His father was best known for appearing in the TV series Mission: Impossible, during the show's full run from 1966 to 1973. His father was friends with other successful African American actors, including Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby, and Phil grew up viewing them as role models. His father was also good friends with Mission: Impossible lead Peter Graves, whom Morris came to consider his acting mentor. Through his childhood, Morris knew Graves' real-life children.[5] The friendship continued, until Peter Graves' death on March 14, 2010, which devastated Morris.
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.
In the mid 1980's, he portrayed law student (later attorney) Tyrone Jackson in The Young and the Restless. During a major story line, his character used heavy theatrical makeup to appear Caucasian, in order to go undercover to expose an organized crime organization. In the 1990's, Morris played a recurring character, the Johnnie Cochran-inspired defense attorney Jackie Chiles, on the comedy Seinfeld. The episode "The Abstinence" depicts Chiles suing a tobacco company, which Morris said he took great pleasure in, having been made fun of his whole life due to having the same name as the tobacco brand Philip Morris.[7] 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 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.
Morris portrayed the DC ComicssuperheroMartian Manhunter on the TV series Smallville, starting in the sixth-season episode "Labyrinth" in 2007. He reprised that role on the show's sixth-season finale, as well as the episodes "Bizarro" and "Cure" in the seventh season, the episodes "Odyssey", "Prey" and "Bulletproof" in the eighth season, and the episodes "Absolute Justice", "Checkmate" and "Salvation" in the ninth season.
Morris has been married to interior designer Carla Gittelson since 1983. Together they have two children.[4][10] He is a practitioner of Wing Chun under Sifu Hawkins Cheung.[11][failed verification]
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^LAURIE ULSTER (March 11, 2021). "13 Original Series Actors Who Couldn't Get Enough Trek". StarTrek.com.
^Harris, Will (November 29, 2011). "Phil Morris". The A.V. Club.
^Page, Justin (December 3, 2012). "SuperF*ckers, New Animated Comedy Web Series by James Kochalka". Laughing Squid. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^@thephilmorris (27 May 2012). "Spending some time with my daughter..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^A Tribute to Grandmaster Sifu Cheung with actor Phil Morris, November 1991
^Oneto, Petey (September 19, 2019). "Superman: Red Son Cast and First Image Revealed". IGN.
^Luxoflux. True Crime: New York City. Activision. Scene: Pause menu credits, 4:29:30 in, VOICE TALENT.
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For other uses see Philip Morris This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Phil Morris actor news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Phil Morris born April 4 1959 1 is an American actor He played Jackie Chiles on Seinfeld John Jones on The CW series Smallville and Silas Stone in Doom Patrol He also voiced Doc Saturday on The Secret Saturdays and Dr Joshua Strongbear Sweet in Atlantis The Lost Empire and related media Phil MorrisMorris at the 2009 New York Comic ConBornApril 4 1959 age 63 Iowa City Iowa U S OccupationActorYears active1966 presentSpouseCarla Gittelson m 1983 wbr Children2ParentGreg Morris father RelativesIona Morris sister Francis Williams grandfather Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4 1 Film 4 2 Television 4 3 Video games 5 References 6 External linksEarly life EditMorris is the son of actor Greg Morris 1933 1996 2 3 4 His paternal grandfather was jazz trumpeter Francis Williams Phil Morris has two siblings one of whom is actress Iona Morris 2 4 His father was best known for appearing in the TV series Mission Impossible during the show s full run from 1966 to 1973 His father was friends with other successful African American actors including Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby and Phil grew up viewing them as role models His father was also good friends with Mission Impossible lead Peter Graves whom Morris came to consider his acting mentor Through his childhood Morris knew Graves real life children 5 The friendship continued until Peter Graves death on March 14 2010 which devastated Morris Career EditMorris 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 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 6 In the mid 1980 s he portrayed law student later attorney Tyrone Jackson in The Young and the Restless During a major story line his character used heavy theatrical makeup to appear Caucasian in order to go undercover to expose an organized crime organization In the 1990 s Morris played a recurring character the Johnnie Cochran inspired defense attorney Jackie Chiles on the comedy Seinfeld The episode The Abstinence depicts Chiles suing a tobacco company which Morris said he took great pleasure in having been made fun of his whole life due to having the same name as the tobacco brand Philip Morris 7 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 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 Morris portrayed the DC Comics