Liam James McIntyre (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian actor, best known for playing the

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on the

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television series '' Spartacus: Vengeance'' and '' War of the Damned'' and as Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard on ''

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''. He has also voiced JD Fenix in the ''

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'' series,

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in the

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, Commander Pyre on ''

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'' and Taron Malicos in '' Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order''. In 2016, he collaborated with Smosh Games to promote his card game ''Monster Lab''. In 2020, he partnered with ''Spartacus'' co-star

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to create the gaming series ''Get Good'' for the ''CouchSoup''

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channel following a charity livestream benefiting Black Summer.

Career

McIntyre began his career appearing mainly in short films, before performing guest roles in Australian television series '' Rush'' and ''

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''. He made his American television debut on the

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miniseries ''

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''. After actor Andy Whitfield's diagnosis and passing from

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, McIntyre would succeed him in the title role of ''

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'' for the remainder of the series. He made his film debut alongside

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in ''

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'', in the role of Sotiris. On May 4, 2014, he starred on the Channel 7 thriller '' The Killing Field''. From 2015 to 2016, he completed ''The Dream Children'' and ''Albion: The Enchanted Stallion'', both independent films as Luke Delaney and Erémon. In 2015, he also starred in ''Unveiled'', an unsold pilot, and portrayed the recurring villain,

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on ''

''. In 2016, McIntyre played the lead character JD Fenix in the video game, ''

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''. In January 2017, he appeared as Jason Andrews in ''Apple of My Eye''. He played Girth Hemsworth, a fictional Hemsworth sibling on the web series ''

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'' and was later cast in ''

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'', an action-thriller film starring

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and

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. He filmed a pilot for Syfy, titled ''The Haunted'' in January 2017, but it did not receive a full series order. He starred on the Australian medical-drama, ''

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'' on ABC TV.

Personal life

McIntyre was born in

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. In 2010, he began dating actress and singer Erin Hasan, the understudy for

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in the original Melbourne and Sydney productions of the musical ''

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''. They were engaged in December 2012 and married on 5 January 2014.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Web series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcintyre, Liam 1982 births Living people Male actors from Adelaide Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Australian male video game actors Australian male voice actors 21st-century Australian male actors