Over the span of many years, David Morse has participated in various movies and television shows. He rose to television fame due to his portrayal of the empathic character Dr. Jack Morrison in ‘St. Elsewhere’ – the hospital-based drama series.
David Morse Movies and TV Shows consists of works such as ‘Inside Moves‘, ‘Max Dugan Returns‘, ‘Desperate Hours‘, ‘The Good Son‘, ‘The Getaway‘, ‘12 Monkeys‘, ‘The Rock‘, ‘The Negotiator‘, and ‘Hearts in Atlantis‘.
His other works in the field of television include the series ‘Our Family Business‘, ‘St. Elsewhere‘, ‘Shattered Vows‘, ‘Six Against the Rock‘, ‘Cross of Fire‘, and ‘Reasonable Doubts‘.
One of the most important partnerships in his career has been that with Sean Penn, as David Morse has worked in his directorial debuts- ‘The Indian Runner'(1991) and ‘The Crossing Guard'(1995).
But apart from those well-known movies, he has also made contributions to some not-so-popular movies and television films like ‘Inside Moves’, ‘Desperate Hours‘, and ‘The Slaughter Rule‘.
Movies
| Year | Title | Role | Cast Name |
| 1980 | Inside Moves | Jerry Maxwell | Diana Scarwid |
| 1982 | Max Dugan Returns | Shoe Store Cop | Dody Goodman |
| 1987 | Personal Foul | Ben | Cathy Carlson |
| 1988 | A Place at the Table | Tom Williams | Jean Smart |
| 1990 | Desperate Hours | Albert | Shawnee Smith |
| 1991 | The Indian Runner | Joe | Patricia Arquette |
| 1992 | Two-Fisted Tales | Tom McMurdo | Tom McMurdo |
| 1993 | The Good Son | Jack | Ashley Crow |
| 1994 | Magic Kid II | Jack | Shevonne Durkin |
| 1994 | The Getaway | Jim Deer Jackson | Jennifer Tilly |
| 1995 | The Crossing Guard | John Booth | Jennifer Leigh Warren |
| 1995 | 12 Monkeys | Dr. Peters | Madeleine Stowe |
| 1995 | The Taming Power of the Small | Actor | Treat Williams |
| 1996 | The Rock | Major Tom Baxter | Vanessa Marcil |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures | FBI Agent Frank Hare | Sarah Jessica Parker |
| 1996 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Luke/ Daedalus | Melina Kanakaredes |
| 1997 | George B | George | Nina Siemaszko |
| 1997 | Contact | Ted Arroway | Jena Malone |
| 1998 | The Negotiator | Adam Beck | Siobhan Fallon Hogan |
| 1998 | The Legend of Pig Eye | Actor | Vivian Wu |
| 1999 | Crazy in Alabama | Dove | Cathy Moriarty |
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Brutus ‘Brutal’ Howell | Patricia Clarkson |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Bill Houston | Cara Seymour |
| 2000 | Bait | Edgar Clenteen | Kimberly Elise |
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Peter Bowman | Pamela Reed |
| 2001 | Diary of a City Priest | Father John McNamee | Ana Reeder |
| 2001 | Hearts in Atlantis | Adult Bobby Garfield | Deirdre O’Connell |
| 2002 | The Slaughter Rule | Gideon Ferguson | Amy Adams |
| 2002 | Double Vision | Kevin Richter | Kuei-Mei Yang |
| 2005 | Down in the Valley | Wade | Aviva Baumann |
| 2005 | Nearing Grace | Shep Nearing | Ashley Johnson |
| 2005 | Dreamer | Palmer | Elisabeth Shue |
| 2006 | 16 Blocks | Frank Nugent | Jenna Stern |
| 2006 | A.W.O.L. | Marquette | Caroline Kristiahn |
| 2007 | Hounddog | Daddy | Isabelle Fuhrman |
| 2007 | Disturbia | Mr. Turner | Elyse Mirto |
| 2008 | The Hurt Locker | Colonel Reed | Evangeline Lilly |
| 2008 | Passengers | Arkin | Clea DuVall |
| 2010 | Mother and Child | Tom | Kerry Washington |
| 2010 | Mint Julep | Karl | Susan Aston |
| 2010 | Shanghai | Richard Astor | Franka Potente |
| 2010 | The Pond | Adam 11 | Alicia Witt |
| 2011 | Drive Angry | Webster | Christa Campbell |
| 2011 | Collaborator | Gus Williams | Melissa Auf der Maur |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | James Green, Sr. | Shohreh Aghdashloo |
| 2012 | Yellow | Psychologist | Daveigh Chase |
| 2013 | World War Z | Ex-CIA Agent | Daniella Kertesz |
