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

Long Day's Journey into Night

Edmund Tyrone

0.0

2025

Dead and Buried

Dead and Buried

Michael McAllister · (4 episodes)

5.5

2024

The Boy That Never Was

The Boy That Never Was

Harry Dillon · (4 episodes)

6.6

2024

The Dead Don't Hurt

The Dead Don't Hurt

Lewis Cartwright

6.5

2024

The Chronicles of Armagh

(voice) · (4 episodes)

0.0

2024

The Killing Kind

The Killing Kind

John Webster · (6 episodes)

6.3

2023

Dead Shot

Dead Shot

Michael O'Hara

5.5

2023

Mammals

Mammals

Jeff Wilson · (6 episodes)

5.7

2022

Corsage

Corsage

Bay Middleton

6.2

2022

Belfast

Belfast

Billy Clanton

7.1

2021

Three Families

Three Families

Johnathan · (2 episodes)

7.5

2021

Chronicles of the Glens

Chronicles of the Glens

Narrator · (4 episodes)

7.0

2021

We Hunt Together

We Hunt Together

Liam Gates · (6 episodes)

6.9

2020

National Theatre Live: All My Sons

National Theatre Live: All My Sons

Chris Keller

8.5

2019

Benjamin

Benjamin

Benjamin

6.3

2019

National Theatre Collection: Translations

National Theatre Collection: Translations

Owen

0.0

2018

The Happy Prince

The Happy Prince

Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas

6.3

2018

Waiting for You

Waiting for You

Paul Ashton

5.8

2017

The Crown

The Crown

John Armstrong · (1 episode)

8.2

2016

The Living and the Dead

The Living and the Dead

Nathan Appleby · (6 episodes)

6.7

2016

The Huntsman: Winter's War

The Huntsman: Winter's War

Duke of Blackwood

6.3

2016

The Laughing King

The Laughing King

Jake

8.5

2016

Legend

Legend

Frank Shea

7.1

2015

Humans

Humans

Leo Elster · (24 episodes)

7.5

2015

Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth

Victor Richardson

7.3

2015

The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

The Tempest - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Ariel

8.3

2014

Quirke

Quirke

Jimmy Minor · (1 episode)

5.9

2014

Island

Island

Calum

5.4

2011

Parked

Parked

Cathal O'Regan

6.6

2010

The Rising: 1916

Seán Mac Diarmada/John MacDermott

0.0

The Real Merlin and Arthur

The Real Merlin and Arthur

Colin Morgan

8.2

2009

One Night Only

One Night Only

Earl Clancy

0.0

The Fall

The Fall

Tom Anderson · (12 episodes)

7.7

2013

Merlin: Secrets and Magic

Merlin: Secrets and Magic

(14 episodes)

8.0

2009

Merlin

Merlin

Merlin · (65 episodes)

7.8

2008

The One Show

The One Show

Self · (1 episode)

4.7

2006

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Jethro Cane · (1 episode)

7.6

2005