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Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan (born 8 December 1976) is a British actor. He has received international attention from playing Merry in Peter Jackson's adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and for his role as Charlie Pace on the television show Lost. He also portrayed the character Dr. Simon Campos on FlashForward.

Monaghan was born in Berlin, Germany, to British parents: Maureen, a nurse, and Austin Monaghan, a science teacher. Monaghan has a brother, Matthew, who is a year older, and is a teacher, singer and musician.[citation needed] Monaghan's family lived in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, and Münster, moving about every four years. When he was about 11 years old, his family moved from Germany to Heaton Moor in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and later to Manchester. Monaghan's first language is English, but he also speaks some German and is well known for his ability to impersonate others and replicate accents. His earlier ancestors may well have come from the Irish midlands, possibly County Longford or Roscommon. Bernard is his maternal grandfather's name, and Patrick his paternal grandfather's name, the later being evidence of his possible Irish heritage. He chose Luke as his confirmation name after one of the characters from Star Wars, his favourite movie, which was also one of his inspirations for becoming an actor. He attended St Anne's Roman Catholic High School (where his uncle taught and later became head teacher) and Aquinas College, where he studied English literature, drama and geography.
Monaghan is a nature lover, and has been active in the planting of trees, cacti, and the pod-seeds of mature hedge-row bushes. He owns a small forest in India, and has worked with the animal rights group PETA. Despite his involvement with PETA, Monaghan is not a vegetarian. Monaghan has a great love for insects and reptiles that he developed during his childhood, and has kept an assortment of pets.

An avid outdoorsman, Dominic enjoys activities such as surfing, kayaking, snowboarding, football, basketball, and hiking. He has also stated that he likes hunting for insects and reptiles outdoors. He learned karate as a child, practices yoga, and often goes to the gym for strength and weight training. He is a long time supporter and fan of Manchester United.

Dominic loves to play various games, and has hosted game nights for fellow cast members in the past. He is also fond of working the New York Times crossword puzzle.

On his right arm he has a tattoo of the English word "nine" written in Quenya-mode Tengwar, a reference to his involvement in the Lord of the Rings and the fact that his character was one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring. Seven other cast members and one of the stunt doubles (John Rhys-Davies' stunt double) also got matching tattoos during the film's production, at Dominic's instigation. Below that tattoo is another that reads, "Life imitates art", an Oscar Wilde quote. On his left arm is a tattoo, "Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.", a line from The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever". He also has two stars tattooed on his left foot, one black, and one white. In 2010, Monaghan got another two tattoos, one on the upper side of the back ("Love you take is equal to the love you make", taken from the song "The End" by The Beatles) and one on the lower right arm ("Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter", a quote from Yoda).

He resides in the Los Angeles, California area. In 2008 Monaghan held a photographic exhibit in Los Angeles in which he sold prints of his own works. A portion of the proceeds from the exhibit were given to an orangutan rescue organization.
He has been dating his Lost co-star Evangeline Lilly since 2004, ending for a short time in 2007, but reunited in 2009.

In June 2008 Monaghan traveled to Argentina with Lilly to film the pilot of the American version of CQC, (a successful television programme in more than five countries). The two are frequently seen together in Vancouver, where she has a home.
He has long been working on a script with LOTR co-star and good friend Billy Boyd.[13] Dominic provided the inspiration for the naming of Boyd's band Beecake after he sent his friend a picture of a cake covered in bees.In 2010 Monaghan appeared in the Eminem and Rihanna's video "Love The Way You Lie" with Megan Fox. dominic monaghan love tattoo, his tattoo on shoulder and hand. with word tattoo on shoulder and hand dominic look cool