Background

Morshower was born on April 24, 1959 in Dallas, Texas. His parents separated early on. His stepfather, Harry Sidney Morchower, was a navy commander. He was raised in the Jewish religion. Morshower changed the surname's spelling from "Morchower" for his acting career. He took up acting at the age of 12 at the Dallas Theater Center, and at the age 15 he began doing television commercials. At age 16, Morshower began his film career, with his first role in the movie Drive-In. After graduating from Hillcrest High School in 1977, Glenn moved to Hollywood. He married his high school sweetheart Carolyn in 1978, and has two children. He has appeared in small productions as well as high profile film and television programs, often playing characters who are in the military or law enforcement.

Career

Morshower has guest-starred on many TV series, including Charmed, The Dukes of Hazzard, Matlock, The West Wing, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: The Next Generation, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Millennium, Babylon 5, Star Trek: Voyager, King of the Hill, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Secret World of Alex Mack, JAG, Alias, Star Trek: Enterprise, Crossing Jordan, Deadwood, ER, NCIS, The Closer, Bones, Full House, Trauma, Criminal Minds, Dollhouse, Friday Night Lights and 24. It has been noted that Glenn's persona is that of a strong disciplined protective role, such as military, secret service or police man, which many of his roles are.

In addition to making guest appearances on three Star Trek series, he also had a small part in Star Trek Generations. Morshower has had recurring roles on The West Wing and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, voiced "Overlord" and Agent G in the video games Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield 3, respectively.

Morshower appeared on an episode of World Poker Tour on May 5, 2008. He finished 6th place. He also is appearing in a film titled Walking Distance as Mr. Anderson. The film was released in 2011; it was written and directed by Mel House.

"The Extra Mile"

"The Extra Mile" is a series of performances which are written and performed by Glenn Morshower. The program is a combination of motivation speaking, story telling, dramatic and comedic performance, acting instruction, and life coaching. Thousands, including a good number of celebrities, have attended these events across the US.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Drive-In	Orville Hennigson
1984	The Philadelphia Experiment	Mechanic
1989	Tango and Cash	Cop
1990	84C MoPic	Cracker
1990	By Dawn's Early Light	F-18 pilot
1992	Under Siege	Ensign Taylor
1993	12:01	Detective Cryers
1994	The River Wild	Policeman
1994	Star Trek Generations	Helmsman
1994	In the Army Now	Sergeant Richard Day
1997	Runaway Car	Captain Jim Louben
1997	Air Force One	Agent Walters
1998	Godzilla	State Department Official Kyle Terrington
2001	Pearl Harbor	Admiral William Halsey, Jr.
2001	Black Hawk Down	Lt. Colonel Tom Matthews
2002	Blood Work	Captain
2003	The Core	FBI agent
2004	The Last Shot	Agent McCaffrey
2005	Good Night, and Good Luck	Colonel Anderson
2005	Hostage	Lt. Leifitz
2005	The Island	Medical courier
2006	Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil	Admiral Wheeler
2007	Transformers	Colonel Sharp
2007	Delta Farce	General
2007	Chronicle of Purgatory: The Waiter	Nigel Hamilton
2008	Grizzly Park	Ranger Bob
2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	General Morshower
2009	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Major General Holtz
2010	The Crazies	Intelligence officer
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	General Morshower
2011	X-Men: First Class	Colonel Hendry

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Ensign Burke
1991	Quantum Leap	Grady	Episode: "Justice"
1993	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Administrator Orton
1995	Star Trek: Voyager	Mokra guard
1997-98	C-16: FBI	Andrew Pritchett
1998	The X-Files	Aaron Starkey	Episode: "All Souls"
1998	Millennium	Richard Gilbert	Episode: "The Time Is Now"
2000-01	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sheriff Brian Mobley
2001-02	The West Wing	Mike Chysler
2002	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Mr. Newton	Episode: "Help"
2001-09	24	Agent Aaron Pierce
2004	Star Trek: Enterprise	Sheriff MacReady
2004	Category 6: Day of Destruction	747 pilot
2005	Charmed	Agent Keyes
2007	Friday Night Lights	Mr. Clark
2009	Criminal Minds	Lt. Kevin Mitchell
2010	Lie to Me	Colonel Gorman
2010	Law & Order	Police captain
2012	Dallas	Lou
2012	NCIS: Los Angeles	Brian Adams
2013	Revolution	Dan
2014	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	General Jacobs
2014	Wild Card	Mr. Gates
2015	Bloodline	Wayne Lowry
2015	Supergirl	General Sam Lane

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	24: The Game	Agent Aaron Pierce	Voice
2007	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Baseplate	Voice
2009	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Overlord	Voice
2011	Battlefield 3	Agent Gordon	Voice & likeness
2012	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	FBI announcer	Voice

[ Source: Wikipedia ]