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Colin Morgan (born 1 January 1986) is a Northern Irish actor. He is best known for playing the
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in the BBC fantasy series '' Merlin'' (2008–2012), Leo Elster in ''
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'' (2015–2018), and Billy Clanton in
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’s ''
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'' (2021). Morgan made his London theatre debut in 2007 as the title character in
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's ''
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''. He went on to appear in the theatre productions
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's ''
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'' ("''All About My Mother''") in 2007,
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's '' A Prayer for My Daughter'' in 2008, Pedro Miguel Rozo's ''Our Private Life'' in 2011, ''Step in Time'' at The
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24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala in 2012,
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's '' The Tempest'' in 2013, and
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's ''
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'' 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
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in 2013.


Early life and education

Morgan was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, the son of Bernard, a painter and decorator, and Bernadette, a nurse. He is the younger of two brothers; they were both raised
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. In 1997, Morgan began studies at
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. Morgan starred in several college productions including ''Surgical Sensations at St. Senapods'' and ''Bad Day at Black Frog Creek''. Morgan was awarded a National Diploma in Performing Arts from the
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in 2004. He graduated from the
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in 2007. In the final year of his undergraduate course, he was discovered by theatre director
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and made the decision to leave three-quarters of the way through to make his professional London
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debut as the title character in ''
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''. Morgan's performance was well received and used as an assessment for his final grade. In November 2010, the
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honoured Morgan with an Award of Distinction for his contribution to the Arts.


Career


Theatre

Morgan made his professional stage debut in London as the titular character
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mounted at the Young Vic in 2007. ''
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'' said that Morgan "captures all the vulnerability, confusion and gallows humour of the adolescent hero who finds himself in no end of trouble." That same year, Morgan went on to play the role of Esteban, an aspiring teenage writer, in the Old Vic stage adaptation of
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's ''
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'' (All About My Mother) opposite
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. For both of these roles, Morgan was nominated for the 2007 ''London Newcomer of the Year'' in the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards. In 2008, Morgan appeared in the Young Vic production of
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's '' A Prayer for My Daughter''. ''
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'' noted Morgan brought Jimmy to life through "twisting, twitching mood-swings and mix of half-druggy cackling punk and half-angelic visionary." ''
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'' also singled out his "remarkable level of twitchy intensity." In 2011, Morgan performed in the
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production of Pedro Miguel Rozo's play ''Our Private Life'' to favourable reviews as Carlos, a "bipolar compulsive fantasist" homosexual who suspects he was molested by his father as a child. On 9 December 2012, Morgan performed the role of Gary, a flamboyant dance instructor trying to win the heart of one of his students, in ''Step in Time'' at The Old Vic 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala in aid of The Old Vic Trust. He played
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opposite
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's
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in the 2013 Globe Theatre production of '' The Tempest'', which was later broadcast to cinemas as part of ''Globe On Screen'' in May 2014, with a subsequent DVD release in July 2014. For this role, Morgan sought to imbue his portrayal of Ariel with "ethereal stillness" and "acrobatic precision". ''
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'' critic said that he "can't remember a better Ariel," and that Morgan's portrayal was "mysterious, in a way I've never quite experienced before — also wonderfully vulnerable". From 2013 to 2014, Morgan made his West End debut as Skinny Luke in
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's dark comedy ''
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'' at the
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. ''
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'' described Morgan's performance as "an accomplished study in human weakness ... played with precision and pathos." In 2017, Morgan returned to London theatre, appearing in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' '' Gloria'', a comic drama. Morgan made his National Theatre debut in May 2018, starring in the new production of
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's ''
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'', directed by
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. He performed at the
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in early 2020, for Caryl Churchill's '' A Number'' opposite
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.


Television


2007–08: Early years

In television, Morgan first appeared in 2007 as the embarrassed gay son John Leary in sketches on ''
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s "Christmas Special." In 2008, he portrayed the conflicted teenager Jethro Cane opposite
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in the fan-favourite ''
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'' episode " Midnight."


2008–2012: ''Merlin''

Morgan is best known for playing the title role in
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TV series '' Merlin'' from 2008 to 2012 ''Merlin'' chronicles the adventures of a young warlock who serves as Arthur's servant and Gaius' ward; Merlin must secretly develop his magical gifts under the gaze of Kings Uther and Arthur, both of whom despise the art. The show was loosely based on the
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of Merlin and his relationship with King Arthur. Morgan was nominated for and won multiple acting awards, including the ''Caron Keating Outstanding Newcomer Award'' in the 56th annual Variety Club Showbiz Award ceremony on 16 November 2008 (at the start of the series) and the ''Best Actor in Drama Performance: Male'' award in the 2013
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(at the conclusion of the series). The role of Merlin proved difficult to cast, according to co-creator and executive producer Johnny Capps. "We had to find an actor who has a broad playing range, someone with the lightness of touch who will be able to deal with action and magic", Capps said in a 2011 interview. "We had an instinct about Colin. At first we weren't sure about him but then saw him again and again and we watched back his final auditions and said, 'He's perfect for the part.'" Before auditioning for the role, Morgan received the script for Prince Arthur by mistake. He only had five minutes before his audition to read over the correct part.


