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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-12-01 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Keady, Northern Ireland

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

Acting

2024

Say Nothing as Older Gerry Adams

2019

Chernobyl as Mikhail Shadov

2016

The Crown as IRA Lieutenant

2014

2013

The Fall as Sheldon Schwartz

2012

Good Vibrations as Dave Hyndman

2011

Great Expectations as Anxious Man

2010

Lennon Naked as Derek Taylor

2009

Occupation as Davis

2008

Raw as Mal Martin

2006

2005

Song of Songs as Journalist Voice
The Year London Blew Up as Joseph O'Connell
The Thick of It as Declan

2004

New Tricks as Buzz McCaffery

2002

Sunday as Gerard Donaghy
Sinners as Eamonn

1997

Midsomer Murders as Father Behan

Creator

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Beckett on Film as Creator