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Liam Thomas Garrigan (born 17 October 1981) is an English actor. As a youth, he attended classes at Kingston upon Hull's Northern Stage Company and was a student at
Wyke College Wyke Sixth Form College is a sixth form college in Kingston upon Hull, England. History The college opened in 1988 and purports to be the largest A-level provider in the city. Over £3 million was spent on facilities before the college o ...
, Kingston upon Hull. His first television role was as Nic Yorke in the BBC continuing drama series ''
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''. He is best known for his roles as Ian Al-Harazi on the Fox series '' 24: Live Another Day'', as
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in the ABC series '' Once Upon a Time'' and the film '' Transformers: The Last Knight'', and as Thomas Jopson on AMC’s ''
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''. He also provides the voice for Captain Kurt in the role-playing game '' GreedFall''.


Career

Liam was sent to musical theater 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, Liam studied at Wyke Sixth Form College, where he focused on theater 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
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, where he trained to be a professional actor. He has appeared in BBC TV dramas ''
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'', '' Doctors'', '' The Chase'' and ITV1's ''
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''. He also portrayed Alfred in the Starz TV miniseries ''
The Pillars of the Earth ''The Pillars of the Earth'' is a historical novel by British author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Set in the 12th century, the novel covers the time between the ...
''. He appeared in ''Ultimate Force'' as Corporal Edward Dwyer during the third series. He also starred in the 2008 and 2010 seasons of Irish drama series,
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's '' Raw''. In January 2011, Garrigan starred in the second series of
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's wartime drama serial '' Land Girls''. From 2012 to 2013, Liam 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 ''The Legend of Hercules'' is a 2014 American 3D action fantasy film directed by Renny Harlin, written by Daniel Giat and Sean Hood, and starring Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss, Scott Adkins, Roxanne McKee, and Liam Garrigan. It was distributed by Lions ...
''. In January 2014, Garrigan appeared in ''
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''. In 2015, Garrigan was cast in the recurring role of
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for the fifth season of '' Once Upon a Time'', and later portrayed a different iteration of the character in the 2017 film '' Transformers: The Last Knight''.


Personal life

Garrigan was born in
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,
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, 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 Beth Ann Rowley is an English singer-songwriter. Early life Rowley was born in Peru to British parents who moved back to Bristol, England when Rowley was two years old. Career Early career She was influenced by her family's love for many differ ...
. The two were married on 1 July 2017 and have two sons named Sidney (2019) and Sonny (2022).


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garrigan, Liam 1981 births Living people English male television actors English male stage actors Male actors from London Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Male actors from Kingston upon Hull