Euan Morton
Early life[edit]
Morton was born in Bo'ness, Scotland. He began acting in his local children's theatre. After graduating from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London, Morton worked for Profit Share Theatre and for film and television in the UK.[1]
Career[edit]
Stage career[edit]
Morton appeared in The Silent Treatment at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2001. He then played the role of Boy George in the musical Taboo in the West End in 2002,[2] and on Broadway in 2003.[3] He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in the UK, and a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama League Award, and received a Theatre World Award in the US, for his performance in the role of Boy George.
He played the role of Ligniere in the play "Cyrano de Bergerac" from October 2007 to January 2008 on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.[4] Morton performed in the musical revue Sondheim on Sondheim, conceived and directed by James Lapine in 2010, which premiered on Broadway at Studio 54 and was presented by the Roundabout Theatre.[5]
Off-Broadway, he appeared in the title role of Tony Kushner's adaptation of Brundibar at The New Victory Theater in 2006.[6] He won the 2006 Obie Award for his appearance in Measure For Pleasure at The Public Theater.[7] He played the title role in the musical Caligula: An Ancient Glam Epic at the inaugural New York Musical Theatre Festival in September 2004.[8] He appeared, along with Alfred Molina, in the Roundabout Theatre Company's new production of Howard Katz by Patrick Marber, which ran Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theater from 1 March 2007 to 6 May 2007.[9] He appeared in the musical Atomic which ran at the Acorn Theatre from 13 July 2014 to 16 August 2014, in the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer.[10]
In regional theatre, he played the title role in The Who's Tommy at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York in the year 2006. [11] In 2010, he played Anatoly Sergievsky in the Signature Theatre (Arlington, Virginia) production of Chess.[12] In 2011, he played the role of Launce in Two Gentlemen of Verona at Shakespeare Theatre Company. He appeared in the play Heart of Robin Hood, written by David Farr, which played in Winnipeg and Toronto in December 2014 through March 2015, in the role of Prince John.[13]
Morton won a Helen Hayes Award for his performance as Leo Frank in the musical Parade at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. from September to October 2011.[14] Also in 2011, he sang the role of Renfield in the 2011 studio recording of Frank Wildhorn's Dracula, the Musical, singing "Master's Song" and the reprise of that song. He played the role of Sherlock Holmes in Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, in 2015.[15] He assumed the role of Hedwig in the US tour of Hedwig and The Angry Inch from November 2016[16] to July 2017.
He took over the role of King George in Hamilton on Broadway in July 2017[17] and played the role until September 2023.
Voice work[edit]
Morton has performed numerous audio books, including among others, Fool (2009), Sacré Bleu (2012), and The Serpent of Venice (2014), all written by Christopher Moore, in addition to the Kilo Five trilogy by Karen Traviss and Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (2015). He also did voice work in the 2009 animated movie My Dog Tulip, and voices the male Sith Inquisitor in the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic, created by BioWare and LucasArts.
Music career[edit]
In March 2006, he released his debut solo CD, NewClear, for which he toured in the US in May 2011, he released his second solo studio album Caledonia – The Homecoming.
Personal life[edit]
Morton has been married to producer Lee Armitage, daughter of political figure Richard L. Armitage, since 2004. Their son Iain made his debut as an internet theatre critic, where he reviews Broadway shows and has conducted Red Carpet interviews for SiriusXM radio before the 2015 Tony Awards.[18] Iain is currently playing the title character in the television show Young Sheldon. Morton and his family maintain homes in Manhattan and Arlington, Virginia.
Morton doesn't identify with any particular label on his sexuality, saying "I wouldn't label myself any sexuality and I would prefer if you didn't. If I call myself straight then it turns into me being straight, or gay makes me gay, or transgender then transgender."[19]