--- name: "Morgan Spector" canonical: "https://film.one/person/morgan-spector" roles: ["Actor"] born: "4 October 1980" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 62 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-17T13:13:37.590124+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Morgan Spector Actor. Born 4 October 1980 in Santa Rosa, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 4 October 1980, Santa Rosa, California, USA - **Active:** 2010–present - **Also known as:** Morgan Michael Spector, مورگان اسپکتور - **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 57 (3), 2020s 70 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 54 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1 - **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $320m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Spector, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21713391, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1767528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/937913 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*The Plot Against America*](https://film.one/tv/the-plot-against-america.md) (76) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Christine*](https://film.one/film/christine.md) (68) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Morgan Spector > Morgan Spector plays men who are sure of themselves and have never had cause to check, and he is at his best when they turn out to be wrong. *The Plot Against America* showed it; we would like to see him asked for something else. Herman Levin reads the newspaper aloud at the table and argues with it. That is the first thing to know about the character in *The Plot Against America* (2020), and it is the first thing to know about Morgan Spector, because he has a way of making a man's opinions look like something he has owned for years. He has a big, level voice, a heavy face he keeps still, and he does not play doubt at the start of anything. Whatever his people believe, they believe it before the scene begins. That habit took a while to find a lead. He came to the screen from the stage, and for most of a decade television used him in the parts that stage voices get: Frank Capone in *Boardwalk Empire* (2013), Dante Allen in *Homeland* (2018), criminals and officials, men standing near power and looking as though they belong there. He is in *Christine* (2016) as Dr Parsons, and we did not remark on him at the time; the film is Rebecca Hall's, and the supporting parts exist to hand her reasons. Then Simon and Burns gave him Herman in their adaptation of Roth, and he has since become George Russell, the railroad magnate of Julian Fellowes's *The Gilded Age* (2022–). Herman is the performance to start with, because it shows what the stillness is for. Spector plays an insurance man whose confidence in his country is total and has never been examined, and the work is in how that confidence comes apart in stages: a shout at the wrong moment, a silence at dinner. We found the silence harder to watch than the shout, because shouting is something Herman knows how to do and the silence is not, and Spector lets you see him not knowing. Zoe Kazan's Bess sees the trouble first and cannot make him listen, and their kitchen scenes, several of them about nothing more than whether to look at a house in another neighbourhood, are the best marriage we had seen on screen in a good while. It is a lead built out of listening badly, and it is the most exact thing he has done. *The Gilded Age* we have not reviewed, so we will not judge it here, but the casting is worth a word. Spector has said of the part, "This is an Ellis Island face. There's nothing aristocratic about me." He is right, and it is why it works on paper: the men he plays best are the ones whose certainty looks slightly borrowed, and a self-made magnate among old money has the same thing to prove that Herman had. The risk is plain. Television found his type late and has used it steadily since, and a man who plays authority well can spend a career being handed authority. What we would like to see is the other thing: a part that starts unsure, with no paper to argue with. Until then, watch him fail to listen to Zoe Kazan across a kitchen table. ## Biography Morgan Spector is an American actor. Born on 4 October 1980 in Santa Rosa, California, he graduated from Reed College and trained at the American Conservatory Theater. He began his career in regional and Broadway theatre, including productions of *A View from the Bridge* and *Machinal*. Spector gained wider recognition for television roles such as Dante Allen in *Homeland* (2018) and Herman Levin in *The Plot Against America* (2020). Film credits include Dr. Parsons in *Christine* (2016), Sadie's Husband in *A Vigilante* (2019) and James McLaughlin in *Boston Strangler* (2023). He stars as George Russell in the series *The Gilded Age* (2022–present). He is married to actress Rebecca Hall, with whom he has one child. