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'' (2017) and '' Into the Badlands'' (2017). He appears as Fjall the warrior in the 2022

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miniseries '' The Witcher: Blood Origin''.

Early life and education

Laurence O'Fuarain studied advertising and marketing at the

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when by chance, got involved in the making of some short films of which he enjoyed. After a successful audition to join the Bow Street Academy, he decided to leave the ITT to concentrate on acting. In 2014, O'Fuarain graduated from the Programme of Screen Acting at Bow Street Academy in Dublin and was in the same group of alumni as

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. In his spare time, O'Fuarain is a keen angler.

Career

In 2015, straight after the academy, O'Fuarain made his film debut in the Irish film ''The Limit Of'', although the film was not released until 2018. He followed that with small roles in ''

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'' (2016) and in a single episode of season 5 of '' Game of Thrones''. The same year he landed a recurring role as Desmond Byrne in '' Rebellion''. In 2017, O'Fuarain picked up small roles in season 5 of ''

'' and also '' Into the Badlands''. In 2018, O'Fuarain secured the part of Vern in the film '' Viking Destiny'' opposite Terrance Stamp and

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, as Kevin Gunn in '' Don't Go'' and in '' Black '47''. In August 2021, O'Fuarain began filming of the

miniseries '' The Witcher: Blood Origin'', set in a time 1,200 years before ''

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'', and O'Fuarain stars as Fjall, of a clan of warriors sworn to protect a King in a quest for redemption, in a cast which includes

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and

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. ''The Witcher: Blood Origin'' aired on Netflix on 25 December 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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