Liam Garrigan (born 1981) is an English actor. As a youth, he attended classes at Kingston upon Hull's Northern Theatre Company and was a student at Wyke College, Kingston upon Hull. His first television role was in 2003 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 (2014), as King Arthur in the ABC series Once Upon a Time (2015–2016), the film Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and as Thomas Jopson on AMC's The Terror (2018). He also provides the voice for Captain Kurt in the role-playing game GreedFall.

Liam Garrigan
Garrigan in 2019
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse
(m. 2017)
Children2

Career

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Garrigan was sent to musical theatre 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, Garrigan studied at Wyke Sixth Form College, where he focused on theatre 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, Garrigan 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 was cast in the recurring role of King Arthur for the fifth season of Once Upon a Time,[4] and later portrayed a different iteration of the character in the 2017 film Transformers: The Last Knight.

Personal life

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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).

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 New Blood Steve Short film
2014 The Legend of Hercules Iphicles
2017 Transformers: The Last Knight King Arthur
2021 Cherry Captain

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Holby City Nic Yorke 25 episodes
2004 The Afternoon Play Ben Rose Episode: "Sons, Daughters and Lovers"
Doctors Scott Renshaw Episode: "Gap Year"
2005 Ultimate Force Edward Dwyer 4 episodes
Silent Witness Nathan Archer Episodes: "Ghosts: Part 1 & Part 2"
Totally Frank DJ Dan Episode: "Bad Girl"
2006–2007 The Chase Matt Lowe 20 episodes
2008 He Kills Coppers Jonathan Young TV film
2008–2011 Raw Bobby Breen 16 episodes
2009 Agatha Christie's Marple Stephen Restarick Episode: "They Do It with Mirrors"
Blue Murder Billy Radfield Episode: "This Charming Man"
2010 Inn Mates Pete TV film
The Pillars of the Earth Alfred 8 episodes
2011 Land Girls Reverend Henry Jameson 4 episodes
The Night Watch Reggie Nigri TV film
2012–2013 Strike Back Sgt. Liam Baxter 11 episodes
2014 Silent Witness Dr. Christy Nash Episodes: "Fraternity: Part 1 & Part 2"
Endeavour Tony Frisco Episode: "Trove"
24: Live Another Day Ian Al-Harazi 7 episodes
2015 Spotless Victor Clay 10 episodes
2015–2016 Once Upon a Time King Arthur 11 episodes
2018 The Terror Thomas Jopson 9 episodes
The End of the World As We Know It Gah'ree TV film
2020 Alex Rider Martin Wilby 4 episodes
Small Axe Greg Huggan Episode: "Red, White and Blue"
2021 Domina Marcus Antonius 2 episodes
Cobra Tommy Episode: "Cyberwar 4"
Invasion Hughes Episode: "Crash"
The Outlaws Young Frank Episode #1.4
2022 War of the Worlds Gideon 2 episodes
2023 Sanditon Samuel Colbourne 5 episodes[7]
The Long Shadow PS Bob Blake 5 episodes
2024 Belgravia: The Next Chapter Fletcher 8 episodes
Moonflower Murders Leonard Collins 4 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Gascon Voice role
2019 GreedFall Captain Kurt
TBA Squadron 42 Duncan Chakma Master-at-Arms In production

References

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  1. ^ BBC.co.uk Holby City Characters: Nic Yorke
  2. ^ "After the acting bug hits..." thisishullandeastriding.co.uk. Mail News & Media Ltd. 30 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Interview with Liam Garrigan". RTE1. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  4. ^ Iannucci, Rebecca (1 July 2015). "TVLine Items: Once Crowns King, HBO Casts MLK Jr., Rick and Morty and More". TVLine. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  5. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ795Rngsjh/ [permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Warham's Church of England - July Monthly News" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Marriage is on everyone's mind in dreamy first Sanditon season 3 teaser". 13 December 2022.
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