| 2013 | Winter in the Blood | Airplane Man | Lily Gladstone |
| 2013 | Horns | Dale Williams | Heather Graham |
| 2013 | McCanick | Eugene ‘Mack’ McCanick | Rachel Nichols |
| 2015 | The Boy | John Henley | Zuleikha Robinson |
| 2015 | Concussion | Mike Webster | Gugu Mbatha-Raw |
| 2017 | Trouble | Gerry | Isidora Goreshter |
| 2017 | Thank You for Your Service | Fred Gusman | Keisha Castle-Hughes |
| 2021 | The Virtuoso | The Deputy | Shay Guthrie |
| 2024 | Cabrini | Archbishop Corrigan | Romana Maggiora Vergano |
| 2025 | Broken Land | Carson Tidwell | Morgana Shaw |
| 2025 | Looking Through Water | Actor | Geraldine Zinat |
| 2025 | The Gettysburg Address | Abraham Lincoln | Matthew Broderick |
| 2026 | Mayday | Actor | Wendy Crewson |
| 2026 | Saturn Return | Actor | Josette Di Carlo |
TV Shows
| Year | Title | Role | Cast Name |
| 1981 | Our Family Business | Phil | Vera Miles |
| 1981 | Nurse | Kevin Mallory | Bonnie Hellman |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Jack Morrison | Sagan Lewis |
| 1983 | Prototype | Michael | Alley Mills |
| 1984 | Shattered Vows | Father Tim | Leslie Ackerman |
| 1985 | When Dreams Come True | Robert Wynton | Jessica Harper |
| 1987 | Six Against the Rock | Marvin Hubbard | Ian Patrick Williams |
| 1987 | Downpayment on Murder | Det. Jackson | Sheila Larken |
| 1988 | Winnie | Thomas | Terri Hanauer |
| 1989 | Brotherhood of the Rose | Remus | Connie Sellecca |
| 1989 | Midnight Caller | Chandler | Lisa Eilbacher |
| 1989 | Cross of Fire | Klell Henry | Caroline Kava |
| 1989 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Actor | Kate Trotter |
| 1991 | Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann | Bicycle Pete | Kathryn Howell |
| 1992 | Tales from the Crypt | Tom McMurdo | Sherrie Rose |
| 1992 | Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | Rick Steiner – Fishermen | Jo Bates |
| 1992 | Reasonable Doubts | Edward Durrell | Nancy Everhard |
| 1992 | The Hat Squad | Frankie Stein | Janet Carroll |
| 1993 | Miracle on Interstate 880 | Dr. Jim Betts | Emily Perkins |
| 1993 | Big Wave Dave’s | Dave Bell | Kayla Blake |
| 1993 | SeaQuest DSV / SeaQuest 2032 | Lenny Sutter | Stephanie Beacham |
| 1995 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Jim Bayliss | Isabella Hofmann |
| 1995 | The Langoliers | Brian Engle | Kate Maberly |
| 1995 | Tecumseh: The Last Warrior | Galloway | Tantoo Cardinal |
| 1997 | Murder Live! | Frank McGrath | Christine Estabrook |
| 2001 | American Experience | Abraham Lincoln | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 2002 | Hack | Mike Olshansky | Donna Murphy |
| 2007 | House | Michael Tritter | Lisa Edelstein |
| 2008 | John Adams | George Washington | Mamie Gummer |
| 2009 | Medium | Douglas Lydecker | Feodor Lark |
| 2009 | Empire State | James Cochrane | Ana de la Reguera |
| 2011 | Lights Out | Jerry ‘The Rainmaker’ Raines | Catherine McCormack |
| 2012 | Makete, katsu: Sengo wo tsukutta otoko Yoshida Shigeru | Douglas MacArthur | Anne Suzuki |
| 2012 | Robot Chicken | The Lorax/Robin Hood | Katee Sackhoff |
| 2013 | Treme | Lt. Terry Colson | Lucia Micarelli |
| 2014 | Wall Street | Conklin | Jodi Lyn O’Keefe |
| 2015 | True Detective | Eliot Bezzerides | Michelle Monaghan |
| 2016 | Outsiders | Big Foster Farrell | Rebecca Harris |
| 2018 | Escape at Dannemora | Gene Palmer | Johanna Day |
| 2019 | The Deuce | Matthew Rouse | Margarita Levieva |
| 2019 | The Morning Show | Mr. Jackson | Hannah Leder |
| 2019 | Blindspot | Hank Crawford | Kelly P. Williams |
| 2020 | The Good Lord Bird | Dutch Henry Sherman | Nick Eversman |
| 2021 | The Chair | Dean Paul Larson | Ella Rubin |
| 2025 | We Were Liars | Harris Sinclair | Mamie Gummer |
| 2026 | The Last Thing He Told Me | Nicholas Bell | Elizabeth O’Donnell |
| 2026 | Mayor of Kingstown | Russell Hardy | Nishi Munshi |