Liam Boyle is a British actor.

Life and career

Boyle grew up in Heywood,

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. It was in his final preparations for a teaching degree at University that Boyle was spotted by a casting director at an open audition for a film. Instead of going to the final interviews for his degree he made the decision to go to the recalls for the film, which fell on the same day. He was trained in drama at the

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. Whilst at college Boyle was auditioned by the

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David Shaw for a film called '' Love + Hate'', getting a small role in the film as ''Steve''. He has since appeared in various TV and film roles, including the awarding series ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Land Girls''. His most well known performance was as Elvis in the movie ''

Awaydays ''Awaydays'' is a 2009 British crime drama film directed by Pat Holden and starring Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle and Stephen Graham. It is based on the novel of the same name by Kevin Sampson that was published in 1998. The film follows Paul Cart ...

''. In December 2021, he joined the cast of ''

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'' as Alex Moore.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyle, Liam Living people English male actors English people of Irish descent Actors from Bolton Actors from Rochdale Male actors from Lancashire People from Heywood, Greater Manchester Year of birth missing (living people)