James Morrison

James Paige Morrison (born April 21, 1954) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of CTU Director Bill Buchanan on 24.

Life and career Morrison was born in Bountiful, Utah, the son of an office manager, 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 a published poet, yoga teacher, and a singer-songwriter. He has composed two albums to date, which can be heard and purchased on his official website.

On television, Morrison has guest-starred in series such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Frasier, Quantum Leap, The X-Files, 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. He also worked with Wong in the movie The One as hero Jet Li's best friend.

He portrayed CTU Director Bill Buchanan on 24. He began as a guest star midway through the fourth season (2005), and was a main cast member in the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons (2006, 2007, 2009).

His plays have been developed by the Sundance Institute (Idle Wheels) and the Ojai Playwrights Conference (his one-man play, Leave Your Fears Here).

Morrison and his wife, Riad Galayini, co-directed and produced the feature documentary Showing Up. The documentary examines the audition process, with working actors reflecting on the process and how it affects them, including: Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe Kazan, Nathan Lane, Chris Messina, Sam Rockwell, Bill Irwin and Eli Wallach.

Filmography Actor Year Title Format Role 1984 Automan TV Gary Baxley 1984 Fatal Vision TV movie Green Beret 1986 North and South, Book II Miniseries Bradley 1987 Werewolf TV 1987 Unfinished Business Film Jonathan 1989 Monsters TV Steven Rose, PhD 1989 Houston Knights TV Steven Kayden 1990 Good Cops, Bad Cops TV movie Lt. Brill 1990 An Enemy of the People TV movie Captain Horster 1990 Last Flight Out TV movie Elliot 1990 Capital News TV 1991 Quantum Leap TV Joe Deever 1991 Doogie Howser, M.D. TV Mr. Stevens, father of Will 1992 L.A. Law TV Walter Phelps 1993 Falling Down Film Construction Sign Man by Bus Stop 1993 Bob TV 1994 Desert Cross Short Film Jeremy 1994 Frasier TV Brian 1994 Without Warning TV movie Paul Whitaker 1994 Walker, Texas Ranger TV Ned Travis 1994 Where Are My Children? TV movie Handsome Man 1995 White Dwarf TV movie Peter 1995 The Marshal TV A.D.A. Chet Fields 1995–1996 Space: Above and Beyond TV Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' McQueen/Col. Tyrus Cassius 'T.C.' McQueen 1996 Millennium TV Jim Horn 1997 Brooklyn South TV Paul Ingelmann 1998 Seven Days TV Agent Carter 1998 Profiler TV Will Cook 1998 Shadow of Doubt Film Paul Saxon 1998 Diagnosis: Murder TV Lloyd Nichols 1998 Prey TV Lewis 1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction TV William Corzine 1999 The Wonder Cabinet TV movie Dr. Gordon Wayne 1999 Nash Bridges TV Pete Callan 1999 Abilene Film Bernie 2000 The Others TV Simeon Nye/Troy Manheim 2000 The X-Files TV Dr. Robert Wieder (Episode: "Theef") 2000–2001 Freedom TV Colonel Tim Devon 2001 The One Film LAPD Officer Bobby Aldrich/'A' World Inmate No. 1 2002 Catch Me If You Can Film Pilot 2002 JAG TV Maj. Gen. Lucas West 2002 Six Feet Under TV Swinger Husband 2002 The Division TV Robert 2003 CSI: Miami TV Charles Jeunet 2003 10-8: Officers On Duty TV Mark Lowry 2003 The West Wing TV Colonel Jesse Weiskopf 2004 Cold Case TV Carson Finch 2004 Wilderness Survival For Girls Film Ed 2004 NCIS TV CIA Director Roper 2005 Jarhead Film Mr. Swofford 2005 American Gun Film St Anthony's Principal 2005 Point Pleasant TV Kingston Nickson 2005–2009 24 TV Bill Buchanan 2006 The Key Short Film Raymond 2006 Crossing Short Film Dad 2007 Leo Short Film Acting Teacher 2007 Numb3rs TV Cmdr. Chris Frederickson 2008 Reflections Film Dr. Paul Wolley 2009 Eli Stone TV Dan Buckley 2009–2010 Private Practice TV William White 2009–2011 HawthoRNe TV John Morrissey 2010 Law & Order: LA TV Gray Campbell 2010 The Mentalist TV Warner Vander Hoek 2010 Raspberry Magic Film Henry Hooper 2010 The Deep End TV Jonathan Mather 2011 Suits TV Jerome Jensen 2011 Finding Hope Film U.S. Attorney Peter Gwynn 2011 Charlie's Angels TV Jon Cartwright 2011 Seeds of Destruction TV movie Frame Marcos 2012 I Am I Film Keith 2012 Blue Web Series Olsen 2012 Revenge TV Gordon Murphy 2012 The Exes TV Jonathan Hubner/Mr. Hubner 2013 The Slippery Slope Short Film Mr. Penzance 2014 The Jazz Funeral Film Nick 2014 The Switch Film Boss 2 2014 Swiped Short Film Hamilton/Hank 2014 Those Who Kill TV Commander Frank Bisgaard 2015 Brooklyn Nine-Nine TV Dan Yaeger 2016 Castle TV Deputy Commissioner Malone 2017 Call of the Void Film Peter 2017 Pray for Rain Film Patrick Waring 2017 The Meanest Man in Texas Film Sheriff Kilborn 2017 NCIS TV CIA Senator Phillips 2017 Twin Peaks TV Warden Dwight Murphy 2017 The Orville TV Kemka, If the Stars Should Appear 2019 The Twilight Zone TV Bob Jeff (voice; in "The Blue Scorpion") 2020 Intersect Film Bill Marshall 2020-2021 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV Jim Rollins

Producer Year Title Format 1997 Nude Descending Short Film 2006 Crossing Short Film 2014 Showing Up Documentary Feature Film

Director Year Title Format 1996 Parking Short Film 2014 Showing Up Documentary Feature Film

Writer Year Title Format 1996 Parking Short Film 1997 Nude Descending Short Film

Awards and nominations

+ Awards and nominations Year Event Film/Series Award Result 1996 Slamdance Film Festival Parking Best Short Winner 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards 24 Outstanding Drama Series Winner 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards 24 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominee 2009 Maverick Movie Awards Reflections Best Supporting Actor Nominee