superhero Martian Manhunter on the TV series Smallville starting in the sixth season episode Labyrinth in 2007 He reprised that role on the show s sixth season finale as well as the episodes Bizarro and Cure in the seventh season the episodes Odyssey Prey and Bulletproof in the eighth season and the episodes Absolute Justice Checkmate and Salvation in the ninth season 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 8 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 9 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 EditMorris has been married to interior designer Carla Gittelson since 1983 Together they have two children 4 10 He is a practitioner of Wing Chun under Sifu Hawkins Cheung 11 failed verification Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes1984 Star Trek III The Search for Spock Trainee Foster1987 P I Private Investigations Eddie Gordon1996 Jingle All the Way Gale Force1997 Wag the Dog Co Pilot1998 Devil in the Flesh Detective Joe Rosales Direct to videoClay Pigeons Agent Reynard2000 3 Strikes Mr Libowitz2001 Atlantis The Lost Empire Dr Joshua Strongbear Sweet Voice 1 2002 Justice League The Savage Time Vandal Savage Voice2003 Atlantis Milo s Return Dr Joshua Strongbear Sweet Voice direct to video 1 2004 Comic Book The Movie Phil Morris2005 Frostbite J P Millhouse2006 Abominable Deputy McBride2007 Underdog Supershep Voice 1 2008 Meet the Spartans MessengerJustice League The New Frontier King Faraday Voice direct to video 1 Dead Space Downfall Hansen Glenn2009 Black Dynamite Saheed2011 Stonerville Clay Redding Direct to video2012 Justice League Doom Vandal Savage Voice direct to video 1 2015 Lego DC Comics Super Heroes Justice League vs Bizarro League Green Arrow Hawkman Voice direct to video2016 Lego DC Comics Super Heroes Justice League Cosmic Clash Vandal Savage Voice direct to video 1 Bling Additional voices Direct to videoScooby Doo and WWE Curse of the Speed Demon Walter Qualls Voice direct to video 1 Officer Downe Zen Master Flash Voice2017 All I Want For Christmas Is You Bud Voice direct to videoThe Star Balthazar Miller Voice 1 2018 Teen Titans Go To the Movies Red Carpet Announcer Doomsday Device Voice 1 2020 Superman Red Son James Olsen Voice direct to video 12 1 Curious George Go West Go Wild Frank Stetson Voice direct to video2021 Ghosts of the Ozarks Matthew McCuneTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes1966 Star Trek The Original Series Boy Episode Miri 1980 Vega Tate Episode Lost Monday 1981 Mr Merlin Sam Kid 4 episodes1984 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 Main role1986 1988 It s a Living Jason 4 episodes1987 1988 Marblehead Manor Jerry Stockton Main role1988 227 Darren Montagne Episode The Butler Did It Cheers Exterminator 2 Episode Bar Wars 1988 1990 Mission Impossible 1988 TV series Grant Collier Main role1990 Lucky Chances Steven Dimes Miniseries1990 1991 WIOU Eddie Brock Main role1993 Murder She Wrote David Salt Episode A Virtual Murder 1993 1998 Seinfeld Spokesman of David Dinkins Jackie Chiles Recurring role1993 The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Professor Scott Burton Episode Take My Cousin Please 1994 Tracks of Glory Marshall W Major Taylor Miniseries1995 Pointman Hightower Episode Adios Roberto Living Single Preston August Episode Legal Briefs 1995 1996 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat Additional voices Recurring role1995 1997 Diagnosis Murder Roger Nelson Jim Kesler 2 episodes1996 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 episodes1996 1997 Martin Jim Bozack Sterling Sweets 2 episodesStar Trek Deep Space Nine ThopokRemata Klan Episode Looking for par Mach in All the Wrong PlacesEpisode Rocks and Shoals1997 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 episodes1997 2005 JAG Captain Koonan Captain Max Engler 2 episodes1998 The Tony Danza Show Dale Turner Episode Sue You 1998 1999 Love Boat The Next Wave Will Sanders Main role1999 Moesha Joe Scott 2 episodesBeverly Hills 90210 Detective Hayes Episode The Phantom Menace Star Trek Voyager Lieutenant John Kelly Episode One Small Step 1999 2001 The PJs Thurgood Stubbs Voice main role2000 Any Day Now Brian Harmon Episode Life 2000 2001 Men in Black The Series Additional voices 4 episodes2001 Seven Days AF Colonel Beekman Episode The Final Countdown Girlfriends Dr Clay Spencer 4 episodes2002 2003 Justice League Vandal Savage Voice recurring role2003 Static Shock Jonathan Vale Voice 2 episodesWanda at Large Bradley Grimes Main role2003 2007 Kim Possible Lieutenant Franklin Infinity Guy Falsetto Jones Jake Voice recurring role2004 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 2004 2007 Danny Phantom Damon Gray Voice recurring role2005 All of Us Eric Calhoun Episode Not So Wonderful News Fat Actress Man at Counter Episode Big Butts Will amp Grace Dr Norman Episode The Blond Leading the Blind 2006 NCIS Captain Martino Episode Deception Loonatics Unleashed Additional voices 3 episodes2006 2007 American Dragon Jake Long Colonel Hank Carter Voice 2 episodes2006 2010 Smallville John Jones Recurring role2007 CSI Miami Peter Ashford Episode Rush 2007 2008 Legion of Super Heroes Imperiex Voice recurring role2008 Back at the Barnyard Bessy s Kid Voice episode Otis Mom Wolverine and the X Men Randy Voice episode Hindsight 2008 