Colin Morgan

Colin Morgan is an actor from Northern Ireland He is known for playing the title character in the BBC fantasy series Merlin 20082012 Leo Elster in Humans 20152018 and Billy Clanton in Kenneth Branaghs Belfast 2021 Morgan made his London theatre debut in 2007 as the title character in DBC Pierres Vernon God Little He went on to appear in the theatre productions Pedro Almodóvars Todo sobre mi madre All About My Mother in 2007 Thomas Babes A Prayer for My Daughter in 2008 Pedro Miguel Rozos Our Private Life in 2011 Step in Time at The Old Vic 24 Hour Musicals Celebrity Gala in 2012 Shakespeares The Tempest in 2013 and Jez Butterworths Mojo during 2013 and 2014 In July 2008 Screen International named Morgan as a Star of Tomorrow 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