Liam McIntyre

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Liam McIntyre
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McIntyre at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Liam James McIntyre

(1982-02-08) 8 February 1982 (age 42)
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Spouse
Erin Hasan
(m. 2014)
Children2 [1]

Liam James McIntyre (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian actor, best known for playing the lead role on the Starz television series Spartacus: Vengeance [2] and War of the Damned and as Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard on The Flash . He has also voiced JD Fenix in the Gears of War series, Captain Boomerang in the DC Animated Movie Universe, Commander Pyre on Star Wars Resistance and Taron Malicos in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order . In 2016, he collaborated with Smosh Games to promote his card game Monster Lab. [3] In 2020, he partnered with Spartacus co-star Todd Lasance to create the gaming series Get Good for the CouchSoup YouTube channel following a charity livestream benefiting Black Summer.

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Career

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McIntyre at the 2014 Florida Supercon

McIntyre began his career appearing mainly in short films, before performing guest roles in Australian television series Rush and Neighbours . He made his American television debut on the HBO miniseries The Pacific . After actor Andy Whitfield's diagnosis and passing from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, McIntyre would succeed him in the title role of Spartacus for the remainder of the series. [4] [5] [6] He made his film debut alongside Kellan Lutz in The Legend of Hercules , in the role of Sotiris. [7] On May 4, 2014, he starred on the Channel 7 thriller The Killing Field . [8] [9] From 2015 to 2016, he completed The Dream Children and Albion: The Enchanted Stallion, both independent films as Luke Delaney and Erémon. In 2015, he also starred in Unveiled, an unsold pilot, and portrayed the recurring villain, Weather Wizard on The Flash .

In 2016, McIntyre played the lead character JD Fenix in the video game, Gears of War 4 . [10] In January 2017, he appeared as Jason Andrews in Apple of My Eye. He played Girth Hemsworth, a fictional Hemsworth sibling on the web series Con Man and was later cast in Security , an action-thriller film starring Antonio Banderas and Ben Kingsley. He filmed a pilot for Syfy, titled The Haunted in January 2017, but it did not receive a full series order. He starred on the Australian medical-drama, Pulse on ABC TV. [11]

Personal life

McIntyre was born in Adelaide, South Australia. In 2010, he began dating actress and singer Erin Hasan, the understudy for Glinda the Good Witch in the original Melbourne and Sydney productions of the musical Wicked . They were engaged in December 2012 and married on 5 January 2014. [12] [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 The Legend of Hercules Sotiris
2017 Security Vance
2018 Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay George "Digger" Harkness / Captain Boomerang (voice)Direct-to-video
2019 See You Soon Ryan Hawkes
2020 Justice League Dark: Apokolips War George "Digger" Harkness / Captain Boomerang (voice)Direct-to-video
2021 Justice Society: World War II Arthur Curry / Aquaman (voice)Direct-to-video
2021This Little Love of MineChip Finley
2024 Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One Aquaman, Johnny Quick (voice)Direct-to-Video [14]
2024Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part TwoAquaman (voice)Direct-to-Video

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 The Pacific LewEpisode: "Iwo Jima"
2010 Neighbours Bradley Hewson1 episode
2010 Rush Sergeant Matt Connor2 episodes
2012–13 Spartacus Spartacus 20 episodes
2014 The Killing Field Detective Senior Constable Dan WildTelevision film
2015–18 The Flash Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard 5 episodes
2016 The Wizards of Aus Bronlo the Slayer2 episodes
2017 Pulse Eli Nader8 episodes
2018–20 Star Wars Resistance Commander Pyre, Snarl, Pirate #1 (voices)23 episodes
2020-2023 Family Guy Various Voices6 episodes
2021 Them Clarke Wendell10 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRole
2010 Star Trek Online Capt. Anton Schaefer, Subcommander Kail, Chancellor J'mpok, Kahless (Clone)
2016 Gears of War 4 JD Fenix
2019 Gears 5
2019 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Taron Malicos
TBA Marvel's Wolverine James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016–17 Con Man Girth Hemsworth3 episodes

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  1. "Liam McIntyre on Instagram: "Now entering the Arena: Weighing 10lbs 1oz, Standing (Well, laying) 22in... Harrison James McIntyre!!! —- Thank you mum for sending this Angel down from Heaven for us. He's perfect. We're in love."".
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