Rob Morgan (actor)

Rob Morgan (born February 24, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Turk Barrett in all six of Marvel's Netflix television series (2015–2019), Hap Jackson in Mudbound (2017), Officer Powell in Stranger Things (2016–present), and Teddy Oglethorpe in Don't Look Up (2021).

Rob Morgan
Morgan in 2019
Born	(1973-02-24) February 24, 1973 (age 52) New Bern, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

In 2020, Morgan was ranked #20 on the New York Times list "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century".^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Sorry Ain't Enough	Cinque
2009	Pro-Black Sheep	Alex
2010	Conspiracy X	Gee Pa
2011	Pariah	"Sock"
2013	The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete	Curtis, Cuffed Man
	Full Circle	Lomatic
	Waltz for Monica	Miles Davis	Uncredited
2014	Early Light	Calvin
	Shelter	Franklin
	Other Plans	Gerry
2015	The Challenger	Frederick
	Anesthesia	Parnell
	All Hale	Patrice Barker
2017	Mudbound	Hap Jackson
	Fair Market Value	"Kwik-D"
	Wetlands	Sergeant Walker
	Brawl in Cell Block 99	Jeremy
	Steps	Brian Coleman
2018	Monsters and Men	Will Morris
	The Week Of	Cousin Marvin
2019	The Last Black Man in San Francisco	James Sr.
	Bull	Abe
	Just Mercy	Herbert Richardson
2020	The Photograph	Isaac Jefferson
	Greyhound	Cleveland
	Cut Throat City	Courtney
2021	The United States vs. Billie Holiday	Louis McKay
	The Unforgivable	Vincent Cross
	Don't Look Up	Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe
2022	Smile	Robert Talley
2025	The Rivals of Amziah King		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	30 Rock	Cab Driver	Episode: "Audition Day"
2011	Blue Bloods	Guy In The Crowd	Episode: "Black and Blue"
2012	Evil, I	Voice of the Killer	Episode: "The Sunday Morning Slasher"
2013	A Crime to Remember	Nathan Delaney	Episode: "The Career Girl Murders"
	For Colored Boys, Redemption	Benjamin Boyd Sr.
	Zero Hour	Guest #1	Episode: "Weight"
	The Married Bachelor	Dana Wallace	Pilot
2014	In Dice We Trust	Detective Riley
	Believe	Parker	4 episodes
	The Knick	Diggs Man	2 episodes
	Person of Interest	Howard	Episode: "Point of Origin"
2015	Unforgettable	Chief Tullen	Episode: "Gut Check"
2015–2016	Daredevil	Turk Barrett[2]	7 episodes
2016–present	Stranger Things	Officer Powell	16 episodes
2016–2018	Luke Cage	Turk Barrett	3 episodes
2017	Godless	John Randall	4 episodes
	The Defenders	Turk Barrett	Episode: "Mean Right Hook"
2017–2019	The Punisher		2 episodes
2018	Jessica Jones		Episode: "AKA Pray for My Patsy"
	Iron Fist		Episode: "War Without End"
2018–2019	This Is Us	Councilman Sol Brown	5 episodes
2018–2020	High Maintenance	Damien	2 episodes
2019	It's Bruno!	Harvey	Main cast
	Bull	Gerald Washington	Episode: "Her Own Two Feet"
2022	Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty	Earvin Johnson Sr.	Main cast
2023	Lawmen: Bass Reeves	Ramsey	5 episodes
2024	Teacup	McNab	Main cast

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2017	Gotham Awards	Best Ensemble Performance (shared with the cast)	Mudbound	Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Stranger Things	Won
2018		Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Mudbound	Nominated
	Independent Spirit Awards	Robert Altman Award		Won
2019	Black Reel TV Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series	This Is Us	Won
2020	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture	Just Mercy	Nominated
2021	Black Reel Awards	Outstanding Actor	Bull	Nominated
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Male Lead		Nominated
2022	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Don't Look Up	Nominated
	Black Reel TV Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series	Stranger Things	Nominated