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David Morse

David Morse

Birthday: 1953-10-11 | Place of Birth: 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). ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
Mayday

as    Harold Kelly

2025
The Gettysburg Address

as    Abraham Lincoln (voice)

2025
We Were Liars

as    Harris Sinclair

2025
Looking Through Water

as    Leo

2024
Cabrini

as    Archbishop Corrigan

2024
La Gloria

as    Carson Tidwell

2021
The Timekeepers of Eternity

as    Captain Brian Enlge (archive footage)

2021
The Chair

as    Paul Larson

2021
The Virtuoso

as    The Deputy

2020
Barbecue

as    James T

2018
Escape at Dannemora

as    Gene Palmer

2018
Trouble

as    Gerry

2017
Flowing Water

as    Narrator (voice)

2016
Outsiders

as    Big Foster

2015
The Boy

as    John

2015
Concussion

as    Mike Webster

2014
Winter in the Blood

as    Airplane Man

2014
Horns

as    Dale Williams

2014
McCanick

as    Eugene 'Mack' McCanick

2014
Yellow

as    Psychologist

2014
Walking the Mile

as    Self

2013
World War Z

as    Ex-CIA Agent

2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green

as    James Green, Sr.

2011
Collaborator

as    Gus

2011
Drive Angry

as    Webster

2010
Mint Julep

as    Karl

2010
Shanghai

as    Richard Astor

2010
Treme

as    Terry Colson

2009
The Hurt Locker

as    Colonel Reed

2008
Passengers

as    Arkin