Paul Monaghan(III)
- Actor
Paul, is originally from Dublin, Ireland. After finishing his secondary
education in Synge Street CBS he trained at the Brendan Smith Academy,
The College of Music and The Royal Academy Of Music. He made his debut
in Ireland playing Pontius Pilate opposite Colm Wilkinson in "Jesus
Christ Superstar" this led to many leading roles in productions such as
"Zorba", "The New Pirates of Penzance", "Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat","Chess","Can't Stop the Music" and his first
pantomime "Dick Whittington". In 1991 Paul moved to London to play the
"Bishop of Digne" in "Les Miserables" at the Palace Theatre until 1993,
he then became an original cast member of the First National tour of
Andrew Lloyd Webbers "The Phantom of the Opera" playing the Phantom in
Manchester and Edinburgh. He returned to Dublin briefly to play the
title role in Stephen Sondheims musical "Sweeney Todd" at the National
Concert Hall. In 1993 he appeared as a guest artist in a tribute to Sir
Cameron Mackintosh as part of the Summer Proms series. Paul Conceived/
Produced/ Arranged and Directed a series of Concerts throughout the UK
and Ireland entitled "Les Miscellaneous". Featuring members of the
1998/1999 touring cast of "Les Miserables" they were seen in Edinburgh,
Belfast, Bradford, Dublin and Belfast (starring Colm Wilkinson) and
finally Manchester. In 2010 he created the role of Mr Carney in the
West End production of Flaherty and Ahren's "A Man Of No Importance".
Most recently Paul played Mr Scheinkopf in the Irish tour of "Fame The
Musical" and appeared at the O2, London, in the "25th Anniversary
Concert of Les Miserables". He then appeared at the Royal Albert Hall
in the "25th Anniversary Production of The Phantom Of The Opera". He
has just wrapped the feature movie "Rough And Ready" playing the
leading role of Richard Cross. Paul is also the very proud uncle of
Hollywood actor Colin Farrell.