First Contact

    Colin Morgan is an actor who was born on January 1, 1986 in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Although, Colin lives in Central London. He is best known from playing the leading role in the BBC TV series Merlin. 

   On stage in 2007, Morgan debuted as Vernon Little in the title role of the Young Vic's adaptation of DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little and as Estebanin the Old Vic stage adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother). In 2008, he appeared as Jimmy Rosario in theYoung Vic production of Thomas Babe's A Prayer for My Daughter. In 2011, he played Carlos in the Royal Court Theatre production of Colombian dramaturg Pedro Miguel Rozo's play Our Private Life. On 9 Dec 2012 Morgan performed in Step in Time at The Old Vic 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala in aid of The Old Vic Trust.In 2013, he played Ariel in the Globe Theatre production of Shakespeare's The Tempest,and Skinny in Jez Butterworth's dark comedy Mojo in the Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End. Mojo received good reviews^[7] and the London production was extended for two weeks finishing on 8 February 2014. 

    In film, Morgan will portray Victor Richardson, a school friend of Vera Brittain's brother Edward, in a BBC Films feature adaptation of her firstmemoir Testament of Youth. Morgan appears as Calum in Island, a film adaptation of Jane Rogers' novel Island, and as Cathal in the award winning Irish film Parked. 

    Morgan featured in two minor TV roles: John Leary in sketches on The Catherine Tate Show (2007) and Jethro Cane in the Doctor Who episode "Midnight" (2008). He played the title role in BBC TV series Merlin from 2008 to 2012, for which he won a National Television Award.

     He, and co-star Bradley James, travelled on an exploration of Arthurian legends for BBC Wales, The Real Merlin & Arthur, in 2009. On 14 April 2012 Morgan performed readings from survivor's accounts and testimonials during Titanic: A Commemoration in Music and Film broadcast live on BBC2 from Belfast's Waterfront Hall.

  Morgan has taken part in one BBC Radio play, Cry Babies by Kim Newman, on BBC Radio 4 (March 2009).