Colin Morgan

Colin Morgan

Birthdate
January 1, 1986 (39 years old)
Place of Birth
Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
January 1, 1986 (39 years old)
Place of Birth
Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
Known For
Acting

Biography

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.

Colin Morgan's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince
Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
Benjamin
Benjamin
Benjamin

Acting (37)

The Rising: 1916 as Seán Mac Diarmada/John MacDermott
One Night Only as Earl Clancy
2025
Long Day's Journey Into Night as Edmund Tyrone
2024
Dead and Buried as Michael McAllister (4 episodes)
2024
The Boy That Never Was as Harry Dillon (4 episodes)
2024
The Dead Don't Hurt as Lewis Cartwright
2024
The Chronicles of Armagh as (voice) (4 episodes)
2023
The Killing Kind as John Webster (6 episodes)
2023
Dead Shot as Michael O'Hara
2022
Mammals as Jeff Wilson (6 episodes)
2022
Corsage as Bay Middleton
2021
Belfast as Billy Clanton
2021
Three Families as Johnathan (2 episodes)
2021
Chronicles of the Glens as Narrator (4 episodes)
2020
We Hunt Together (6 episodes)
2019
National Theatre Live: All My Sons as Chris Keller
2019
Benjamin as Benjamin
2018
National Theatre Collection: Translations as Owen
2018
The Happy Prince as Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
2017
Waiting for You as Paul Ashton
2016
The Crown as John Armstrong (1 episode)
2016
The Living and the Dead as Nathan Appleby (6 episodes)
2016
The Huntsman: Winter's War as Duke of Blackwood
2016
The Laughing King as Jake
2015
Legend as Frank Shea
2015
Humans as Leo Elster (24 episodes)
2014
Testament of Youth as Victor Richardson
2014
The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Ariel
2014
Quirke as Jimmy Minor (1 episode)
2013
The Fall as Tom Anderson (12 episodes)
2011
Island as Calum
2010
Parked as Cathal O'Regan
2009
The Real Merlin & Arthur as Colin Morgan
2009
Merlin: Secrets and Magic (14 episodes)
2008
Merlin as Merlin (65 episodes)
2006
The One Show as Self (1 episode)
2005
Doctor Who as Jethro Cane (1 episode)