Dominic Monaghan

Kept a pair of the latex Hobbit feet used in LotR

Was given the Lord of the Rings book to him by his father when he was 15, who said: 'I'll give you six months to read it' Dominic read it in two

Bought a forest in India in early 2003, to help protect the environment

Auditioned for Hetty Wainthropp three times in four weeks before finally getting the part

Speaks fluent German, Surfs, and has a love for insects

His Mother, Aureen, is a nurse, and Father, Austin, is a teacher

He has one brother, Matthew, who is a year older

Attended Aquinas College, a Catholic sixth form school in Stockport (Honestly, I have no idea what that means...)

Originally auditioned for the role of Frodo Baggins in the LOTR trilogy

In The Fellowship in the first scene with Gollum and Bilbo Baggins, Andy Serkis who plays Gollum wasn't on set for the shooting of that scene, so Dominic filled in for him. It was his only interaction on screen with Ian Holm

Has a habit of writing on his hands, which he shares with Chris Martin of Coldplay, who happens to be one of his favorite bands

Wrote and recorded the vocals for the tracks "Shadow" and "Maybe", and co-wrote and recorded "Half Fling" with Elijah Wood on the album 'Pandemoniumfromamerica'

Owns a leaf-mantis named Gizmo and a Black Widow spider named Witchitar

Is roommates with Mackenzie Astin, the brother of his co-star from LOTR, Sean Astin

Previous jobs before acting included sorting mail at a Post Office, working in British Home Stores and working as a saute chef at a place called Quincey's in Didsbury, Manchester

Height: 5' 7"

"I won't miss having to stand for two hours at 4:30 a.m. and having freezing cold glue applied to my feet. I won't miss two-hour drives to work or long, long, long, days sitting in my trailer waiting... waiting... waiting. I won't miss glue in my ears. But I would do it all again tomorrow."

2004 Mardi Gras

I may post some of my own pics later on
If I do same goes for them. Thanks.

"I think deep down I've always wanted to be an actor. It was the one thing in school that I was undoubtedly enthusiastic about and good at. I coasted along being good at German, Geography, English and football but there wasn't anything that I could really call my thing, my niche."

"I'd love to play a gangster but I think people might say I looked a bit too young and cheeky to play a character who'd just blown someones head off!"

If I could uninvent anything, I would uninvent Hitler's mum, guns and broccoli.

I would like to be remembered as someone who could make people laugh.
I would just like to be remembered really.