Michael Colgan

Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Chernobyl (2019) — Mikhail Shadov
2. The Crown (2016) — IRA Lieutenant
3. The Fall (2013) — Sheldon Schwartz
4. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Father Behan
5. The Thick of It (2005) — Declan
6. Good Vibrations (2012) — Dave Hyndman
7. Great Expectations (2011) — Anxious Man
8. Say Nothing (2024) — Older Gerry Adams
9. New Tricks (2004) — Buzz McCaffery
10. Urchin (2025) — Scott
11. Lennon Naked (2010) — Derek Taylor
12. Occupation (2009) — Davis
13. Sunday (2002) — Gerard Donaghy
14. Heart of Lightness (2014) — Arnholm
15. Song of Songs (2005) — Journalist Voice
16. This Is Not a Love Song (2002) — Spike
17. Soundproof (2006) — Connor
18. Sinners (2002) — Eamonn
19. Surviving Disaster (2006)
20. The Year London Blew Up (2005) — Joseph O'Connell
21. Raw (2008) — Mal Martin
22. You'll Never Believe Who's Dead (2026) — Fr Kavanaugh