Dominic Monaghan

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Birthday: December 8, 1976

An attractive performer, Dominic Monaghan broke out of being typecast in teen roles when he landed the role of Hobbit Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck in Peter Jackson's tripartite feature adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkein classic "The Lord of the Rings" (2001-03). Born in Germany to a nurse and a teacher, the diminutive brown-haired, blue-eyed actor spent his formative years in Berlin. When he was 12 years old, he relocated to Manchester, England with his family and following his completion of secondary school, began acting in …more

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Actor

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, Return To Middle Earth
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Geoffrey Shawcross
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates IV
Geoffrey Shawcross
Lost
Charlie Pace
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates III
Geoffrey Shawcross

Writer

Mad TV
Writer

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Career Milestones

2009
Cast as Simon, an inscrutable and dangerous British genius, in ABC's sci-fi series "FlashForward"
2009
Played the mutant Bolt in the Marvel Comics film "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"
2004 to 2008
Cast as rock star and drug addict Charlie Pace on the ABC drama series, "Lost"
2003
Again portrayed Merry in "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
2002
Reprised Merry in "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"

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Awards

2006
Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2004
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award: Best Acting Ensemble
2004
Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2003
National Board of Review Award: Best Acting by an Ensemble