Dominic Monaghan
Birthday: December 8, 1976
Birth Place: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5' 7"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Dominic Monaghan. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

A Tale of Two Cities	(2006)
[ Emilie de Ravin ][ Naveen Andrews ][ Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ][ Daniel Dae Kim ][ J.J. Abrams ]
Live Together, Die Alone	(2006)
[ Emilie de Ravin ][ Naveen Andrews ][ Harold Perrineau ][ Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ][ Daniel Dae Kim ]
Three Minutes	(2006)
[ Emilie de Ravin ][ Matthew Fox ][ Naveen Andrews ][ Harold Perrineau ][ Terry O'Quinn ]
?	(2006)
[ Emilie de Ravin ][ Matthew Fox ][ Naveen Andrews ][ Harold Perrineau ][ Terry O'Quinn ]
Shooting Livien	(2005)
[ Jason Behr ][ Joshua Leonard ][ Jay O. Sanders ]
The Purifiers	(2004)
[ Kevin McKidd ]
Spivs	(2004)
[ Tamer Hassan ]
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	(2003)
[ Orlando Bloom ][ Elijah Wood ][ Viggo Mortensen ][ Sean Bean ][ Ian McKellen ]
An Insomniac's Nightmare	(2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	(2002)
[ Orlando Bloom ][ Elijah Wood ][ Viggo Mortensen ][ Sean Bean ][ Ian McKellen ]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	(2001)
[ Orlando Bloom ][ Elijah Wood ][ Viggo Mortensen ][ Sean Bean ][ Ian McKellen ]
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper	(2000)
[ Alun Armstrong ]
Pursuit by Proxy	(1998)
Childsplay	(1998)
Hostile Waters	(1997)
[ Martin Sheen ][ Rutger Hauer ][ Max von Sydow ][ Alexis Denisof ][ Harris Yulin ]
Widdershins	(1996)
Poison Pen	(1996)

Trivia

• Kept a pair of the latex Hobbit feet used in LotR.
• Was given the Lord of the Rings book to him by his father when he was 15, who said: 'I'll give you six months to read it' - Dominic read it in two.
• Bought a forest in India in early 2003, to help protect the environment.
• Speaks fluent German.
• Surfs.
• Auditioned for Hetty Wainthropp three times in four weeks before finally getting the part.
• Has a love for insects.
• His mother, Maureen, is a nurse and his father, Austin, is a teacher. While in Germany Austin taught Science for the British armed forces.
• He has one older brother.
• Attended Aquinas College, a Catholic sixth form school in Stockport
• Did karate as a child
• Originally auditioned for the role of Frodo Baggins in the LOTR trilogy
• In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), in the first scene with Gollum and Bilbo Baggins, Andy Serkis who plays Gollum wasn't on set for the shooting of that scene, so Dominic filled in for him. It was his only interaction on screen with Ian Holm (Bilbo).
• Has a habit of writing on his hands, which he shares with Chris Martin of Coldplay, who happens to be one of his favorite bands.
• Wrote and recorded the vocals for the tracks "Shadow" and "Maybe", and co-wrote and recorded "Half Fling" with Elijah Wood on Viggo Mortensen's album 'Pandemoniumfromamerica'.
• Used to be roommates with Mackenzie Astin, the brother of his co-star from LOTR, Sean Astin. He now lives on his own in Hollywood Hills.
• His brother, Matthew, is one year older than him.
• Previous jobs before acting included sorting mail at a Post Office, working in British Home Stores and working as a saute chef at a place called Quincey's in Didsbury, Manchester.
• According to The Toronto Star (December 12, 2003), Monaghan fell so in love with surfing that he moved to Los Angeles and found a place to live 25 minutes from a beach.
• Likes Radiohead, Coldplay, The Beatles and The Smiths.
• While filming the Lord of the Rings-trilogy, he got rid of his fear of heights by joining Orlando Bloom when he went bungee jumping.
• Owns a leaf-mantis named Gizmo, a Black Widow spider named Witchitar and an albino snake named Blink
• Is marginally the tallest of the 4 principal actors to play a hobbit in "The Lord of the Rings" films.
• His favorite football club is Manchester United and his favorite players include Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Eric Cantona and Ruud van Nistelrooy.
• Is a video game fanatic and often hosts gaming parties at his house
• The producers of "Lost" were so impressed with Dom they rewrote the part of Charlie to be a 20-something guy (it was originally intended to be a middle aged rock star who had faded from glory).
• Shares a birthday with his fellow co-star from the hit series Lost, Ian Somerhalder.
• Shares a birthday with Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen
• Attended St. Anne's R.C High School in Stockport, England where his uncle has just retired as Headteacher
• Of the three British cast members of "Lost", he is the only one to play an English character on the show. Ironically, Monaghan is the only one of the three to not have been born in Britain, rather having been born when his parents were working in Berlin, Germany.
• Originally auditioned for the role of Sawyer on "Lost" before being asked to read for the role of Charlie.

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