Liam Carney

Carney was born in Dublin, to parents who had moved from County Mayo with 6 other children.^[1]

He had two children with his first wife; however, the relationship ended in late 1986.^[2] He began dating Karmel Daly; after twelve years together, they married in late 2001.^[3] The couple has a daughter and three sons.^[4]

He became despondent working as a civil servant in the post office, and decided to take up acting.^[2]

Carney began his acting career with the Laughing Gravy Theatre Company.^[2] He rose to fame playing Kevin Haughey for several years on the soap opera Glenroe.^[4] In 1995, he landed a supporting role playing Sean in the hit film Braveheart,^[4] alongside Mel Gibson. In 1999, he played Uncle Pa Keating in the film Angela's Ashes.^[4]

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.^[4] In 2003, he played Mr. Callan, in two episodes, then in 2009, he played Franny McGowan for five episodes of the series The Clinic.^[5]

In 2012, he played Sean Malone in the series Titanic: Blood and Steel.^[5] In 2014, he guest-starred playing Michael McConnell on the series Crossing Lines.^[5] That same year he joined the recurring cast of the series Outlander, where he plays Alec "Old Alec" McMahon MacKenzie.^[6]

In 2015 he joined the main cast of the series Red Rock, where he plays Tommy Tyrell.^[7]

In 2019 he starred alongside Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, & Ned Dennehy in the film Calm with Horses.^[5]