Biography
After breaking into acting on the small screen in his native England, Monaghan was plucked by director Peter Jackson to play Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck in his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, one of the most successful and decorated fantasy franchises ever made. Though he languished a bit following the back-to-back filming of the three movies, he emerged on the small screen as Charlie Pace, one of 48 survivors of a downed airline on a mysterious …
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Career Milestones
| Lived with family in Germany until he was 12 years old | ||
1989 | Family relocated to England; settled in Manchester | |
1995 | Performed in youth theaters in Manchester after finishing school | |
1996 | Cast as the under-aged sidekick, Geoffrey Shawcross in four seasons of the BBC series, "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" | |
1997 | Played a Russian sailor in the HBO drama, "Hostile Waters" | |
1999 | Co-starred in the four-part British TV drama, "Monsignor Renard" | |
1999 | Narrated the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, "Stockton" | |
2000 | Cast in the Granada TV-movie, "This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper" | |
2001 | Made feature film debut as hobbit Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck in "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" | |
2002 | Reprised Merry in "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" | |
2003 | Again portrayed Merry in "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" | |
2004 | Cast as rock star and drug addict Charlie Pace on the ABC drama series, "Lost" | |
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" | |
Awards
2002 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2003 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
2004 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2006 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Lost |