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Is the actor that plays Merlin related to someone famous?

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Katymac · 31/10/2009 20:37

Or has he been in something else

It isn't so much his face but sometimes when he says something I get total deja vu

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TeamEdward · 31/10/2009 20:39

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edam · 31/10/2009 20:41

Ooh, he was in something else, but I can't remember what now. Grr. Possibly Doctor Who?

Dumbledoresgirl · 31/10/2009 20:43

He was in one episode of Dr Who, and acted well but I don't think he is that good in Merlin.

I wish Prince Arthur was related to me - directly, through marriage!

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Katymac · 31/10/2009 20:49

Really Dr Who......missed that

Yeah I was thinking nepotism - I wonder if it's the Jonathon Creek guy I'm thinking of?

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Heated · 31/10/2009 21:23

Ds & I think he's good.

fartmeistergeneral · 31/10/2009 21:49

Remember, that's not his real voice, he's got a broad Irish accent in RL!!

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Katymac · 31/10/2009 21:55

Really - he mst be modelling it on someone then & that's who I am thinking of

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cornsilkwearscorsets · 31/10/2009 21:57

I think Merlin guy is good. Arthur is wooden (and camp). Which episode of Dr Who was he in?

FabioExtremeAngler · 31/10/2009 22:00

It's the ears.
You are thinking of Gary Lineker.
Or Dumbo.

cornsilkwearscorsets · 31/10/2009 22:00
MrsWeasley · 31/10/2009 22:08

He was in an episode of the Catherine Tate show and was in Dr Who in an episode called Midnight he played someone called Jethro Cane.

Dumbledoresgirl · 31/10/2009 22:08

I don't know the name of the episode but he was in the one where the Doctor took a trip in a sealed pod thingy and one of the other passengers was taken over by an alien lifeform and she started repeating everything the others said. Then the Doctor got taken over by the alien thingy. "Merlin" played the teenage son of a couple - his mother was Lindsey Coulson who was once Bianca's mother in Eastenders.

Hope that is all clear as mud!

cornsilkwearscorsets · 31/10/2009 22:10

I remember that but not him. It was a crap episode.

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Katymac · 31/10/2009 22:12

Very bad episode - no memory of Merlin at all (must re-watch)

Having a major family situation re:Dr Who atm...total nightmare

What time do we travel on Christmas Day? & will we miss Dr Who

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Dumbledoresgirl · 31/10/2009 22:15

Oh, I am not a fan of sci-fi so tend to watch Dr Who only for David Tennant (won't need to bother in future!) but I rather enjoyed that episode. Still can't relate the plot properly though as you can no doubt tell.

WhereYouLeftIt · 31/10/2009 22:19

The Dr Who Episode was called 'Midnight' (I am so sad knowing that ). And he uses his own accent in The Catherine Tate Show, it's the sketches where Tate is the Northern Irish mother so proud of her son - 'our John is a gay maaan'. And of course Catherine Tate was in the 'Midnight' episode of Dr Who.

cornsilkwearscorsets · 31/10/2009 22:20

Is he John then?

cornsilkwearscorsets · 31/10/2009 22:20
WhereYouLeftIt · 31/10/2009 22:33

Try www.imdb.com - really good for this sort of detail.

cornsilkwearscorsets · 31/10/2009 22:34

He is John in some of the episodes. He looks different with that hairstyle -older.

busybutterfly · 31/10/2009 23:01

fartmeister Surely with a name like Colin Morgan he has a broad Welsh accent?!

Dumbledoresgirl · 31/10/2009 23:12

No, definitely Irish. I have watched one of the "how Merlin is made" programmes and his accent is a surprise.

busybutterfly · 31/10/2009 23:17

Blimey. Hides it well, doesn't he?!

Tumbleweed · 01/11/2009 21:09

OMG I was only thinking about this the other day! OK to butt in? There's a sitcom on BBC called "How Not To Live Your Life" and he's the dead spit of the lead in that. Dan Clark.

See www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/extra/video/p003ym04

Does anyone else see the resemblance, or know more?

BunnyLebowski · 02/11/2009 11:04

Yep he's definitely Irish. He's from Armagh, just up the road from where I'm from.

Saw him on Something for the Weekend months ago and his accent has definitely not been diluted in real life!