Joseph Thomas Morton Jr. (born October 18, 1947) is an American stage,
television and film actor. He has worked with film director John
Sayles in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), City of Hope (1991)
and Lone Star (1996). Other films he has appeared in include
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Of Mice and Men (1992), Speed
(1994), Apt Pupil (1998), What Lies Beneath (2000), Ali (2001),
Paycheck (2003), Stealth (2005), and American Gangster (2007).In 2014,
Morton won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a
Drama Series for his role as Eli Pope, Olivia Pope's father, in
Scandal, and is known for playing the role of Henry Deacon on the
popular TV series Eureka.Morton was born in Harlem, the son of Evelyn,
a secretary, and Joseph Thomas Morton Sr., a U.S. Army intelligence
officer. Because of his father's military service, he spent parts of
his childhood in West Germany and Okinawa. When Morton was 10 years
old, his father died.Morton graduated from Andrew Jackson High School
and studied drama at Hofstra University. Joe Morton Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter
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