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name: "Liam Hourican"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/liam-hourican"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
updated: "2026-09-17T06:55:23.378052+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 Hourican

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Liam Hourrican
- **Works often with:** [Brendan Gleeson](https://film.one/person/brendan-gleeson.md), [Bruno Coulais](https://film.one/person/bruno-coulais.md), [Paul Young](https://film.one/person/paul-young-1795548.md), [Tomm Moore](https://film.one/person/tomm-moore.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (1), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29576209, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1744961/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96670

## Biography

Liam Hourican is an Irish actor and voice actor. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and has worked with companies including Shakespeare’s Globe and the Old Vic. He began appearing in film and television roles from the mid-2000s.

Hourican is known for voice work in the animated films *The Secret of Kells* (2009), in which he voiced Brother Tang and Leonardo, and *Song of the Sea* (2014), as Spud and the Bus Driver. On television he has played multiple roles in the BBC Three series *Murder in Successville* (2015–2017), including impressions of Gordon Ramsay and Simon Cowell. He has also performed as a stand-up comedian and stage actor.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Undertaker — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast.md)
- *Song of the Sea* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Spud / Bus Driver (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/song-of-the-sea.md)
- *The Secret of Kells* (2009), Fi1m 76, as Brother Tang / Leonardo (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-kells.md)

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