James Morrison (actor)

James Morrison
James Morrison at The Jazz Funeral World Premiere - Dances With Films Festival, Los Angeles, June 1 2014
Born	James Paige Morrison (1954-04-21) April 21, 1954 Bountiful, Utah, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Riad Galayini
Children	Seamus Morrison
Website	www.jpmorrison.com

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 Frasier, Quantum Leap, The X-Files, JAG, Murder, She Wrote, 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 was Counter Terrorist Unit Director Bill Buchanan on 24. He began as a guest star mid-way through the fourth season (2005), and was a main cast member in the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons (2006, 2007, 2009).

Morrison and his wife Riad Galayini co-directed and produced the feature documentary Showing Up. In this unprecedented look at the audition, some of our most accomplished working actors reflect on the process and how it affects them. The documentary compiled interviews “from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including: Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe Kazan, Nathan Lane, Chris Messina, Sam Rockwell, Bill Irwin and Eli Wallach.

Morrison can be seen currently as Nick in The Jazz Funeral which had its World Premiere at the Dances With Films festival in Los Angeles on June 1, 2014.

Filmography

Actor

Title	Format	Year	Role
Castle	TV	2016	Deputy Commissioner Malone
Call of the Void	Film	2015	Peter
Intersect	Film	2015	Bill Marshall
The Jazz Funeral	Film	2014	Nick
The Switch	Film	2014	Boss 2
Swiped	Short Film	2014	Hamilton/Hank
Those Who Kill	TV	2014	Commander Frank Bisgaard
The Slippery Slope	Short Film	2013	Mr. Penzance
I Am I	Film	2013	Keith
Blue	Web Series	2012-2012	Olsen
Revenge	TV	2012	Gordon Murphy
The Exes	TV	2012	Jonathan Hubner/Mr. Hubner
Finding Hope	Film	2011	U.S. Attorney Peter Gwynn
Charlie's Angels	TV	2011	Jon Cartwright
Seeds of Destruction	TV Movie	2011	Frame Marcos
HawthoRNe	TV	2009-2001	John Morrissey
Suits	TV	2011	Jerome Jensen
Law & Order: LA	TV	2010	Gray Campbell
The Mentalist	TV	2010	Warner Vander Hoek
Raspberry Magic	Film	2010	Henry Hooper
Private Practice	TV	2009-2010	William White
The Deep End	TV	2010	Jonathan Mather
Eli Stone	TV	2009	Dan Buckley
24	TV	2005-2009	Bill Buchanan
Reflections	Film	2008	Dr. Paul Wolley
Leo	Short Film	2007	Acting Teacher
Numb3rs	TV	2007	Cmdr. Chris Frederickson
The Key	Short Film	2006	Raymond
Crossing	Short Film	2006	Dad
Jarhead	Film	2005	Mr. Swofford
American Gun	Film	2005	St Anthony's Principal
Point Pleasant	TV	2005	Kingston Nickson
Cold Case	TV	2004	Carson Finch
Wilderness Survival For Girls	Film	2004	Ed
NCIS	TV	2004	CIA Director Roper
CSI: Miami	TV	2003	Charles Jeunet
10-8: Officers On Duty	TV	2003	Mark Lowry
The West Wing	TV	2003	Colonel Jesse Weiskopf
Catch Me If You Can	Film	2002	Pilot
JAG	TV	2002	Maj. Gen. Lucas West
Six Feet Under	TV	2002	Swinger Husband
The Division	TV	2002	Robert
The One	Film	2001	LAPD Officer Bobby Aldrich/'A' World Inmate #1
Freedom	TV	2000-2001	Colonel Tim Devon
The Others	TV	2000	Simeon Nye/Troy Manheim
The X-Files	TV	2000	Dr. Robert Wieder (Episode: "Theef")
The Wonder Cabinet	TV Movie	1999	Dr. Gordon Wayne
Nash Bridges	TV	1999	Pete Callan
Shadows of the Past/Abilene	Film	1999	Bernie
Seven Days	TV	1998	Agent Carter
Profiler	TV	1998	Will Cook
Shadow of Doubt	Film	1998	Paul Saxon
Diagnosis Murder	TV	1998	Lloyd Nichols
Prey	TV	1998	Lewis
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	TV	1998	William Corzine
Brooklyn South	TV	1997	Paul Ingelmann
Millennium	TV	1996	Jim Horn
Space: Above and Beyond	TV	1995-1996	Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' McQueen/Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' McQueen
White Dwarf	TV Movie	1995	Peter
The Marshal	TV	1995	A.D.A. Chet Fields
Desert Cross	Short Film	1994	Jeremy
Frasier	TV	1994	Brian
Without Warning	TV Movie	1994	Paul Whitaker
Walker, Texas Ranger	TV	1994	Ned Travis
Where Are My Children?	TV Movie	1994	Handsome Man
Bob	TV	1993
Falling Down	Film	1993	Construction Sign Man by Bus Stop
L.A. Law	TV	1992	Walter Phelps
Doogie Howser, M.D.	TV	1991	Mr. Stevens, father of Will
Quantum Leap	TV	1991	Joe Deever
An Enemy Of The People	TV Movie	1990	Captain Horster
Good Cops, Bad Cops	TV Movie	1990	Lt. Brill
Last Flight Out	TV Movie	1990	Elliot
Capital News	TV	1990
Monsters	TV	1989	Steven Rose, Ph.D.
Houston Knights	TV	1989	Steven Kayden
Werewolf	TV	1987
Unfinished Business	Film	1987	Jonathan
North and South, Book II	Miniseries	1986	Bradley
Fatal Vision	TV Movie	1984	Green Beret
Automan	TV	1984	Gary Baxley

Producer

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

Director

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

Writer

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

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations

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

External links

• Official website
• Showing Up Movie
• James Morrison at IMDb