DAVID MORSE (Edgar Clenteen) has established a diverse career that includes work in film, television and theatre. Morse made his motion picture debut in the Richard Donner acclaimed feature "Inside Moves." He starred in two Sean Penn dramas, "The Indian Runner" and "The Crossing Guard." Morse's other feature film credits include "The Negotiator," "Contact," "Extreme Measures," "The Long Kiss Goodnight," "The Rock," "12 Monkeys," "The Good Son," "Desperate Hours," "The Getaway" and "Personal Foul." Morse was most recently seen in Castle Rock Entertainment's "The Green Mile" with Tom Hanks and in Antonio Banderas' directorial debut, "Crazy in Alabama," and will be seen in the upcoming Lars Von Trier musical "Dancer in the Dark," opposite Bjork and Catherine Deneuve, which won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He has just completed filming the Castle Rock Entertainment drama "Proof of Life," opposite Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe.
Morse is well known for his role as Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison in the Emmy winning ensemble drama "St. Elsewhere." Other TV series roles include ABC's "Our Family Business" and the sitcom "Big Wave Dave's." Morse also starred in the telefilms "Murder: Live," "Prototype," "Shattered Vows," Stephen King's "The Langoliers," "When Dreams Come True," "Six Against the Rock," "Downpayment on Murder," "A Place at the Table," "Winnie," "The Brotherhood of the Rose," "Cry in the Wild," "Cross of Fire" and TNT's "Tecumseh: The Last Warrior." Most recently he completed the lead role in "Diary of a City Priest" for PBS.
Morse won a DramaLogue Award for his Los Angeles stage role in "Of Mice and Men." Other stage appearances include the Off-Broadway productions of "The Trading Post," "Threads," and "A Death in the Family." He starred in the Seattle Rep world premiere presentation of "Redwood Curtain" and worked in over 30 productions between 1971-77 with the Boston Repertory Company.
He made his Broadway debut in the role of Father Barry in the theatre adaptation of "On the Waterfront" and triumphantly returned to the Off-Broadway stage in Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "How I Learned to Drive." For his starring role, Morse won the DramaLogue Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Obie.
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