Age: 40
male
Colin Morgan is an actor from Northern Ireland. He is known for playing the title character in the BBC fantasy series Merlin (2008–2012), Leo Elster in Humans (2015–2018), and Billy Clanton in Kenneth Branagh's Belfast (2021). Morgan made his London theatre debut in 2007 as the title character in DBC Pierre's Vernon God Little. He went on to appear in the 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 July 2008, Screen International named Morgan as a "Star of Tomorrow". For his performance in Merlin, Morgan was nominated for Outstanding Actor (Drama) in the Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and Best Actor in Drama Performance: Male in the National Television Awards in 2013.
Colin Morgan
Patrick Hynes
for Patrick Hynes in Nightwing: City of Shadows (2013)
Suggested by matthewfenner
Gotham City, 2013. Three months after the fall of Batman and the events that nearly tore the city apart, former GCPD officer John Blake has stepped into the shadows as Nightwing, determined to honor Bruce Wayne’s legacy and protect a Gotham still teetering on the edge of ruin. With no mentor, no gadgets beyond what he can build, and no allies he can fully trust, Blake fights to find his place as Gotham’s new guardian. But when a brutal new player, Sean Williamson, an Irish immigrant with a savage temper and a deadly network, seizes control of the city’s fractured underworld, Blake is thrust into a war far deadlier than anything he’s faced before. Williamson’s empire thrives on blood, fear, and loyalty bought with bullets—leaving Nightwing to battle both his enemies and his own doubts about whether Gotham truly needs another vigilante. As the city spirals into violent gang wars and political corruption, Blake’s crusade tests every part of him—his ideals, his faith in Batman’s mission, and his very humanity. Each fight pushes him closer to the brink, forcing him to question if he can protect Gotham without becoming as ruthless as those he hunts. With the Bat’s legacy haunting every rooftop and alley, Nightwing: City of Shadows delivers an R-rated, grounded tale of a man trying to forge his own path amid the chaos, proving that even in Batman’s absence, Gotham’s fight for justice is far from over.
