Dominic Monaghan Biography
Dominic Monaghan is a British-Irish actor famous for starring as Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck in The Lord of the Rings from 2001 to 2003 and Charlie Pace on ABC’s Lost from 2004 to 2010. He first rose to prominence by starring as Geoffrey in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates from 1996 to 1998.
Dominic Monaghan Age
Monaghan was born Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan on December 8, 1976, in West Berlin, West Germany. He is 47 years old as of 2024. Monaghan celebrates his birthday on December 8th.
Dominic Monaghan Height
Monaghan stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 7 inches.
Dominic Monaghan Family
Monaghan was born to Maureen and Austin Monaghan in West Berlin, West Germany. Maureen worked as a nurse while Austin worked as a science teacher. The family resided in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, and Münster, relocating about every four years.
Monaghan’s family relocated to to Heaton Moor in Stockport, England when he was 11 years old. His father had Irish roots. He learned karate as a child. Monaghan’s uncle taught at St Anne’s Roman Catholic High School, eventually becoming the head teacher.
Dominic Monaghan Wife
Monaghan is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. Fluent in German, he lives in Los Angeles, California. In 2024, he shared that he had obtained Irish citizenship. He dated Lost co-star, Evangeline Lilly, from 2004 to 2007.
Evangeline and Monaghan went to Argentina to film the pilot of the US version of CQC in 2008. That same year, he held a photographic exhibition in Los Angeles, selling prints of his own work. He shared a portion of his profit to an orangutan rescue organization. He inspired the naming of Billy Boyd’s band, Beecake, after he sent him a picture of a cake covered in bees.
Dominic Monaghan Net Worth
Monaghan has an estimated net worth of between $10 Million-$20 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an actor.
Dominic Monaghan Education
While living in Stockport, Monaghan attended St Anne’s Roman Catholic High School. After his second year at St Anne’s, he regularly appeared in school plays like Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and Bugsy Malone. Next, he joined Aquinas College where he studied English literature, Drama, and Geography.
Dominic Monaghan Tattoo
Monaghan has a tattoo of the English word “nine” written in the artificial script of Tengwar on his right arm. The tattoo references his involvement in The Lord of the Rings and the fact that his character was one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring. He instigated 7 other cast members and John Rhys-Davies’ stunt double to get matching tattoos during the film’s production.
Below the “nine” tattoo, Monaghan has a tattooed Oscar Wilde’s quote, “Life imitates art.” He has tattooed “Living is easy with eyes closed” on his left arm. The tattoo is a line from The Beatles’ Strawberry Fields Forever.
Monaghan has tattooed two stars in black and white on his left foot. In 2010, he added more tattoos, Love You Take is equal to the love You Make on the upper side of the back from The Beatles’ The End and Yoda’s quote “Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter on his lower right arm which was done by Kat Von D on the series, LA Ink.
Dominic Monaghan The Lord Of The Rings
Monaghan starred as Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy from 2001 to 2003 including The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Meriadoc is a loyal and courageous Hobbit from the Shire. As a member of the Fellowship of the Ring, he helps Frodo Baggins in his mission to destroy the One Ring. His performance in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring won him nominations for an Empire Best Newcomer Award and Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Award. Additionally, he won the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast.
His performance in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers won him a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Award. Further, he won a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast.
His performance in the third installment won him Critics’ Choice Movie Best Acting Ensemble Award, National Board of Review Best Cast Award, Online Film Critics Society Best Cast Award, and Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Award. Further, he was nominated for a Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Cast Award.
Dominic Monaghan Lost
Monaghan starred as Charlie Pace on ABC’s Lost from 2004 to 2010. Originally, he auditioned for the role of Sawyer, and his role was modified from an old, washed-up 1980s rocker to a young one-hit wonder to age his age. After leaving the main cast, he rejoined the series as a special guest star.
Charlie is a member of the rock band, Drive Shaft, who struggles with past fame and a heroin addiction. After boarding Oceanic Flight 815, he awakes on a mysterious island along with other survivors after the plane crashes. Initially self-centered, he later forms a deep connection with other survivors, more so, Claire Littleton. Claire and Charlie start a romantic relationship and he acts as a father figure to her son, Aaron.
His portrayal of Charlie won him a Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Award. Additionally, he won nominations at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival Awards, Prism Awards, and Saturn Awards.
Dominic Monaghan Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan
Monaghan appeared in Channel 5’s Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan for 30 episodes. The show is a documentary that shows him traveling to different places like Venezuela and Ecuador to film and mingle with the exotic and often dangerous local wildlife.
For his performance in the documentary, he won nominations for a Canadian Screen Best Science or Nature Documentary Program/Series Award, Critics’ Choice Television Best Reality Series Award, Primetime Emmy Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program Award, and OFTA Best Host or Panelist in a Non-Fiction Program Award.