2014–present

After spending 2013 in back-to-back stage productions, Morgan reappeared on television as an ambitious journalist in an episode of the 1950s Irish crime drama '' Quirke'', based on the books by
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. Later that year, he took on the role of detective sergeant alongside
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and
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in the second series of '' The Fall''. Morgan was approached to play the role, meeting with writer Allan Cubitt and lead actress Gillian Anderson in London to discuss his involvement. To prepare for his performance, Morgan read up on police procedures and spoke to the set's police advisor. He also did an impromptu interview of two police officers he saw in the street in London. In June 2015, Morgan began his role as the mysterious fugitive Leo Elster in ''
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'', a British-American
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eight-part science fiction drama adapted from the Swedish series '' Real Humans''. ''
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'' was Channel 4's highest-rated drama since ''
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'' (1992). Reviewer Paul Simpson described Morgan as one who "always rises to strong material, and hoseperformance has become increasingly engaging as the series has progressed." In the summer of 2016, Morgan starred with actress Charlotte Spencer in the
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Victorian era ghost hunter series '' The Living and the Dead'' as the central character Nathan Appleby. Later that year, he reprised his roles in '' The Falls Series 3, and in Series 2 of ''
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''.


Film

Morgan portrayed a homeless drug-addict opposite Colm Meaney in the 2010 independent Irish film '' Parked'', for which he spent several weeks in Dublin researching drug addiction and homelessness. Morgan's performance was praised by multiple critics and director Darragh Byrne. In 2011, Morgan appeared in the film ''
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'', an independent adaptation of Jane Rogers' novel ''Island''. Morgan next portrayed
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British soldier Victor Richardson, in a
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and Heyday Films feature adaptation of
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's World War I memoir ''
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''. To prepare for the role of the soldier, Morgan read Brittain's works, as well as personal letters exchanged between Vera, Victor, and their friends. He also contacted a Blind Veterans Charity in
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, which allowed him to interview blind people. The
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's brochure said, "Shining brightly and lingering long in the mind afterwards, are the performances of three rising British stars – Colin Morgan, Taron Egerton and Kit Harington”. In the autumn of 2015, Morgan was featured as Frankie Shea, brother-in-law and personal driver of Tom Hardy's Reggie Kray, in the 1960s London gangster film ''
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'' based on the book ''The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins'' by John Pearson. For two days in Blackpool, from 9 to 10 May 2015, Morgan filmed ''The Laughing King'', a short film by White No Sugar TV and Funky Films in support of the UK charity Campaign Against Living Miserably's (CALM) push to raise awareness regarding depression, mental illness and male suicide. He played the role of Jake, a young man who arrives in Blackpool, the seaside town of his childhood, determined to end his life. It was released on 12 January 2016, in the London Short Film Festival. Morgan filmed '' Waiting for You'' from May to June 2015, co-starring with French actress
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. In April 2016, Morgan portrayed the Duke of Blackwood in the ''
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'' spin-off, '' The Huntsman: Winter's War''. In the fall of 2016, Morgan filmed the
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biopic '' The Happy Prince'' alongside
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and Colin Firth, in Bavaria, Germany. In the summer of 2017, Morgan played the title role in ''
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'', a film written and directed by
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. In 2021, Morgan appeared in
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’s film ''
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'', based on the director’s childhood during
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. The film was nominated for the
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.


Radio

Morgan took part in BBC Radio play ''Cry Babies'' by
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on
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in March 2009, playing the part of Roger. In December 2014, he starred as Newton Pulsifer in the first audio dramatisation of the popular book ''
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'', written by Neil Gaiman and
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, directed and adapted by
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, and produced by Heather Larmour, also on
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. On 4 December 2016, Morgan read ''Autumn Journal'' on BBC Radio 3, which was about Louis MacNeice's poetic testament of life in 1938, written against the turbulent backdrop of the
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, the fall of Barcelona and Britain's preparations for an inevitable war.


Narration

For the 100th anniversary of the
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's sinking on 14 April 2012, Morgan performed readings from survivor accounts and testimonials during ''
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: A Commemoration in Music and Film'', broadcast live on BBC2 from
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's
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. On 27 August 2014, Morgan narrated Big Mountain Productions' ''Addicts Symphony'' on
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. The one-off documentary followed composer, musician and recovering alcoholic James McConnel as he brought together ten classical musicians whose lives had been blighted by addiction for a spectacular concert.


Video games

Morgan voiced Merlin's game sequences in 2012's ''Merlin: The Game''.


Personal life

Morgan is a vegetarian, citing allergies and lactose intolerance. He has advocated
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and practises yoga. Morgan does not participate in social media, saying: "There's no social media or googling yourself. You only have to do it once to learn never to do it again." Morgan has also criticised celebrity culture:
Something has been lost somewhere along the way with the craft of story-telling ... When the creativity is overshadowed by the 'business' I often feel disappointed by that. We have some amazing filmmakers who are keeping the spirit of the craft alive and that's a hub of excitement I want to be in.


Charity and social action

From October 2009 until its conclusion in March 2011, Morgan was an ambassador for the ''A Night Less Ordinary'' scheme in which Arts Council England offered free theatre tickets to anyone under 26 years old. He contributed a painting from the ''Merlin: Colin and Bradley Quest'' series to the 2010 Children in Need, BBC Children in Need auction. It sold for £620.00. On 9 April 2011, Morgan collected funds for the Great Ormond Street Hospital. On 9 December 2012, he was a part of the ''24 Hour Musicals'' at the Old Vic Theatre, which brought together more than 30 actors, directors, writers and composers to create four short musicals in just 24 hours. The process culminated in four world premieres presented to an audience of more than 1,000, and raised £182,000 towards the work that the theatre does with emerging talent, schools and the community.


Filmography


Theatre


Television


Film


Radio


Narration


Video games


Other credits


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Colin Morgan
at United Agents {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Colin 1986 births Living people People from Armagh (city) Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Male stage actors from Northern Ireland Male television actors from Northern Ireland Male film actors from Northern Ireland Male radio actors from Northern Ireland Male Shakespearean actors from Northern Ireland 21st-century male actors from Northern Ireland Merlin (2008 TV series)