Born and bred in Berlin, this adorably scruffy actor landed his first part at age 20, playing the adolescent sidekick to an elderly detective on the British TV show
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates in 1996. Five years later, Monaghan graduated to the big time as a cheerfully mischievous hobbit in
The Lord of the Rings trilogy. With glistening blue eyes and a mop of unruly blonde hair, he shot to stardom as a sensitive junkie rock star on
Lost, where he won the hearts of viewers and his stunning costar Evangeline Lilly.
Dominic Monaghan Fast Facts:
- Lived in Germany as a child because his father, a science teacher, taught courses for British troops stationed there; moved with his family to Britain at age 12.
- Got his start in show business in Manchester, England, acting in a youth theater group in 1995, a year before he was cast in the BBC's Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.
- A soccer fan, he follows his hometown side, Manchester United.
- Dominic Monaghan Relationships:
- Evangeline Lilly - Significant Other
- Aureen Monaghan - Mother
- Austin Monaghan - Father
- Matthew Monaghan - Brother
- College:
- Attended Aquinas College, Stockton, England
