A native of Northern Ireland, Colin Morgan studied acting at the Belfast Institute of Further & Higher Education, and later graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2007. With extremely prestigious credentials in hand, the actor then went on to appear in a handful of popular Old Vic and New Vic stage productions, before trying his hand at on-camera work. He landed a starring role on the series Merlin in 2008, and later signed on to appear in the feature film The Sea Change.