David Morse is an American actor, singer, director and writer. He first came to national attention as Dr. Jack “Boomer” Morrison in the medical drama series St Elsewhere (1982-88). He continued his film career with roles in the Negotiator, Contact, The Green Mile, Dancer in the Dark, Disturbia, The Long Kiss Goodnight, the Rock and 12 Monkeys. He has received two Emmy nominations, a Drama Desk Award and an Obie Award. Recently he portrayed Terry Colson, an honest police officer in a corrupt New Orleans police department on the HBO series Treme. He also appeared in the WGN America series Outsiders (2016-17) and in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora (2018).
