Colin Morgan

Morgan in 2012, photo by cvanwagoner/bigstockphoto.com

Place of Birth: Armagh, Northern Ireland

Date of Birth: 1 January, 1986

Ethnicity: Irish, possibly Welsh

Colin Morgan is a Northern Irish actor. He starred as the title character on the series Merlin. His roles also include the films Island, Parked (2011), Testament of Youth, Legend (2015), The Huntsman: Winter’s War, Waiting for You, The Happy Prince, Benjamin (2018), Belfast (2021), Corsage (2022), Dead Shot, The Dead Don’t Hurt, Long Day’s Journey into Night, and Once Upon a Time in a Cinema; and the shows The Fall, Humans, The Living and the Dead, The Crown, Three Families, We Hunt Together, Mammals, The Killing Kind, Dead and Buried, The Boy That Never Was, The Sandman, and The Gray House; as well as many stage, radio, and audiobook roles, including Slaine: The Horned God among the latter.

Colin was born in Armagh, the son of Bernadette and Bernard Morgan. He was raised Roman Catholic. His surname is Welsh.

It is not clear if he has Welsh ancestry.