Dominic Monaghan

Early life

Monaghan was born in Berlin , Germany , to British parents: Maureen, a nurse, and Austin Monaghan, a science teacher.Monaghan has a brother, Matthew, who is a year older, and is a teacher, singer and musician.^{[citation needed]}Monaghan's family lived in Berlin, Düsseldorf , Stuttgart, and Münster , moving about every four years. When he was about 11 years old, his family moved from Germany to Heaton Moor in Stockport , Greater Manchester ,and later to Manchester . Monaghan's first language is English , but he also speaks some German and is well known for his ability to impersonate others and replicate accents. His earlier ancestors may well have come from the Irish midlands, possibly County Longford or Roscommon. Bernard is his maternal grandfather's name, and Patrick his paternal grandfather's name, the later being evidence of his possible Irish heritage. He chose Luke as his confirmation name after one of the characters fromStar Wars, his favourite movie, which was also one of his inspirations for becoming an actor. He attended St Anne's Roman Catholic High School (where his uncle taught and later became head teacher ) and Aquinas College , where he studied English literature , drama and geography .

Career

Although Dominic held many occupations when he was younger, he always wanted to be an actor. After his second year at St. Anne's, Monaghan became a regular in school plays such asOliver Twist,A Christmas Carol, andBugsy Malonebefore joining Manchester Youth Theatre. There, he was scouted forHetty Wainthropp Investigates, on which he played Hetty's under-aged sidekick, Geoffrey Shawcross, for four seasons. He made his feature film debut as Russian sailor Sasha in TV filmHostile Waters.

Monaghan narratedRingers: Lord of the Fans, a documentary aboutLord of the Ringsfandom. He also provided the narration for The Discovery Channel 's documentaryDevil's Biblein 2008. He also appeared in Soldiers of Fortune alongside Sean Bean and Christian Slater .

He was a regular cast member on the hit ABC seriesLostplaying a drug addict-rock star named Charlie Pace, until Charlie's death at the end of the third season. He continued to guest star on the show occasionally there after.

On 15 July 2009 it was confirmed that he would join the cast of ABC Studios ' science fiction television seriesFlashForwardas the character Simon. The series premiered on 24 September 2009.It was canceled after its first season.On 18 March 2010 Monaghan was spotted at the Universal Sheraton filming a short calledGloria. It was part of a program called REESES Puff's Extraordinary Cinema (Where the teens replace the pros). He played the part of Caleb Reese. The short has wrapped and can be viewed online at http://www.fresh-films.com/springprogram.htm Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan play a couple in the video Love the Way You Lie song by Eminem . Scenes include the celebrities on top of a liquor store. Fox and Monaghan also filmed inside the store and "at a seedy dive bar next door" to the store.

Personal life

Monaghan is a nature lover, and has been active in the planting of trees, cacti, and the pod-seeds of mature hedge-row bushes. He owns a small forest in India, and has worked with the animal rights group PETA .Despite his involvement with PETA, Monaghan is not a vegetarian. Monaghan has a great love for insects and reptiles that he developed during his childhood, and has kept an assortment of pets.

An avid outdoorsman, Dominic enjoys activities such as surfing, kayaking, snowboarding, football, basketball, and hiking. He has also stated that he likes hunting for insects and reptiles outdoors. He learned karate as a child, practices yoga, and often goes to the gym for strength and weight training . He is a long time supporter and fan of Manchester United .

Dominic loves to play various games, and has hosted game nights for fellow cast members in the past. He is also fond of working the New York Times crossword puzzle.

On his right arm he has a tattoo of the English word "nine" written in Quenya -mode Tengwar , a reference to his involvement in theLord of the Ringsand the fact that his character was one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring . Seven other cast members and one of the stunt doubles (John Rhys-Davies' stunt double) also got matching tattoos during the film's production, at Dominic's instigation. Below that tattoo is another that reads, "Life imitates art", an Oscar Wilde quote. On his left arm is a tattoo, "Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.", a line from The Beatles ' " Strawberry Fields Forever ". He also has two stars tattooed on his left foot, one black, and one white.In 2010, Monaghan got another two tattoos, one on the upper side of the back ("Love you take is equal to the love you make", taken from the song "The End" by The Beatles ). The other, done by Kat Von D on the television show LA Ink , on the lower right arm ("Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter", a quote from Yoda).

He resides in the Los Angeles, California area. In 2008 Monaghan held a photographic exhibit in Los Angeles in which he sold prints of his own works. A portion of the proceeds from the exhibit were given to an orangutan rescue organization.

He has been dating hisLostco-star Evangeline Lilly since 2004, and after a brief split in 2007, they reunited in 2008.

In June 2008 Monaghan traveled to Argentina with Lilly to film the pilot of the American version ofCQC, (a successful television programme in more than five countries).The two are frequently seen together in Vancouver, where she has a home.

He has long been working on a script withLOTRco-star and good friend Billy Boyd .Dominic provided the inspiration for the naming of Boyd's band Beecake after he sent his friend a picture of a cake covered in bees.

As of December 2009, Monaghan and Evangeline Lilly are no longer together.

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Hostile Waters	Sasha	TV film
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Meriadoc Brandybuck
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Meriadoc Brandybuck
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Meriadoc Brandybuck	Screen Actors Guild Awardwin
	An Insomniac's Nightmare	Jack
2004	Spivs	Goat
	The Purifiers	Sol
2005	Ringers: Lord of the Fans	Narrator
	Shooting Livien	Owen Scott
2008	I Sell The Dead	Arthur Blake
2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Chris Bradley / Bolt
2010	Soldiers of Fortune	Sid	post-production
2011	Pet	Seth	in production

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1996–1998	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Geoffrey Shawcross	Main cast member.
2000	This is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper	Jimmy Furey
	Monsignor Renard	Etienne Pierre Rollinger
2004–2010	Lost	Charlie Pace	Main cast member 2004 - 2007 Recurring special guest star 2008 and 2010. Screen Actors Guild Award win; 65 episodes
2008	MADtv	Himself	Aired April 26, 2008
2008	CQC	Himself	June 23, 2008. In CQC Argentina withEvangeline Lilly
2009	Chuck	Tyler Martin	One episode -Chuck Versus the Third Dimension
2009–2010	FlashForward	Dr. Simon Campos	Main cast member
2010	LA Ink	Himself	Guest appearance

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song	Notes
2010	EminemfeaturingRihanna	Love the Way You Lie	WithMegan Fox

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