Actor

Michael Colgan

December 1, 1972 · Keady, Northern Ireland

Michael Colgan (born 1972-1973) as Michael Hughes in Keady, County Armagh) is a Northern Irish actor, novelist and academic, currently a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Queen Mary University of London

Colgan was educated at Saint Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh and did his undergraduate studies in English at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, then completed a MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, followed by a PhD at London Metropolitan University. He also studied at l'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris and has lived in London.

Notable work

8.7
Chernobyl (2019)
as Mikhail Shadov
8.2
The Crown (2016)
as IRA Lieutenant
7.7
The Fall (2013)
as Sheldon Schwartz
7.5
Midsomer Murders (1997)
as Father Behan

Often works with

Paul Ritter
2 titles together
Chernobyl, Great Expectations
Vanessa Kirby
2 titles together
The Crown, Great Expectations
Gillian Anderson
2 titles together
The Fall, Great Expectations
Ruth Bradley
2 titles together
The Fall, Sinners
Ruth McCabe
2 titles together
Good Vibrations, Sinners
Rory Kinnear
2 titles together
Say Nothing, Lennon Naked

Full filmography · 23

You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
as Fr Kavanaugh
2026
Urchin
as Scott
20256.8
Heart of Lightness
as Arnholm
2014
Good Vibrations
as Dave Hyndman
20126.7
Lennon Naked
as Derek Taylor
20105.5
Occupation
as Davis
2009
Soundproof
as Connor
2006
The Year London Blew Up
as Joseph O'Connell
2005
Song of Songs
as Journalist Voice
2005
Sinners
as Eamonn
2002
Sunday
as Gerard Donaghy
2002
This Is Not a Love Song
as Spike
2002