Dominic Monaghan Star Wars
Monaghan starred as Beaumont Kin in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. Beaumont is a scholar who is interested in the Force. He later becomes a soldier for the Resistance.
Dominic Monaghan Career
Monaghan is famous for starring as Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck in The Lord of the Rings from 2001 to 2003 and Charlie Pace on ABC’s Lost from 2004 to 2010. He first rose to prominence by starring as Geoffrey in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates from 1996 to 1998.
Monaghan debuted on film portraying Sasha in Hostile Waters in 1997. He has appeared in films like X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. He hosted Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan from 2012 to 2016.
Early career
Despite having many job aspirations as a child, Monaghan always wanted to act. After his second year at St Anne’s, he regularly appeared in school plays like Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and Bugsy Malone before joining the Manchester Youth Theatre. He was scouted for Hetty Wainthropp Investigates while at the theatre. In the series, he starred opposite Patricia Routledge and Derek Benfield. To this day, he credits Routledge as an amazing teacher who him some very valuable lessons.
Monaghan debuted on film starring as Russian sailor, Sasha, in Hostile Waters. He then appeared in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, playing the role of Meriadoc Brandybuck. He worked as the narrator of a documentary about The Lord of the Rings fandom dubbed Ringers: Lord of the Fans. Additionally, he narrated the documentary, Devil’s Bible, in 2008. He starred opposite Sean Bean and Christian Slater in Soldiers of Fortune.
Monaghan starred as Charlie Pace, a former rockstar and drug addict, in ABC’s Lost from 2004 to 2004. Originally, he auditioned for the role of Sawyer, and his role was modified from an old, washed-up 1980s rocker to a young one-hit wonder to age his age. After leaving the main cast, he rejoined the series as a special guest star.
Monaghan played the role of Chris Bradley/Bolt in X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009. He was confirmed to star as Simon in ABC’s FlashForward on 15 July 2009. On 18 March 2010, he was seen filming Gloria at the Universal Sheraton, playing the role of Caleb Reese. This was part of REESES Puff’s Extraordinary Cinema, a program where teens replace the pros.
2012 to present;
Monaghan and Megan Fox starred as a couple in an abusive relationship in the music video for Love the Way You Lie by Rihanna and Eminem. In November 2012, he starred in Channel 5’s Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan, a documentary showing him traveling to different places like Venezuela and Ecuador to film and mingle with the exotic and often dangerous local wildlife.
In the summer of 2013, Monaghan starred in several live-action teasers for 2K Marin’s The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. A fan of The Gaffer Tapes: Fantasy Football Podcast, he was a guest on the show in both April-November 2016 and May 2018. Moreover, he gave multiple audio questions which are played on the podcast.
Since August 2018, Monaghan has played the role of a serial killer in Channel 9 Australia’s Bite Club. He starred as Beaumont in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, reuniting him with J.J. Abrams, the co-creator of Lost. In 2024, he debuted on stage alongside Billy Boyd in the Canadian production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Other Ventures
A nature lover, Monaghan actively plants trees and cacti. He bought a mango tree forest in India. He also loves insects and reptiles, keeping an exotic variety of pets, including a leaf mantis named Gizmo, a black widow spider named Witchitar, and an albino snake named Blink. The spider species, Ctenus monaghani, is named after him.
Monaghan is an ardent outdoorsman who loves activities like football, surfing, basketball, hiking, kayaking, and snowboarding. He used to practice yoga and regularly visits the gym for strength and weight training. Since childhood, he has been a fan of Manchester United.
Monaghan enjoys playing every game and even hosted game nights for fellow cast members in the past. He loves The New York Times crossword puzzle and loves playing League of Legends alongside Billy Boyd.
Monaghan works as a contributing writer for Paste, where he mostly writes about Premier League football. He also voices Sightseeing Manchester’s bus tour, which was recorded in March 2016.
Monaghan alongside Philippa Boyens and director Peter Jackson appeared on Josh Gad’s YouTube series Reunited Apart, a show that reassembles the cast of popular films through video-conferencing and endorses donations to non-profit charities. Alongside Billy Boyd, he began The Friendship Onion podcast where they discuss their experience filming The Lord of the Rings.
Dominic Monaghan Movies and TV Shows
Monaghan has starred in several movies and TV shows during his career such as
- An Insomniac’s Nightmare
- Shooting Livien
- The Millionaire Tour
- The Purifiers
- Monsignor Renard
- I Sell the Dead
- Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
- Pet
- Atomica
- Waterlily Jaguar
- 100 Code
- A Midsummer’s Nightmare
- Edge of the World
- Last Looks
- The Legend of Vox Machina
- Angry Birds Mystery Island
Dominic Monaghan Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and often posts on his Instagram and Twitter. He has over 630K followers on Instagram and over 200K on Twitter.