Glenn Morshower

Glenn Morshower (born April 24, 1959)^[1] is an American actor and an inspirational speaker. Known for his distinctive Texas accent, he is well known for playing military and law enforcement roles in both live-action and voice work, particularly Secret Service Agent Aaron Pierce in 24 and Colonel Sharp in the first Transformers film; he returned in future Transformers films as a different character known as General Morshower. Aaron Pierce was the only character (other than Jack Bauer) to appear in each of the first seven seasons of 24.^[2] He has appeared in many feature films and television series.

Glenn Morshower
Morshower at the 2011 Dallas International Film Festival
Born	Glenn Grove Bennett (1959-04-24) April 24, 1959 (age 66) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present
Spouse	Carolyn Morshower
Children	2

Early life and family

Morshower was born in Dallas, Texas.^[1] He was raised Jewish, studied with a Jehovah's Witness, went to a Religious Science church, and taught at a Baptist church.^[3]

Career

Inspirational seminars

Since the late 1980s, Morshower has been a speaker at seminars. His speaking career began with his audition mastery course, The Extra Mile, which he took across the country on the advice of his agent.^[4][5] In the early 2000s, Morshower's speeches to actors about auditioning led to an invitation to speak at Exxon, and more seminars followed. Morshower prefers to describe his talk as "inspirational" rather than "motivational", and has said that he enjoys giving these speeches even more than acting.^[6]

Personal life

Morshower and his wife Carolyn have two children.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Glenn Morshower' film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1976	Drive-In	Orville Hennigson		[7]
1978	The Bermuda Triangle	Gallivan	Documentary
1981	Dead & Buried	Jimmy		[8]
1984	The Philadelphia Experiment	Mechanic		[9]
1988	Defense Play	Bartender		[10]
1989	Tango & Cash	Co-Worker		[11]
	84C MoPic	Cracker		[12]
1992	Under Siege	Ensign Taylor		[13]
1994	The River Wild	Policeman		[14]
	Star Trek Generations	Enterprise-B navigator		[15]
	In the Army Now	Recruiting Sergeant Richard Day		[16]
1995	Dominion	Lance		[17]
1997	Air Force One	United States Secret Service Agent Walters		[18]
1998	Godzilla	Kyle Terrington		[19]
	Phoenix	Anti-Abortionist		[20]
2001	Pearl Harbor	Vice Admiral William F. Halsey		[21]
	Black Hawk Down	Colonel Thomas Matthews		[22]
2002	Blood Work	Captain		[23]
2003	The Core	FBI Agent		[24]
	Gacy	Ted Boyle		[25]
2004	The Last Shot	Agent McCaffrey		[26]
2005	Good Night, and Good Luck	Colonel Anderson		[27]
	Hostage	Lt. Leifitz		[28]
	Disaster!	General Washington / The President	Voice role	[29]
	The Island	Medical Courier		[30]
2006	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	Admr. Henry D. Wheeler	Direct-to-video	[31]
	All the King's Men	Commissioner Sherman		[32]
	Striking Range	Ted Billings		[33]
2007	Transformers	Colonel Sharpe		[34]
	Delta Farce	General		[35]
2008	Grizzly Park	Ranger Bob		[36]
2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	General Morshower		[37]
	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Major Jim Holtz		[38]
	ExTerminators	Boss		[39]
	Desdemona: A Love Story	Father Wade		[40]
	Fire from Below	General Cook		[41]
2010	The Crazies	Intelligence Officer		[42]
	The Waiter	Nigel Hamilton		[43]
	Psychic Experiment	Mr. Anderson		[44]
2011	X-Men: First Class	Colonel Robert Hendry		[45]
	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	General Morshower		[46]
	Moneyball	Ron Hopkins		[47]
	In My Pocket	Professor Taples		[48]
	The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy	J.H. Gordon		[49]
2012	Backwards	Coach Spriklin		[50]
2013	After Earth	Commander Velan		[51]
	Parkland	Mike Howard		[52]
2014	Flutter	Mark	Also producer	[4]
2015	Dark Places	Jim Jeffreys		[53]
	Hoovey	Dr. Kattner		[54]
	The Doo Dah Man	Smitty		[55]
2016	When the Bough Breaks	Martin Cooper		[56]
2017	Transformers: The Last Knight	General Morshower		[57]
	Aftermath	Matt		[58]
	Curvature	Tomas
	Bomb City	Cameron Wilson		[59]
2023	Grumpy Old Santa	Nic
2024	Dragpires	Regina	Post-production

