Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Dominic Monaghan is proof that a supporting player can own a cultural moment twice. Merry in The Lord of the Rings and Charlie Pace in Lost are both beloved because he plays warmth without sentimentality, the friend you genuinely grieve for. What endears him to me beyond the screen is his obsession with wildlife; his social handles read like a naturalist's field notebook, and that unguarded enthusiasm explains why audiences trust him so readily. The database amusingly lists his birthplace as the Margraviate of Brandenburg, a Wikidata quirk for Berlin, which somehow suits an actor most at home in invented worlds.
Overview
Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck in Peter Jackson's film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003), and Charlie Pace on the ABC television drama Lost (2004–2010). Monaghan first gained fame as Hetty Wainthropp's sidekick Geoffrey in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996–1998).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dominic Monaghan
- Name (Japanese)
- ドミニク・モナハン
- Reading
- どみにく・もなはん
- Born
- December 8, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / screenwriter / stage actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- St Anne's Roman Catholic High School, Stockport
- University
- Aquinas College
Awards & achievements
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from Margraviate of Brandenburg →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
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.