David Morse

Career timeline

1. 1953 · Born

   Born in Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA

2. 1980 · Screen debut

   Inside Moves (Movie)

3. 1982 · Directing debut

   St. Elsewhere (TV)

4. 1987 · Writing debut

   Friday the 13th: The Series (TV)

5. 1999 · Breakthrough

   The Green Mile (Movie)

6. 2014 · First production

   McCanick (Movie)

7. 2026 · Latest release

   Mayday (Movie)

Career in numbers

10 1980s

18 1990s

19 2000s

15 2010s

12 2020s

• Drama53
• Thriller23
• Crime19
• Mystery16
• Action11
• Comedy7

Highest-rated title House 2004 8.6 Most popular title House 2004 8.6

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside David Morse in our catalogue.

Brad Pitt

2 titles together

Jodie Foster

2 titles together

1. 2026 Mayday as Harold Kelly 7.8 Movie
2. 2025 The Gettysburg Address as Abraham Lincoln (voice) Movie
3. 2025 Looking Through Water as Leo Movie
4. 2025 We Were Liars as Harris Sinclair 7.2 TV
5. 2024 Broken Land as Carson Tidwell Movie
6. 2024 Cabrini as Archbishop Corrigan 7.7 Movie
7. 2023 The Last Thing He Told Me as Nicholas Bell 7.0 TV
8. 2021 Mayor of Kingstown as Russell Hardy 8.0 TV
9. 2021 The Timekeepers of Eternity as Captain Brian Enlge (archive footage) Movie
10. 2021 The Chair as Paul Larson 6.6 TV
11. 2021 The Virtuoso as The Deputy 5.9 Movie
12. 2020 The Good Lord Bird as Dutch Henry Sherman 6.7 TV
13. 2019 The Morning Show as Mr. Jackson 7.7 TV
14. 2018 Escape at Dannemora as Gene Palmer 7.5 TV
15. 2017 The Deuce as Matthew Rouse 7.6 TV
16. 2016 Outsiders as Big Foster 6.5 TV
17. 2015 Concussion as Mike Webster 7.1 Movie
18. 2015 Blindspot as Hank Crawford 7.4 TV
19. 2015 The Boy as John 5.8 Movie
20. 2014 McCanick as Eugene 'Mack' McCanick 4.5 Movie
21. 2014 True Detective as Eliot Bezzerides 8.3 TV
22. 2013 Horns as Dale Williams 6.3 Movie
23. 2013 World War Z as Ex-CIA Agent 6.9 Movie
24. 2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green as James Green, Sr. 7.0 Movie
25. 2011 Drive Angry as Webster 5.6 Movie
26. 2010 Shanghai as Richard Astor 6.1 Movie
27. 2010 Treme 7.7 TV
28. 2009 Mother and Child as Tom 6.6 Movie
29. 2008 The Hurt Locker as Colonel Reed 7.3 Movie
30. 2008 Passengers as Arkin 6.1 Movie
31. 2008 Hounddog as Daddy 6.5 Movie
32. 2008 John Adams as George Washington 7.7 TV
33. 2007 Disturbia as Mr. Turner 6.7 Movie
34. 2006 16 Blocks as Frank Nugent 6.5 Movie
35. 2005 Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story as Palmer 7.1 Movie
36. 2005 Down in the Valley as Wade Sommers 5.9 Movie
37. 2005 Medium as Douglas Lydecker 7.5 TV
38. 2004 House as Michael Tritter 8.6 TV
39. 2002 Double Vision as Kevin Richter 6.6 Movie
40. 2002 Hack as Mike Olshansky TV
41. 2002 The Slaughter Rule as Gideon 'Gid' Ferguson 5.7 Movie
42. 2001 Hearts in Atlantis as Adult Bobby Garfield 6.8 Movie
43. 2001 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided as Abraham Lincoln (voice) TV
44. 2000 Proof of Life as Peter Bowman 6.1 Movie
45. 2000 Bait as Edgar Clenteen 5.7 Movie
46. 2000 Dancer in the Dark as Bill Houston 7.8 Movie
47. 1999 The Green Mile as Brutus 'Brutal' Howell 8.5 Movie
48. 1999 Crazy in Alabama as Dove Bullis 6.0 Movie
49. 1998 The Negotiator as Cdr. Adam Beck 7.1 Movie
50. 1997 Contact as Ted Arroway 7.5 Movie
51. 1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight as Luke / Daedalus 6.6 Movie
52. 1996 Extreme Measures as Frank Hare 6.0 Movie
53. 1996 The Rock as Major Tom Baxter 7.2 Movie
54. 1995 Twelve Monkeys as Dr. Peters 7.6 Movie
55. 1995 The Langoliers as Captain Brian Engle 6.4 TV
56. 1995 The Crossing Guard as John Booth 6.0 Movie
57. 1994 The Getaway as Jim Deer Jackson 5.8 Movie
58. 1993 The Good Son as Jack Evans 6.8 Movie
59. 1993 seaQuest DSV as Lenny Sutter 7.1 TV
60. 1993 Big Wave Dave's as Dave Bell TV
61. 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street as Jim Bayliss 8.1 TV
62. 1991 The Indian Runner as Joe Roberts 6.5 Movie
63. 1991 Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann as Bicycle Pete Movie
64. 1990 Desperate Hours as Albert 5.4 Movie
65. 1989 Cross of Fire as Clell Henry TV
66. 1989 Tales from the Crypt as Tom McMurdo 8.0 TV
67. 1989 Brotherhood of the Rose as Remus TV
68. 1988 American Experience as Abraham Lincoln (voice) 6.5 TV
69. 1983 Prototype as Michael Movie
70. 1983 Max Dugan Returns as Shoe Store Cop 6.6 Movie
71. 1982 St. Elsewhere as Jack Morrison 5.7 TV
72. 1981 Nurse as Kevin Mallory TV
73. 1980 Inside Moves as Jerry Maxwell 6.3 Movie

1. 1987 Friday the 13th: The Series 7.3 TV
2. 1982 St. Elsewhere 5.7 TV

1. 2002 Hack TV
2. 1987 Friday the 13th: The Series 7.3 TV

1. 2014 McCanick 4.5 Movie

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