Television

Glenn Morshower' television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1989	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Burke	Episode: "Peak Performance"	[60]
1990	The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson	Capt. Spencer	Television film	[61]
1991	Full House	Farmer Bob	Episode: "The Wedding: Part 2"	[62]
1991	Quantum Leap	Grady	Episode: "Justice"	[63]
1993	12:01	Detective Cryers	Television film	[64]
1995	Star Trek: Voyager	Guard	Episode: "Resistance"	[65]
1995–05	JAG	Chief Petty Officer Ned Bannon	Recurring role	[66]
1998	The X-Files	Aaron Starkey	Episode: "All Souls"	[67]
	Millennium	Richard Gilbert	Episode: "The Time Is Now"	[68]
2000–01	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sheriff Brian Mobley	Seasons 1&2, recurring role (7 episodes)	[69]
2001–02	The West Wing	Mike Chysler	Recurring role (5 episodes)	[70]
2002	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Mr. Newton	Episode: "Help"	[71]
2001–09	24	Aaron Pierce	Recurring role (52 episodes)	[72]
2003	NCIS	Commander Robert Peters	Episode: "Sub Rosa"	[73]
	Star Trek: Enterprise	Sheriff MacReady	Episode: "North Star" Season 3	[74]
2004	ER	Rick Decoyte	Episode: "Intern's Guide to the Galaxy"	[75]
2005	Charmed	Agent Keyes	Episode: "Still Charmed and Kicking" Episode: "Something Wicca This Way Goes"	[76]
	Monk	Martin Willowby	Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever"	[77]
2007–10	Friday Night Lights	Chad Clarke	Recurring role (10 episodes)	[78]
2008	King of the Hill	Bud Ferguson	Episode: "Six Characters in Search of a House"	[79]
2009	Criminal Minds	Lt. Kevin Mitchell	Episode: "Haunted"	[80]
2010	Lie to Me	Col. Gorman	Episode: "Beat the Devil"	[81]
	Army Wives	Detective Gibson	Episode: "Murder in Charleston"	[82]
2012	Hawaii Five-0	Agent Kendricks	Episode: "Ua Hopu"
2012–2014	Dallas	Lou Rosen	recurring cast seasons 1–3
2013	Castle	Defense Secretary Michael Reed	Episode: "Dreamworld"	[83]
	Dads	Officer Silverton	Episode: "Dad Abuse"	[78]
2014	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	General Jacobs	Episode: "Ragtag" Episode: "Beginning of the End"	[84]
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Coach Bill Becker	Episode: "Gridiron Soldier"	[85]
2015–16	Bloodline	Wayne Lowry	10 episodes	[86]
2015	Scandal	Admiral Hawley	Episode: "A Few Good Women"	[87]
2015–16	Supergirl	Sam Lane	Recurring role (5 episodes)	[88]
2017	Preacher	Preacher Mike	Episode: "On the Road"	[89]
	I'm Dying Up Here	Warren Hobbs	Recurring role (4 episodes)	[90]
	Narcos	Senator Martin	Episode: "Follow The Money"	[91]
2018	Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams	Ed	Episode: "Kill All Others"	[92]
2018–2022	The Resident	Marshall Winthrop	Recurring role (24 episodes)	[93]
2019	Madam Secretary	General Arthur Hayes	Episode: "Carpe Diem"	[78]
2022	Women of the Movement	Editor	Episode: "The Last Word"	[78]
	Ozark	FBI Executive Assistant Director Graves	2 episodes	[78]
	Panhandle	Sheriff Grant	Main cast (8 episodes)	[78]
2024	Manhunt	Andrew Johnson	7 episodes	[94]

Video games

Glenn Morshower' video game credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	24: The Game	Agent Aaron Pierce	Voice and likeness
2009	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Overlord
2010	Singularity	Additional Voices
2011	Battlefield 3	Agent Gordon	Voice and likeness
2012	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	FBI Announcer (Multiplayer)
2017	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus	Rip Blazkowicz Duke Nukem (Cameo)
2020	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered	Overlord
2022	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II	General Shepherd	Voice and likeness
2023	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III