Phillip Morris (born April 4, 1959) is an American actor and voice
actor. He played Jackie Chiles on Seinfeld, John Jones on The CW
series Smallville and voiced Doc Saturday on The Secret Saturdays. He
currently plays Silas Stone in Doom Patrol.Morris was born in Iowa
City, Iowa, and is the son of actor Greg Morris. He is also the
younger brother of actress Iona Morris. He is a practitioner of Wing
Chun under Sifu Hawkins Cheung.[failed verification]Morris's first
acting role was as a child when he appeared in the 1966 Star Trek
episode "Miri". Star Trek was, at the time, shot at the same studio
(Desilu Productions) that produced Mission: Impossible, where his
father was working. He made his feature film debut in Star Trek III:
The Search for Spock in a small role and later guest starred on
Babylon 5, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager.In the
mid-1980s, he portrayed law student (later attorney) Tyrone Jackson on
the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. During a major
storyline, his character used heavy theatrical make-up to appear
Caucasian, in order to go undercover to expose an organized crime
organization. In the 1990s, Morris played a recurring character, the
Johnnie Cochran-inspired defense attorney Jackie Chiles, on the comedy
Seinfeld. One story line as Chiles depicts him suing a tobacco company
with great delight which rang true for the actor as his name Phillip
Morris is also that of a major U.S. based tobacco company. Morris also
co-starred in the TV remake of Mission: Impossible as tech wizard
Grant Collier (son of Barney Collier, who was played in the original
series by Morris's real-life father Greg Morris). He also said in an
interview that he grew up watching the original Mission: Impossible,
with series' lead Peter Graves, whom Morris came to consider his
acting mentor. Through his childhood, Morris knew Graves' real-life
children. The friendship continued, until Peter Graves' death on March
14, 2010, which devastated Morris. He voiced the supporting role of
Dr. Sweet in Disney's 2001 film Atlantis: The Lost Empire as well as
its 2003 sequel, Atlantis: Milo's Return. He played one of Will
Smith's college professors on the NBC show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
and played Dr. Clay Spencer on the then-UPN television show
Girlfriends.
actor. He played Jackie Chiles on Seinfeld, John Jones on The CW
series Smallville and voiced Doc Saturday on The Secret Saturdays. He
currently plays Silas Stone in Doom Patrol.Morris was born in Iowa
City, Iowa, and is the son of actor Greg Morris. He is also the
younger brother of actress Iona Morris. He is a practitioner of Wing
Chun under Sifu Hawkins Cheung.[failed verification]Morris's first
acting role was as a child when he appeared in the 1966 Star Trek
episode "Miri". Star Trek was, at the time, shot at the same studio
(Desilu Productions) that produced Mission: Impossible, where his
father was working. He made his feature film debut in Star Trek III:
The Search for Spock in a small role and later guest starred on
Babylon 5, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager.In the
mid-1980s, he portrayed law student (later attorney) Tyrone Jackson on
the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. During a major
storyline, his character used heavy theatrical make-up to appear
Caucasian, in order to go undercover to expose an organized crime
organization. In the 1990s, Morris played a recurring character, the
Johnnie Cochran-inspired defense attorney Jackie Chiles, on the comedy
Seinfeld. One story line as Chiles depicts him suing a tobacco company
with great delight which rang true for the actor as his name Phillip
Morris is also that of a major U.S. based tobacco company. Morris also
co-starred in the TV remake of Mission: Impossible as tech wizard
Grant Collier (son of Barney Collier, who was played in the original
series by Morris's real-life father Greg Morris). He also said in an
interview that he grew up watching the original Mission: Impossible,
with series' lead Peter Graves, whom Morris came to consider his
acting mentor. Through his childhood, Morris knew Graves' real-life
children. The friendship continued, until Peter Graves' death on March
14, 2010, which devastated Morris. He voiced the supporting role of
Dr. Sweet in Disney's 2001 film Atlantis: The Lost Empire as well as
its 2003 sequel, Atlantis: Milo's Return. He played one of Will
Smith's college professors on the NBC show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
and played Dr. Clay Spencer on the then-UPN television show
Girlfriends.
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