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Filmografie:
Diary of a City Priest
(2003)/ The Slaughter Rule (2003)/ The Slaughter Rule (2002)/ Diary of
a City Priest (2001)/ George B. (2001)/ Hearts in Atlantis (2001)/ Bait
(2000)/ Dancer in the Dark (2000)/Proof of Life (2000)/
Crazy in Alabama
(1999)/ The Green Mile (1999)/ The Negotiator (1998)/ Extreme Measures
(1996)/ The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)/ The Rock (1996)/ The Crossing Guard
(1995)/ The Langoliers (1995)/ Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995)/ The Good
Son (1993)/ Cry in the Wild (1991)/ The Indian Runner (1991)/ The Brotherhood
of the Rose (1988)/ Shattered Vows (1984)/ Prototype (1983)/ Our Family
Business (1981)/ Inside Moves (1980).
Biografie:
Born on the 11 of october 1953,raised
in Hamilton, MA, Morse began his professional career after high school,
joining the Boston Repertory Theater in 1971. Over the next six years,
Morse acted in over 30 productions, amply preparing him for a move to New
York theater in 1977. Morse subsequently got his first big movie break
when he was cast in the drama Inside Moves (1980). Though Morse proved
that he could handle lighter films with Neil Simon's comedy Max Dugan Returns
(1983), his detour into television in 1982 was initially more fruitful.
As Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison, Morse spent six seasons on the esteemed
hospital drama St. Elsewhere, co-starring with, among others, Denzel Washington.
During his stint on St. Elsewhere, Morse also starred in a diverse collection
of TV movies. He was a priest in love with Valerie Bertinelli's nun in
Shattered Vows (1984), a prisoner attempting a breakout from Alcatraz in
Six Against the Rock (1987), a detective in Down Payment on Murder (1987),
and a mental hospital escapee in Winnie (1988). Continuing his presence
on the small screen after St. Elsewhere, Morse appeared in several more
TV movies, including starring as a deranged kidnapper in Cry in the Wild:
The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991).
Though he co-starred
as a drifter in the indie film Personal Foul (1987) and appeared in Michael
Cimino's noir remake The Desperate Hours (1990), Morse did not concentrate
most of his energies on feature films until the 1990s. After starring as
Viggo Mortensen's brother in Sean Penn's directorial debut, The Indian
Runner (1991), Morse moved to more mainstream work with supporting roles
in The Good Son (1993), the Alec Baldwin-Kim Basinger version of The Getaway
(1994), and medical thriller Extreme Measures (1996). While he appeared
in Terry Gilliam's thoughtful La Jetée (1962) remake 12 Monkeys
(1995), faced off with Jack Nicholson in Penn's The Crossing Guard (1996),
and starred as a janitor-turned-rich man in George B. (1997), Morse really
captured audience attention in a concurrent string of high-profile projects.
Returning to Alcatraz, Morse projected quiet menace as one of Ed Harris
renegade Marines in the blockbuster hit The Rock (1996). Morse tapped his
bad self again in the action romp The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), then
cemented his versatility with a small yet vital role as Jodie Foster's
gentle father in Contact (1997). Notching his third major summer release
in a row, Morse played a SWAT team commander up against Samuel L. Jackson's
wrongly accused cop in The Negotiator (1998). Returning to serious blockbuster
fare, Morse then co-starred with Tom Hanks as prison guards who witness
miracles in The Green Mile (1999).
After a foray into
comedy with Bait (2000), Morse stole hostage drama Proof of Life (2000)
from his glamorous tabloid-ready co-stars Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe with
his intense performance as Ryan's kidnapped husband. Even as he became
a popular Hollywood second lead, however, Morse wasn't afraid to veer away
from the multiplex, winning an Obie Award for Paula Vogel's acclaimed play
How I Learned to Drive and putting a believably human face on an utterly
hateful character in Lars von Trier's bleak, award-winning musical Dancer
in the Dark (2000). Continuing his protean career, Morse appeared in another
gentle Stephen King adaptation Hearts of Atlantis (2001) and starred in
Diary of a City Priest (2001) for PBS. Morse followed the ill fated Hearts
of Atlantis with a lead role in the indie drama The Slaughter Rule (2002),
which was well received on the film festival circuit. Morse subsequently
returned to series television, and received top billing, in the CBS drama
Hack (2002). Starring Morse as an ex-cop-turned-cab driver, Hack was pummeled
by critics, but audiences took to Morse's well intentioned, marginalized
law enforcer and Hack became a modest ratings success.