David Morse
Actor
Born October 11, 1953 in Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
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).
Filmography
Coming soon
Mayday
Harold Kelly
The Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Looking Through Water
Leo
We Were Liars
Harris Sinclair
Broken Land
Carson Tidwell
Cabrini
Archbishop Corrigan
The Last Thing He Told Me
Nicholas Bell
The Timekeepers of Eternity
Captain Brian Enlge (archive footage)
The Chair
Paul Larson
The Virtuoso
The Deputy
Barbecue
James T
The Good Lord Bird
Dutch Henry Sherman
The Morning Show
Mr. Jackson
Trouble
Gerry
Escape at Dannemora
Gene Palmer
The Deuce
Matthew Rouse
Flowing Water
Narrator (voice)
Outsiders
Big Foster
Concussion
Mike Webster
Blindspot
Hank Crawford
The Boy
John
Walking the Mile
Self
Yellow
Psychologist
Winter in the Blood
Airplane Man
McCanick
Eugene 'Mack' McCanick
True Detective
Eliot Bezzerides
Horns
Dale Williams
World War Z
Ex-CIA Agent
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
James Green, Sr.
The Pond
Adam 11
Collaborator
Gus
Drive Angry
Webster
Shanghai
Richard Astor
Mint Julep
Karl
Treme
Mother and Child
Tom
The Hurt Locker
Colonel Reed
Passengers
Arkin
Hounddog
Daddy
John Adams
George Washington
Disturbia
Robert Turner
Nearing Grace
Shep Nearing
16 Blocks
Frank Nugent
Made in Hollywood
Self
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Palmer
Down in the Valley
Wade Sommers
Medium
Douglas Lydecker
House
Michael Tritter
Double Vision
Kevin Richter
Hack
Mike Olshansky
The Slaughter Rule
Gideon 'Gid' Ferguson
Hearts in Atlantis
Adult Bobby Garfield
Diary of a City Priest
Fr. John McNamee
Proof of Life
Peter Bowman
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
Self
Bait
Edgar Clenteen
Dancer in the Dark
Bill Houston
The Green Mile
Brutus 'Brutal' Howell
Crazy in Alabama
Dove Bullis
The Negotiator
Cdr. Adam Beck
The View
Self
Contact
Ted Arroway
Murder Live!
Frank McGrath
George B.
George
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Luke / Daedalus
Extreme Measures
Frank Hare
The Rock
Major Tom Baxter
Twelve Monkeys
Dr. Peters
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Galloway
The Langoliers
Captain Brian Engle
The Crossing Guard
John Booth
Magic Kid II
Jack
The Getaway
Jim Deer Jackson
The Good Son
Jack Evans
seaQuest DSV
Lenny Sutter
Big Wave Dave's
Dave Bell
Miracle on Interstate 880
Dr. Jim Betts
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jim Bayliss
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Rick Steiner
HBO First Look
Self
Two-Fisted Tales
Tom McMurdo (segment "Showdown")
The Indian Runner
Joe Roberts
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
Bicycle Pete
Desperate Hours
Albert
Cross of Fire
Clell Henry
Tales from the Crypt
Tom McMurdo
Brotherhood of the Rose
Remus
Winnie
Thomas
American Experience
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Friday the 13th: The Series
Personal Foul
Six Against the Rock
Marvin Hubbard
Downpayment on Murder
Det. Jackson
When Dreams Come True
Robert Wynton
Shattered Vows
Father Tim
Prototype
Michael
Max Dugan Returns
Shoe Store Cop
St. Elsewhere
Jack Morrison
Our Family Business
Phil
Nurse
Kevin Mallory
Inside Moves
Jerry Maxwell
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee