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(440390) (Bot) {{expand|article|date=May 2007}} {{Copyedit|date=May 2007}} {{Infobox actor | name = Dominic Monaghan | image = Dominic Monaghan 2003.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Monaghan at the world premiere of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]] | birthname = Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan | birthdate = {{birth date and age|1976|12|8|df=y}} | Origin = [[England]] | location = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] | deathdate = | deathplace = | othername = | yearsactive = 1996 - present | homepage = | height = 5' 7" (1.70 m) | academyawards = | sagawards = '''[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]''' <br> 2003 ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''<br>'''[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble - Drama Series|Best Ensemble - Drama Series]]''' <br> 2005 ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' | spouse = }} '''Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan'''<ref name="whocom">{{cite web| url = http://www.who.com/who/magazine/article/0,19636,7401050829-1095411,00.html| title = "Dominic Monaghan" | accessdate = 2006-10-09| last = Webster | first = Di | date = [[17 August]] [[2005]] | work = [[Who magazine|Who]] | language = [[English language|English]] | quote = Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan, named after both my parents and my confirmation name}}</ref> (born [[8 December]] [[1976]]) is an [[England|English]] [[actor]]. He has received international attention from the success of playing [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] in [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings film trilogy|adaptation]] of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and his role as [[Charlie Pace]] on the television show ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''. ==Biography== ===Early life=== Monaghan was born in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. At the age of twelve, his family moved from Germany to [[Heaton Moor]] in [[Stockport]], [[England]],<ref name="unreal">{{cite web| title = Dominic Monaghan Exclusive Interview at Unreal.co.uk | url = http://www.unreel.co.uk/features/featuredominic.cfm | accessdate = 2007-06-13 }}</ref> and later to [[Manchester]]. Monaghan's first language is [[English language|English]], but he also speaks [[German language|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, Stockport|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]]''. Monaghan 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 (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, and has worked with the animal rights group [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lost Star Dominic Monaghan Appears in New PETA Wildlife Ad |work=HelpingAnimals.com |url=http://www.helpinganimals.com/f-DominicMonaghanAd.asp |accessdate=Feb 21 |accessyear=2008}}</ref> 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 Elvish 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 (characters)|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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Schwarz |first=Rae |title=The Tattoos of the Fellowship of the Ring |work=BellaOnline |url=http://www.tattoos-by-design.co.uk/celebrities/cttattoo.asp?celeb_id=108&tattoo=461 |accessdate=May 28 |accessyear=2007}}</ref> Has been dating his former Lost co-star [[Evangeline Lilly]] since 2004. Last year the couple broke up, but in June 2008 Monaghan traveled to Argentina to film the pilot of the American version of 'CQC' (a successful television programme in more than five countries) and he was with Lilly. They both appeared on the original Argentinan version of the TV programme. Monaghan resides in [[Los Angeles, California]]. He is currently working on a script with LOTR co-star [[Billy Boyd]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597480/bio Dominic Monaghan Biography] - [[IMDb]] - Retrieved [[May 28]], [[2007]]</ref> Monaghan has been confirmed to have been cast in the ''[[X-Men]]'' movie spinoff ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' as [[Beak (comics)|Barnell Bohusk / Beak]]. ==Filmography== ===Films=== {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center" ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |- | 1997 | ''[[Hostile Waters (film)|Hostile Waters]]'' | Sasha | TV film |- | 2001 | ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' | [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] | |- | 2002 | ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' | Meriadoc Brandybuck | |- | rowspan="2"|2003 | ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' | Meriadoc Brandybuck | [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] win |- | ''[[An Insomniac's Nightmare]]'' | Jack | |- | rowspan="2"|2004 | ''[[Spivs]]'' | Goat | |- | ''[[The Purifiers]]'' | Sol | |- | rowspan="2"|2005 | ''[[Ringers: Lord of the Fans]]'' | Narrator | |- | ''Shooting Livien'' | Owen Scott | |- | 2008 | ''I Sell the Dead'' | Arthur Blake | ''completed'' |- | rowspan="1"|2009 | ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'' | [[Beak (comics)|Barnell Bohusk / Beak]] | ''post-production'' |} ===Television=== {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center" ! Year ! Series ! Role ! Notes |- | 1996 - 1998 | ''[[Hetty Wainthropp Investigates]]'' | Geoffrey Shawcross | Main cast member |- | rowspan="2"| 2000 | ''This is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper'' | Jimmy Furey | |- | ''Monsignor Renard'' | Etienne Pierre Rollinger | |- | 2004 - Present | ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' | [[Charlie Pace]] | Screen Actors Guild Awards win |- | 2008 | ''[[Madtv]]'' | Himself | Premiering on April 26th, 2008 |- | 2008 | ''CQC, Argentina'' | Himself | June 23th, 2008. In CQC Argentina with [[Evangeline Lily]], his girlfriend |} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} == External links == * {{imdb name|id=0597480|name=Dominic Monaghan}} * [http://television.aol.com/tv-celebrity-interviews/dominic-monaghan Dominic Monaghan interview] * [http://test.redlasso.com/service/svc/clip/playClip?fid=e83b0798-dbb7-450f-821e-af278d148f76 Dominic Monaghan television appearance handling wild animals] {{X-Men film series}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Monaghan, Dominic}} [[Category:1976 births]] [[Category:English film actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Berlin]] [[Category:People from Stockport]] [[ar:دومينيك موناغان]] [[ca:Dominic Monaghan]] [[cs:Dominic Monaghan]] [[da:Dominic Monaghan]] [[de:Dominic Monaghan]] [[el:Ντόμινικ Μόναγκαν]] [[es:Dominic Monaghan]] [[eu:Dominic Monaghan]] [[fr:Dominic Monaghan]] [[it:Dominic Monaghan]] [[he:דומיניק מונאהן]] [[lt:Dominic Monaghan]] [[hu:Dominic Monaghan]] [[ms:Dominic Monaghan]] [[nl:Dominic Monaghan]] [[ja:ドミニク・モナハン]] [[no:Dominic Monaghan]] [[pl:Dominic Monaghan]] [[pt:Dominic Monaghan]] [[ru:Монаган, Доминик]] [[simple:Dominic Monaghan]] [[sr:Доминик Монахан]] [[fi:Dominic Monaghan]] [[sv:Dominic Monaghan]] [[tr:Dominic Monaghan]] [[zh:多米尼克·莫納漢]]