Person profile
Joe Morton
75%WokeWoke score · lower is better75% personal • 74% work
- Published titles
- 1
- Crew roles
- 1
- Cast roles
- 1
- Profile updated
- July 3, 2026
- TMDB person ID
- 3977
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Summary
Joe Morton is a prominent activist and advocate for representation, black identity, and criminal justice reform. He co-hosted and executive produced *Inside the Black Box*, a series focusing on the role of race in entertainment, and starred in HBO's adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates' *Between the World and Me*. As an Innocence Ambassador, he actively campaigns against systemic racial injustices.
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