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Colin Morgan

Colin Morgan is an actor for radio, theatre, television and film and he is of Irish nationality. He is well known to play the title of the fantasy series called Merlin while he was in the main roles in The Fall and Humans. He had a stage role where he played as Ariel in The Tempest and in the film roles of The Huntsman: Winter’s War and testament of Youth legend.

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Colin Morgan made the debut in West End Theatre in the year 2007 and he had critical acclaim for the title character of Vernon God Little of DBC Pierre. He also appeared in the productions of London Theatre like Todo Sobre Mi Madre of Pedro Almodovar and in A Prayer for My Daughter of Thomas Babe.

He was in the role in Fantasy adventure television when he was in the lead role for television program of Merlin. He appeared in other movies and tv shows such as The fall, Quirke, Doctor Who and The Catherine Tate Show. He appeared in the show of BBC ones like Victorian Era Supernatural and the Living and the Dead.

For the role he had in Merlin, Morgan got outstanding Newcomer Award of 2008. He was nominated for the Outstanding Actor and for Club Showbiz Awards of Monte Carlo TV Festival Award of 2009 up to 2011. He was the best actor in the Virgin Media TV Awards of 2012. He was given the prestigious Best Actor in the Drama Performance for Male Award in the National Television Award of 2013. In the same year, he won Broadway World West End Award for Best Featured Actor in the New Production of a play of the performance where he was Ariel in The Tempest.

In the year 2008, Screen International had named Morgan to be the Star of Tomorrow and together with Carey Mulligan and he hailed as most exciting drama school graduate for Ben Whishaw.

According to his biography, he was born in Northern Ireland in the city of Armagh. He is a son of Bernard who is a decorator and painter and of Bernadette who is a nurse. He is a younger brother of two brothers, together with his brother Neil, they are Roman Catholic. He had childhood that was recorded in the Troubles which is a childhood memories and it included the memories on how he had to wake up in the night since there was a pipe bomb in the home next door or to go to school with the notes that explain to the teacher why he did not do the homework. He says that as a young person, there was no opportunity in Ireland to pursue her career so he joined the local amateur dramatic society. He is vegetarian and has allergies to lactose. He is not into social media. It is believed that he is secretly married but the name of his wife is yet to be disclosed.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 1 Jan, 1986
Age: 34 yrs
Occupations: Actor
Stage actor
Film actor
Television actor
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birth Place: Armagh
Education: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Gender: Male
Description: Northern Irish actor
Net Worth 2021: 4 million
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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