2009 Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles Miles Dyson 3 episodes2008 2010 The Secret Saturdays Doc Saturday Dr Odele Wyatt Doc Monday Voice main role2009 Batman The Brave and the Bold Jonah Hex Fox Voice 2 episodes2010 Warren the Ape Dr Thom Milligan Episode It Girl Black Panther W Kabi M Butu Voice recurring role2010 2014 Love That Girl Delroy Jones Main role2011 Hot in Cleveland Lou Episode One Thing or a Mother 2011 2013 Shake It Up Dr Curtis Blue Recurring role2012 2013 SuperF ckers Ultra Richard Plant Pal Voice main roleGreen Lantern The Animated Series Saint Walker Voice 4 episodesUltimate Spider Man Max Fury Scorpio Lion Headed Zodiac 2 Voice 2 episodes2013 Sofia the First Plank Voice episode The Floating Palace 2014 The Boondocks Additional voices 2 episodes2014 2016 Baby Daddy Marshall Dobbs 3 episodes2015 Girl Meets World Agent LaChance Episode Girls Meets Semi Formal 2015 2016 Kirby Buckets Bob Bruchow 2 episodes2016 Lego Scooby Doo Knight Time Terror Adam Treasure Hunter 1 Voice television specialBe Cool Scooby Doo Ed Johnson Captain Anderson Voice episode Gremlin on a Plane Black ish Frank Duckworth Episode Johnson amp 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 Young Sheldon One Voice episode Demons Sunday School and Prime Numbers 9JKL Dr Starnes Episode Fridays with Harry Work in Progress Himself 6 episodesCraig of the Creek Earl Williams Voice recurring roleBravest Warriors George Voice recurring roleAngie Tribeca Samuel Hagar Episode Heading to the Legal Beagle 2019 present Doom Patrol Silas Stone Recurring role2022 Bosch Legacy John Creighton Recurring role2022 Young Justice General Zod Lor Zod Voice recurring roleVideo games Edit Year Title Role Notes2001 Atlantis The Lost Empire Trial by Fire Dr Joshua Strongbear SweetCommand amp Conquer Yuri s Revenge Additional voices2003 Command amp Conquer GeneralsFreelancerTomb Raider The Angel of Darkness2004 Law amp Order Justice Is Served Tony Jefferson Omar Talib2005 Ratchet Deadlocked Merc Reactor Captain StarshieldTrue Crime New York City 13 2006 Reservoir Dogs Additional voicesSaints Row Radio voiceDestroy All Humans 2 14 The Sopranos Road to Respect Additional voices2007 Command amp Conquer 3 Tiberium WarsSpider Man 32008 Destroy All Humans Big Willy Unleashed Blasto 1 Kung Fu Panda Great GorillaDestroy All Humans Path of the Furon Rollo Sunnywood Bouncer2009 Cartoon Network Universe FusionFall Doc SaturdayRed Faction Guerrilla Additional voicesUndead Knights Knight Captain Gerard 15 The Secret of Saturdays Beasts of the 5th Sun Doc Saturday 1 2010 Command amp Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight Additional voices2011 Saints Row The Third Pedestrians2013 Saints Row IV Mr Sunshine 1 Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII Additional voices2018 Spider Man Dr Morgan Michaels 1 2019 Days Gone Derrick Kouri 1 2020 Star Wars Squadrons Lindon Javes 1 References Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Phil Morris visual voices guide Behind The Voice Actors A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot or collage of screenshots of a title s list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and or closing credits and or other reliable sources of information a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint postscript link a b Ravo Nick August 29 1996 Greg Morris 61 Debonair Star Of TV s Mission Impossible The New York Times p D19 Retrieved March 22 2010 Mission Impossible actor dies CNN August 28 1996 Archived from the original on February 23 2019 Retrieved October 24 2021 a b c Phil Morris Son of Greg Has Become a Young and Restless Man on a Colorful Mission PEOPLE com Retrieved 2020 11 16 Couch Kevin December 6 2010 Abnormal Interviews Actor Phil Morris a k a Jackie Chiles from Seinfeld abnormaluse com Archived from the original on 19 May 2021 Retrieved 16 March 2016 LAURIE ULSTER March 11 2021 13 Original Series Actors Who Couldn t Get Enough Trek StarTrek com Seinfeld Season 8 Inside Look The Abstinence DVD Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007 Harris Will November 29 2011 Phil Morris The A V Club Page Justin December 3 2012 SuperF ckers New Animated Comedy Web Series by James Kochalka Laughing Squid Retrieved 16 March 2016 thephilmorris 27 May 2012 Spending some time with my daughter Tweet via Twitter A Tribute to Grandmaster Sifu Cheung with actor Phil Morris November 1991 Oneto Petey September 19 2019 Superman Red Son Cast and First Image Revealed IGN Luxoflux True Crime New York City Activision Scene Pause menu credits 4 29 30 in VOICE TALENT Destroy All Humans 2 Make War Not Love 2006 Video Game Behind The Voice Actors Retrieved 25 September 2021 A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot or collage of screenshots of a title s list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and or closing credits and or other reliable sources of information a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint postscript link Team Tachyon Now Production Undead Knights Tecmo Scene Ending credits 4 45 in Cast a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phil Morris Phil Morris at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phil Morris actor amp oldid 1129095904, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
