Liam Cunningham

Academy Member

Liam Cunningham is known for playing Davos Seaworth in the HBO epic-fantasy series Game of Thrones.

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). In 2020, he was listed at number 36 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

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Liam Cunningham

Awards & Recognition

Domina

IFTA Nomination, Lead Actor - Drama (2022)

Game of Thrones

IFTA Nomination, Supporting Actor - Drama (2020)
IFTA Winner, Supporting Actor - Drama (2018)
IFTA Nomination, Supporting Actor - Drama (2017)
IFTA Nomination, Supporting Actor - Drama (2016)
IFTA Nomination, Supporting Actor - Drama (2015)
IFTA Nomination, Supporting Actor - Drama (2014)

Pitch Black Heist

BAFTA Award for Best Short Film (2012)

The Guard

IFTA Nomination, Supporting Actor - Film (2012)

Hunger

IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film (2008)

The Wind That Shakes The Barley

IFTA Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (2006)

Key Credits

Three Body Problem, 2024
Domina, 2021
Game of Thrones, 2012-2019
The Childhood of a Leader, 2015
Let Us Prey, 2014
Good Vibrations, 2013
The Guard, 2011
Clash of the Titans, 2010
The Escapist, 2008
Hunger, 2008
The Wind That Shakes the Barley, 2006
Jude, 1996
War of the Buttons, 1994