Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 1, 1972
Place of Birth:
Keady, Northern Ireland
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Michael Colgan
Biography
Michael Colgan (born 1972-1973) as Michael Hughes in Keady, County Armagh) is a Northern Irish actor, novelist and academic, currently a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Queen Mary University of London
Colgan was educated at Saint Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh and did his undergraduate studies in English at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, then completed a MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, followed by a PhD at London Metropolitan University. He also studied at l'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris and has lived in London.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Heart of Lightness | Arnholm |
| 2012 | Good Vibrations | Dave Hyndman |
| 2010 | Lennon Naked | Derek Taylor |
| 2009 | Occupation | Davis |
| 2006 | Soundproof | Connor |
| 2005 | Song of Songs | Journalist Voice |
| 2005 | The Year London Blew Up | Joseph O'Connell |
| 2002 | This Is Not a Love Song | Spike |
| 2002 | Sunday | Gerard Donaghy |
| 2002 | Sinners | Eamonn |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Say Nothing | Older Gerry Adams |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | Mikhail Shadov |
| 2016 | The Crown | IRA Lieutenant |
| 2013 | The Fall | Sheldon Schwartz |
| 2011 | Great Expectations | Anxious Man |
| 2008 | Raw | Mal Martin |
| 2006 | Surviving Disaster | |
| 2005 | The Thick of It | Declan |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Buzz McCaffery |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Father Behan |