Phil Morris (actor)
Phillip Morris (born April 4, 1959) is an American actor and voice actor. He played Jackie Chiles on Seinfeld, John Jones on The CW series Smallville and voiced Doc Saturday on The Secret Saturdays. He currently plays Silas Stone in Doom Patrol.
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| Born | Phillip Morris April 4, 1959 Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Spouse(s) | Carla Gittelson ( m. 1983) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Iona Morris (sister) |
Early life
Morris was born in Iowa City, Iowa, and is the son of actor Greg Morris. He is also the younger brother of actress Iona Morris. He is a practitioner of Wing Chun under Sifu Hawkins Cheung.[1]
Career
Morris's first acting role was as a child when he appeared in the 1966 Star Trek episode "Miri". Star Trek was, at the time, shot at the same studio (Desilu Productions) that produced Mission: Impossible, where his father was working. He made his feature film debut in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in a small role and later guest starred on Babylon 5, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager.
In the mid-1980s, he portrayed law student (later attorney) Tyrone Jackson on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. During a major storyline, his character used heavy theatrical make-up to appear Caucasian, in order to go undercover to expose an organized crime organization. In the 1990s, Morris played a recurring character, the Johnnie Cochran-inspired defense attorney Jackie Chiles, on the comedy Seinfeld. One story line as Chiles depicts him suing a tobacco company with great delight which rang true for the actor as his name Phillip Morris is also that of a major U.S. based tobacco company. Morris also co-starred in the TV remake of Mission: Impossible as tech wizard Grant Collier (son of Barney Collier, who was played in the original series by Morris's real-life father Greg Morris). He also said in an interview that he grew up watching the original Mission: Impossible, with series' lead Peter Graves, whom Morris came to consider his acting mentor. Through his childhood, Morris knew Graves' real-life children.[2] The friendship continued, until Peter Graves' death on March 14, 2010, which devastated Morris. He voiced the supporting role of Dr. Sweet in Disney's 2001 film Atlantis: The Lost Empire as well as its 2003 sequel, Atlantis: Milo's Return. He played one of Will Smith's college professors on the NBC show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and played Dr. Clay Spencer on the then-UPN television show Girlfriends.
In the January 25, 2007 episode of the CW television series Smallville, Morris portrayed the DC Comics superhero Martian Manhunter, which is a recurring but small character in the series. He reprised that role on the show's sixth-season finale on May 17, 2007, as well as the episodes "Bizarro" and "Cure" in the seventh season and the episodes "Odyssey", "Prey" and "Bulletproof" in the eighth season. He reprised this role in the ninth-season episodes "Absolute Justice", "Checkmate" and "Salvation".
As a voice actor, he portrayed the villains Imperiex on Legion of Superheroes, and as the Immortal Caveman Vandal Savage on Justice League and Justice League: Doom. He voiced W'Kabi in the animated series Black Panther. He appeared on one episode each of the series CSI: Miami and Seven Days. Though largely unnoticed, Morris also was the voice of Paul the Apostle in Zondervan's The Bible Experience. Morris also made a cameo appearance as Miles Dyson in photographs in the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He provided the voice of the character Doc Saturday in the animated show The Secret Saturdays. He also played a major supporting role in the PlayStation 2 game Ratchet: Deadlocked, as Merc, one of the combat bots that accompany the main character Ratchet. He also worked as a voice actor on The PJs; according to Morris, co-creator and star Eddie Murphy didn't want to show up on some days to record the voice of Thurgood Stubbs, so the producers hired Morris to record Thurgood's lines, where he worked in a separate booth with the other actors, allowing the producers to replace Morris' recordings with Murphy's voice in case Murphy decided he wanted to record his dialogue.[3] He did several voices in the animated film Dead Space: Downfall as Hansen and Glenn. He played Delroy Jones on the TV One series Love That Girl!, Saint Walker on the Cartoon Network series Green Lantern: The Animated Series, and Ultra Richard on the Cartoon Hangover series SuperF*ckers.[4] He also voices Plank in the Sofia the First episode "The Floating Palace", Green Arrow and Hawkman in the film Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League and Vandal Savage in the film Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash.
Personal life
Morris has been married to interior designer Carla Gittelson since 1983, together they have two children.
