Greg Morton (actor)

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Greg Morton
Born1959 (age 59–60)

Greg Morton is a Canadian actor, voice actor, director, and comedian from Woodstock, Ontario. [1] He is best known for his "Obama Man" radio routine and his Star Wars -themed standups.

Woodstock, Ontario City in Ontario, Canada

Woodstock is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The city has a population of 40,902 according to the 2016 Canadian census. Woodstock is the seat of Oxford County, at the head of the non-navigable Thames River, approximately 128 km from Toronto, and 43 km from London, Ontario. The city is known as the Dairy Capital of Canada and promotes itself as "The Friendly City".

Ontario Province of Canada

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province accounting for 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is also Ontario's provincial capital.

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Early life

In his early life, Greg Morton worked as a mobile disk jockey. [2]

Career

Greg Morton has voice acted and voice directed the cartoons that were recorded in Canada where he did his rendition of Moses Hightower and Larvell Jones in Police Academy: The Series as well as having a main role in Stunt Dawgs .

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Stunt Dawgs is an animated comedic adventure series about a team of stunt performers and their bulldog named Human who also solve problems heroically. Based on the 1978 film Hooper, the series was produced by Franklin/Waterman Productions and Rainforest Entertainment and co-created by Jeff Franklin, best known for co-producing Full House. It aired from 1992 to 1993.

Later on, Greg Morton went on to become a comedian where he has shared the stage with other notable acts. He also did his comedy routine at Radio City Music Hall and regularly headlines events at Planet Hollywood, The MGM Theater of the Air, and the Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City. [3]

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In 2019, Greg Morton auditioned in season 14 of America's Got Talent . [4] He was the first to audition and won over Howie Mandel, Gabrielle Union, Julianne Hough, and Simon Cowell with his Star Wars impression routine. All four judges voted yes and he moved on to the next round of the competition. [2] During the judge cuts round, he performed a brand new comedy act that he had never tried out before by doing his movie characters impression including Howie Mandel's Gizmo from Gremlins . At the end of the night, he advanced to the live shows. [5] At the live shows, he performed once again and advanced to the semifinals where he does moments from The Mask , Braveheart , Shrek , Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 , The Sixth Sense , Predator , Aliens , The Dark Knight , The Godfather , Rocky , Jerry Maguire , and Terminator 2: Judgment Day . [6]

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Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 ALF: The Animated Series Additional VoicesAlso voice director
1988 C.O.P.S. -Voice director
1988 Garbage Pail Kids Additional voices
1988 RoboCop: The Animated Series Additional voices
1988 Police Academy Moses Hightower, Larvelle Jones (voices)Main role
1989 Captain N: The Game Master -Voice director
1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Additional voicesAlso voice director
1990 The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Additional voicesAlso voice director
1991 Hammerman Additional voices
1991 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures Additional voicesAlso casting and voice director
1991 Wish Kid -Voice director
1991 Super Mario World -Voice director
1992 Stunt Dawgs Splat, Crash, Velda (voices)Main role; Also voice director
1992 The Legend of White Fang -Voice director
2019 America's Got Talent Himself/ContestantSeason 14

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References

  1. ↑ Kathleen Saylors, "Woodstock comedian Greg Morton optimistic after America's Got Talent run". Woodstock Sentinel-Review , September 9, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Marcus James Dixon (2019-05-28). "'America's Got Talent' video: Greg Morton does 'Star Wars' impressions". GoldDerby. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  3. ↑ "Intro – Greg Morton". Gregmorton.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  4. ↑ "Star Wars Impressions By Greg Morton Are What You Need Today! - America's Got Talent 2019". YouTube. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  5. ↑ "Judge Cuts 3 CRAZY RESULTS: Did Your Faves Make It? America's Got Talent 2019". YouTube. 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  6. ↑ RESULTS: America Votes 7 Acts Through! Did YOUR Faves Make It? | America's Got Talent 2019 , retrieved 2019-08-16
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