Joe Morton

Premiere: Joe Morton and son at the Hollywood premiere of Ali - 12/12/2001 Photo: Steve Granitz/Wireimage.com

Biography

Born 10/18/1947

A handsome, dignified African-American actor who has excelled on stage, screen and TV, Morton made his movie breakthrough as the mute extraterrestrial in John Sayles' "The Brother From Another Planet" (1984). A virtuoso performance that recalled some of the silent triumphs of Chaplin and Keaton...
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Highlights

  • In 2006, Cast in an adaptation of Armistead Maupin's novel "The Night Listener"
  • In 2005, Starred as Capt. Dick Marshfield in the big budget "Stealth," with Jamie Foxx
  • In 2003, Cast in the film by director John Woo "Paycheck"

Family & Companions

  • Joseph T Morton: father (died under mysterious circumstances in Germany while helping integrate overseas Army bases in the 1950s)
  • Hopi Morton: daughter (born c. 1971; married and has son Moses (born c. 1998))
  • Ara Morton: son (born c. 1989; mother, Nora Chavooshian)

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