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Liam Cunningham
Irish actor (born 1961)
For other people named Liam Cunningham, see Liam Cunningham (disambiguation).
Liam Cunningham | |
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Cunningham in 2017 | |
| Born | (1961-06-02) 2 June 1961 (age 63) East Wall, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | St Davids, Artane, Dublin |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse | Colette Cunningham |
| Children | 3 |
Liam Cunningham (born 2 June 1961) is an Irish actor. He is known for playing Davos Seaworth in the HBO epic-fantasy series Game of Thrones.[1]
Cunningham has been nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award, the British Independent Film Award, has won two Irish Film & Television Awards, and shared a BAFTA with Michael Fassbender, for their crime-drama short film Pitch Black Heist. His film roles include A Little Princess (1995), Jude (1996), Dog Soldiers (2002), The Crooked Man (2003), The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), Hunger (200
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100 Movies that Became TV Shows
When a beloved movie ends, it can be hard not to desire a little more time with the film’s world and characters. As television became more and more common in the mid-20th century, making ongoing TV adaptations of popular and cult classic cinema became a viable, potentially lucrative opportunity to provide the public with just that—whether they told the same story as their respective movies, served as sequels, or even animated reimaginings.
Although many of these series featured entirely different casts and struggled to survive past their first seasons on respective TV networks, there are many notable exceptions. “Friday Night Lights” and “Dukes of Hazzard” managed to capture the success that made their source material work, leading to acclaim and high ratings. Some television adaptations, such as The WB’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Stargate SG-1,” ran for several seasons and arguably became even more acclaimed and influential than thei
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Cyril Cusack
Irish actor (1910–1993)
Cyril James Cusack[1] (26 November 1910 – 7 October 1993) was an Irish[2][3] scen and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years. During his lifetime, he was considered one of Ireland's finest thespians,[4] and was renowned for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary theatre, including Shakespearean roles as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and over 60 productions for the Abbey Theatre, of which he was a lifelong member. In 2020, Cusack was ranked at number 14 on The Irish Times' list of Ireland's greatest spelfilm actors.[5]
Born to an English mother and Irish father in South Africa and raised in County Tipperary, Cusack dropped out of law school to join the Abbey Theatre and remained with the company for 13 years, acting in over 60 plays. In London, he performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and later founded