Lord of the Rings and the fact that his character was one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring. Seven other cast members and John Rhys-Davies' stunt double also got matching tattoos during the film's production, at Monaghan's instigation. Below that tattoo is another that reads, "Life imitates art", an Oscar Wilde quote. On his left arm is a tattoo, "Living is easy with eyes closed", a line from The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever". He also has two stars tattooed on his left foot: one black, and one white. In 2010, Monaghan got two more tattoos, one on the upper side of the back ("Love you take is equal to the love you make", taken from the song "The End" by The Beatles). The other, done by Kat Von D on the television show LA Ink, is located on his lower right arm and reads "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter", a quote from Yoda. He resides in Los Angeles, California. In 2008, Monaghan held a photographic exhibition in Los Angeles in which he sold prints of his own works. A portion of the proceeds from the exhibition were given to an orangutan rescue organisation. Monaghan was in a relationship with his Lost co-star Evangeline Lilly from 2004 to 2007. In June 2008, Monaghan travelled to Argentina with Lilly to film the pilot of the American version of CQC. Monaghan provided the inspiration for the naming of Billy Boyd's band Beecake after he sent his friend a picture of a cake covered in bees. Filmography Films Television Music videos Video games References External links Dominic Monaghan interview Living people 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors Actors from Stockport British expatriates in the United States British male film actors British male television actors British people of Irish descent German male film actors German male television actors German people of Irish descent Male actors from Berlin Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners 1976 births