Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English actor. He has received international attention from playing Merry in Peter Jackson's adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and for his role as Charlie Pace on the television show Lost.
Monaghan was born in Berlin, Germany, to British parents: Maureen, a nurse, and Austin Monaghan, a science teacher. Dominic has a brother, Matthew, who is a year older. Matt...
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Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is an English actor. He has received international attention from playing Merry in Peter Jackson's adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and for his role as Charlie Pace on the television show Lost.
Monaghan was born in Berlin, Germany, to British parents: Maureen, a nurse, and Austin Monaghan, a science teacher. Dominic has a brother, Matthew, who is a year older. Matthew is a teacher, as well as a singer and musician. Monaghan's family lived in Berlin, Düsseldorf- Lohausen, Stuttgart, and Münster, moving about every 4 years. When he was about 11 years old Dominic's family moved from Germany to Heaton Moor in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and later to Manchester. Monaghan's first language is English, but he also speaks some German and is well known for his ability to impersonate others and replicate accents. His parents gave him the name Dominic because they liked it; Bernard is his maternal grandfather's...
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