Michael Colgan
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Father Behan
1997
Series
The Crown
IRA Lieutenant
2016
Series
Chernobyl
Mikhail Shadov
2019
Series
New Tricks
Buzz McCaffery
2004
Series
The Fall
Sheldon Schwartz
2013
Series
Say Nothing
Older Gerry Adams
2024
Series
The Thick of It
Declan
2005
Series
The Thick of It
Mr. Chop
2005
Series
Great Expectations
Anxious Man
2011
Series
Raw
Mal Martin
2008
Film
Urchin
Scott
2025
Film
Good Vibrations
Dave Hyndman
2012
Series
Surviving Disaster
2006
Film
Lennon Naked
Derek Taylor
2010
Film
You'll Never Believe Who's Dead
Fr Kavanaugh
2026
Film
Heart of Lightness
Arnholm
2014
Film
Sunday
Gerard Donaghy
2002
Film
Song of Songs
Journalist Voice
2005
Film
Sinners
Eamonn
2002
Film
The Year London Blew Up
Joseph O'Connell
2005
Film
Soundproof
Connor
2006
Film
Occupation
Davis
2009
This Is Not a Love Song
Spike
2002