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Liam Cunningham (born 2 June 1961) is an Irish stage and screen actor. He is known for playing Davos Seaworth in the HBO epic-fantasy series Game of Thrones.^[1] He has been nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award, the British Independent Film Award, has won two Irish Film & Television Awards, and shared a BAFTA with Michael Fassbender, for their crime-drama short film Pitch Black Heist.

Early life

Cunningham was born in East Wall, which is an inner city area of the Northside of Dublin.^[2] He grew up in Kilmore West with his three sisters and a brother. Cunningham left secondary school at 15 and pursued a career as an electrician. In the 1980s, Cunningham moved to Zimbabwe for three years where he maintained electrical equipment at a safari park and trained Zimbabwean electricians. After returning to Ireland, Cunningham became dissatisfied with his work as an electrician and decided to pursue his interest in acting. He attended acting classes and began to work in local theatre. He appeared in a production of "Studs" at The Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, London.

Career

Cunningham's debut film role came in Into the West, where he played a police officer. His on-screen acting continued with roles in War of the Buttons, and A Little Princess, before making his first major break-out role in Jude, playing Phillotson. He continued with character roles in RKO 281, Falling for a Dancer, Shooting the Past, When the Sky Falls and Stranded. Cunningham came to international prominence with his role as Captain Ryan in the critically acclaimed, independent horror film, Dog Soldiers. Since then, he has starred in acclaimed films roles including, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Hunger, The Guard, Black Butterflies and The Escapist and in numerous high budget British and American films including The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Clash of the Titans, Centurion, and Harry Brown. On television, he appeared as President Richard Tate in the BBC programme Outcasts.

In 2012, Cunningham joined the main cast for the second season of HBO's Game of Thrones portraying former smuggler Davos Seaworth,^[3] and in 2013 he starred in The Numbers Station alongside John Cusack.^[4] He was also cast in season 5 of the BBC series Merlin as a sorcerer.^[5] He featured in the music video for "High Hopes" by Irish alternative rock band Kodaline from their EP The High Hopes.^[6] In April 2013, he was cast in the seventh season of the hit BBC1 series Doctor Who in the episode "Cold War", where he played Captain Zhukov, the commander of a Russian submarine in 1983 facing one of the Ice Warriors. He guest starred in the second season of the VH1 television series Stay Closer, with Sandra Bullock and Jessica Chastain. In 2015, he played the father in Brady Corbet's directorial debut film, The Childhood of a Leader.

Personal life

Cunningham currently resides in Dublin with his wife Colette, with whom he has three children, daughter Ellen and sons Liam Jr. and Sean.

In 2015 Cunningham was one of over 100 artists who signed a letter to The Guardian announcing support for a cultural boycott of Israel^[7]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/liam-cunningham-signs-up-for-next-six-series-of-game-of-thrones-3162227.html|title=Liam Cunningham signs for next six season of Game of Thrones|publisher=Independent Women|accessdate=18 August 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.liamcunningham.net/interviews/irishnews01.php|title=Falling for an Irish Lad|publisher=Irish News, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 27 November 1999 – by Robert McMillen |accessdate=18 August 2012}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-casts-liam-cunningham-213124|title=Game of Thrones Casts Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=19 August 2012}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.matadorpictures.com/inproduction_numbers.html |title=The Numbers Station |publisher=Matador Pictures |accessdate=18 August 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923073002/http://www.matadorpictures.com/inproduction_numbers.html |archivedate=23 September 2012 |df= }}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/actors/actorsnews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4284830&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Liam Cunningham cast in BBC's Merlin|publisher=Irish Film and Television Network|accessdate=19 August 2012}}
6. ^{{cite av media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4povfmX144 |title=Kodaline - High Hopes |date=23 January 2013 |publisher= |accessdate=14 February 2016 |via=YouTube}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/13/cultural-boycott-israel-starts-tomorrow|title=Over 100 artists announce a cultural boycott of Israel {{!}} Letters|last=Staff|first=Guardian|date=2015-02-13|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-03|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.ie/cinema/news/Heres-the-full-list-of-nominees-for-this-years-Irish-Film-and-Television-Awards/391161.htm|title=Here's the full list of nominees for this year's Irish Film and Television Awards|publisher=entertainment.ie|date=March 8, 2017|accessdate=March 10, 2017}}