---
name: "Eanna MacLiam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eanna-macliam"
fi1m_id: "eanna-macliam"
imdb_id: "nm0533942"
tmdb_id: 63367
wikidata_id: "Q71397357"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T06:50:38.387912+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Eanna MacLiam

## Identity

Eanna MacLiam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eanna-macliam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eanna-macliam
- **IMDb ID:** nm0533942
- **TMDB ID:** 63367
- **Wikidata ID:** Q71397357
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71397357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63367

Actor. Born in Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1989–1993
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (1), 1990s 82 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 82 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $30m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71397357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63367

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Snapper*](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md) (82)

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## Biography

Eanna MacLiam is an Irish actor. He was born in 1967 in Crumlin, Dublin, and began acting with the Dublin Youth Theatre.

His film roles include Benny in *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), Failed Drug Buyer in *The Commitments* (1991), Craig Curley in *The Snapper* (1993), Jimmy in *The General* (1998), and Uncle Pat in *Angela's Ashes* (1999). He has also appeared in television series such as *Amongst Women* (1998) and *DDU* (1999).

MacLiam has worked in theatre, including a Gate Theatre Dublin production of Conor McPherson's *Port Authority* that transferred to the Ambassadors Theatre in London.

*Sources: imdb.com, crumlinwalkinstownhistory.ie.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Snapper* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Craig Curley — [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)
- *The Commitments* (1991), Fi1m 82, as Failed Drug Buyer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)
- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), Fi1m 85, as Benny — [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Tiger's Tail* (2006), as The Beggar
- *Studs* (2006), as Hopper
- *The Halo Effect* (2004), as Crony
- *Boxed* (2002), as Pat
- *On the Nose* (2001), Actor
- *Angela's Ashes* (1999), as Uncle Pat
- *The General* (1998), as Jimmy
- *The Snapper* (1993), as Craig Curley — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)
- *The Commitments* (1991), as Failed Drug Buyer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)
- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), as Benny — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)
- *Joyriders* (1988), as Perky's Pal in Pub
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Craig Curley

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