- Made his Broadway debut in the play "Hair".
- Studied drama at Hofstra University on Long Island.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1974 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Raisin." He also won a Theatre World Award for this role.
- Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1985" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 37.
- One of several actors appearing in both Smallville (2001) and the DC Extended Universe films (he has a role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)).
- Won NAACP Awards for his work in Equal Justice (1990) and Tribeca (1993).
- He has three children and a grandson.
- His current, longtime, partner is Christine Lietz., aka LietzeeNut.
- Cousin of Walter Jones.
- Morton has played two times a man who gave his life to protect a cutting edge technology device, Terminator 2 and Justice League.
- Was the only actor to do the readings for all of the Star Trek: New Frontier audio books.
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