Colin Morgan
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
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
as Earl Clancy
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
as Earl Clancy
Long Day's Journey into Night
as Edmund Tyrone
Long Day's Journey into Night
as Edmund Tyrone
The Dead Don't Hurt
as Lewis Cartwright
The Dead Don't Hurt
as Lewis Cartwright
Dead Shot
as Michael O'Hara
Dead Shot
as Michael O'Hara
Belfast
as Billy Clanton
Belfast
as Billy Clanton
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
as Chris Keller
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
as Chris Keller
Benjamin
as Benjamin
Benjamin
as Benjamin
The Happy Prince
as Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
The Happy Prince
as Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
Waiting for You
as Paul Ashton
Waiting for You
as Paul Ashton
The Laughing King
as Jake
The Laughing King
as Jake
Legend
as Frank Shea
Legend
as Frank Shea
Parked
as Cathal O'Regan
Parked
as Cathal O'Regan
The Real Merlin and Arthur
as Colin Morgan
The Real Merlin and Arthur
as Colin Morgan