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Liam Cunningham - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Liam Cunningham net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Actor who portrayed Davos Seaworth on the hit show Game of Thrones and has appeared in films such as Hunger and War Horse. In this article, we will discover how old is Liam Cunningham? Who is Liam Cunningham dating now & how much money does Liam Cunningham have?

NameLiam Cunningham
First NameLiam
Last NameCunningham
OccupationTV Actor
BirthdayJune 2
Birth Year1961
Place of BirthIreland
Home Town
Birth CountryIreland
Birth SignGemini
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseColette Cunningham
Children(s)Ellen Cunningham, Liam Cunningham Jr., Sean Cunningham

Liam Cunningham Biography

Liam Cunningham is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on June 2, 1961 in Ireland, Ireland. He shared a BAFTA award for Best Short Film with Michael Fassbender, for their crime drama Pitch Black Heist.

Cunningham was born in East Wall, which is an inner city area of the Northside of Dublin. He grew up in Kilmore West with his three sisters and a brother. Cunningham left secondary school at 15 and pursued a career as an electrician. In the 1980s, Cunningham moved to Zimbabwe for three years where he maintained electrical equipment at a safari park and trained Zimbabwean electricians. After returning to Ireland, Cunningham became dissatisfied with his work as an electrician and decided to pursue his interest in acting. He attended acting classes and began to work in local theatre, including Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared in a production of Studs at The Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, London.

Cunningham’s debut film role came in Into the West (1992), where he played a police officer. His on-screen acting continued with roles in War of the Buttons (1994), and A Little Princess (1995), before making his role as Phillotson in Jude (1996). He continued with character roles in Falling for a Dancer (TV, 1998), RKO 281 (1999), Shooting the Past (TV, 1999), When the Sky Falls (2000) and Stranded (2002). Cunningham came to international prominence with his role as Captain Ryan in the critically acclaimed, independent horror film, Dog Soldiers (2002).

He married and had three children.

He was nominated for a British Independent Film Award in 2008 for his performance in Hunger, and won an Irish Film and Television Award for the same role.

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

Liam Cunningham Net Worth

Liam is one of the richest TV Actor from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Liam Cunningham's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

He lived in Zimbabwe for three years, working as an electrician, before eventually returning to Ireland and pursuing acting.

Net Worth$4 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeTV Actor
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

In 2012, Cunningham joined the main cast for the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones portraying former smuggler Davos Seaworth, and in 2013 he starred in The Numbers Station alongside John Cusack. He was also cast in season 5 of the BBC series Merlin as a sorcerer. He featured in the music video for “High Hopes” by Irish alternative rock band Kodaline from their EP The High Hopes. In April 2013, he appeared in the seventh series of the BBC One series Doctor Who in the episode “Cold War”, where he played Captain Zhukov, the commander of a Russian submarine in 1983 facing one of the Ice Warriors. He guest starred in the second season of the VH1 television series Stay Closer, with Sandra Bullock and Jessica Chastain. In 2015, he played the father in Brady Corbet’s directorial debut film, The Childhood of a Leader.

Cunningham endorsed Solidarity–People Before Profit in the 2020 Irish general election.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Cunningham starred in well-received films such as The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival; Hunger; The Escapist (both 2008); The Guard ; and Black Butterflies (both 2011). He also had roles in many high budget British and American films including The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Harry Brown (2009), Clash of the Titans, Centurion (both 2010). On television, he appeared as President Richard Tate in the BBC programme Outcasts. Cunningham was producer Philip Segal’s first choice to portray the Eighth Doctor in the TV movie of Doctor Who (1996), but was vetoed by Fox executives.

Who is Liam Cunningham Dating?

According to our records, Liam Cunningham married to Colette Cunningham. As of January 13, 2024, Liam Cunningham’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2015, Cunningham was one of over 100 artists who signed a letter to The Guardian announcing support for a cultural boycott of Israel.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Liam Cunningham height 6 ft 1 in Liam weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height6 ft 1 in
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
Eye ColorNot Available
Hair ColorNot Available
Feet/Shoe SizeNot Available

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), Good Vibrations (2013), Let Us Prey (2014) and The Childhood of a Leader (2015).

Facts & Trivia

Liam Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Liam Cunningham celebrates birthday on June 2 of every year.

Was Liam Cunningham in the movie Titanic?

Titanic: Blood and Steel (TV Mini Series 2012) – Liam Cunningham as Jim Larkin – IMDb.

How old is Liam Cunningham?

61 years (June 2, 1961)

What movies is Liam Cunningham in?

Appears in

Who is Irish in Game of Thrones?

Liam Cunningham – Ser Davos Seaworth.

Why does Davos have Geordie accent?

Fleming notes that Liam Cunningham (Davos) “has a very thick Irish accent,” and he is “one of the only people on the show who puts on a Geordie accent…which is from Newcastle … right up in the northeast, near the Scottish border.”

You may read full biography about Liam Cunningham from Wikipedia.