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Colin Morgan (born 1 January 1986) is a Northern Irish film, television, theatre and radio actor best known for playing the title character in the BBC fantasy series ''Merlin'' and Leo Elster in the 2015 AMC/Channel 4 sci-fi series ''Humans''. Morgan made his West End theatre debut in 2007 to critical acclaim as the title character in DBC Pierre's ''Vernon God Little''. He went on to appear in the London 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 2013 and 2014. In addition to his lead role in the fantasy-adventure television programme ''Merlin'' (2008–12), Morgan has appeared in ''The Catherine Tate Show'' (2007), ''Doctor Who'' (2008), ''Quirke'' (2014), and ''The Fall'' (2014). He starred in the eight-part sci-fi series ''Humans'' (2015) as the mysterious fugitive Leo Elster, and is currently filming BBC One's six-part Victorian era supernatural drama series ''The Living and the Dead'' (2016) as the gentleman farmer Nathan Appleby, the central character of the story. Film roles include ''Parked'' (2010), ''Island'' (2011), ''Testament of Youth'' (2015), and ''Legend'' (2015). He plays the lead role in ''The Laughing King'' (2015), an upcoming short film about male suicide and depression. In 2016, he will star as lead characters Paul Ashton in ''Waiting for You'', a British coming-of-age feature set in France and England, as well as the Irish revolutionary mastermind Seán Mac Diarmada in the Easter Rising centenary commemoration film ''The Rising''. He will also appear as the Duke of Blackwood in the film ''The Huntsman: Winter's War'' (2016). For his performance in ''Merlin'', Morgan received the 2008 ''Outstanding Newcomer'' award from Variety Club Showbiz Awards, and was nominated for ''Outstanding Actor (Drama)'' in the Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards in 2009, 2010, and 2011, the ''Best Actor'' award in Virgin Media TV Awards in 2012, and the prestigious ''Best Actor in Drama Performance: Male'' award in National Television Awards in 2013. In the same year, Morgan won Broadway World West End Awards' ''Best Featured Actor in a New Production of a Play'' for his performance as Ariel in ''The Tempest''. In July 2008, ''Screen International'' named Morgan as a "Star of Tomorrow," alongside actors like Carey Mulligan where he was "hailed as the most exciting drama-school graduate since Ben Whishaw."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.screendaily.com/screen-international-uk-stars-of-tomorrow-actors-1/4039816.article )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.screendaily.com/colin-morgan/4039790.article# )〕 In October 2013, he was ranked in the No. 1 spot in BuzzFeed's "The 17 Rising British Actors Most Likely To Do A Cumberbatch." In April 2014, Irish entertainment website The Daily Edge included Morgan in their list of "8 young Irish actors who could be on the brink of global stardom,"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dailyedge.ie/irish-actors-worth-watching-2014-1398277-Apr2014 )〕 and in December 2014, The Independent listed him as one of their "Bright Young Things: 10 Faces to Watch in 2015." In August 2015, Indiewire's entertainment blog The Playlist included him in their list "On The Rise 2015: 20 Actors To Watch."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/on-the-rise-2015-20-actors-to-watch-20150818?page=3 )〕 ==Early life and education== Morgan was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, the son of Bernard, a painter and decorator, and Bernadette, a nurse.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/09_september/01/merlin4.shtml )〕 He is the younger of two brothers; he and his brother Neil were raised Roman Catholic. His childhood was spent in the long shadow of "The Troubles." Childhood memories include being woken up in the middle of the night in order to evacuate the family home because there was a pipe bomb in the house next door, and having to go into school with a note for his teacher to explain why he hadn’t done his homework. The social repercussions of Northern Ireland’s problems impacted Morgan's ability to pursue his love of theatre, as there were virtually no opportunities for a young person to nurture, let alone study, acting in the Province at that time. Fortunately, Morgan has said he "found a way to get involved in drama in any way I could. I joined the local amateur dramatic society, and I still have such fond memories of those times."〔 His inclination to perform was evident from an early age — he was only five years old when he made his stage debut, appearing in the chorus in a production of ''Cinderella'', and then ''Peter Pan'', among other amateur stage productions during his childhood.〔 While he attended Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary School, Morgan's teacher Harry McGee became a tremendous inspiration to him; according to Morgan, "() would stay behind after class each day and he'd pull out a poem and he'd say, 'Let’s work on this,' and we'd just do it. He really believed in me and really fueled my passion. And that’s all it takes sometimes, I think, just one person to believe in you."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.insightradio.co.uk/podcast-episode.html?category=morning_mix&name=2012-10-24_morning_mix_-_coling_morgan_tx.mp3 )〕 McGee gave Morgan the encouragement he needed to attempt a career as a professional actor. In 1997, at the age of eleven, Morgan began studies at Integrated College Dungannon, winning the 'Denis Rooney Associates Cup' for best overall student in Year 10. The school described him as a keen musician and budding actor; his drama teacher James McCoy said that Morgan "participated wholeheartedly in every Drama class, concert and production that the college was showcasing."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nicie.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Newsletter-Spring.pdf )〕 Morgan starred in several college productions including the renowned ''Surgical Sensations at St Senapods'' and ''Bad Day at Black Frog Creek''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://intcollege.co.uk/news.php?action=fullnews&id=482 )〕 In September 2002, a 16-year-old Morgan auditioned alongside 100 other young performers at Belfast's Waterfront Hall for the ''You're A Star'' RTÉ One programme which was in search of star quality performers. The winner was to receive a record contract and also represent Ireland at the ''Eurovision Song Contest''. He didn't make it, but was quoted as saying, "It's not the end of the world. I'm going to try and make it on stage one day."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.tv.com/people/colin-morgan/ )〕 Determined, he went on to study in Belfast despite family and friends' worries because his chosen school was in a predominantly Protestant area that had recently had an incident of masked paramilitary men wanting to execute Roman Catholic students. For two years, Morgan commuted several hours every day between Armagh and Belfast because the latter was the closest city that had a college that offered drama as a subject.〔 He was awarded a National Diploma in Performing Arts from the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education in 2004. After winning a spot at the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, Morgan left Northern Ireland to hone his craft for an additional three years, graduating in 2007. 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''. Morgan's performance was critically acclaimed and used as assessment for his final grade.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821201886414 )〕 In November 2010, the Belfast Metropolitan College (formerly the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education) honoured Morgan with an Award of Distinction for his contribution to the Arts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.belfastmet.ac.uk/?news_item=449 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colin Morgan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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