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.
Known For
All Movies (12)
- You'll Never Believe Who's Dead2026 · as Fr Kavanaugh
- Urchin2025 · as Scott
- Heart of Lightness2014 · as Arnholm
- Good Vibrations2012 · as Dave Hyndman
- Lennon Naked2010 · as Derek Taylor
- Occupation2009 · as Davis
- Soundproof2006 · as Connor
- The Year London Blew Up2005 · as Joseph O'Connell
- Song of Songs2005 · as Journalist Voice
- Sinners2002 · as Eamonn
- Sunday2002 · as Gerard Donaghy
- This Is Not a Love Song2002 · as Spike
All TV Shows (11)
- Say Nothing2024 · as Older Gerry Adams
- Chernobyl2019 · as Mikhail Shadov
- The Crown2016 · as IRA Lieutenant
- The Fall2013 · as Sheldon Schwartz
- Great Expectations2011 · as Anxious Man
- Raw2008 · as Mal Martin
- Surviving Disaster2006
- The Thick of It2005 · as Declan
- The Thick of It2005 · as Mr. Chop
- New Tricks2004 · as Buzz McCaffery
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Father Behan






