Gig Morton
Gig Morton was born in Comox, British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada on March 22nd, 1996 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 28, Gig Morton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Gig Morton (born March 22, 1996) is a Canadian actor and podcast host.
Morton began his career as a child actor in four installments of the Air Buddies film franchise, "Billy," in addition to his co-starring role as "Derby" on the Canadian television show "Mr. Young.
Early life
Gig Morton was born in Comox, British Columbia, on March 22, 1996. During an interview with Celebuzz, Morton's given name and nickname, "It's actually my real name that appears on my birth certificate." It's a funny tale: my dad used to say Gary, but his little brother couldn't say Gary, so he called him "Gig" and that became his nickname. Besides my Nana, my dad's mom, and everyone else refers to him as Gig."
Morton, who was born in Courtenay, British Columbia, began acting at age seven when his sisters were doing community theatre. His mother and sisters pleaded with him to audition, and he did end up playing The Wizard of Oz in the Rainbow Youth Theatre. Morton would continue to appear in numerous musical stage productions, including lead roles in the Vanier Senior Secondary's production of Oliver! Peter Pan's performance at the Courtenay Little Theatre.
Personal life
Morton lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He and his fellow co-stars Brendan Meyer and Matya Fedor went to school on the set of Mr. Young. Morton began taking performance arts classes, learning acting, singing, guitar, hip-hop dancing, and ballet at the age of ten, after discovering his passion for musical theatre and dance. Morton's interests and hobbies include swimming, skateboarding, fencing, soccer, basketball, trampoline, yo-yo tricks, video games, and robot building.
Career
Morton began his acting career in 2005 at age nine, appearing in a Save-On-Food commercial, and has since appeared in a number of commercials for Aviva Insurance, Kellogg's, and Mattel, among other things. Morton made his film debut in 2006, appearing in later films as "Billy" in the Disney family film "Air Buddies). He then returned to adopt the golden retriever puppy "B-Dawg" and made his television debut the following year in a small guest-starring role on the detective comedy Psych.
Morton reprised his role as "Billy" in the second installment of the Air Buddies franchise, Snow Buddies, in 2008, and landed his first starring role in Conrad Lard-Bottom's black comedy short film The Escape of Conrad Lard-Bottom. Later this year, he appeared in the holiday fantasy film, Christmas Town, as "Mason McCann," a boy and his mother finds Santa Claus and his elves are working in a town where Santa Claus and his elves are posted. Morton received three Young Artist Award nominations in the following year for his role as "Billy" in Snow Buddies, "Best Young Actor in a Short Film" and "Best Young Actor in a Short Film" as "Mason McCann" in The Escape of Conrad Lard-Bottom" and "Best Young Actor in a Short Film" for his role as "Mason McCann" in Christmas Town.
Morton appeared in the western television film Angel and the Bad Man as "Tommy Shatterfield" in the pilot for the family television drama Mistresses and as "John" in the family television drama "Reality & Children's. In the third and fourth iterations of the Air Buddies franchise, Space Buddies and Santa Buddies, he reprised his role as "Billy" once more. Morton received two Young Artist Award nominations the following year for his role as "John" in Angel and the Bad Guy, as well as as "Best Young Actor in a DVD Film" for his role as "Billy" in Santa Buddies.
Morton appeared on the crime film Shattered as "Stephen Alvert," the son of a wealthy German immigrant who is being investigated for murder. His ferocious appearance earned him his sixth Young Artist Award nomination the following year as the "Best Young Guest-Starring Actor, age 14-17, in a television series." In 2011, Morton appeared in a co-starring role as "Carl," one of three travelers who share a taxi with a slacker who believes he is Jesus. Chris, a comedy short, appeared in this film. Morton debuted on the teen situation comedy Mr. Young, playing a naive, yet faithful best friend of a 14-year-old boy genius played by Brendan Meyer, who works as a high school science teacher.
Gig and Erika are Kids These Days is Morton's own video podcast.