| James Morrison | |
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| Born | James Paige Morrison April 21, 1954 Bountiful, Utah, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Riad Galayini (1995–present) |
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James Paige Morrison is an American actor. He was born on April 21, 1954 in Bountiful, Utah, the son of an office manager,[1] 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 also a published poet and a yoga teacher.
On television, Morrison has guest starred in series such as Frasier, 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. Another project in which he worked alongside James Wong was in the movie The One where Morrison played the role of hero Jet Li's best friend.
His most recent role is that of 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).
He and his wife currently live in Los Angeles with their son, Seamus, who was born in 1999.
Filmography
- Space: Above and Beyond (1995) as Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius "T.C." McQueen
- Millennium (1996) as Jim Horn (1 episode - "Dead Letters")
- Freedom (2000) as Colonel Tim Devon
- The One (2001) as Officer Bobby Aldrich
- Catch Me If You Can (2002) as Uncredited, Pilot for Pan Am
- CSI: Miami (2003) as Charles (1 episode - "Grand Prix")
- NCIS (2004) as CIA Assistant Director Jonathan Overmeier (1 episode - "Eye Spy")
- 24 (2005 - 2009) as Bill Buchanan (64 episodes)
- Numb3rs (2007) as Commander Chris Frederickson (1 episode - "In Security")
- Private Practice (2009) as William White (3 episodes - "What You Do for Love", "Yours, Mine & Ours", "Slip Slidin’ Away")
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