How well do you know famous television presenter, Piers Morgan. Here’s all you need to know about him

Piers Morgan Age

He is 57 years old.

Piers Morgan biography

He was born on March 30, 1965, in Surrey, an English county in the South East.

English broadcaster, journalist, author, and television personality Piers Morgan is also a writer. His illustrious media career began in 1988 with “The Sun.”

Since then, his career has experienced many ups and downs, but his attractive, charismatic, and eloquent personality has assured that he keeps rising to new heights.

Piers Morgan parents

His birth name/full name is Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan O’Meara. His father’s name is Vincent Eamonn O’Meara and his mother’s name is Gabrielle Georgina Sybille.

His father worked as a dentist and is Irish. Morgan also has a brother, Jeremy, who is two years older than him. Sadly, Piers’ father died when he was just 11 months old.

His mother then remarried Glynne Pughe-Morgan. Piers took his stepfather’s surname.

His father Vincent Eamonn O’Meara was an Irish dentist and his mother Gabrielle Georgina  Sybille was an English woman.

Piers Morgan Education

He went to Chailey School for his secondary education then to the Priory School for his sixth form. He studied journalism at Harlow College.

Piers Morgan ethnicity

His ethnicity includes Irish, Scottish, English, and Portuguese.

Piers Morgan’s net worth

Piers is immensely affluent; it’s even been said that at one point in his career, he earned $22 million in a single year.

Piers Morgan Siblings

Piers has a brother Jeremy Morgan who is two years older. His biological father Vincent died when he was just 11 years, his surname Morgan was gotten from his stepfather Glynne Morgan.

Piers Morgan book

Piers Morgan is a profuse writer, with over 11 books registered to his name. Piers Morgan has been nominated twice for the Royal Television Society UK awards. In 2021, he won a gong at the TRIC Awards.

Is Piers Morgan married? Does Piers Morgan have children?

In 1991, Piers Morgan wed Marion Shalloe for the first time. Albert, Spencer, and Stanley were their three boys together. The couple split in 2008.

His second wife, journalist Celia Walden, whom he married in 2010, gave birth to their daughter, whom they called Elise, in 2011.

Piers Morgan Career/movies

His career began around 1985 when he started to work on the South London News, and the Streatham and Tooting News as a reporter.

In 1988, his career took him to become a freelancer at The Sun. In January 1994, Piers Morgan worked as an editor for News of the World, and a year later in 1995, left the newspaper.

From 1995 to 2004, he worked as an editor for the Daily Mirror. In May 2005, along with Matthew Freud, he gained ownership of Press Gazette.

A year later on 4 May 2006, he launched First News, a British newspaper aimed at children aged 7 to 14.

He also became an editor for Mail Online website’s US operation in September 2014 and also writes for the website. He is also a writer for Mail on Sunday magazine and Live.

He has presented or appeared in shows by ITV, BBC, CNN, etc such as The Importance of Being Famous (2003), Morgan and Platell, America’s Got Talent (as a judge in 2006 and 2007), Britain’s Got Talent (as a judge from 2007) You Can’t Fire Me, I’m Famous, Piers Morgan on Sandbanks (January 2008), The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan (8 September 2008).