Liam McIntyre


Liam James McIntyre is an Australian actor best known for playing the lead role in the Starz television series ' and '. He has also appeared in The Legend of Hercules, The Flash, Gears of War 4, Gears 5 and Pulse, amongst other roles. On 13 March 2016 he collaborated on a YouTube video with Smosh Games, to play and promote his card game Monster Lab.

Career

McIntyre began his career acting mainly in short films, before performing guest roles in Australia's popular television series Rush and Neighbours. McIntyre made his US television debut guest starring in an episode of the award nominated HBO mini-series The Pacific. After Andy Whitfield's 2010 diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, McIntyre replaced him in the title role of Spartacus for the subsequent seasons. McIntyre made his feature film debut appearing alongside Kellan Lutz in The Legend of Hercules, in the role of Sotiris. On 4 May 2014, McIntyre starred in the Channel 7 thriller The Killing Field. Throughout 2015–16, McIntyre completed The Dream Children and Albion: The Enchanted Stallion, two small independent films, as Luke Delaney and Erémon. In 2015, he also starred in Unveiled, an unsold pilot, and portrayed the recurring villain, Weather Wizard in The Flash.
In 2016, McIntyre played the lead character JD Fenix in the popular video game, Gears of War 4. In January 2017, McIntyre appeared in Apple of My Eye, in the supporting role of Jason Andrews. He had an uncredited cameo in an episode of Con Man. McIntyre was cast in Security, an action-thriller film starring Antonio Banderas & Ben Kingsley. He filmed a pilot for SyFy, titled The Haunted in January 2017, but it did not receive a full series order. McIntyre is currently starring in the Australian medical-drama, Pulse on ABC.

Personal life

McIntyre was born in Adelaide, Australia. In 2010, he began dating Australian singer and actress Erin Hasan, the star of the original Melbourne and Sydney productions of musical Wicked as the Glinda standby. They were engaged in December 2012, and married on 5 January 2014.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010The PacificLewEpisode: "Iwo Jima"
2010NeighboursBradley HewsonEpisode "#1.5917"
2010RushSergeant Matt Connor2 episodes
2012–13SpartacusSpartacus20 episodes;
IGN Award for Best TV Hero
2014Auckland DazeLiam2 episodes
2014The Killing FieldDetective Dan WildTelevision film
2015, 2018The FlashMark Mardon / Weather Wizard5 episodes
2015UnveiledMichael HunterUnsold Pilot
2016The Wizards of AusBronlo the Slayer2 episodes
2017The HauntedReece MasonUnsold Pilot
2017PulseDr. Eli NaderSeries Regular
2018–2020Star Wars ResistanceCommander Pyre / SnarlVoices, 23 episodes

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Con ManGirth HemsworthEpisode: "Dawn of Girth"

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Gears of War 4JD FenixVoice
2019Gears 5JD FenixVoice
2019Taron Malicos Voice