Liam Cunningham

Liam Cunningham
Cunningham at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2017
Born (1961-06-02) 2 June 1961 (age 63)
East Wall, Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
EducationSt Davids, Artane, Dublin
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
SpouseColette Cunningham
Children3

Liam Cunningham (born 2 June 1961) is an Irish actor. He is known for playing Davos Seaworth in the HBO epic-fantasy series Game of Thrones.[1]

Cunningham 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. His film roles include A Little Princess (1995), Jude (1996), Dog Soldiers (2002), The Crooked Man (2003), The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), Hunger (2008), The Escapist (2008), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Good Vibrations (2013), Let Us Prey (2014) and The Childhood of a Leader (2015). In 2020, he was listed at number 36 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.[2]

  1. ^ "Liam Cunningham signs for next six series of Game of Thrones". Independent Women. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ^ Clarke, Donald; Brady, Tara. "The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time – in order". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 November 2021.