Filmography
Live-action
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1984 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Trainee Foster | |
| 1987 | P.I. Private Investigations | Eddie Gordon | |
| 1996 | Jingle All the Way | Gale Force | |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog | Co-Pilot | |
| 1998 | Devil in the Flesh | Detective Joe Rosales | Direct-to-video |
| Clay Pigeons | Agent Reynard | ||
| 2000 | 3 Strikes | Mr. Libowitz | |
| 2004 | Comic Book: The Movie | Phil Morris | |
| 2005 | Frostbite | J.P. Millhouse | |
| 2006 | Abominable | Deputy McBride | |
| 2008 | Meet the Spartans | Messenger | |
| 2009 | Black Dynamite | Saheed | |
| 2011 | Stonerville | Clay Redding | Direct-to-video |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Boy | Episode: "Miri" |
| 1980 | Vega$ | Tate | Episode: "Lost Monday" |
| 1981 | Mr. Merlin | Sam, Kid | 4 episodes |
| 1984 | Hotel | Ken Foster | Episode: "Encores" |
| 1985 | Brothers | Bobo | Episode: "A Greasepaint Smile" |
| Webster | Calvin | Episode: "Great Expectations" | |
| 1986 | Knight Rider | Perata's Lieutenant | Episode: "Knight Flight to Freedom" |
| The Young and the Restless | Tyrone Jackson | 13 episodes | |
| 1986–88 | It's a Living | Jason | 4 episodes |
| 1987–88 | Marblehead Manor | Jerry Stockton | Main role |
| 1988 | 227 | Darren Montagne | Episode: "The Butler Did It" |
| Cheers | Exterminator #2 | Episode: "Bar Wars" | |
| 1988–90 | Mission: Impossible | Grant Collier | Main role |
| 1990 | Lucky Chances | Steven Dimes | Miniseries |
| 1990–91 | WIOU | Eddie Brock | Main role |
| 1993 | Murder, She Wrote | David Salt | Episode: "A Virtual Murder" |
| 1993–98 | Seinfeld | Spokesman of David Dinkins, Jackie Chiles | 6 episodes |
| 1993 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Prof. Scott Burton | Episode: "Take My Cousin... Please" |
| 1994 | Tracks of Glory | Marshall W. "Major" Taylor | Miniseries |
| 1995 | Pointman | Hightower | Episode: "Adios Roberto" |
| Living Single | Preston August | Episode: "Legal Briefs" | |
| 1995–97 | Diagnosis: Murder | Roger Nelson, Jim Kesler | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Babylon 5 | Bill Trainor | Episode: "Severed Dreams" |
| The Wayans Bros. | Parker | Episode: "Movin' on Up" | |
| Lush Life | Wallace | Episode: "The Lush Ex-Posures" | |
| 1996–97 | Melrose Place | Walter | 7 episodes |
| 1996–97 | Martin | Jim Bozack, Sterling Sweets | 2 episodes |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Thopok, Remata'Klan | 2 episodes | |
| 1997 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Ron | Episode: "Little Red Corvette" |
| The Steve Harvey Show | Trent Underwood | Episode: "Love with Interest" | |
| Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Fernando | Episode: "The Spa" | |
| In the House | Dr. Goldwire | 4 episodes | |
| 1997, 2005 | JAG | Captain Koonan, Captain Max Engler | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | The Tony Danza Show | Dale Turner | Episode: "Sue You" |
| 1998–99 | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Will Sanders | Main role |
| 1999 | Moesha | Joe Scott | 2 episodes |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | Detective Hayes | Episode: "The Phantom Menace" | |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Lieutenant John Kelly | Episode: "One Small Step" | |
| 2000 | Any Day Now | Brian Harmon | Episode: "Life" |
| 2001 | Seven Days | AF Colonel Beekman | Episode: "The Final Countdown" |
| Girlfriends | Dr. Clay Spencer | 4 episodes | |
| 2003 | Wanda at Large | Bradley Grimes | 7 episodes |
| 2004 | The Tracy Morgan Show | Kenny Bradley | Episode: "The Sporting Life" |
| Still Standing | Dr. Holden | Episode: "Still Going First" | |
| Quintuplets | Mark | Episode: "Where Are They Now?" | |
| 2005 | All of Us | Eric Calhoun | Episode: "Not So Wonderful News" |
| Fat Actress | Man at Counter | Episode: "Big Butts" | |
| Will & Grace | Dr. Norman | Episode: "The Blond Leading the Blind" | |
| 2006 | NCIS | Captain Martino | Episode: "Deception" |
| 2006–10 | Smallville | John Jones | 11 episodes |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami | Peter Ashford | Episode: "Rush" |
| 2008–09 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Miles Dyson | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Warren the Ape | Dr. Thom Milligan | Episode: "It Girl" |
| 2010–14 | Love That Girl! | Delroy Jones | 15 episodes |
| 2011 | Hot in Cleveland | Lou | Episode: "One Thing or a Mother" |
| 2011–13 | Shake It Up | Dr. Curtis Blue | 5 episodes |
| 2014–16 | Baby Daddy | Marshall Dobbs | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Girl Meets World | Agent LaChance | Episode: "Girls Meets Semi-Formal" |
