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Colin Morgan
ActorBorn January 1, 1986 (39 years)
Colin Morgan is an actor from Northern Ireland. He is known for playing the title character in the BBC fantasy series Merlin (2008–2012), Leo Elster in Humans (2015–2018), and Billy Clanton in Kenneth Branagh's Belfast (2021).
Morgan made his London theatre debut in 2007 as the title character in DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little. He went on to appear in the theatre productions Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre ("All About My Mother") in 2007, Thomas Babe's A Prayer for My Daughter in 2008, Pedro Miguel Rozo's Our Private Life in 2011, Step in Time at The Old Vic 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala in 2012, Shakespeare's The Tempest in 2013, and Jez Butterworth's Mojo during 2013 and 2014.
In July 2008, Screen International named Morgan as a "Star of Tomorrow". For his performance in Merlin, Morgan was nominated for Outstanding Actor (Drama) in the Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and Best Actor in Drama Performance: Male in the National Television Awards in 2013.
Morgan made his London theatre debut in 2007 as the title character in DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little. He went on to appear in the theatre productions Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre ("All About My Mother") in 2007, Thomas Babe's A Prayer for My Daughter in 2008, Pedro Miguel Rozo's Our Private Life in 2011, Step in Time at The Old Vic 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala in 2012, Shakespeare's The Tempest in 2013, and Jez Butterworth's Mojo during 2013 and 2014.
In July 2008, Screen International named Morgan as a "Star of Tomorrow". For his performance in Merlin, Morgan was nominated for Outstanding Actor (Drama) in the Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and Best Actor in Drama Performance: Male in the National Television Awards in 2013.
Filmography
| 2024 | Dead and Buried (2024) (TV Series) · as Michael Mcallister |
| 2024 | The Boy That Never Was (TV Series) · as Harry Dillon |
| 2023 | The Dead Don't Hurt · as Lewis Cartwright |
| 2023 | The Killing Kind (TV Series) · as John Webster |
| 2023 | Dead Shot · as Michael O'hara |
| 2022 | Mammals (TV Series) · as Jeff Wilson |
| 2022 | Corsage · as Bay Middleton |
| 2021 | Belfast · as Billy Clanton |
| 2021 | Three Families (TV Series) · as Johnathan |
| 2021 | Chronicles of the Glens (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2020 | We Hunt Together (TV Series) |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: All My Sons · as Chris Keller |
| 2018 | Benjamin · as Benjamin |
| 2018 | The Happy Prince · as Alfred 'bosie' Douglas |
| 2017 | Waiting for You · as Paul Ashton |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as John Armstrong |
| 2016 | The Huntsman: Winter's War · as Duke Of Blackwood |
| 2016 | The Living and the Dead (TV Series) · as Nathan Appleby |
| 2015 | Legend · as Frank Shea |
| 2015 | Humans (TV Series) · as Leo Elster |
| 2014 | Testament of Youth · as Victor Richardson |
| 2014 | Addicts' Symphony · as Narrator |
| 2014 | The Tempest · as Ariel |
| 2013 | Quirke (TV Series) · as Jimmy Minor |
| 2013 | The Fall (TV Series) · as Tom Anderson |
| 2011 | Island · as Calum |
| 2010 | Parked · as Cathal O'regan |
| 2009 | Merlin: Secrets & Magic (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Merlin (TV Series) · as Merlin |
| 2005 | Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Jethro Cane |
| 2004 | The Catherine Tate Show (TV Series) · as John |