Glenn Morshower as
Aaron Pierce Glenn Morshower was born on April 24, 1959 in Dallas, Texas. Morshower was a student at Arthur Kramer Elementary School and is a graduate of Hillcrest High School in Dallas, Texas He first entered the entertainment industry when he was 17 years old, and from there, has continued to land minor and supporting roles, most of which have been service type or military characters. As of 2007, he has portrayed at least 22 police officers, 21 military personnel, 10 government agents, and a number of Secret Service agents.
Among his television credits are The Dukes of Hazzard, Matlock, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: The Next Generation, NYPD Blue,
The X-Files , Millenium, Babylon 5, Star Trek: Voyager,
King of the Hill ,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer , JAG,
Alias , Star Trek: Enterprise,
Crossing Jordan ,
Deadwood ,
ER ,
NCIS ,
The Closer and
Full House .
Morshower dropped his recurring roles on the series
The West Wing and
CSI :
Las Vegas in order to join the cast of the Fox Network's hit show, 24. Talking about his character, Agent Aaron Pierce, Morshower said, “Aaron Pierce is who I am on a good day. Aaron has a respect for the office of the president, period. He has so much respect for the office that he refuses to allow his own personal opinion to creep in and blur things. I don't think he taps into that. He just taps into, ‘What I see in front of me is a U.S. president.'”
He has also appeared in a myriad of films, including Star Trek: Generations, Air Force One, All the King's Men, Behind Enemy Lines 2: Axis of Evil, Striking Range, Hostage, The Island, Good Night, Good Luck, Disaster!, The Last Shot, The Core, The Commission, Blood Work, Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, Godzilla, Phoenix, In the Army Now, The River Wild, Under Seige, Tango & Cash, Defense Play and The Philadelphia Experiment.
Aside from working as a television and film actor, Morshower also serves as a motivational speaker. He and his wife, Carolyn, have been married since 1978. They have two children.
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