A.J. Morton

A.J. "Jamie" Morton (b. 1 January 1980) is a former Scottish actor and son of Alexander Morton, recent star of Monarch of the Glen. He is also known as Jamie A. Morton.

Early Life
Born in Glasgow, A.J. Morton started acting at the age of 6, when he played Sean Reilly in David Hayman's The Gorbals Story by 7:84 Theatre Company. He lived in Irvine, Ayrshire with his mother and father and often joined his father on location during filming or rehearsal. During this period he became friends with Robert Carlyle, Caroline Paterson and Stuart Davids, who, together with A.J.'s father Alexander Morton, founded the Raindog Theatre Company in 1990.

He also appeared as himself in Scottish Television's Glen Michael's Cavalcade.

Career
A.J. trained under Robert Carlyle and his father Alexander Morton in 1991-1995 as the youngest member of Carlyle's Glasgow Theatre company Raindog. His first feature film was multiple award winning , starring Iain Glen, Robert Carlyle and Alexander Morton. A. J. also appeared in The Yugoslav Hitman, a film based on a true story and set in 1988. He worked on several Raindog productions with Robert Carlyle, including Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, a gritty reality drama set in the Scottish underworld and Wasted, another reality production about drugs and prostitution. His career spanned a decade between 1986 and 1996. Carlyle won Best Director award for the direction of Wasted and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest starring his father Alexander Morton.

Though he is no longer an actor, A.J. Morton is now Secretary of Scotland for the Tesla Memorial Society of New York and a writer. He currently lives in continental Europe with his wife and children.

Theatre Work
*The Gorbals Story, 1986, Dir. David Hayman (Sean Reilly)
*Macbeth, 1991, Raindog, Dir. Robert Carlyle (Warlock/Peasant)
*Wasted, 199?, Raindog, Dir. Robert Carlyle (Wee Eddie/Raimi's gimp/Snuff Film victim)
*Ecstasy, 1994, Raindog, Dir. Robert Carlyle (Wee Eddie)
*Follow Follow, 1995, Dir. Ron Bain (Rangers Supporter)
*Red Riding Hood the Sequel, 1994, Dir. Andy Gray (Pizzaman)

Filmography
*Glen Michael's Cavalcade, 1987 (as himself)
*Silent Scream, 1990 (Young Don Winters)
*The Yugoslav Hitman, 1993 (Neil McVicar)

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