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My Take
Dermot Morgan represents one of comedy's cruelest ironies for me. As Father Ted he created a character so complete, vain and scheming yet oddly lovable, that it feels less like acting and more like channeling. Then he died at forty-five, a single day after wrapping the final series, and the posthumous BAFTA the following year reads like the industry apologizing for not crowning him sooner. What stays with me is how Irish his comedy was: sharp about institutions, warm about people. I rewatch Father Ted regularly and his timing still feels modern. Few performers achieve immortality with essentially one role; he did, and earned every second of it.
Overview
Dermot John Morgan (31 March 1952 – 28 February 1998) was an Irish comedian and actor, best known for his role as the title character on the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. Morgan died one day after filming was completed of the third and final series of Father Ted, and in 1999 he was posthumously awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dermot Morgan
- Name (Japanese)
- ダーモット・モーガン
- Reading
- だーもっと・もーがん
- Born
- March 31, 1952 – February 28, 1998
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Dragon
- Origin
- Dublin, County Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University College Dublin
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermot%20Morgan
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.