1. Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan was born on 8 December 1976 and is a British-Irish actor.
36 Facts About Dominic Monaghan
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Dominic Monaghan is best known for playing Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck in Peter Jackson's film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, and Charlie Pace on the ABC television drama Lost.
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Dominic Monaghan has hosted the nature programme Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan.
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Dominic Monaghan was born in West Berlin, West Germany, to British parents: Maureen, a nurse, and Austin Dominic Monaghan, a science teacher of Irish descent.
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Dominic Monaghan's family lived in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart and Munster, moving about every four years.
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Dominic Monaghan has since credited Routledge as "an amazing teacher" who taught him some "very valuable lessons" that have influenced his acting career.
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Dominic Monaghan made his feature-film debut as Russian sailor Sasha in the TV film Hostile Waters.
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Dominic Monaghan later starred in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy as Meriadoc Brandybuck, for which he achieved international acclaim and success.
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Dominic Monaghan narrated Ringers: Lord of the Fans, a documentary about The Lord of the Rings fandom.
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Dominic Monaghan provided the narration for The Discovery Channel's documentary Devil's Bible in 2008.
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Dominic Monaghan appeared in Soldiers of Fortune alongside Sean Bean and Christian Slater.
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Dominic Monaghan was a regular cast member on the ABC series Lost from 2004 to 2007, playing English former rockstar and drug addict Charlie Pace.
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Dominic Monaghan returned to the series as a special guest star after departing from the main cast.
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On 18 March 2010, Dominic Monaghan was spotted at the Universal Sheraton filming a short titled Gloria.
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Fox and Dominic Monaghan filmed inside the store and "at a seedy dive bar next door" to the store.
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In November 2012, a new show on Channel 5 titled Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan started airing in the United Kingdom.
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The documentary shows Dominic Monaghan travelling to different locations such as Venezuela and Ecuador to film and interact with the exotic and often dangerous local wildlife.
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Dominic Monaghan is a contributing writer for the music and culture magazine Paste, primarily writing articles about Premier League football.
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Dominic Monaghan is the voice of Sightseeing Manchester's bus tour, recorded in March 2016.
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Dominic Monaghan was named as part of the cast for the last film in the sequel trilogy which is Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, reuniting with JJ Abrams, a co-creator of Lost.
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In May 2020, Dominic Monaghan joined with fellow Lord of the Rings castmates, along with writer Philippa Boyens and director Peter Jackson, to appear on Josh Gad's YouTube series Reunited Apart, which reunites the cast of popular films through video-conferencing, and promotes donations to non-profit charities.
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Dominic Monaghan made his stage debut in 2024 with Lord of the Rings castmate Boyd in the Canadian production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
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Dominic Monaghan is a nature-lover and has been active in the planting of trees and cacti.
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Dominic Monaghan has a great love for insects and reptiles that he developed during his childhood, and has kept an exotic assortment of pets, including a leaf-mantis named Gizmo, a black widow spider named Witchitar and an albino snake named Blink.
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An avid outdoorsman, Dominic Monaghan enjoys activities such as surfing, kayaking, snowboarding, football, basketball and hiking.
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Dominic Monaghan has explained that he likes hunting for insects and reptiles outdoors.
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Dominic Monaghan learned karate as a child, used to practise yoga and often goes to the gym for strength and weight training.
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Dominic Monaghan is a longtime fan of Manchester United since his childhood.
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Dominic Monaghan loves playing all games and has hosted game nights for fellow cast members in the past, and is fond of The New York Times crossword puzzle.
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Dominic Monaghan enjoys playing League of Legends with fellow Lord of the Rings cast member Billy Boyd.
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Dominic Monaghan has two stars tattooed on his left foot: one black, and one white.
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In 2010, Dominic Monaghan got two more tattoos, one on the upper side of the back.
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In 2008, Dominic Monaghan held a photographic exhibition in Los Angeles in which he sold prints of his own works.
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Dominic Monaghan was in a relationship with his Lost co-star Evangeline Lilly from 2004 until 2007.
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In June 2008, Dominic Monaghan travelled to Argentina with Lilly to film the pilot of the US version of CQC.
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Dominic Monaghan provided the inspiration for the naming of Billy Boyd's band Beecake after he sent his friend a picture of a cake covered in bees.