Liam Garrigan


Liam Thomas Garrigan 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 ' and King Arthur in the ABC series Once Upon a Time and '. He also provides the voice for Captain Kurt in the role-playing game GreedFall.

Career

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, 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. He also starred in the 2008 and 2010 seasons of Irish drama series, RTÉ's Raw. 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 '. 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 and later reprised this role in 2017's '.

Personal life

Garrigan was born in Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, 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. The two were married on 1 July 2017.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Holby CityNic YorkeMain role, 25 episodes
2005Ultimate ForceEdward DwyerMain role, 4 episodes
2005Silent WitnessNathan ArcherEpisodes: "Ghosts: Part 1 & Part 2"
2005Totally FrankDanEpisode: "Bad Girl"
2006-07'Matt LoweMain role, 20 episodes
2008He Kills CoppersJonathan YoungTV movie
2008-11RawBobby BreenMain role, 16 episodes
2009Agatha Christie's MarpleStephen RestarickEpisode: "They Do It with Mirrors"
2009Blue MurderBilly RadfieldEpisode: "This Charming Man"
2010Inn MatesPeteTV movie
2010'AlfredMain role, 9 episodes
2011Land GirlsReverend Henry JamesonRecurring role, 4 episodes
2011'Reggie NigriTV movie
2012-13Strike BackSgt. Liam BaxterMain role, 11 episodes
2014Silent WitnessDr. Christy NashEpisodes: "Fraternity: Part 1 & Part 2"
2014'Ian Al-HaraziRecurring role, 7 episodes
2015SpotlessVictor ClayRecurring role
2015-16Once Upon a TimeKing ArthurRecurring role, 11 episodes
2018'Thomas JopsonRecurring role, 9 episodes
2020Alex RiderMartin WilbyMain role, 4 episodes

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