Euan Morton
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Euan Morton was born in Falkirk, Scotland as Iain Middleton. He's been acting on stage since childhood and continued to work in theatre after graduating from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. His breakthrough was the role of Boy George in the 2002 West End production of George's autobiographical musical "Taboo", for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination. In 2003 the musical moved to Broadway, where Morton earned Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award nominations. His other theatre credits include musicals such as "Sondheim on Sondheim", "The Who's Tommy", "Chess", "Parade" (for which he won a Helen Hayes Award), "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and "Hamilton", as well as plays such as "Measure for Pleasure" (for which he won the 2006 Obie Award), "Howard Katz" and "Two Gentlemen of Verona". He read a number of audio books (including three Christopher Moore's novels) and voiced the male Sith Inquisitor in the MMO game Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011). He released two albums: "NewClear" in 2006 and "Caledonia - The Homecoming" in 2011. He's been married to theatre producer Lee Armitage since 2004. The couple's son is theatre critic and actor Iain Armitage.