Acting credits
103
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
David Morse
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.3
Moderate attention
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Movies: 74Series: 30Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 52
IMDb ID: nm0001556
Known for: Acting
Born: October 11, 1953
Age: 72
Place of birth: Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2026
Years active: 71
Average TMDB rating: 6.73
Wikidata: Q296370
Also known as
David Bowditch Morse
Other jobs
Writer (2)Director (1)Producer (1)
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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with David Morse.
as Harold Kelly
Mayday
2026 • Movie
as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
The Gettysburg Address
2025 • Movie
as Leo
Looking Through Water
2025 • Movie
as Carson Tidwell
Broken Land
2024 • Movie
as Archbishop Corrigan
Cabrini
2024 • Movie
as Captain Brian Enlge (archive footage)
The Timekeepers of Eternity
2021 • Movie
as The Deputy
The Virtuoso
2021 • Movie
as James T
Barbecue
2020 • Movie
as Gerry
Trouble
2018 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Flowing Water
2017 • Movie
as Mike Webster
Concussion
2015 • Movie
as John
The Boy
2015 • Movie
as Self
Walking the Mile
2014 • Movie
as Psychologist
Yellow
2014 • Movie
as Airplane Man
Winter in the Blood
2014 • Movie
as Eugene 'Mack' McCanick
McCanick
2014 • Movie
as Dale Williams
Horns
2013 • Movie
as Ex-CIA Agent
World War Z
2013 • Movie
as James Green, Sr.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 • Movie
as Adam 11
The Pond
2012 • Movie
as Gus
Collaborator
2011 • Movie
as Webster
Drive Angry
2011 • Movie
as Richard Astor
Shanghai
2010 • Movie
as Karl
Mint Julep
2010 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with David Morse.
as Harris Sinclair • 8 eps
We Were Liars
2025 • Series
as Nicholas Bell • 9 eps
The Last Thing He Told Me
2023 • Series
as Paul Larson • 6 eps
The Chair
2021 • Series
as Dutch Henry Sherman • 1 eps
The Good Lord Bird
2020 • Series
as Mr. Jackson • 1 eps
The Morning Show
2019 • Series
as Gene Palmer • 7 eps
Escape at Dannemora
2018 • Series
as Matthew Rouse • 1 eps
The Deuce
2017 • Series
as Big Foster • 26 eps
Outsiders
2016 • Series
as Hank Crawford • 7 eps
Blindspot
2015 • Series
as Eliot Bezzerides • 3 eps
True Detective
2014 • Series
3 eps
Treme
2010 • Series
as George Washington • 7 eps
John Adams
2008 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Made in Hollywood
2005 • Series
as Douglas Lydecker • 2 eps
Medium
2005 • Series
as Michael Tritter • 7 eps
House
2004 • Series
as Mike Olshansky • 40 eps
Hack
2002 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Captain Brian Engle • 2 eps
The Langoliers
1995 • Series
as Lenny Sutter • 1 eps
seaQuest DSV
1993 • Series
as Dave Bell • 6 eps
Big Wave Dave's
1993 • Series
as Jim Bayliss • 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
HBO First Look
1992 • Series
as Clell Henry • 2 eps
Cross of Fire
1989 • Series
as Tom McMurdo • 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
1989 • Series