Colin Morgan
Born
January 1, 1986 (39 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
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.

Long Day's Journey into Night
Edmund Tyrone
2025

Dead and Buried
Michael McAllister · (4 episodes)
2024

The Boy That Never Was
Harry Dillon · (4 episodes)
2024

The Dead Don't Hurt
Lewis Cartwright
2024
The Chronicles of Armagh
(voice) · (4 episodes)
2024

The Killing Kind
John Webster · (6 episodes)
2023

Dead Shot
Michael O'Hara
2023

Mammals
Jeff Wilson · (6 episodes)
2022

Corsage
Bay Middleton
2022

Belfast
Billy Clanton
2021

Three Families
Johnathan · (2 episodes)
2021

Chronicles of the Glens
Narrator · (4 episodes)
2021

We Hunt Together
Liam Gates · (6 episodes)
2020

National Theatre Live: All My Sons
Chris Keller
2019

Benjamin
Benjamin
2019

National Theatre Collection: Translations
Owen
2018

The Happy Prince
Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
2018

Waiting for You
Paul Ashton
2017

The Crown
John Armstrong · (1 episode)
2016

The Living and the Dead
Nathan Appleby · (6 episodes)
2016

The Huntsman: Winter's War
Duke of Blackwood
2016

The Laughing King
Jake
2016

Legend
Frank Shea
2015

Humans
Leo Elster · (24 episodes)
2015

Testament of Youth
Victor Richardson
2015

The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Ariel
2014

Quirke
Jimmy Minor · (1 episode)
2014

Island
Calum
2011

Parked
Cathal O'Regan
2010
The Rising: 1916
Seán Mac Diarmada/John MacDermott

The Real Merlin and Arthur
Colin Morgan
2009

One Night Only
Earl Clancy

The Fall
Tom Anderson · (12 episodes)
2013

Merlin: Secrets and Magic
(14 episodes)
2009

Merlin
Merlin · (65 episodes)
2008

The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006

Doctor Who
Jethro Cane · (1 episode)
2005