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James Morrison
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James Morrison at The Jazz Funeral world premiere (2014)
Born
James Paige Morrison

(1954-04-21) April 21, 1954 (age 70)
Bountiful, Utah, US
Occupation Actor
Years active 1984–present
Spouse(s) Riad Galayini
Children Seamus Morrison

James Paige Morrison (born April 21, 1954) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of CTU Director Bill Buchanan on 24.

Life and career

Morrison was born in Bountiful, Utah, the son of an office manager, and was raised in Anchorage, Alaska. A professional theater actor, Morrison has been on the professional stage since the early 1980s and has won awards such as the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance. He has also directed theater productions. Morrison is a published poet, yoga teacher, and a singer-songwriter. He has composed two albums to date, which can be heard and purchased on his official website.

On television, Morrison has guest-starred in series such as Law and Order SVU, Frasier, Quantum Leap, The X-Files, The West Wing and Six Feet Under. Morrison frequently works with producers Glen Morgan and James Wong, and was a main cast member of their 1995 series Space: Above and Beyond. He also worked with Wong in the movie The One as hero Jet Li's best friend.

He portrayed CTU Director Bill Buchanan on 24. He began as a guest star midway through the fourth season (2005), and was a main cast member in the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons (2006, 2007, 2009).

His plays have been developed by the Sundance Institute (Idle Wheels) and the Ojai Playwrights Conference (his one-man play, Leave Your Fears Here).

Morrison and his wife, Riad Galayini, co-directed and produced the feature documentary Showing Up. The documentary examines the audition process, with working actors reflecting on the process and how it affects them, including: Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe Kazan, Nathan Lane, Chris Messina, Sam Rockwell, Bill Irwin and Eli Wallach.

Filmography

Actor

Year Title Format Role
1984 Automan TV Gary Baxley
1984 Fatal Vision TV movie Green Beret
1986 North and South, Book II Miniseries Bradley
1987 Werewolf TV
1987 Unfinished Business Film Jonathan
1989 Monsters TV Steven Rose, PhD
1989 Houston Knights TV Steven Kayden
1990 Good Cops, Bad Cops TV movie Lt. Brill
1990 An Enemy of the People TV movie Captain Horster
1990 Last Flight Out TV movie Elliot
1990 Capital News TV
1991 Quantum Leap TV Joe Deever
1991 Doogie Howser, M.D. TV Mr. Stevens, father of Will
1992 L.A. Law TV Walter Phelps
1993 Falling Down Film Construction Sign Man by Bus Stop
1993 Bob TV
1994 Desert Cross Short Film Jeremy
1994 Frasier TV Brian
1994 Without Warning TV movie Paul Whitaker
1994 Walker, Texas Ranger TV Ned Travis
1994 Where Are My Children? TV movie Handsome Man
1995 White Dwarf TV movie Peter
1995 The Marshal TV A.D.A. Chet Fields
1995–1996 Space: Above and Beyond TV Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' McQueen/Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' McQueen
1996 Millennium TV Jim Horn
1997 Brooklyn South TV Paul Ingelmann
1998 Seven Days TV Agent Carter
1998 Profiler TV Will Cook
1998 Shadow of Doubt Film Paul Saxon
1998 Diagnosis: Murder TV Lloyd Nichols
1998 Prey TV Lewis
1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction TV William Corzine
1999 The Wonder Cabinet TV movie Dr. Gordon Wayne
1999 Nash Bridges TV Pete Callan
1999 Abilene Film Bernie
2000 The Others TV Simeon Nye/Troy Manheim
2000 The X-Files TV Dr. Robert Wieder (Episode: "Theef")
2000–2001 Freedom TV Colonel Tim Devon
2001 The One Film LAPD Officer Bobby Aldrich/'A' World Inmate No. 1
2002 Catch Me If You Can Film Pilot
2002 JAG TV Maj. Gen. Lucas West
2002 Six Feet Under TV Husband
2002 The Division TV Robert
2003 CSI: Miami TV Charles Jeunet
2003 10-8: Officers On Duty TV Mark Lowry
2003 The West Wing TV Colonel Jesse Weiskopf
2004 Cold Case TV Carson Finch
2004 Wilderness Survival For Girls Film Ed
2004 NCIS TV CIA Director Roper
2005 Jarhead Film Mr. Swofford
2005 American Gun Film St Anthony's Principal
2005 Point Pleasant TV Kingston Nickson
2005–2009 24 TV Bill Buchanan
2006 The Key Short Film Raymond
2006 Crossing Short Film Dad
2007 Leo Short Film Acting Teacher
2007 Numb3rs TV Cmdr. Chris Frederickson
2008 Reflections Film Dr. Paul Wolley
2009 Eli Stone TV Dan Buckley
2009–2010 Private Practice TV William White
2009–2011 HawthoRNe TV John Morrissey
2010 Law & Order: LA TV Gray Campbell
2010 The Mentalist TV Warner Vander Hoek
2010 Raspberry Magic Film Henry Hooper
2010 The Deep End TV Jonathan Mather
2011 Suits TV Jerome Jensen
2011 Finding Hope Film U.S. Attorney Peter Gwynn
2011 Charlie's Angels TV Jon Cartwright
2011 Seeds of Destruction TV movie Frame Marcos
2012 I Am I Film Keith
2012 Blue Web Series Olsen
2012 Revenge TV Gordon Murphy
2012 The Exes TV Jonathan Hubner/Mr. Hubner
2013 The Slippery Slope Short Film Mr. Penzance
2014 The Jazz Funeral Film Nick
2014 The Switch Film Boss 2
2014 Swiped Short Film Hamilton/Hank
2014 Those Who Kill TV Commander Frank Bisgaard
2015 Brooklyn Nine-Nine TV Dan Yaeger
2016 Castle TV Deputy Commissioner Malone
2017 Call of the Void Film Peter
2017 Pray for Rain Film Patrick Waring
2017 The Meanest Man in Texas Film Sheriff Kilborn
2017 NCIS TV CIA Senator Phillips
2017 Twin Peaks TV Warden Dwight Murphy
2017 ``The Orville TV Kemek, If the Stars Should Appear
2019 The Twilight Zone TV Bob Jeff (voice; in "The Blue Scorpion")
2020 Intersect Film Bill Marshall
2020-2021 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV Jim Rollins

Producer

Year Title Format
1997 ... Descending Short Film
2006 Crossing Short Film
2014 Showing Up Documentary Feature Film

Director

Year Title Format
1996 Parking Short Film
2014 Showing Up Documentary Feature Film

Writer

Year Title Format
1996 Parking Short Film
1997 ... Descending Short Film

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
Year Event Film/Series Award Result
1996 Slamdance Film Festival Parking Best Short Winner
2006 Primetime Emmy Awards 24 Outstanding Drama Series Winner
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards 24 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominee
2009 Maverick Movie Awards Reflections Best Supporting Actor Nominee

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