David Morse
American actor
- Fame62.8
- Momentum10.3
- United States rank#139
Source-basedStable
- Fame62.8
- Momentum10.3
- United States rank#139
- Actors rank#195
- Wikipedia78.5K
Born 1953 · age 73United States
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Summary
Updated 2026-06-09
David Morse spent six years on St. Elsewhere as the idealistic Dr. Boomer Morrison, then spent the next three decades showing up in everything — thrillers, prestige dramas, dystopian sci-fi — often as the quiet authority figure whose moral compass bends under pressure.
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Born October 11, 1953, Morse broke through on the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988, then moved into film with a string of roles in The Rock, 12 Monkeys, Contact, and The Green Mile. In 2006 he played the relentless Detective Tritter on House, earning an Emmy nomination, then another for portraying George Washington in the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams. Off-Broadway he won a Drama Desk and Obie for How I Learned to Drive, and on Broadway he starred in The Seafarer. From 2010 to 2013 he anchored HBO's Treme as Terry Colson, an honest cop in a rotten department, then cycled thro…
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- Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor
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Stable62.8
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Momentum10.3
Historical26.6
Now attention30.0
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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