Dominic Monaghan

Age:28
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Why He Looks Familiar: A series of little cult movies called The Lord of the Rings, followed by a little ABC cult drama called Lost.

Where You'll See Him This Fall: Back for a second season on Lost as former rock star Charlie, who'd kicked his heroin habit on the show's (somewhat) deserted island - until the season finale, when he stumbled across downed prop plane loaded with a virtually unlimited supply of the Big H, the Aunt Hazel, the Harvey Jones, the.... You get the idea.

Home Sweet Suitcase: After spending four years on and off in New Zealand making Rings, and a year in Hawaii filming Lost - and then following both with the requisite international promotional tours - Monaghan explains, "I don't really have a concept of home. I've been living out of a suitcase [for] probably two or three years. I have a place in L.A.; I have a place in Hawaii [and], obviously, my parents' place in Manchester, England. I just don't really have that concept of home, which is quite a freeing, liberating way to feel. I don't have anything that's dragging me back anywhere.

Piss Factory: Part of the great fun of the extended Rings DVDs is listening to Monaghan's hysterical commentary tracks with fellow hobbit Billy Boyd. Can we expect the same from the season one Lost DVD, out Sept. 6? "Yeah, I did a commentary from my episode with [the writers]. We basically just the took the piss out of each other the entire time. I mean, the majority of my friends are either English or sarcastic or both - it means we just sit around taking the piss out of each other.

Playing Rock Star: Some of Monaghan's favorite scenes are the flashbacks to his days in the fictional rock band Driveshaft, mostly because "when he's being a rock star, he's high on something. I like that, because that gives Charlie a chameleon-like quality." But he's always been into music. "My favorite TV show when I was a kid was [the British countdown show] Tops of the Pops. I've got a huge music collection: The Postal Service, Elliot Smith, The Streets, Eisley, any kid of splinter project from the Wu-Tang Clan, Sigur Ros." He goes on, but we've run out of room. -Adam B. Vary

Source: Alternative Press