In 2014, Morton won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Eli Pope, Olivia Pope\'s father, in Scandal, and is known for playing the role of Henry Deacon on the popular TV series Eureka.\n', '

Morton was born in Harlem, New York City, the son of Evelyn, a secretary, and Joseph Thomas Morton Sr., a U.S. Army intelligence officer. Because of his father\'s military service, he spent parts of his childhood in West Germany and Okinawa. When Morton was 10 years old, his father died.\n', '

Morton graduated from Andrew Jackson High School and studied drama at Hofstra University.\n', '

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