Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan
Join Dominic on an intimate, action-packed quest as he struggles to track down and get up close and personal with some of the planet’s most rare and life-threatening creatures.
Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan
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An original travel series that follows actor and wildlife enthusiast Dominic Monaghan as he hunts for the most dangerous, spectacular and elusive creatures on the planet!
Dominic Monaghan explores some of the most remote corners of far-flung countries across the globe as he searches for the largest, weirdest and most intense creatures alive. Dominic is best known for his role in the movie adaptations of Lord of the Rings and as Charlie Pace in Lost. A true nature lover, Monaghan’s knowledge and love for insects and reptiles developed during his childhood and remains to this day.
In this second season of Wild Things, Dom expands his quests to include bigger and badder creatures – giant spitting cobras, charging elephants, a creature with the longest fangs in the world and another that just might be the most venomous animal in the ocean are just a few of the creatures on Dom’s roster this time around.
Dom has to cover some of the most challenging – and remote – terrain on the planet. He’ll have to search on land, by riverboat and even underwater to find the animals he seeks. He’ll drive, dive, hike, sail – and even surf – some of the most spectacular places on the planet. He’ll work in temperatures that swing from the scorching hot jungles of the Amazon, to the cold and snowy mountains of Japan. Along the way, he’ll meet the people who live and work to conserve and protect the world’s most rare and wonderful creatures.
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Dominic Monaghan
Dominic Monaghan has demonstrated incredible versatility in an acting career that has included such diverse characterizations as the Hobbit Merry in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Charlie Pace on ABC’s hit series Lost, a quantum physicist in the TV mystery FlashForward, and an electrical-powered mutant known as Bolt in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Dominic produced and starred in The Day, where he played the leader of a post-apocalyptic group being hunted by zombies. Other recent credits include the comedy TV series Goodnight Burbank and Crackle’s original series The Unknown.
A true nature lover and wildlife enthusiast, he recently wrapped shooting the second season of the Critics’ Choice Television Award nominated series, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan. In each episode, Dominic takes the viewer along on an intimate, heart-pumping adventure as he tracks down and gets up close and personal with some of the planet’s most rare and life-threatening insects.
Before his worldwide success he became known in England for his role in the British television drama Hetty Wainthropp Investigations. His other feature film work includes Glenn McQuaid’s I Sell the Dead, (which was featured at Slamdance Film Festival), Colin Teague’s Spivs, Richard Jobson’s The Purifiers and Rebecca Cook‘s Shooting Livien. Dominic has also combined two of his life’s passions – photography and nature – and held his first exhibit in early 2008, Happy Accidents.