Dominic Monaghan has starred as Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry) in all three installments of Peter Jackson's acclaimed The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He will next be seen in Chris Atkin’s The Purifiers, a film about martial arts clubs which have created their own city infrastructure after tiring of government initiatives, set for release in 2004; and Spivs, a heist film opposite Nick Moran of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels fame.

Monaghan was born in Berlin and grew up in Manchester, England. He is an active environmentalist. enjoys the outdoors, monkeys and football (US Soccer), particularly Manchester United.

He currently resides in Los Angeles.