Euan Morton

Euan Morton (born Iain Douglas George Middleton; 13 August 1977) is a Scottish actor and singer from Falkirk, Scotland. He is best known for his Tony Award-nominated role as Boy George in the musical Taboo, and for his record-breaking six-year tenure as King George in Hamilton on Broadway from July 2017 to 10 September 2023, becoming the longest-running actor in the role in the musical's Broadway history. Morton is also an award-winning audiobook narrator with two Audie Awards (Dune, 2008; Crimson Lake, 2019) and eleven Earphones Awards, including one for The Will of the Many by James Islington (2023) and a Kirkus Earphones Award for Wolf Hour by Jo Nesbø (2026). He has narrated for major publishers including Macmillan Audio, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins. His narration of James Islington's The Strength of the Few (2025) became a #1 Audible bestseller across multiple fantasy categories on release day. Notable narrations include Frank Herbert's Dune series, in which he voices Paul Atreides in Dune (2007) and Dune Messiah (2007), Rainbow Rowell's Carry On trilogy, and works by Christopher Moore.

Morton was born in Falkirk. 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.

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, and on Broadway in 2003. 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. 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.

Off-Broadway, he appeared in the title role of Tony Kushner's adaptation of Brundibar at The New Victory Theater in 2006. He won the 2006 Obie Award for his appearance in Measure For Pleasure at The Public Theater. He played the title role in the musical Caligula: An Ancient Glam Epic at the inaugural New York Musical Theatre Festival in September 2004. 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. 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.

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. In 2010, he played Anatoly Sergievsky in the Signature Theatre (Arlington, Virginia) production of Chess. 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.

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. 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.^{[citation needed]} 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. He assumed the role of Hedwig in the US tour of Hedwig and The Angry Inch from November 2016 to July 2017.

He took over the role of King George in Hamilton on Broadway in July 2017 and played the role until September 2023.