- Colin Morgan is a famous English actor who is popularly known for his role as Merlin in the TV series ‘Merlin.’ He won for the same series the National Television Award in the category of ‘Best Drama Performance’ in 2013.
- Morgan was born on the 1st of January, 1986, in Armagh, Northern Ireland. He is 34 years old as of 2020, and he, therefore, celebrates his birthday with his family, friends, and colleagues on the 1st of January every year. His birth sign is Capricorn. His next birthday will be on the 1st of January, 2021, when he will be turning 35 years of age.
- Colin’s father is called Bernard, and he is a painter and decorator. His mother is called Bernadette, and she currently a nurse. Colin is the lastborn in a family of three children. He was raised along with his two brothers in a Roman Catholic home. However, details about his siblings are not publicly available.
- Colin is a man of average stature, and he appears to be quite tall, a seen in her pictures. He stands at the height of 6 feet (1.83 m). He also has a bodyweight of 78 kg (172 lbs) and a gunmetal blue eye color. However, details about his other body measurements are currently unavailable. We are still keeping tabs, and we shall update them once they are out.
- Colin acquired his secondary education at Integrated College Dungannon in 1997. He later joined the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education and earned a diploma in performing arts in 2004. That same year, he was honored by Belfast Metropolitan College, where he received an award of Distinction for his good work in arts. To improve his acting skills, Colin joined in Royal Conservation of Scotland, Glasgow, where he was directed by Director Rufus Norris.
- Colin has been featured in several college productions such as Bad Day at Black Frog Creek and Surgical Sensations at St. Senapods. In the final year of his undergraduate course, Colin was discovered by theatre director Rufus Norris and made a choice to leave three-quarters of the way and make his professional London West End theatre debut, playing the title character in Vernon God Little.
- Colin was not married but is engaged to his Irish girlfriend, Katie McGrath. She is an Irish actress who is best known for portraying Morgana on the BBC One series Merlin, Lucy Westenra, on the British-American series Dracula. Colin met his girlfriend in 2008 and started dating.
- Colin Morgan started his acting career in 2007 in London as the titular character Vernon God Little mounted at the Young Vic. That same year, he played the role of Esteban, an aspiring teenage writer, in the Old Vic stage adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar’s Todo Sobre mi Madre opposite Diana Rigg. In the TV, he appeared first in 2007 as the embarrassed gay son, John Leary, in sketches on The Catherine Tate Show’s “Christmas Special.” In 2008, Colin played the conflicted teenager, Jethro Cane, opposite David Tennant in the fan-favorite Doctor Who episode “Midnight.”
- In 2010, he was featured in the independent Irish film Parked as a homeless drug-addict opposite Colm Meaney. He performed well and was praised by many critics and director Darragh Byrne. He also appeared in the film Island, an independent adaptation of ‘Jane Rogers’ novel of the same name. He has appeared in other films like Huntsman, winter’s War, Waiting for You, The Happy Prince, Benjamin, among others.
- Morgan also plays Leo Elster, in Humans, the son of David Elster and his wife, Beatrice Elster. While he was still a young boy, his family moved to a large manor in the country because his father disliked the attention and his mother’s illness. Due to the latter, his father created Mia, his first sentient synth, to take care of him. Later on, David created the other sentient synths Fred, Niska, and Max, all of whom Leo regarded as his family.
- At the age of 13, a tragedy struck. His mother, Beatrice, escaped from her caregivers and kidnapped her son, then drove their car into a lake. Both Leo and his mother were drowned, but Mia brought Leo to the surface and back to his father, who resurrected him as a human-synth hybrid. David thereafter created a synth replacement for his wife, to the horror of his son and the other synths; he told her to leave then took her out to the woods to kill her, but couldn’t. He came back to the house and told his son and the synths to get out and then committed suicide. His father’s last order to Leo was to take care of the synths.
- Colin has not yet disclosed any information regarding his salary. We are still keeping tabs, and we shall update it once it is out.
- Morgan has an estimated net worth of $4 million as of 2020. His primary source of income is his career as an actor. This includes his assets, money, and income. Through his various sources of income, Colin has been able to accumulate a good net worth but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle