Colin Morgan

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,...

Known For

Career Timeline

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  1. 2026
    Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

    Earl Clancy • Acting

  2. 2025
    Long Day's Journey into Night

    Edmund Tyrone • Acting

  3. 2024
    The Dead Don't Hurt

    Lewis Cartwright • Acting

  4. 2023
    Dead Shot

    Michael O'Hara • Acting

  5. 2022
    Corsage

    Bay Middleton • Acting

  6. 2021
    Belfast

    Billy Clanton • Acting

  7. 2019
    Benjamin

    Benjamin • Acting

  8. 2019
    National Theatre Live: All My Sons

    Chris Keller • Acting

Colin Morgan - Aperture