Rob Morgan (actor)

{{short description|American actor}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Rob Morgan -Close-Up (48705781497) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Morgan in 2019

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|2|24}}

| birth_place = New Bern, North Carolina, U.S.

| nationality =

| birth_name =

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2004–present

}}

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).

In 2020, Morgan was ranked #20 on the New York Times list "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century".{{cite news |last1=Dargis |first1=Manohla |last2=Scott |first2=A.O. |date=November 25, 2020 |title=The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/movies/greatest-actors-actresses.html |work=The New York Times |location=NYC |access-date=December 4, 2020}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2006

| Sorry Ain't Enough

| Cinque

|

2009

| Pro-Black Sheep

| Alex

|

2010

| Conspiracy X

| Gee Pa

|

2011

| Pariah

| "Sock"

|

rowspan="3" | 2013

| The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

| Curtis, Cuffed Man

|

Full Circle

| Lomatic

|

Waltz for Monica

| Miles Davis

| Uncredited

rowspan="3" | 2014

| Early Light

| Calvin

|

Shelter

| Franklin

|

Other Plans

| Gerry

|

rowspan="3" | 2015

| The Challenger

| Frederick

|

Anesthesia

| Parnell

|

All Hale

| Patrice Barker

|

rowspan="5" | 2017

| Mudbound

| Hap Jackson

|

Fair Market Value

| "Kwik-D"

|

Wetlands

| Sergeant Walker

|

Brawl in Cell Block 99

| Jeremy

|

Steps

| Brian Coleman

|

rowspan=2 | 2018

| Monsters and Men

| Will Morris

|

The Week Of

| Cousin Marvin

|

rowspan="3" | 2019

| The Last Black Man in San Francisco

| James Sr.

|

Bull

| Abe

|

Just Mercy

| Herbert Richardson

|

rowspan="3" | 2020

| The Photograph

| Isaac Jefferson

|

Greyhound

| Cleveland

|

Cut Throat City

| Courtney

|

rowspan="3" | 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=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | 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"

rowspan="4" | 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

rowspan="4" | 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{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/11/marvel-adds-six-more-cast-members-netflix-daredevil-series |title=Marvel's Netflix series Daredevil adds Peter Shinkoda, Dexter and SVU alums |last=Hatchett |first=Keisha |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 11, 2015 |access-date=March 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311221454/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/11/marvel-adds-six-more-cast-members-netflix-daredevil-series |archive-date=March 11, 2015 |url-status=live}}

| 7 episodes

2016–present

| Stranger Things

| Officer Powell

| 16 episodes

2016–2018

| Luke Cage

| Turk Barrett

| 3 episodes

rowspan=2 | 2017

| Godless

| John Randall

| 4 episodes

The Defenders

| rowspan=4 | Turk Barrett

| Episode: "Mean Right Hook"

2017–2019

| The Punisher

| 2 episodes

rowspan=2 | 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

rowspan=2 | 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

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Award

!Category

!Nominated work

!Result

rowspan="2" |2017

|Gotham Awards

|Best Ensemble Performance {{Small|(shared with the cast)}}

|Mudbound

|{{Won}}

rowspan="2" |Screen Actors Guild Awards

|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

|Stranger Things

|{{Won}}

rowspan="2" |2018

|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

| rowspan="2" |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}}

rowspan="2" |2021

|Black Reel Awards

|Outstanding Actor

| rowspan="2" |Bull

|{{Nominated}}

Independent Spirit Awards

|Best Male Lead

|{{Nominated}}

rowspan="2" |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}}

References

{{Reflist}}