Peter Morgan is a British playwright and screenwriter. He was born in London to migrant parents, both of whom fled persecution in Poland and Nazi Germany respectively. Tragically, his father died when Morgan was just nine years old. After studying for a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Leeds, he began writing student plays and then moved on to writing television scripts in the 1990s. He quickly gained recognition for television projects such as The Jury, The Chest, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. His breakthrough television drama came in 2003 with The Deal, a television drama about the power-sharing deal between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Morgan then crossed over into the world stage and screen, writing both The Queen (which received six Academy Award nominations) and Frost/Nixon (which went on to win 3 Tony Awards following its transfer to Broadway) in 2006. Since then, he has written screenplays for hugely successful films such as The Last King of Scotland, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rush, and the film adaptation of Frost/Nixon. In 2013 he returned to the stage with his play The Audience, which revolves around the weekly meetings held between Queen Elizabeth II and her prime ministers. The play starred Helen Mirren in an Olivier Award winning performance as the Queen (the character she had played in Morgan’s 2006 film). The Audience also transferred to Broadway, where Mirren added a Tony Award to her collection. More recently, Morgan is known for creating and writing the hugely successful Netflix series The Crown, which has been running since 2016.
Morgan married Princess Anna Carolina von Schwarzenberg in 1997 and they have five children. The couple separated in 2014 and Morgan now resides in London.
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