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David Morse (born October 11, 1953) is an Emmy Award-nominated American stage, television, and film actor.



Morse was born in Hamilton, Massachusetts, the son of Jacquelyn, a school teacher, and Charles Morse, a sales manager. He has three younger sisters.

Morse studied acting at the William Esper Studio. He began his acting career in the theatre as a player for the Boston Repertory Theatre in the early 1970s. He spent some time in New York's theatre community in the early 1980s before moving into television and film. During that time, Morse was listed as one of the twelve most "Promising New Actors of 1980" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 32. Morse's big break came in 1982 when he was cast in the television medical drama St. Elsewhere. Morse played Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison, a young physician who is forced to deal with the death of his wife and the struggles of a single parent professional.

After the finale of St. Elsewhere in 1988, Morse went on to appear as a supporting character in various popular films, usually as a "bad guy" character. In an interview with the Associated Press Morse said: "I just basically made the decision, I didn't care if there was any money in the role or not. I had to find roles that were different from what I had been doing". The 1990 crime movie Desperate Hours accomplished that, but probably led to him being known as good at playing bad guys. Morse later starred in The Indian Runner and The Crossing Guard, which were the first two films written and directed by Sean Penn. So far, Morse has appeared in three adaptations of Stephen King stories, The Langoliers, Hearts in Atlantis and The Green Mile. In addition to this Morse was a guest star on Homicide: Life on the Street.

In 2002, Morse starred as Mike Olshansky, an ex-Philadelphia police officer turned cab driver, in the television movie Hack, the movie was received so well that a television series based on the film was created, Hack which ran from 2002 to 2004. For his role in the 2002 crime-drama film Shuang Tong, Morse was nominated as "Best Supporting Actor" in the Golden Horse Awards, the first nomination ever for an English speaking actor. His most recent big-screen appearance was as questionable neighbor Mr. Turner in the 2007 release Disturbia. In a review of this film, film critic and commentator John Podhoretz wrote that Morse is a "largely unsung character actor who enlivens and deepens every movie fortunate enough to have him in the cast".

In 2006, Morse received a phone call from David Shore, whom he had previously worked with on Hack, who asked him if he would be interested in having a guest role on House. When Morse watched the show, he couldn't understand why people watched the show, because, in his words, "This House guy is a total jerk". But when he told some of his friends they talked him in to it, and Morse agreed. Morse portrayed Michael Tritter , a detective with a vendetta against Gregory House. Morse earned his first Emmy Award nomination for his work on the series.

In 2008, Morse portrayed George Washington in the HBO mini-series John Adams, for which his nose was made bigger, Morse commented: "The first thing that comes to mind is my nose. It was my big idea to do that nose. We didn't have a lot of time, because they asked me to do this about three weeks before they started shooting, and I just kept looking at these portraits and thinking "This man's face is so commanding," and I did not feel that my face was very commanding in the way his was. So I convinced them that we should try the nose, and we tried it on, and everybody went, "Wow, that's Washington". Morse's portrayal earned him his second Emmy Award nomination.

In addition to his film and television career, Morse has continued to appear on stage. For his performance in the 1997 Off-Broadway production of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama How I Learned to Drive, he was awarded Obie Award, Drama League Award, Drama Desk Award and a Lucille Lortel Award. That same year Morse played Father Barry in the play adaptation of On the Waterfront along with James Gandolfini and Penelope Ann Miller. The play only ran for a week, with only eight performances. From 2007 to 2008, Morse appeared on Broadway in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer.

Morse has been married to actress Susan Wheeler Duff since June 19, 1982. They have three children. In 1994, Morse moved to Philadelphia with his family after the 1994 Northridge earthquake to be near his wife's family.

Morse stated that out of all of the films he has done, his favorites are The Green Mile, The Crossing Guard and The Indian Runner.

 
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