Colin Morgan
Born: 1986-01-01 in 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.
Filmography
2025
- Long Day's Journey into Night as Edmund Tyrone
2024
- The Dead Don't Hurt as Lewis Cartwright
- The Boy That Never Was as Harry Lonergan
- Dead and Buried as Michael McAllister
- The Chronicles of Armagh as (voice)
2023
- Dead Shot as Michael O'Hara
- The Killing Kind as John Webster
2022
- The Sandman as Sexton
- Corsage as Bay Middleton
- Mammals as Jeff Wilson
2021
- Belfast as Billy Clanton
- Three Families as Johnathan
- Chronicles of the Glens as Narrator
2020
- We Hunt Together as Liam Gates
2019
- Benjamin as Benjamin
- National Theatre Live: All My Sons as Chris Keller
2018
- The Happy Prince as Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
- National Theatre Collection: Translations as Owen
2017
- Waiting for You as Paul Ashton
2016
- The Crown as John Armstrong
- The Huntsman: Winter's War as Duke of Blackwood
- The Laughing King as Jake
- The Living and the Dead as Nathan Appleby
2015
- Humans as Leo Elster
- Legend as Frank Shea
- Testament of Youth as Victor Richardson
2014
- The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Ariel
- Quirke as Jimmy Minor
2013
- The Fall as Tom Anderson
2011
- Island as Calum
2010
- Parked as Cathal O'Regan
2009
- Merlin: Secrets and Magic
- The Real Merlin and Arthur as Colin Morgan
2008
- Merlin as Merlin
2006
- The One Show as Self
2005
- Doctor Who as Jethro Cane