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Morgan Spector

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Morgan Spector

Morgan Spector (born 4 October 1980) is an American actor. He first gained recognition for his appearances in the television series Homeland (2018) and The Plot Against America (2020) as well as the films Christine (2016), A Vigilante (2018), and Boston Strangler (2023). He has since starred in the HBO historical drama The Gilded Age (2022–present).

Infobox

Born
(1980-10-04) October 4, 1980 (age 45)Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
Education
Reed College (BA)American Conservatory Theater (MFA)
Occupation
Actor
Years active
2004–present
Spouse
mw- Rebecca Hall (m. 2015)
Children
1

Tables

· Filmography › Film
2004
Raspberry Heaven
Role(s)
Kurt Callaway
2010
Role(s)
Lead Fire Nation Soldier
2011
Role(s)
Kenny
2013
Role(s)
Vladimir
Role(s)
William Stephensen
2014
Grand Street
Role(s)
Nino
Role(s)
Andre
2016
Role(s)
Dr. Parsons
Role(s)
Sylvester Stallone
2017
Great Choice
Role(s)
Waiter
Split
Role(s)
Derek
Man with Van
Role(s)
Kier
Role(s)
Reece
2018
Role(s)
Sadie's Husband
2021
Notes
Segment: "Mother!!"; also director
2022
Role(s)
Adam
2023
Role(s)
James McLaughlin
2024
Role(s)
Massimo
Year
Title
Role
Notes
Ref.
2004
Raspberry Heaven
Kurt Callaway
2010
The Last Airbender
Lead Fire Nation Soldier
2011
Musical Chairs
Kenny
2013
All Is Bright
Vladimir
Burning Blue
William Stephensen
2014
Grand Street
Nino
The Drop
Andre
2016
Christine
Dr. Parsons
Chuck
Sylvester Stallone
2017
Great Choice
Waiter
Split
Derek
Man with Van
Kier
Permission
Reece
2018
A Vigilante
Sadie's Husband
2021
With/In: Volume 1
Segment: "Mother!!"; also director
2022
Nanny
Adam
2023
Boston Strangler
James McLaughlin
2024
I Don't Understand You
Massimo
· Filmography › Television
2010
Role(s)
Scott
Notes
2 episodes
2011–2013
Role(s)
Person of Interest
Notes
Peter Yogorov
2013
Role(s)
Roman Spektor
Notes
Episode: "Morning, Sunshine"
Role(s)
Patrick
Notes
Episode: "Lesbian Request Denied"
Role(s)
Frank Capone
Notes
4 episodes
Role(s)
Golem
Notes
3 episodes
2014
Role(s)
Dean
Notes
Episode: "Cashing Out"
2015
Role(s)
Victor Dobrynin
Notes
13 episodes
2015–16
Role(s)
Friday Night Tykes
Notes
Narrator
2016
Role(s)
Narrator
Notes
12 episodes
2017
Role(s)
Kevin Copeland
Notes
10 episodes
2018
Role(s)
Dante Allen
Notes
Main role (season 7)
Role(s)
Mayor Bobby Novak
Notes
Episode: "Good-Bye"
2019
Role(s)
Mayor Bobby Novak
Notes
Main role
2020
Role(s)
Herman Levin
2022–present
Role(s)
The Gilded Age
Notes
George Russell
2024
Role(s)
Buttercup
2025
Role(s)
Campbell
Notes
Recurring role
Year
Title
Role
Notes
Ref.
2009–2010
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Player /Tech
2 episodes
2010
How to Make It in America
Scott
2 episodes
2011–2013
Person of Interest
Peter Yogorov
5 episodes
2013
Do No Harm
Roman Spektor
Episode: "Morning, Sunshine"
Orange Is the New Black
Patrick
Episode: "Lesbian Request Denied"
Boardwalk Empire
Frank Capone
4 episodes
Zero Hour
Golem
3 episodes
2014
Unforgettable
Dean
Episode: "Cashing Out"
2015
Allegiance
Victor Dobrynin
13 episodes
2015–16
Friday Night Tykes
Narrator
20 episodes
2016
Friday Night Tykes: Steel Country
Narrator
12 episodes
2017
The Mist
Kevin Copeland
10 episodes
2018
Homeland
Dante Allen
Main role (season 7)
Suits
Mayor Bobby Novak
Episode: "Good-Bye"
2019
Pearson
Mayor Bobby Novak
Main role
2020
The Plot Against America
Herman Levin
2022–present
The Gilded Age
George Russell
2024
Solar Opposites
Buttercup
2025
Black Rabbit
Campbell
Recurring role
· Filmography › Theatre
2010
Role(s)
Rodolpho
Notes
Cort Theatre, Broadway
2012
Russian Transport
Role(s)
Boris
Notes
Acorn Theatre, Off-Broadway
Role(s)
Lyman Sanderson M.D.
Notes
Studio 54, Broadway
2014
Role(s)
A Lover
Notes
American Airlines Theatre, Broadway
2016
Ironbound
Role(s)
Performer
Notes
Rattlestick Theater, Off-Broadway
Incognito
Role(s)
Performer
Notes
New York City Center, Off-Broadway
2017
Animal
Role(s)
Tom
Notes
Atlantic Stage 2, Off-Broadway
Fallen Angels
Role(s)
Maurice Duclos
Notes
American Airlines Theatre, Broadway
Year
Title
Role
Venue
Ref.
2010
A View from the Bridge
Rodolpho
Cort Theatre, Broadway
2012
Russian Transport
Boris
Acorn Theatre, Off-Broadway
Harvey
Lyman Sanderson M.D.
Studio 54, Broadway
2014
Machinal
A Lover
American Airlines Theatre, Broadway
2016
Ironbound
Performer
Rattlestick Theater, Off-Broadway
Incognito
Performer
New York City Center, Off-Broadway
2017
Animal
Tom
Atlantic Stage 2, Off-Broadway
2017
Fallen Angels
Maurice Duclos
American Airlines Theatre, Broadway
· Awards and nominations
2012
2012
Year
2012
Association
Drama Desk Award
Category
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Project
Russian Transport
Result
Nominated
2021
2021
Year
2021
Association
Critics' Choice Television Awards
Category
Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
Project
The Plot Against America
Result
Nominated
2023
2023
Year
2023
Association
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Category
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series
Project
The Gilded Age
Result
Nominated
Year
Association
Category
Project
Result
Ref.
2012
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Russian Transport
Nominated
2021
Critics' Choice Television Awards
Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
The Plot Against America
Nominated
2023
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Gilded Age
Nominated

