Line #33 Creator/GlennMorshower


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3	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).
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5	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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7	!Roles
8	The following is an abridged list of his film, TV series, and video game acting roles:
9	* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' as General Jacobs
10	* ''Film/AirForceOne'' as Secret Service Agent Walters
11	* ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}'' as Agent Gordon
12	* ''Film/BlackHawkDown'' as Lt. Colonel Tom Matthews
13	* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'' as General Shepherd
14	* ''Film/TheCore'' as FBI Agent
15	* ''Drive-In'' as Orville Hennigson (his debut role at 15)
16	* ''Series/FridayNightLights'' as Mr. Clark
17	* ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' as NSA Agent Kyle Terrington
18	* ''Series/Manhunt2024'' as UsefulNotes/AndrewJohnson
19	* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' as Baseplate; ''Modern Warfare 2'' as Overlord
20	* ''Film/PearlHarbor'' as Admiral William Halsey, Jr.
21	* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': Dan Jenkins, appearing in "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E12Ghosts Ghosts]]", "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E19ChildrenOfMen Children of Men]]", and "[[Recap/RevolutionS1E20TheDarkTower The Dark Tower]]"
22	* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' as Sheriff [=MacReady=]
23	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' as Ensign Burke
24	* ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' as General Lane
25	* ''Film/{{Transformers\|2007}}'' as Colonel Sharpe; ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', and ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' as General Morshower
26	* ''Film/UnderSiege'' as Ensign Taylor
27	* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'' as Rip Blazkowicz
28	* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' as Colonel Hendry
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30	!Tropes
31	* TheDanza: General Morshower in the second and third ''Film/{{Transformers\|FilmSeries}}'' films.
32	* InkSuitActor: Agent Gordon in ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'' and General Shepherd in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII''.
33	* MissionControl: Baseplate in ''Modern Warfare'' and Overlord in ''Modern Warfare 2''.
34	* 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.
35	* TypeCasting: He'll often play a government agent or military officer, usually doubling a neutral or ReasonableAuthorityFigure.

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