

For this role, Morgan sought to imbue his portrayal of Ariel with "ethereal stillness" and "acrobatic precision". He played Ariel opposite Roger Allam's Prospero in the 2013 Globe Theatre production of The Tempest, which was later broadcast to cinemas as part of Globe On Screen in May 2014, with a subsequent DVD release in July 2014. On 9 December 2012, Morgan performed the role of Gary, a flamboyant dance instructor trying to win the heart of one of his students, in Step in Time at The Old Vic 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala in aid of The Old Vic Trust. In 2011, Morgan performed in the Royal Court Theatre production of Pedro Miguel Rozo's play Our Private Life to favourable reviews as Carlos, a "bipolar compulsive fantasist" homosexual who suspects he was molested by his father as a child. The Independent noted Morgan brought Jimmy to life through "twisting, twitching mood-swings and mix of half-druggy cackling punk and half-angelic visionary." Variety also singled out his "remarkable level of twitchy intensity." In 2008, Morgan appeared in the Young Vic production of Thomas Babe's A Prayer for My Daughter. For both of these roles, Morgan was nominated for the 2007 London Newcomer of the Year in the Theatregoers' Choice Awards. The Telegraph said that Morgan "captures all the vulnerability, confusion and gallows humour of the adolescent hero who finds himself in no end of trouble." That same year, Morgan went on to play the role of Esteban, an aspiring teenage writer, in the Old Vic stage adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother) opposite Diana Rigg.

#Merlin itheater professional
Morgan made his professional stage debut in London as the titular character Vernon God Little mounted at the Young Vic in 2007. In November 2010, the Belfast Metropolitan College honoured Morgan with an Award of Distinction for his contribution to the Arts. Morgan's performance was well received and used as an assessment for his final grade. In the final year of his undergraduate course, he was discovered by theatre director Rufus Norris and made the decision to leave three-quarters of the way through to make his professional London West End theatre debut as the title character in Vernon God Little. He graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2007. Morgan was awarded a National Diploma in Performing Arts from the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education in 2004. Senapods and Bad Day at Black Frog Creek. Morgan starred in several college productions including Surgical Sensations at St. In 1997, Morgan began studies at Integrated College Dungannon. He is the younger of two brothers they were both raised Roman Catholic. Morgan was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, the son of Bernard, a painter and decorator, and Bernadette, a nurse.
#Merlin itheater tv
For his performance in Merlin, Morgan was nominated for Outstanding Actor (Drama) in the Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and Best Actor in Drama Performance: Male in the National Television Awards in 2013. In July 2008, Screen International named Morgan as a "Star of Tomorrow". He went on to appear in the theatre productions Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (" All About My Mother") in 2007, Thomas Babe's A Prayer for My Daughter in 2008, Pedro Miguel Rozo's Our Private Life in 2011, Step in Time at The Old Vic 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala in 2012, Shakespeare's The Tempest in 2013, and Jez Butterworth's Mojo during 20. Morgan made his London theatre debut in 2007 as the title character in DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little.
#Merlin itheater series
He is best known for playing the title character in the BBC fantasy series Merlin (2008-2012), Leo Elster in Humans (TV series) (2015–2018), and Billy Clanton in Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast (2021). Colin Morgan (born 1 January 1986) is a Northern Irish actor.
