James Morrison (actor)

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James Morrison
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James Morrison at The Jazz Funeral world premiere (2014)
Born
James Paige Morrison

(1954-04-21) April 21, 1954 (age 71)
Bountiful, Utah, US
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
SpouseRiad Galayini
ChildrenSeamus Morrison
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James Paige Morrison (born April 21, 1954) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of CTU Director Bill Buchanan on 24 . [1]

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Life and career

Morrison was born in Bountiful, Utah, the son of an office manager, and was raised in Anchorage, Alaska. [2] A professional theater actor, Morrison has been on the professional stage since the early 1980s and has won awards such as the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance. He has also directed theater productions. Morrison is a published poet, yoga teacher, and a singer-songwriter. He has composed two albums to date, which can be heard and purchased on his official website.

On television, Morrison has guest-starred in series such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Frasier , Quantum Leap , The X-Files , The West Wing and Six Feet Under . Morrison frequently works with producers Glen Morgan and James Wong, and was a main cast member of their 1995 series Space: Above and Beyond . He also worked with Wong in the movie The One as hero Jet Li's best friend.

He portrayed CTU Director Bill Buchanan on 24 . He began as a guest star midway through the fourth season (2005), and was a main cast member in the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons (2006, 2007, 2009).

His plays have been developed by the Sundance Institute (Idle Wheels) and the Ojai Playwrights Conference (his one-man play, Leave Your Fears Here).

Morrison and his wife, Riad Galayini, co-directed and produced the feature documentary Showing Up. The documentary examines the audition process, with working actors reflecting on the process and how it affects them, including: Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe Kazan, Nathan Lane, Chris Messina, Sam Rockwell, Bill Irwin and Eli Wallach. [3]

Filmography

Actor

YearTitleFormatRole
1984 Automan TVGary Baxley
1984 Fatal Vision TV movie Green Beret
1986 North and South, Book II MiniseriesBradley
1987 Werewolf TV
1987Unfinished BusinessFilmJonathan
1989 Monsters TVSteven Rose, PhD
1989 Houston Knights TVSteven Kayden
1990Good Cops, Bad CopsTV movieLt. Brill
1990 An Enemy of the People TV movieCaptain Horster
1990Last Flight OutTV movieElliot
1990 Capital News TV
1991 Quantum Leap TVJoe Deever
1991 Doogie Howser, M.D. TVMr. Stevens, father of Will
1992 L.A. Law TVWalter Phelps
1993 Falling Down FilmConstruction Sign Man by Bus Stop
1993 Bob TV
1994Desert CrossShort FilmJeremy
1994 Frasier TVBrian
1994 Without Warning TV moviePaul Whitaker
1994 Walker, Texas Ranger TVNed Travis
1994 Where Are My Children? TV movieHandsome Man
1995 White Dwarf TV moviePeter
1995 The Marshal TVA.D.A. Chet Fields
1995–1996 Space: Above and Beyond TVLt. Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' McQueen/Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' McQueen
1996 Millennium TVJim Horn
1997 Brooklyn South TVPaul Ingelmann
1998 Seven Days TVAgent Carter
1998 Profiler TVWill Cook
1998 Shadow of Doubt FilmPaul Saxon
1998 Diagnosis: Murder TVLloyd Nichols
1998 Prey TVLewis
1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction TVWilliam Corzine
1999The Wonder CabinetTV movieDr. Gordon Wayne
1999 Nash Bridges TVPete Callan
1999 Abilene FilmBernie
2000 The Others TVSimeon Nye/Troy Manheim
2000 The X-Files TVDr. Robert Wieder (Episode: "Theef")
2000–2001 Freedom TVColonel Tim Devon
2001 The One FilmLAPD Officer Bobby Aldrich/'A' World Inmate No. 1
2002 Catch Me If You Can FilmPilot
2002 JAG TVMaj. Gen. Lucas West
2002 Six Feet Under TVSwinger Husband
2002 The Division TVRobert
2003 CSI: Miami TVCharles Jeunet
200310-8: Officers On DutyTVMark Lowry
2003 The West Wing TVColonel Jesse Weiskopf
2004 Cold Case TVCarson Finch
2004Wilderness Survival For GirlsFilmEd
2004 NCIS TVCIA Director Roper
2005 Jarhead FilmMr. Swofford
2005 American Gun FilmSt Anthony's Principal
2005 Point Pleasant TVKingston Nickson
2005–2009 24 TV Bill Buchanan
2006The KeyShort FilmRaymond
2006CrossingShort FilmDad
2007LeoShort FilmActing Teacher
2007 Numb3rs TVCmdr. Chris Frederickson
2008ReflectionsFilmDr. Paul Wolley
2009 Eli Stone TVDan Buckley
2009–2010 Private Practice TVWilliam White
2009–2011 HawthoRNe TVJohn Morrissey
2010 Law & Order: LA TVGray Campbell
2010 The Mentalist TVWarner Vander Hoek
2010 Raspberry Magic FilmHenry Hooper
2010 The Deep End TVJonathan Mather
2011 Suits TVJerome Jensen
2011Finding HopeFilm U.S. Attorney Peter Gwynn
2011 Charlie's Angels TVJon Cartwright
2011Seeds of DestructionTV movieFrame Marcos
2012 I Am I FilmKeith
2012 Blue Web SeriesOlsen
2012 Revenge TVGordon Murphy
2012 The Exes TVJonathan Hubner/Mr. Hubner
2013 The Slippery Slope Short FilmMr. Penzance
2014The Jazz FuneralFilmNick
2014The SwitchFilmBoss 2
2014 Swiped Short FilmHamilton/Hank
2014 Those Who Kill TVCommander Frank Bisgaard
2015 Brooklyn Nine-Nine TVDan Yaeger
2016 Castle TVDeputy Commissioner Malone
2017Call of the VoidFilmPeter
2017Pray for RainFilmPatrick Waring
2017The Meanest Man in TexasFilmSheriff Kilborn
2017 NCIS TV CIA Senator Phillips [4]
2017 Twin Peaks TVWarden Dwight Murphy
2017 The Orville TVKemka, If the Stars Should Appear
2019 The Twilight Zone TVBob Jeff (voice; in "The Blue Scorpion")
2020 Intersect FilmBill Marshall
2020-2021 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TVJim Rollins

Producer

YearTitleFormat
1997Nude DescendingShort Film
2006CrossingShort Film
2014Showing Up [5] Documentary Feature Film

Director

YearTitleFormat
1996Parking [6] Short Film
2014Showing Up [5] Documentary Feature Film

Writer

YearTitleFormat
1996ParkingShort Film
1997Nude DescendingShort Film

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
YearEventFilm/SeriesAwardResult
1996 Slamdance Film Festival ParkingBest ShortWinner
2006 Primetime Emmy Awards 24 Outstanding Drama SeriesWinner
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards 24 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesNominee
2009Maverick Movie AwardsReflectionsBest Supporting ActorNominee

References

  1. ↑ Webb Mitovich, Matt (January 15, 2007). "James Morrison, 24: CTU's Boss Teases the Next 22 Hours". TV Guide Magazine . Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ "James Morrison Biography (1954–)". filmreference.com. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  3. ↑ Miller, Sean (November 20, 2014). "Finally, a Documentary on Auditioning and 4 Other Events for L.A. Actors". Backstage . Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ Stockly, Ed (December 11, 2017). "Tuesday's TV highlights: 'Bull' on CBS". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Home". showingupmovie.com.
  6. ↑ "Parking | James Morrison". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
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