Name
David Morse
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-10-11 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
David Bowditch Morse (born October 11, 1953) is an American actor. Morse became widely known for his role as Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison in the NBC medical drama series St. Elsewhere (1982–88). Some other notable roles are in The Negotiator, The Good Son, Horns, Contact, The Green Mile, Dancer in the Dark, Disturbia, The Hurt Locker, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Rock and 12 Monkeys.
In 2006, he had a recurring role as Detective Michael Tritter on the medical drama House for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. He portrayed George Washington in the 2008 HBO Miniseries John Adams, which garnered him a second Emmy nomination. He 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. From 2010 to 2013, he portrayed Terry Colson, an honest police officer in a corrupt New Orleans police department, on the HBO series Treme. Morse appeared in the WGN America series Outsiders (2016–17), the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora (2018), the Netflix comedy drama series The Chair (2021), and the Apple TV mystery series The Last Thing He Told Me (2023-2026).
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A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey ...
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Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Sudde...
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In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to dis...
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- 2000 Dancer in the Dark as Bill Houston
- 1995 Twelve Monkeys as Dr. Peters
- 1999 The Green Mile as Brutus 'Brutal' Howell
- 1994 The Getaway as Jim Deer Jackson
- 1997 Contact as Ted Arroway
- 2006 16 Blocks as Frank Nugent
- 1983 Max Dugan Returns as Shoe Store Cop
- 2006 Nearing Grace as Shep Nearing
- 2002 The Slaughter Rule as Gideon 'Gid' Ferguson
- 1996 Extreme Measures as Frank Hare
- 2001 Hearts in Atlantis as Adult Bobby Garfield
- 1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight as Luke / Daedalus
- 2005 Down in the Valley as Wade Sommers
- 1999 Crazy in Alabama as Dove Bullis
- 1990 Desperate Hours as Albert
- 2000 Proof of Life as Peter Bowman
- 2007 Disturbia as Robert Turner
- 2008 The Hurt Locker as Colonel Reed
- 1991 The Indian Runner as Joe Roberts
- 1993 The Good Son as Jack Evans
- 2005 Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story as Palmer
- 1995 The Crossing Guard as John Booth
- 1996 The Rock as Major Tom Baxter
- 1998 The Negotiator as Cdr. Adam Beck
- 2008 Passengers as Arkin
- 2000 Bait as Edgar Clenteen
- 2008 Hounddog as Daddy
- 2009 Mother and Child as Tom
- 2010 Shanghai as Richard Astor
- 1992 Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Rick Steiner
- 2011 Drive Angry as Webster
- 1980 Inside Moves as Jerry Maxwell
- 2001 Diary of a City Priest as Fr. John McNamee
- 2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green as James Green, Sr.
- 2013 World War Z as Ex-CIA Agent
- 1983 Prototype as Michael
- 2000 Von Trier's 100 Eyes as Self
- 2002 Double Vision as Kevin Richter
- 2014 Yellow as Psychologist
- 2011 Collaborator as Gus
- 2014 Winter in the Blood as Airplane Man
- 1987 Six Against the Rock as Marvin Hubbard
- 2014 McCanick as Eugene 'Mack' McCanick
- 2024 Cabrini as Archbishop Corrigan
- 2021 The Timekeepers of Eternity as Captain Brian Enlge (archive footage)
- 2015 The Boy as John
- 1993 Miracle on Interstate 880 as Dr. Jim Betts
- 1991 Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann as Bicycle Pete
- 2025 Looking Through Water as Leo
- 1981 Our Family Business as Phil
- 1994 Magic Kid II as Jack
- 2015 Concussion as Mike Webster
- 2013 Horns as Dale Williams
- 2014 Walking the Mile as Self
- 2010 Mint Julep as Karl
- 1992 Two-Fisted Tales as Tom McMurdo (segment "Showdown")
- 1987 Downpayment on Murder as Det. Jackson
- 1984 Shattered Vows as Father Tim
- 1988 A Place at the Table as Tom Williams
- 2018 Trouble as Gerry
- 1988 Winnie as Thomas
- 1997 George B. as George
- 2012 The Pond as Adam 11
- 2025 The Gettysburg Address as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- 2017 Flowing Water as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self - 'Brutal Howell'
- 1985 When Dreams Come True as Robert Wynton
- 1987 Personal Foul
- 2020 Barbecue as James T
- 2021 The Virtuoso as The Deputy
- 2024 Broken Land as Carson Tidwell
- 1995 Tecumseh: The Last Warrior as Galloway
- 2026 Mayday as Harold Kelly
- 1997 Murder Live! as Frank McGrath
- Soon Saturn Return
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 137 episodes ) as Jack Morrison
- 2005 Medium ( 2 episodes ) as Douglas Lydecker
- 2004 House ( 7 episodes ) as Michael Tritter
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 seaQuest DSV ( 1 episode ) as Lenny Sutter
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Tom McMurdo
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street ( 1 episode ) as Jim Bayliss
- 1993 Big Wave Dave's ( 6 episodes ) as Dave Bell
- 2002 Hack ( 40 episodes ) as Mike Olshansky
- 2008 John Adams ( 7 episodes ) as George Washington
- 2021 The Chair ( 6 episodes ) as Paul Larson
- 2010 Treme ( 3 episodes )
- 1981 Nurse ( 1 episode ) as Kevin Mallory
- 1995 The Langoliers ( 2 episodes ) as Captain Brian Engle
- 2016 Outsiders ( 26 episodes ) as Big Foster
- 2019 The Morning Show ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Jackson
- 2014 True Detective ( 3 episodes ) as Eliot Bezzerides
- 1989 Brotherhood of the Rose ( 2 episodes ) as Remus
- 2010 Treme ( 26 episodes ) as Terry Colson
- 2015 Blindspot ( 7 episodes ) as Hank Crawford
- 2018 Escape at Dannemora ( 7 episodes ) as Gene Palmer
- 2017 The Deuce ( 1 episode ) as Matthew Rouse
- 2025 We Were Liars ( 8 episodes ) as Harris Sinclair
- 1989 Cross of Fire ( 2 episodes ) as Clell Henry
- 2005 Made in Hollywood ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 HBO First Look ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 American Experience ( 1 episode ) as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- 1988 American Experience ( 2 episodes ) as Abraham Lincoln
- 2023 The Last Thing He Told Me ( 9 episodes ) as Nicholas Bell
- 2020 The Good Lord Bird ( 1 episode ) as Dutch Henry Sherman
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
