Liam Cunningham
Biography
Liam Cunningham is an Irish actor, born in 1961 in East Wall, Dublin. After acting classes and theater work, including with the Royal Shakespeare Company, he made his film debut in Into the West (1992). He became known for character roles in War of the Buttons (1994), A Little Princess (1995) and Jude (1996), then gained international prominence as Captain Ryan in Dog Soldiers (2002). His films include The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), Hunger (2008), The Escapist (2008), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Harry Brown (2009), The Guard (2011) and The Childhood of a Leader (2015). On television he played President Richard Tate in Outcasts and Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones, and he voiced Man-At-Arms in Masters of the Universe: Revelation. He has been nominated for London Film Critics' Circle and British Independent Film awards, won two Irish Film and Television Awards, and shared a BAFTA for Pitch Black Heist.
65years old
Turns 66 on June 2in 204 days
- Born East Wall
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 33
- Career span
- 33 years1992 to 2025
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A role that slipped away
For the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, producer Philip Segal wanted Cunningham as the Eighth Doctor before anyone else, but Fox executives vetoed the casting.
A change of course
Before acting, Cunningham worked as an electrician and spent three years in Zimbabwe maintaining electrical equipment at a safari park and training local electricians.
Early training
Cunningham decided to act after growing dissatisfied with electrical work, took acting classes and moved into local theater, including the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Liam Cunningham movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Neil Marshall directed two of these films. Brendan Gleeson appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Brendan Gleeson's page
JJ Feild's page
Colm Meaney's page
Gabriel Byrne's page
Cillian Murphy's page
All films by Neil Marshall
Also two films together12 more actors
- Iain GlenGame of Thrones: The Last Watch (2019) and Harry Brown (2009)
- Ned DennehyPerrier's Bounty (2009) and The Escapist (2008)
- David WilmotSaving the Titanic (2012) and The Guard (2011)
- Jodie WhittakerGood Vibrations (2012) and Perrier's Bounty (2009)
- Craig ConwayThe Tournament (2009) and Dog Soldiers (2002)
- Conor MacNeillGood Vibrations (2012) and Saving the Titanic (2012)
- Conleth HillGame of Thrones: The Last Watch (2019) and Perrier's Bounty (2009)
- Andrew SimpsonGood Vibrations (2012) and Saving the Titanic (2012)
- Padraic DelaneyPerrier's Bounty (2009) and The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
- Dhaffer L'AbidinePalestine 36 (2025) and Centurion (2010)
- Johnny MurphyWar of the Buttons (1994) and Into the West (1992)
- Liam McMahonHunger (2008) and Northanger Abbey (2007)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Liam Cunningham's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.4 billion
20 of the 32 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 32 films: 20 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 20Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$493M36.3% of the total
- 2$403M29.7% of the total
- 3$208M15.3% of the total
- 4$128M9.4% of the total
- 5$23M1.7% of the total
- 6$22M1.6% of the total
- 7$20M1.4% of the total
- 8$10M0.8% of the total
$53.3 millionfrom the other 12 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total