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Born April 24th, 1959 in Dallas, Texas, [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607703/ Glenn Grove Morshower]] is an American actor, who is best known for his role as Secret Service Agent Aaron Pierce on ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]''. Morshower began acting in theater at the age of 12 and then moved to TV commercials and a feature film before moving to Hollywood at 17. Over his career, Morshower has made guest appearances in numerous TV shows, from classics such as ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' and ''Series/{{Matlock}}'' to more recent fare like ''Series/{{JAG}}'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', ''Series/{{Bones}}'' and ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}''. His film career has him regularly in the roles of government agents and military personnel (see TypeCasting below).

Morshower is also best known to gamers as Baseplate and Overlord in ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 1 & 2'' respectively, as well as Agent Gordon in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}'' and Rip Blazkowicz in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus''.
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!Roles
The following is an abridged list of his film, TV series, and video game acting roles:
* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' as General Jacobs
* ''Film/AirForceOne'' as Secret Service Agent Walters
* ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}'' as Agent Gordon
* ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' as Lt. Colonel Tom Matthews
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'' as General Shepherd
* ''Film/TheCore'' as FBI Agent
* ''Drive-In'' as Orville Hennigson (his debut role at 15)
* ''Series/FridayNightLights'' as Mr. Clark
* ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' as NSA Agent Kyle Terrington
* ''Series/Manhunt2024'' as UsefulNotes/AndrewJohnson
* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' as Baseplate; ''Modern Warfare 2'' as Overlord
* ''Film/PearlHarbor'' as Admiral William Halsey, Jr.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': Dan Jenkins, appearing in "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E12Ghosts Ghosts]]", "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E19ChildrenOfMen Children of Men]]", and "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E20TheDarkTower The Dark Tower]]"
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' as Sheriff [=MacReady=]
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' as Ensign Burke
* ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' as General Lane
* ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' as Colonel Sharpe; ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', and ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' as General Morshower
* ''Film/UnderSiege'' as Ensign Taylor
* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'' as Rip Blazkowicz
* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' as Colonel Hendry
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!Tropes
* TheDanza: General Morshower in the second and third ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' films.
* InkSuitActor: Agent Gordon in ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'' and General Shepherd in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII''.
* MissionControl: Baseplate in ''Modern Warfare'' and Overlord in ''Modern Warfare 2''.
* PlayingAgainstType: In ''Wolfenstein II'', he plays an abusive father and Nazi collaborator who disapproved of his son joining the army. ''Supergirl'' has him as General Samuel Lane, another military role, but a literal xenophobe bordering on GeneralRipper instead of his usual ReasonableAuthorityFigure. Also, there is his early role in ''Film/UnderSiege'' as Ensign Taylor, another military role, but as TheNeidermeyer with an IrrationalHatred of TheHero played by Creator/StevenSeagal.
* TypeCasting: He'll often play a government agent or military officer, usually doubling a neutral or ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
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