Phil Morris (actor)

Phil Morris (born April 4, 1959) is an American film and television actor. He played Jackie Chiles in Seinfeld, Martian Manhunter in Smallville, and Silas Stone in Doom Patrol. As a voice actor, he is known for voicing Dr. Sweet in ' and Doc Saturday in The Secret Saturdays.

Morris's first acting role was as a child when he appeared in the 1966 ' episode "". 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 ' in a small role and later guest-starred in Babylon 5, ', and '.

In the mid-1980s, Morris portrayed law student (later attorney) Tyrone Jackson in The Young and the Restless. In the 1990s, after starring in Andriana furs commercials Morris played a recurring character, the Johnnie Cochran-inspired defense attorney Jackie Chiles, in the comedy series Seinfeld. The episode "The Abstinence" depicts Chiles suing a tobacco company, which Morris said he took great pleasure in, having been made fun of his whole life due to having the same name as the tobacco brand Philip Morris. Morris also co-starred in the TV remake of ' as tech wizard Grant Collier (son of Barney Collier, who was played in the by Morris's real-life father Greg Morris). He also said in an interview that he grew up watching the original ', 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 ' as well as its 2003 sequel, '. He played one of Will Smith's college professors in the NBC show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and played Dr. Clay Spencer in Girlfriends.

As a voice actor, Morris voiced the villains Imperiex in Legion of Super Heroes, and Vandal Savage in Justice League and '. He voiced W'Kabi in the animated series Black Panther. He appeared in one episode each of the series ' and Seven Days. Morris also was the voice of Paul the Apostle in Zondervan's The Bible Experience. Morris made a cameo appearance as Miles Dyson in photographs in the television series '. He provided the voice of the character Doc Saturday in the animated show The Secret Saturdays. He also played a major supporting role in the PlayStation 2 game ', as Merc, one of the combat bots that accompany the main character Ratchet. He also worked as a voice actor in The PJs; according to Morris, he acted as a temporary replacement for co-creator and star Eddie Murphy whenever he was unavailable. He did several voices in the animated film ' as Hansen and Glenn. He played Delroy Jones in the TV One series Love That Girl!, Saint Walker in the Cartoon Network series ', and Ultra Richard in the Cartoon Hangover series SuperF*ckers.