Michael Colgan (actor)
Michael Colgan (born Michael Hughes) is a
Career
Born in
A notable early performance in
He starred in the 2002 feature film This Is Not a Love Song directed by Bille Eltringham. He also spent a year working in the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and has appeared in several television productions, including Rebel Heart and Sunday (2002) for the BBC.[1]
Colgan has worked at the
In 2009 he was appearing at the Young Vic in Rupert Goold's critically acclaimed production of King Lear starring Pete Postlethwaite.[2]
In 2013, Colgan played Richard Webb in the drama series What Remains. In 2014 he appeared in the first episode of the Channel 5 detective drama Suspects (TV series).
In 2016, Colgan published his first novel, The Countenance Divine, under his real name Michael Hughes.[3] His second novel, Country, was published in August 2018.[4]
Colgan has appeared in two separate depictions of the
In 2020, Colgan starred as Rory Maguire in the third series of Nordic noir detective series Marcella.[7][8]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Eliminator | O'Brien | |
| 2002 | Sunday | Gerard Donaghey | TV film |
| 2002 | This Is Not a Love Song | Spike | |
| 2002 | Sinners | Eammon | TV film |
| 2004 | Wall of Silence | Gerard Dillon | TV film |
| 2005 | Song of Songs | Male Journalist | Voice |
| 2005 | The Year London Blew Up: 1974 | O'Connell | TV film |
| 2005 | Animals | Danny Harkman | TV film |
| 2006 | Soundproof | Connor | TV film |
| 2010 | Lennon Naked | Derek Taylor | TV film |
| 2013 | Good Vibrations | Dave | |
| 2014 | Heart of Lightness | Arnholm |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Rebel Heart | Liam O'Toole | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | The Long Firm |
Cutter | Episode: "Jimmy's Story" |
| 2004 | Surviving Disaster | Leonid Toptunov | Episode: "Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster" |
| 2007 | Silent Witness | George Woods | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Raw | Mal Martin | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Occupation | Will Davies | |
| 2009 | The Bill | Paul Brewer | Episode: "Innocence Betrayed" |
| 2010 | Holby City | Mitch Turner | Episode: "Taking Over" |
| 2011 | Doctors | Minford Boyle | Episode: "Last Christmas" |
| 2011 | New Tricks | Lorcan "Buzz" McCaffrey | Episode: "Tiger Tiger" |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Father Behan | Episode: "A Sacred Trust" |
| 2011 | Great Expectations | Anxious Man | Episode 1.2 |
| 2012 | The Thick of It | Mr. Chop / Declan | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | The Fall | Sheldon Schwartz | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | What Remains | Richard Webb | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Suspects | Laurie Wilkins | Episode: "Alone" |
| 2016 | Happy Valley | Chaplain | Episode 2.1 |
| 2016 | The Secret | Paul Ramsey | Part 4 |
| 2016 | Hooten & the Lady | Monsignor Fitzgerald | Episode: "Rome" |
| 2016 | My Mother and Other Strangers | Father Nolan | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | X Company | Henri | Episode: "Promises" |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | Mikhail Shchadov | Episode: "Open Wide, O Earth" |
| 2020 | Marcella | Rory Maguire | Main role |
| 2020 | The Crown | IRA Lieutenant | "Gold Stick" |
| 2022 | This England | Gabriel Milland | Main role |
References
- ^ "Charisma on the Stand: An Interview with Michael Colgan by Rada Djurica". Wild Violet. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ "Case study: Michael Colgan, actor". Creative Choices. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ "John Murray acquires 'ambitious, genre-blending' British debut". Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "John Murray acquires Irish reimagining of Homer's Iliad". Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Surviving Disaster" Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (TV Episode 2006) - IMDb, retrieved 25 December 2019
- ^ "Chernobyl" Open Wide, O Earth (TV Episode 2019) - IMDb, retrieved 25 December 2019
- ^ "Marcella Season 3 Is Coming To ITV In Early 2021". www.tyla.com. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ Giannetti, Charlene (24 June 2020). "Anna Friel returns in Season Three of Marcella". Woman Around Town. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
External links
- Michael Colgan at IMDb