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Black Rabbit* (2025), Fi1m 63, as Campbell — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md) - *The Plot Against America* (2020), Fi1m 76, as Herman Levin — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-plot-against-america.md) - *Christine* (2016), Fi1m 68, as Dr. Parsons — [page](https://film.one/film/christine.md) - *Person of Interest* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Peter Yogorov — [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md) - *The Last Airbender* (2010), Fi1m 24, as Lead Fire Nation Soldier — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-airbender.md) ## Complete filmography (37) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Moonfish* (2026), as (voice), Executive Producer - *Caity* (2026), as Paul - *Black Rabbit* (2025), series, as Campbell — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-rabbit.md) - *Finding Amelia* (2024), as Narrator (voice) - *I Don't Understand You* (2024), as Massimo - *Boston Strangler* (2023), as James McLaughlin - *Nanny* (2022), as Adam - *The Gilded Age* (2022), series, as George Russell - *With/In Volume 1* (2021), (segment "Mother"), Director - *Harvey* (2021), as Lyman Sanderson, M.D. - *The Big Scary “S” Word* (2020), Producer - *Solar Opposites* (2020), series, as Buttercup (voice) - *The Plot Against America* (2020), series, as Herman Levin — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-plot-against-america.md) - *Pearson* (2019), series, as Bobby Novak - *A Vigilante* (2019), as Sadie's Husband - *Permission* (2018), as Reece - *The Helmet Catch* (2018), Acting - *The Mist* (2017), series, as Kevin Copeland - *Chuck* (2017), as Sylvester Stallone - *Great Choice* (2017), as Charming Waiter - *Christine* (2016), as Dr. Parsons — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/christine.md) - *HILLEMAN – A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children* (2016), as Narrator - *Split* (2016), as Derek - *Allegiance* (2015), series, as Victor Dobrynin - *The Drop* (2014), as Andre - *Burning Blue* (2014), as William Stephensen - *Grand Street* (2014), as Nino - *All Is Bright* (2013), as Vladimir - *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, as Patrick — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md) - *Musical Chairs* (2012), as Kenny - *Homeland* (2011), series, as Dante Allen - *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Peter Yogorov — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md) - *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Dean Gray - *Suits* (2011), series, as Mayor Bobby Novak - *The Last Airbender* (2010), as Lead Fire Nation Soldier — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-airbender.md) - *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Poker Player, Tech - *Untitled The Secret of Secrets Series*, series, as Robert Langdon ## Gallery - ![Morgan Spector](https://film.one/media/person/376740/gallery-f40b8593b0f7.jpg) Morgan Spector — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_04486.jpg/1280px-2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_04486.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Morgan Spector (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/376740/gallery-d2aed2714013.jpg) Morgan Spector (2024) — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_04486_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-2024-03-08_SXSW-2024_Variety-comedy-awards_04486_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Andrew Bolton OBE Honours Evening with Dame Anna Wintour in the United States on 30 October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/376740/gallery-860b29624a5e.jpg) Andrew Bolton OBE Honours Evening with Dame Anna Wintour in the United States on 30 October 2024 — UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Andrew_Bolton_OBE_Honours_Evening_with_Dame_Anna_Wintour_in_the_United_States_on_30_October_2024_-_43.jpg/1280px-Andrew_Bolton_OBE_Honours_Evening_with_Dame_Anna_Wintour_in_the_United_States_on_30_October_2024_-_43.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Andrew Bolton OBE Honours Evening with Dame Anna Wintour in the United States on 30 October 2024](https://film.one/media/person/376740/gallery-4d387dcb4207.jpg) Andrew Bolton OBE Honours Evening with Dame Anna Wintour in the United States on 30 October 2024 — UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Andrew_Bolton_OBE_Honours_Evening_with_Dame_Anna_Wintour_in_the_United_States_on_30_October_2024_-_71.jpg/1280px-Andrew_Bolton_OBE_Honours_Evening_with_Dame_Anna_Wintour_in_the_United_States_on_30_October_2024_-_71.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Morgan Spector](https://film.one/media/person/376740/gallery-974f5e431f51.jpg) Morgan Spector — Image via TMDB - ![Morgan Spector](https://film.one/media/person/376740/gallery-093229c83c24.jpg) Morgan Spector — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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