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name: "Liam Carney"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T20:21:10.256759+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."
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# Liam Carney

Actor. Born 1 January 1901 in Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Ireland
- **Active:** 1991–2019
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 75 (2), 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, History 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $422m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Carney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17619843, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138820/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1333583

## Biography

Liam Carney is an Irish actor. Born in Dublin in 1960 to parents from County Mayo, he began his career with the Laughing Gravy Theatre Company before gaining prominence playing Kevin Haughey in the soap opera *Glenroe* (1992–1995).

His film credits include *The Commitments* (1991) as Duffy, *Braveheart* (1995) as Sean, *Angela's Ashes* (1999) as Uncle Pa Keating, *Gangs of New York* (2002) and *Calm with Horses* (2019) as Fannigan. Television roles include Alec "Old Alec" McMahon MacKenzie in *Outlander* (2014–2015), Tommy Tyrell in *Red Rock* (2015–) and Damon in *The Virtues* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Virtues* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Damon (Nomad) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virtues.md)
- *Gangs of New York* (2002), Fi1m 74, as Bill The Butcher's Gang #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-new-york.md)
- *Braveheart* (1995), Fi1m 68, as Sean — [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *The Commitments* (1991), Fi1m 82, as Duffy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *Inside Furioza* (2025), as Shane
- *Crazy Love* (2025), as Father
- *Salade de Fruits* (2025), Acting
- *Barber* (2023), as Tony Quinn
- *Sunlight* (2023), as Iver
- *SisterS* (2023), series, as Mickey
- *The Ulysses Project* (2022), as The Chemist/ Leopold Bloom
- *Guard Up* (2021), Acting
- *Calm with Horses* (2020), as Fannigan
- *The Virtues* (2019), series, as Damon (Nomad) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-virtues.md)
- *Cecelia Ahern: Dich zu lieben* (2018), as Taxifahrer
- *Point of No Return* (2018), as Taxi Driver
- *Lost in the Living* (2018), Acting
- *Lost and Found* (2018), Acting
- *Sacrifice* (2016), as Mr. Grey
- *Leopard* (2016), as James
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Old Alec
- *Crossing Lines* (2013), series, as Michael Patrick McConnell
- *Ripper Street* (2012), series, as Lynch
- *Titanic: Blood and Steel* (2012), series, as Sean Malone
- *Speed Dating* (2007), as Jupiter
- *Studs* (2006), as Isaiah
- *Pure Mule* (2005), series, as Cliff
- *Spin the Bottle* (2003), as Gerry
- *Ocras* (2003), as An Fear
- *Tubberware* (2002), as Lone Ranger
- *Gangs of New York* (2002), as Bill The Butcher's Gang #1 — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-new-york.md)
- *When the Sky Falls* (2000), Acting
- *Angela's Ashes* (1999), as Uncle Pa Keating
- *Soft Sand, Blue Sea* (1998), as Pool Hustler
- *The Boxer* (1997), as Mr. Walsh
- *Braveheart* (1995), as Sean — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *The Hanging Gale* (1995), series, as Shanahan
- *Sharpe's Battle* (1995), as O'Rourke
- *The Hanging Gale* (1995), as Shanahan
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as O'Rourke
- *The Commitments* (1991), as Duffy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)

## Gallery

- ![Liam Carney](https://film.one/media/person/347659/gallery-c8517452011d.jpg) Liam Carney — Dublin International Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Liam_Carney_at_Dublin_International_Film_Festival_2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Liam Carney](https://film.one/media/person/347659/gallery-8e015d3a6cf6.jpg) Liam Carney — Image via TMDB

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