Michael Colgan
Actor · Born December 1, 1972 (53) · Keady, Northern Ireland
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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 1, 1972 (53)
- Keady, Northern Ireland
- Actor
- 15 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
What are Michael Colgan's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 2
Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Shadowas O'Connell in The Year London Blew Up: 1974 (2005)
- Mentoras Arnholm in Heart of Lightness (2014)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Michael Colgan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Michael Colgan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
23 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Urchin(2025)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Say Nothing(2024)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
This England(2022)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Chernobyl(2019)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
The Crown(2016)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Heart of Lightness(2014)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Fall(2013)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Good Vibrations(2012)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Great Expectations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Lennon Naked(2010)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Occupation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Raw(2008)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Soundproof (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Surviving Disaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Song of Songs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
The Thick of It(2005)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
New Tricks(2003)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Sinners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
This Is Not a Love Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Midsomer Murders(1997)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 57th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles from 1997 to 2026; peak year 2012.
Biggest box office
Good Vibrations (2012)
Highest rated
Good Vibrations (2012)
Most popular right now
Lennon Naked (2010)
Film career
Peak 2012 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2012Screen debut· Good Vibrations
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Michael Colgan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 15 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved7
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 68, detractors 60. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Michael Colgan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael Colgan's MovieCove titles; Edmund Coulthard shares the most, 2.
- Edmund CoulthardShared titles: Lennon Naked (2010), The Year London Blew Up: 1974 (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Edmund Coulthard
