Joseph Thomas "Joe" Morton, Jr. (born October 18, 1947) is an American stage, television, and film actor. He worked with film director
John Sayles in
The Brother from Another Planet (1984),
City of Hope (1991) and
Lone Star (1996). Other films he 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 Rowan Pope, Olivia Pope's father, in
Scandal, and is known for playing the role of
Henry Deacon on the popular TV series
Eureka.