" (Fox, 2004-12), which earned him an Emmy nomination. He netted a second Emmy nod with his portrayal of George Washington in the HBO miniseries "John Adams" (2008), marking Morse as one of the more a formidable performers working in Hollywood.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91% | 98% | Cabrini | Archbishop Corrigan (Character) | $19.0M | 2024 |
| 19% | 27% | The Virtuoso | The Deputy (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 50% | 30% | Trouble | Gerry (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 58% | 74% | Concussion | Mike Webster (Character) | $33.8M | 2015 |
| 68% | 38% | The Boy | John Henley (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 67% | 74% | Winter in the Blood | Airplane Man (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 42% | 49% | Horns | Dale Williams (Character) | $164.5K | 2013 |
| 13% | 15% | McCanick |
Eugene "Mack" McCanick (Character), Producer |
- | 2013 |
| 67% | 72% | World War Z | Burt Reynolds (Character) | $202.4M | 2013 |
| 36% | 67% | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Big Jim (Character) | $51.9M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Yellow | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 73% | 61% | Collaborator | Gus (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 47% | 37% | Drive Angry | Webster (Character) | $10.7M | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mint Julep | Karl (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pond | Adam Eleven (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 4% | 37% | Shanghai | Richard Astor (Character) | $44.7K | 2010 |
| 79% | 76% | Mother and Child | Tom (Character) | $1.1M | 2009 |
| 97% | 84% | The Hurt Locker | Colonel Reed (Character) | $15.7M | 2008 |
| 19% | 35% | Passengers | Arkin (Character) | $270.7K | 2008 |
| 15% | 47% | Hounddog | Daddy (Character) | $128.1K | 2007 |
| 70% | 77% | Disturbia | Turner (Character) | $80.1M | 2007 |
| 55% | 57% | 16 Blocks | Frank Nugent (Character) | $36.9M | 2006 |
| 48% | 50% | Nearing Grace | Shep Nearing (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 52% | 53% | Down in the Valley | Wade (Character) | $568.7K | 2005 |
| 64% | 78% | Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story | Palmer (Character) | $32.7M | 2005 |
| 60% | 45% | Double Vision | Kevin Richter (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 74% | 43% | The Slaughter Rule | Gideon Ferguson (Character) | $13.1K | 2002 |
| 49% | 64% | Hearts in Atlantis | Adult Bobby Garfield (Character) | $24.2M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Diary of a City Priest | Father John McNamee (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 39% | 43% | Proof of Life | Peter Bowman (Character) | $32.6M | 2000 |
| 70% | 91% | Dancer in the Dark | Bill (Character) | $4.2M | 2000 |
| 26% | 41% | Bait | Edgar Clenteen (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 30% | 64% | Crazy in Alabama | Dove Bullis (Character) | $2.0M | 1999 |
| 79% | 94% | The Green Mile | Brutus 'Brutal' Howell (Character) | $136.8M | 1999 |
| 74% | 79% | The Negotiator | Cmdr. Adam Beck (Character) | $44.7M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | George B. | George (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 68% | 78% | Contact | Ted Arroway (Character) | $100.9M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Murder Live! | Frank McGrath (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 56% | 41% | Extreme Measures | FBI Agent Frank Hare (Character) | $17.4M | 1996 |
| 68% | 70% | The Long Kiss Goodnight |
Luke/ |
$33.4M | 1996 |
| 67% | 85% | The Rock | Major Tom Baxter (Character) | $134.1M | 1996 |
| 75% | 53% | The Crossing Guard | John Booth (Character) | $771.7K | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Tecumseh: The Last Warrior | Galloway (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 33% | 28% | The Getaway | Jim Deer Jackson (Character) | $15.5M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miracle on I-880 | Dr. Jim Betts (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Magic Kid 2 | Jack (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 25% | 54% | The Good Son | Jack (Character) | $44.4M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two-Fisted Tales | Tom McMurdo (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann | Bicycle Pete (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 74% | 80% | The Indian Runner | Joe Roberts (Character) | $152.9K | 1991 |
| 29% | 23% | Desperate Hours | Albert (Character) | $2.6M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Cross of Fire | Klell Henry (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brotherhood of the Rose | Remus (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Winnie | Thomas (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Six Against the Rock | Marvin Hubbard (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Personal Foul | Unknown (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Downpayment on Murder | Det. Jackson (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When Dreams Come True | Robert Wynton (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shattered Vows | Father Tim (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Prototype | Michael (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 71% | 67% | Max Dugan Returns | Shoe Store Cop (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our Family Business | Phil (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 67% | 76% | Inside Moves | Jerry Maxwell (Character) | - | 1980 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86% | 78% | The Chair | Dean Paul Larson (Character) | 2021 |
| 98% | 73% | The Good Lord Bird | Dutch Henry Sherman (Character) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Blindspot | Hank (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Outsiders | Big Foster (Character) | 2016-2017 |
| 78% | 57% | True Detective | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 97% | 87% | Treme | Terry Colson (Character) | 2010-2013 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Medium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 82% | 88% | John Adams | George Washington (Character) | 2008 |
| 90% | 96% | House | Michael Tritter (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
| 20% | No Score Yet | Hack |
Mike Olshansky (Character), Director |
2002-2004 |
| 91% | 90% | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Big Wave Dave's | Dave Bell (Character) | 1993 |
| 82% | 97% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Friday the 13th: The Series | Director | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Jack Morrison (Character) | 1982-1988 |