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 Monaghan at the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Birth name | Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan[1] | |||||
| Born | 8 December 1976 Berlin, Germany |
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| Years active | 1996 - present | |||||
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Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan[1] (born 8 December 1976) is an English actor. He has received international attention from the success of playing Merry in Peter Jackson's adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and his role as Charlie Pace on the television show Lost.
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Biography
Early life
Monaghan was born in Berlin, Germany, to Irish parents and is the younger of two brothers. His family moved from Germany to Heaton Moor in Stockport, England, when he was twelve,[2] then later moved to Manchester. Monaghan's first language is English, but he also speaks German and is well known for his ability to impersonate others and replicate accents. He attended St. Anne's RC High School (where his uncle taught and later became head teacher) and Aquinas College where he studied English literature, drama and geography. Although he had many occupations when he was younger, he always wanted to be an actor. After his second year at Aquinas, he became a regular in school plays such as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and Bugsy Malone. He then went on to join Manchester Youth Theatre where he was scouted for Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. He played Hetty's under-aged sidekick, Geoffrey Shawcross, for four seasons. He made his feature film debut as Russian sailor Sasha in TV film Hostile Waters.
Personal life
Monaghan is an adamant nature lover, and has been active in the planting of trees, cacti, and the pod-seeds of mature hedge-row bushes. He owns a small forest in India.[3] He also appeared in a PETA ad concerning treatment of wild animals.[4] Monaghan narrated Ringers: Lord of the Fans, a documentary about Lord of the Rings fandom. On his right arm, he has a tattoo of the English word "nine" written in Quenya-mode Tengwar, a reference to his involvement in the Lord of the Rings and the fact that his character was one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring. Several other cast members also got similar tattoos during the film's production. On his left arm is a tattoo saying "Living is easy with eyes closed", a line from The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever". He also has two stars tattooed on his left ankle.[3][5] After spending three seasons on the show "Lost", Monaghan left, stating in a TV Guide interview that he was ready for a change and that he was disappointed by his character's diminishing role in the second and third seasons. Monaghan resides in Los Angeles, California. He is currently working on a script with friend and LOTR co-star Billy Boyd.[6]
Filmography
- I Sell the Dead (2007) (Arthur Blake)
- Lost (2004–2007) (TV series) (Charlie Pace) will return on an episode in 2008.
- Shooting Livien (2005) (Owen)
- The Purifiers (2004) (Sol)
- Spivs (2004) (Goat)
- An Insomniac's Nightmare (2003) (Jack)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (Meriadoc Brandybuck)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (Meriadoc Brandybuck)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (Meriadoc Brandybuck) (Cameo voice of Gollum)
- Monsignor Renard (2000) (TV series) (Etienne Pierre Rollinger)
- (2000) (Jimmy Furey)
- Hostile Waters (1997) (TV) (Sasha)
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996) (TV series) (Geoffrey Shawcross)
Footnotes
- ^ a b Webster, Di (17 August 2005). "Dominic Monaghan" (English). Who. Retrieved on 2006-10-09. “Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan, named after both my parents and my confirmation name”
- ^ Dominic Monaghan Exclusive Interview at Unreal.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
- ^ a b Leibowitz, Wanda (September 20, 2006). Dominic Monaghan: The Hottest Guy on TV's Lost. Associated Content. Retrieved on May 28, 2007.
- ^ Lost Star Dominic Monaghan Appears in New PETA Wildlife Ad. HelpingAnimals.com. Retrieved on May 28, 2007.
- ^ Schwarz, Rae. The Tattoos of the Fellowship of the Ring. BellaOnline. Retrieved on May 28, 2007.
- ^ Dominic Monaghan Biography - IMDb - Retrieved May 28, 2007
