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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. Elsewhe…
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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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
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2026
Mayday
Movie Harold Kelly
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2025
The Gettysburg Address
Movie Abraham Lincoln (voice)
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2025
Looking Through Water
Movie Leo
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2025
We Were Liars
TV show Harris Sinclair
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2024
Broken Land
Movie Carson Tidwell
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2024
Cabrini
Movie Archbishop Corrigan
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2023
The Last Thing He Told Me
TV show Nicholas Bell
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2021
The Timekeepers of Eternity
Movie Captain Brian Enlge (archive footage)
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2021
The Chair
TV show Paul Larson
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2021
The Virtuoso
Movie The Deputy
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2020
Barbecue
Movie James T
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2020
The Good Lord Bird
TV show Dutch Henry Sherman
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2019
The Morning Show
TV show Mr. Jackson
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2018
Trouble
Movie Gerry
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2018
Escape at Dannemora
TV show Gene Palmer
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2017
The Deuce
TV show Matthew Rouse
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2017
Flowing Water
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2016
Outsiders
TV show Big Foster
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2015
Concussion
Movie Mike Webster
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2015
Blindspot
TV show Hank Crawford
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2015
The Boy
Movie John
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2014
Walking the Mile
Movie Self
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2014
Yellow
Movie Psychologist
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2014
Winter in the Blood
Movie Airplane Man
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2014
McCanick
Movie Eugene 'Mack' McCanick
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2014
True Detective
TV show Eliot Bezzerides
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2013
Horns
Movie Dale Williams
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2013
World War Z
Movie Ex-CIA Agent
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2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Movie James Green, Sr.
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2012
The Pond
Movie Adam 11
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2011
Collaborator
Movie Gus
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2011
Drive Angry
Movie Webster
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2010
Shanghai
Movie Richard Astor
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2010
Mint Julep
Movie Karl
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2010
Treme
TV show
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2009
Mother and Child
Movie Tom
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2008
The Hurt Locker
Movie Colonel Reed
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2008
Passengers
Movie Arkin
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2008
Hounddog
Movie Daddy
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2008
John Adams
TV show George Washington
