Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan was born on 8 December 1976 and is a British actor.
37 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 JJ Abrams' television show 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, who was of Irish descent, a science teacher.
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Dominic Monaghan's older brother Matthew is the main songwriter and co-lead vocalist of the indie band Radiosepia and is a science teacher.
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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 ex-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 called 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 began airing in the UK.
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The documentary shows Dominic Monaghan travelling to various 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 fan of The Gaffer Tapes: Fantasy Football Podcast and has appeared as a guest in both April and November 2016 and May 2018, as well as submitting several audio questions which are played on the podcast.
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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, the co-creator of Lost.
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In May 2020, Dominic Monaghan joined together with fellow Lord of the Rings castmates Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, and Elijah Wood, plus writer Philippa Boyens and director Peter Jackson, to appear on Josh Gad's YouTube series Reunited Apart, which reunites the cast of popular movies through video-conferencing, and promotes donations to non-profit charities.
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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 stated 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 hometown English Premier League football team Manchester United since his childhood.
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Dominic Monaghan loves to play various 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 to 2007.
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In June 2008, Dominic Monaghan travelled to Argentina with Lilly to film the pilot of the American 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.