Neal Morse
Acting
Born 1960-08-02
Van Nuys, California, USA
110 credits
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As a young musician, Neal’s dream was like many others – to find success in the pop music world. But after years of struggling in the Los Angeles singer-songwriter scene, he realized that this dream would not materialize. Rejecting conventional wisdom, Morse took a courageous step: He about-faced and devoted himself to progressive rock, the music truly in his heart. The obscure and fiercely competitive genre held little chance of commercial success.
Undaunted, he formed the quirkily-named Spock’s Beard with his brother, Alan. They recorded The Light with what money they could scrape together. Against all odds, it was a breakout success, sending shockwaves through the small genre’s community.
Over the next 10 years, Spock’s Beard released 10 critically acclaimed CDs and 2 DVDs, ascending to the top of the prog world. Neal also released 6 CDs and 3 DVDs with Transatlantic, the heralded prog supergroup comprised of the genre’s best musicians.
The proverbial wayward son, Neal had finally found the success he sought. On the outside he seemed to have it all. On the inside, however, something was missing.
Morse came to realize that for him, embracing the Christian faith was the fulfillment of his spiritual quest. His walk was at once gradual and sudden – and as with so many, completely unexpected. As he continued, his path increasingly revealed more of what his heart had sought all along. Yet he also began to find his career growing at odds with his faith. The rising spiritual tension and increasing commercial success finally came to a head with the release of Snow (2002), the group’s magnum opus... and swan song with Morse. The extraordinary 2-CD rock opera, composed by Morse, was widely acclaimed as the group’s finest. But it was the end of the era. Neal felt God calling him out of his former musical life and into the unknown. He made the agonizing decision to leave both Spock’s Beard and Transatlantic. Despite having finally achieved the success he had long sought, Morse had to begin all over again; musically, emotionally and spiritually.
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Filmography
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Acting
56 credits
Yellow Matter Custard: One Night in New York City
Yellow Matter Custard: One More Night in New York City
Spock's Beard: Live At The Whisky
Transatlantic: KaLIVEoscope
Neal Morse: Question Mark and Sola Scriptura Live
Morsefest 2019
Modern Drummer Festival Weekend 2003
Flying Colors : Second Flight - Live at The Z7
Flying Colors : Third Stage - Live in London
Flying Colors: Live in Europe
The Neal Morse Band/The Flower Kings: 19 Days in Europe
Flying Colors: Second Nature Video Anthology
Morsefest 2023: Testimony feat. NMB
Spock's Beard: Live in Bochum 1998
Spock's Beard: Acoustic SNOW
Spock's Beard Live At Sea
Neal Morse - Cruise to the Edge: Awakening - The Movie
Neal Morse: ? and Beyond Tour
Spock's Beard: Don't Try This at Home
Spock’s Beard – Morsefest 2016 Inner Cicle Jam
Morsefest 2014: One
Neal Morse: A Day in the Life
Neal Morse: Lifeline Tour
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – De Boerderij, Holland 2023
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest USA 2024 – Inner Circle Show
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
Transatlantic: The Final Flight: Live At L'Olympia
The Neal Morse Band – Live In Limbourg
Transatlantic: The Making of Kaleidoscope
Neal Morse: From the Video Vault
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – Brentwood, 2024
Transatlantic: More Never Is Enough
Spock's Beard: Progfest '97 Raw & Uncut
Neal Morse: Morsefest - Testimony & One feat. Mike Portnoy Live
Transatlantic: Morsefest 2022 - The Absolute Whirlwind
The Neal Morse Band: The Great Adventure Commentary
Spock's Beard: Snow Live
Neal Morse and Friends: Live and Acoustic at Morsefest 2015
Neal Morse: Sola Scriptura and Beyond
Neal Morse: Jesus Christ the Exorcist - Live at Morsefest 2018
Spock's Beard: The Making of Snow
Transatlantic: The Official Bootleg DVD
Morsefest USA 2023: Inner Circle Concert
The Neal Morse Band: The Adventure Begins (The Making Of The Great Adventure)
The Neal Morse Band: Cruise to the Edge
Transatlantic: The Making of the Whirlwind
Spock's Beard - Don't Try This Anywhere!
The Neal Morse Band: The Making of Innocence & Danger
Neal Morse: Live Momentum
The Neal Morse Band : The Similitude of A Dream - Live in Tilburg 2017
The Neal Morse Band: Alive Again
Neal Morse: The Making of Sola Gratia
Transatlantic - Live in Europe
Spock's Beard: The Early Years Part One
Neal Morse and Friends: Voices of the Beard Storytellers
Neal Morse: Testimony Two - Live in Los Angeles
Other credits
4 credits
Neal Morse: Xnoizz Flevo Fest 2009
Neal Morse & Friends: Morsefest Inner Circle Show – London 2025
Morse, Portnoy, Gillette, Hubauer & Friends: Live in Cancun 2022
Morsefest 2024: The Joseph Epics/Jesus Christ: The Exorcist/D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings
Directing
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