References

  1. Matthew Blank. PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Machinal Star Morgan Spector Playbill. January 21, 2014
    http://www.playbill.com/article/playbillcoms-cue-a-machinal-star-morgan-spector-com-214003
  2. Adrianna Chaviva Freedman. Get Ready For A Very Jewish Philip Roth TV Show, The Forward. April 16, 2019
    https://forward.com/schmooze/422576/get-ready-for-a-very-jewish-philip-roth-tv-show/
  3. Gerri Miller. The Jewish Stars of Summer TV, Jewish Journal. May 28, 2019
    https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/299194/the-jewish-stars-of-summer-tv/
  4. Gerri Miller. 'The Plot Against America' Explains How Genocide 'Can Happen Here' Says Producer, Jewish Journal. March 11
    https://jewishjournal.com/arts/television/311967/history-in-the-plot-against-america/
  5. Jessica Zack. Morgan Spector's political perspective aptly cast in 'The Plot Against America'. Datebook, San Francisco C
    https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/morgan-spectors-political-perspective-aptly-cast-in-the-plot-against-america
  6. Hey Alma
    https://www.heyalma.com/i-said-i-wanted-to-eat-babka-off-morgan-spectors-abs-he-responded/
  7. Alexis Soloski. 012). Angel or Devil, an Actor Finds Peace With It All The New York Times. February 9, 2012
    https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/theater/morgan-spector-of-russian-transport-visits-sheepshead-bay.html
  8. Alexis Soloski. Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector: Together, Onstage and Off, The New York Times. May 25, 2017
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/theater/rebecca-hall-and-morgan-spector-together-onstage-and-off.html
  9. Owen Gleiberman. SXSW Film Review: 'A Vigilante' Variety. March 17, 2018
    https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/a-vigilante-review-olivia-wilde-sxsw-1202729243/
  10. LaToya Ferguson. Pearson: Come for Gina Torres, Then Decide Whether to Stay Paste. July 17, 2019
    https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/07/pearson-tv-show-review.html
  11. The Plot Against America Trailer Warns That the Fascism Call Is Coming From Inside the House Vulture. January 30, 2020
    https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/the-plot-against-america-hbo-trailer-2020-watch.html
  12. Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva. 'The Gilded Age': Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Amanda Peet & Morgan Spector To Sta
    https://deadline.com/2019/09/the-gilded-age-christine-baranski-cynthia-nixon-amanda-peet-morgan-spector-star-hbo-period-drama-1202745528/
  13. Dave Itzkoff. HBO's 'The Gilded Age' finally arrives as the 'next Downton Abbey'. Preview, Houston Chronicle. January 21
    https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/movies-tv/hbo-s-the-gilded-age-finally-arrives-as-16792346
  14. Jen Juneau Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector Expecting First Child - See the Hilarious Double Announcement. People. Januar
    https://people.com/parents/rebecca-hall-pregnant-morgan-spector-expecting-first-child/
  15. Vulture
    https://www.vulture.com/article/the-gilded-age-cynthia-nixon-ada-temperance-politics-season-3.html
  16. "The Big Scary "S" Word | International Documentary Association"
    https://www.documentary.org/project/big-scary-s-word
  17. "Renowned Artists Lend a Voice to South Africa's ICJ Submission Against Israel"
    https://www.palestinechronicle.com/renowned-artists-lend-a-voice-to-south-africas-icj-submission-against-israel/
  18. https://deadline.com/2025/09/film-workers-for-palestine-ava-duvernay-olivia-colman-1236511823/
    https://deadline.com/2025/09/film-workers-for-palestine-ava-duvernay-olivia-colman-1236511823/
  19. "Morgan Spector"
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1767528/
  20. Deadline
    https://deadline.com/2021/06/morgan-spector-phylicia-rashad-nanny-1234783400/
  21. Deadline
    https://deadline.com/2022/02/gilded-ages-morgan-spector-20th-centurys-boston-strangler-1234935059/
  22. FOX 5 Atlanta
    https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/stars-get-muddy-bloody-new-film-i-dont-understand-you
  23. playbill.com
    https://playbill.com/person/morgan-spector-vault-0000094625
  24. imdb.com
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1767528/awards/?ref_=nm_awd
  25. playbill.com
    https://playbill.com/person/morgan-spector-vault-0000094625
  26. "Morgan Spector Awards"
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1767528/awards/?ref_=nm_awdr
  27. Deadline Hollywood
    https://deadline.com/2021/03/critics-choice-awards-2021-complete-winners-list-1234708683/
  28. "Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®"
    https://www.sagawards.org/media/news/releases/nominations-announced-30th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awardsr
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