Liam Carney is an Irish actor; Born in 1960, 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).
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Biography
Carney was born in Dublin in 1960, to parents who had moved from County Mayo with 6 other children.
He had two children with his first wife; however, the relationship ended in late 1986. He began dating Karmel Daly; after twelve years together, they married in late 2001. The couple has a daughter and three sons.
He became despondent working as a civil servant in the post office, and decided to take up acting.
Career
Carney began his acting career with the Laughing Gravy Theatre Company. He rose to fame playing Kevin Haughey for several years on the soap opera Glenroe. In 1995, he landed a supporting role as playing Sean in the hit film Braveheart, alongside Mel Gibson. In 1999, he played Uncle Pa Keating in the film Angela's Ashes.
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. In 2003, he played Mr. Callan, in two episodes, then in 2009, he played Franny McGowan for five episodes of the series The Clinic.
In 2012, he played Sean Malone in the series Titanic: Blood and Steel. In 2014, he guest-starred playing Michael McConnell on the series Crossing Lines. That same year he joined the recurring cast of the series Outlander, where he plays Alec "Old Alec" McMahon MacKenzie.
In 2015, he joined the main cast of the series Red Rock, where he plays Tommy Tyrell.
In 2019, he starred alongside Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, & Ned Dennehy in the film Calm with Horses.
