D.O.B: December 8, 1976
P.O.B: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'6"/5'7"
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Mother and Father: Austin and Aureen Monaghan
Siblings: One older brother
Spouse: None
Hobbies/Interests: Music, film, fashion, football, the Beatles, insects, surfing, ladies
Dislikes: Racism, sexism, homophobia, facism, ignorance, girls who smoke
Heroes: John Lennon, Eric Cantona, Ian Brown from The Stone Roses, Jeff Noon
FAVORITES
Favorite Football Club: Manchester United "Huge Manchester United fan HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE"
Favorite Player: "Either Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs or Becks"
Favorite Music: Mainly the Beatles, the Stone Roses, The Sundays, Elvis, Portishead, Stevie Wonder, Radiohead, Coldplay, David Grey, Miles Davis, Pavement, Joy Division, The Smiths, David Bowie, Early Wham, Duran Duran, and Madonna
Favorite Movies: The Godfather, The Deer Hunter, Star Wars, This is Spinal Tap, Awakenings, Grosse Pointe Blank, Batman, Kes
Favorite TV programmes: The Simpsons, Larry Sanders Show, and natural history
Favorite Actor: Robert De Niro
Favorite Directors: David Fincher, Martin Scorcese, and Peter Jackson
Favorite Food: Thai, sushi, Mum's lasagne, Mum's chicken schnitzel
Favorite Books: The Lord of the Rings, American Psycho, Vurt
Favorite Authors: Jeff Noon, Brett Easton Ellis, Peter Guarlnick
Favorite Clothes: Three quarter length leather jacket and vests
Favorite Car: Red VW Beatle soft top
FAVORITE QUOTES
"Have you forgotten then once we were brought here, we lost our name, we lost our religion, our culture, our God and many of us by the way we act...we even lost our minds" - Dr Martin Luther King
"No one I think is in my tree" - John Lennon
"In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" - Paul McCartney
"Football...hey bloody hell!" - Alex Ferguson after Manchester United beat Arsenal in the semifinal of the FA cup 1999
Dominic Monaghan was born December 8, 1976 in Berlin, Germany. He is the youngest son of his father, Austin, a teacher, and his mother, Aureen, a nurse. He has one older brother who is a translator. Dominic and his family moved to England when he was twelve. Since watching Star Wars when he was six years old, Dominic was entirely fasinated in films. Dominic first began acting in kid's shows at a young age, but it wasn't until 18 that he was discovered.
Dominic attended Aquinas College (He studied English Lit., Drama, and Geography), a Catholic sixth form school in Stockport, England from 1994 to 1995, and then went straight into youth theatres in Manchester. An agent who saw him in a play offered him a role on "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates". Dominic worked for BBC on Hetty Wainthropp for four years, and performed in many plays in London and Manchester on the side. On the stage, Dominic has performed in the world premiere U.K. production of The Resurrectionists, Whale and Annie and Fanny from Bolton to Rome.
In the next few years, Dom made his feature-film debut as a Russian sailor in Hostile Waters with Rutger Hauer and taped the docudrama This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, in whice he portrays the boyfriend of a girl attacked by the Ripper. He also recorded his first BBC radio show, "Stockport...So Good They Named It Once," a family sitcom that features Dominic as a witty, lovelorn 15 year old. Dom was performing in a play in London when casting directors scouted him for The Lord of the Rings.
As a child, he had read all three volumes of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy; the books were his father's favorite. After a formal audition for The Lord of the Rings, Monaghan left England to film the WWII miniseries Monsignor Renard (1999) in France, in which he plays a droll layabout whose life dramatically changes during the German occupation.
Six months into shooting, Dom's agent warned him to be prepared to immediately leave for Los Angeles or New Zealand to meet with Peter Jackson, The LOTR' director. The actor packed, but the meeting never occurred: Within days, he was called with an offer to play hovvit Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck, a major character in all three films. The Lord of the Rings' three installments -- The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King -- were taped simultaneously in New Zealand and kept Dominic occupied for almost two years. Their yearly releases ensured Monaghan's continuing popularity, and their popularity brought him hoards of job offers.
Dom frequently visits his family. His "obsessions" include writing, music, fashion, playing/watching football (soccer) and surfing. Dom is also very good in impersonations and accents (USA, London, Scots, Austrailian, Yorkshire). Utilizing his writing skills, he and friend Billy Boyd (Pippin in Lord of the Rings) are collaborating on a script.
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