| 2015–16 | Kirby Buckets | Bob Bruchow | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Black-ish | Frank Duckworth | Episode: "Johnson & Johnson" |
| Pure Genius | Sergeant Ryan | Episode: "You Must Remember This" | |
| Fuller House | Dave | Episode: "Glazed and Confused" | |
| 2017 | Powerless | STAR Scientist | Episode: "No Consequence Day" |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Colton Leach | Episode: "Fool Me Twice" | |
| 2018 | 9JKL | Dr. Starnes | Episode: "Fridays with Harry" |
| Work in Progress | Himself | 6 episodes | |
| Angie Tribeca | Samuel Hagar | Episode: "Heading to the Legal Beagle" | |
| 2019–present | Doom Patrol | Silas Stone | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | BlackAF | Grandpa Barris | 1 episode |
Voice-over roles
Live-action
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Underdog | Supershep | |
| 2016 | Officer Downe | Zen Master Flash |
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995–96 | The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | Additional Voices | 7 episodes |
| 1999–2001 | The PJs | Thurgood Stubbs | 17 episodes |
| 2000–01 | Men in Black: The Series | Additional Voices | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet | |
| 2002 | Justice League: The Savage Time | Vandal Savage | |
| 2002–03 | Justice League | Vandal Savage, General, Soldier | 7 episodes |
| 2003 | Atlantis: Milo's Return | Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet | Direct-to-video |
| 2003 | Static Shock | Jonathan Vale, Shenice's Dad | 2 episodes |
| 2003–07 | Kim Possible | Lt. Franklin, Infinity Guy, Falsetto Jones, Jake | 6 episodes |
| 2004–07 | Danny Phantom | Damon Gray, Observant #2 | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Loonatics Unleashed | Additional Voices | 3 episodes |
| 2006–07 | American Dragon: Jake Long | Colonel Hank Carter | 2 episodes |
| 2007–08 | Legion of Super Heroes | Imperiex, Kandor #2 | 7 episodes |
| 2008 | Back at the Barnyard | Bessy's Kid | Episode: "Home Sweet Hole/Otis' Mom" |
| Wolverine and the X-Men | Randy | Episode: "Hindsight" | |
| Justice League: The New Frontier | King Faraday | Direct-to-video | |
| Dead Space: Downfall | Hansen, Glenn | ||
| 2008–10 | The Secret Saturdays | Doc Saturday, Dr. Odele, Wyatt, Doc Monday (voices) | 25 episodes |
| 2009 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Jonah Hex, Fox | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Black Panther | W'Kabi, M'Butu, Councilman #2, Miner #2 | 5 episodes |
| 2012–13 | SuperF*ckers | Ultra Richard, Plant Pal | Main role |
| Green Lantern: The Animated Series | Saint Walker | 4 episodes | |
| Ultimate Spider-Man | Max Fury / Scorpio, Lion-Headed Zodiac #2 | 2 episodes | |
| 2012 | Justice League: Doom | Vandal Savage | Direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Sofia the First | Plank | Episode: "The Floating Palace" |
| 2014 | The Boondocks | Additional Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League | Green Arrow, Hawkman | Direct-to-video |
| 2016 | Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash | Vandal Savage | |
| Bling | Additional Voices | ||
| Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon | Walter Qualls | Direct-to-video | |
| Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror | Adam, Treasure Hunter #1 | Television special | |
| Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Ed Johnson, Captain Anderson | Episode: "Gremlin on a Plane" | |
| 2017 | All I Want For Christmas Is You | Bud | Direct-to-video |
| The Star | Balthazar, Miller | ||
| 2018 | Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | Red Carpet Announcer, D.O.O.M.S.D.A.Y. Device | |
| Young Sheldon | One | Episode: "Demons, Sunday School, and Prime Numbers" | |
| Craig of the Creek | Earl Williams | 2 episodes | |
| Bravest Warriors | George | 5 episodes | |
| 2020 | Superman: Red Son | James Olsen[5] | Video |
Video games
References
- A Tribute to Grandmaster Sifu Cheung with actor Phil Morris, November 1991
- Couch, Kevin (December 6, 2010). "Abnormal Interviews: Actor Phil Morris a/k/a Jackie Chiles from "Seinfeld"". abnormaluse.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- Harris, Will (November 29, 2011). "Phil Morris". tv.avclub.com.
- Page, Justin (December 3, 2012). "SuperF*ckers, New Animated Comedy Web Series by James Kochalka". Laughing Squid. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- Oneto, Petey (September 19, 2019). "Superman: Red Son Cast and First Image Revealed". IGN.
External links
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- Phil Morris on IMDb
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