Liam Thomas Garrigan (born 17 October 1981) is an English actor. As a youth he attended classes at Kingston upon Hull's Northern Stage Company and was a student at Wyke College, Kingston upon Hull. His first television role was as Nic Yorke in the BBC continuing drama series Holby City. He is best known for his roles as Ian Al-Harazi on the Fox series 24: Live Another Day, as King Arthur in the ABC series Once Upon a Time and the film Transformers: The Last Knight, and as Thomas Jopson on AMC’s The Terror. He also provides the voice for Captain Kurt in the role-playing game GreedFall.
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Born | Liam Thomas Garrigan (1981-10-17) 17 October 1981 (age 41) Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2003–present |
Spouse | |
Children | Sidney Garrigan, born June 2019 Sonny Garrigan, born July 2022 |
Liam was sent to musical theater classes by his mother at an early age, he was five years old when he played a munchkin in Northern Theatre's production of The Wizard of Oz, and he later began, at age seven, to have one-on-one acting lessons with Northern Theatre's founder Richard Green. After attending Endsleigh Primary School and St Mary's, Liam studied at Wyke Sixth Form College, where he focused on theater studies, history and English literature, while continuing acting classes at Northern Theatre, as well as giving performances at the National Theatre and the Edinburgh Festival. During his time at Wyke, he began working on audition pieces for drama school, with his eventual admission into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he trained to be a professional actor.
He has appeared in BBC TV dramas Holby City,[1] Doctors, The Chase and ITV1's Agatha Christie's Marple. He also portrayed Alfred in the Starz TV miniseries The Pillars of the Earth. He appeared in Ultimate Force as Corporal Edward Dwyer during the third series.[2] He also starred in the 2008 and 2010 seasons of Irish drama series, RTÉ's Raw.[3] In January 2011, Garrigan starred in the second series of BBC One's wartime drama serial Land Girls. From 2012 to 2013, Liam starred as Sgt. Liam Baxter in Strike Back, before being cast as Ian Al-Harazi in 2014's 24: Live Another Day. The same year, he appeared in the American 3D action fantasy film, The Legend of Hercules. In January 2014, Garrigan appeared in Silent Witness. In 2015, Garrigan played the recurring role of King Arthur on Once Upon a Time[4] and later reprised this role in 2017's Transformers: The Last Knight.
Garrigan was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England to Liz and Brian Garrigan, and he is the eldest of three siblings. In September 2016, Garrigan became engaged to singer-songwriter Beth Rowley.[5] The two were married on 1 July 2017[6] and have two sons named Sidney (2019) and Sonny (2022).
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | New Blood | Steve | Short film |
2014 | The Legend of Hercules | Iphicles | |
2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight | King Arthur | |
2021 | Cherry | Captain |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Holby City | Nic Yorke | Main role, 25 episodes |
2004 | The Afternoon Play | Ben Rose | Episode: "Sons, Daughters and Lovers" |
2004 | Doctors | Scott Renshaw | Episode: "Gap Year" |
2005 | Ultimate Force | Edward Dwyer | Main role, 4 episodes |
2005 | Silent Witness | Nathan Archer | Episodes: "Ghosts: Part 1 & Part 2" |
2005 | Totally Frank | DJ Dan | Episode: "Bad Girl" |
2006–07 | The Chase | Matt Lowe | Main role, 20 episodes |
2008 | He Kills Coppers | Jonathan Young | TV movie |
2008–11 | Raw | Bobby Breen | Main role, 16 episodes |
2009 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Stephen Restarick | Episode: "They Do It with Mirrors" |
2009 | Blue Murder | Billy Radfield | Episode: "This Charming Man" |
2010 | Inn Mates | Pete | TV movie |
2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | Alfred | Main role, 9 episodes |
2011 | Land Girls | Reverend Henry Jameson | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
2011 | The Night Watch | Reggie Nigri | TV movie |
2012–13 | Strike Back | Sgt. Liam Baxter | Main role, 11 episodes |
2014 | Silent Witness | Dr. Christy Nash | Episodes: "Fraternity: Part 1 & Part 2" |
2014 | Endeavour | Tony Frisco | Episode: "Trove" |
2014 | 24: Live Another Day | Ian Al-Harazi | Recurring role, 7 episodes |
2015 | Spotless | Victor Clay | Recurring role |
2015–16 | Once Upon a Time | King Arthur | Recurring role, 11 episodes |
2018 | The Terror | Thomas Jopson | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
2020 | Alex Rider | Martin Wilby | Main role, 4 episodes |
2020 | Small Axe | Greg Huggan | Episode: "Red, White and Blue" |
2021 | Domina | Marcus Antonius | 2 episodes |
2021 | Cobra | Tommy | 1 episode |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales | Gascon | First video-game voice role |
2019 | Greedfall | Captain Kurt |
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