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Morton in 2016, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Joseph Thomas Morton, Jr.
Place of Birth: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 18, 1947
Ethnicity: African-American
Joe Morton is an American actor. His roles include the films The Brother from Another Planet , City of Hope , Terminator 2: Judgment Day , Of Mice and Men , Speed , Lone Star , Blues Brothers 2000 , Apt Pupil , What Lies Beneath , Ali , Paycheck , Stealth , American Gangster , Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , and Justice League , and television’s Scandal and Eureka .
He is the son of Evelyn, a secretary, and Joseph Thomas Morton, a U.S. Army intelligence officer. He spent part of his childhood in West Germany and Okinawa, Japan, for his father’s career. He has three children.