Liam Carney is an Irish actor; His credits include The Commitments (1991), Glenroe (1992-1995), Braveheart (1995), Angela's Ashes (1995), Ballykissangel (1998), Gangs of New York (2002), The Clinic (2002, 2009), Pure Mule (2005), Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012), Ripper Street (2013), Crossing Lines (2014), Outlander (2014-2015), Red Rock (2015), Sacrifice (2016), Lost & Found (2016), Calm with Horses (2019), Barber (2023), Fair City (2022-2023), The Gone (2023), and Harry Wild (2022-2024).
Carney was born in Dublin, to parents who had moved from County Mayo with 6 other children. [1]
He had two children with his first wife; however, the relationship ended in late 1986. [2] He began dating Karmel Daly; after twelve years together, they married in late 2001. [3] The couple has a daughter and three sons. [4]
He became despondent working as a civil servant in the post office, and decided to take up acting. [2]
Carney began his acting career with the Laughing Gravy Theatre Company. [2] He rose to fame playing Kevin Haughey for several years on the soap opera Glenroe . [4] In 1995, he landed a supporting role playing Sean in the hit film Braveheart , [4] alongside Mel Gibson. In 1999, he played Uncle Pa Keating in the film Angela's Ashes . [4]
In 2002, he played one of the members of Bill "The Butcher" Cutting's (Daniel Day-Lewis) gang in the film Gangs of New York . [4] In 2003, he played Mr. Callan, in two episodes, then in 2009, he played Franny McGowan for five episodes of the series The Clinic . [5]
In 2012, he played Sean Malone in the series Titanic: Blood and Steel . [5] In 2014, he guest-starred playing Michael McConnell on the series Crossing Lines . [5] That same year he joined the recurring cast of the series Outlander , where he plays Alec "Old Alec" McMahon MacKenzie. [6]
In 2015 he joined the main cast of the series Red Rock , where he plays Tommy Tyrell. [7]
In 2019 he starred alongside Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, & Ned Dennehy in the film Calm with Horses . [5]
| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Commitments | Duffy | alongside Andrew Strong, Colm Meaney, Andrea Corr, Glen Hansard, Robert Arkins & Maria Doyle Kennedy |
| 1994 | Joey's Christmas | - | short - alongside Stephen Dunne, Stuart Foran, Michelle McDonagh, Pauline McLynn & Frank Smith |
| 1995 | Sharpe's Battle | O'Rourke | alongside Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Hugh Fraser, Hugh Ross, Jason Durr, Ian McNeice & Oliver Cotton |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Sean | alongside Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Ian Bannen, Brendan Gleeson, Patrick McGoohan, James Cosmo & Tommy Flanagan |
| 1997 | The Boxer | Mr.Walsh | alongside Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley & Ian McElhinney |
| 1998 | Soft Sand, Blue Sea | Pool Hustler | alongside Laurence Kinlan, Kevin McCauley, Julia Ford, Brendan Coyle, Rosemary Henderson & Deirdre Molloy |
| 1999 | Angela's Ashes | Pa Keating | alongside Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Devon Murray, Joe Breen, Michael Legge, Ciaran Owens & Ronnie Masterson |
| 2000 | When the Sky Falls | Dessie O'Reilly | alongside Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally & Jason Barry |
| 2001 | J.J. Biker | - | alongside Brendan Gleeson, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Eoghan O'Riada & Daithi O'Suilleabhain |
| 2001 | On the Edge | Friend of Heavy | alongside Paul Hickey, Camille O'Sullivan, Cillian Murphy, Vincent Walsh, Stephen Rea & Aidan Kelly |
| 2001 | Tupperware | Lone Ranger | alongside Dawn Bradfield, David Herlihy, Peadar Lamb & Maire Ni Ghrainne |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Gangbanger | alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson & Gary Lewis |
| 2003 | Martin | - | short - alongside Pauline Cadell, Martin L. Evans, Niall O'Shea & Terence Orr |
| 2004 | Spin the Bottle | Gerry | alongside Michael McElhatton, Simon Delaney, Mick Fitzgerald, Bronagh Gallagher & Maria Doyle Kennedy |
| 2005 | Conflict | David | short - alongside Joey Lauren Adams, Laurel Holloman, Harvey Silver, Jason Mewes, Stan Lee & Renée Humphrey |
| 2006 | Studs | Isaiah | alongside Brendan Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Eoin Macken, Emmett Scanlan & David Wilmot |
| 2007 | Speed Dating | Jupiter | alongside Hugh O'Conor, Emma Choy, Alex Reid, David Hayman, Kelly Campbell & Paul Ronan |
| 2011 | Jack Taylor: The Magdalen... | Bill Cassell | alongside Nathan Reynolds, Ger Carey, Killian Scott, Iain Glen, Frank O'Sullivan, Nora-Jane Noone & Nick Lee |
| 2013 | Cold | James | alongside Tom Hopper, Jack Reynor, Eoin Macken, Rebecca Night & Melia Kreiling |
| 2014 | Spiders Trap | Spike | alongside Brian Fortune, Simon Delaney, Morgan C. Jones, Sarah Carroll & Jane Elizabeth Walsh |
| 2016 | Sacrifice | Mr, Grey | |
| 2016 | Lost & Found | Eddie | |
| 2018 | Cecelia Ahern: Dich zu lieben | Taxifahrer | TV movie |
| 2018 | Point of No Return | Taxi driver | |
| 2019 | Calm with Horses | Fannigan | alongside Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, & Ned Dennehy |
| 2023 | Sunlight | Iver | |
| 2023 | Barber | Tony Quinn | alongside Aidan Gillen John Connors |
| 2025 | Crazy Love | Father | alongside John Connors |
| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Hanging Gale | Shanahan | episode 1.1 |
| 1998 | Ballykissangel | Johnner Delaney | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | The Ambassador | Healy | episode "The Velvet Glove" |
| 1995 - 2000 | Glenroe | Kevin Haughey | - |
| 2005 | Pure Mule | Cliff Jones | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | Single-Handed | Tommy Gallagher | 3' episodes |
| 2009 | Pure Mule: The Last Weekend | Cliff | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | The Clinic | Franny McGowan | 7 episodes |
| 2012 | Titanic: Blood and Steel | Sean Malone | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Ripper Street | Lynch | episode "The Weight of a Man's Heart" |
| 2013 | Criminal Life | Stephen Forrester | episode 1.2 - "miniseries" |
| 2014 | Crossing Lines | Michael McConnell | episode "The Velvet Glove" |
| 2014 - 2015 | Outlander [6] | Alec McMahon MacKenzie [6] | 3 episodes |
| 2015 - present | Red Rock | Tommy Tyrell | 60 episodes |
| 2019 | The Virtues | Damon | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Tales from Dún Draíochta | Garda Billy | 9 episodes |
| 2023 | SisterS | Mickey | 3 episodes |
| 2022-2023 | Fair City | Con Rafferty | 23 episodes |
| 2023 | The Gone | Joseph Martin | 6 episodes |
| 2022-2024 | Harry Wild | Happy the Shark | 4 episodes |