Quick Facts
Biography
Liam James McIntyre (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian actor best known for playing the lead role in the Starz television series Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned.
Career
McIntyre began his career acting mainly in short films, before performing guest roles in Australia's popular television series Rush and Neighbours. McIntyre made his US television debut guest starring in an episode of the award nominated HBO mini-series The Pacific.
After Andy Whitfield's 2010 diagnosis of Non-Hodgkins lymphoma (and later death in 2011), McIntyre replaced him in the title role of Spartacus for the subsequent seasons.
McIntyre made his feature film debut appearing alongside Kellan Lutz in The Legend of Hercules, in the role of Sotiris.
On May 4, 2014, McIntyre starred in the Channel 7 thriller The Killing Field.
Personal life
McIntyre was born in Adelaide, Australia. In 2010 he began dating Australian singer and actress Erin Hasan, the star of the original Melbourne and Sydney productions of musical Wicked as the Glinda standby. They were engaged in December 2012, and married on 5 January 2014.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Shotgun! [An Opening Sequence] | Antonio | Short |
| 2007 | Fancy | Nigel | Short |
| 2009 | Anniversary | Harry | Short |
| 2009 | Niflheim: Blood & Bullets | Lance Corporal Christopher Bragi | |
| 2010 | Bottled Up | Bruce | Short |
| 2010 | Radev | Nik Radev | Short |
| 2010 | A Bitter Sip of Life | Manu | Short |
| 2011 | Ektopos | Simon | |
| 2014 | The Legend of Hercules | Sotiris | |
| 2015 | The Dream Children | Luke Delaney | |
| 2017 | Apple of My Eye | Jason Andrews | |
| 2017 | Albion: The Enchanted Stallion | Erémon | |
| 2017 | Security | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Pacific | Lew | Episode: "Iwo Jima" |
| 2010 | Neighbours | Bradley Hewson | Episode "#1.5917" |
| 2010 | Rush | Sergeant Matt Connor | 2 episodes |
| 2012–13 | Spartacus | Spartacus | 20 episodes IGN Award for Best TV Hero (2014) |
| 2014 | Auckland Daze | Liam | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | The Killing Field | Detective Dan Wild | Television film |
| 2014–16 | The Flash | Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | Unveiled | Michael Hunter | Unsold Pilot |
| 2016 | The Wizards of Aus | Bronlo the Slayer | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Pulse | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Con Man | Girth Hemsworth | Episode: "Dawn of Girth" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Gears of War 4 | JD Fenix | Voice |