Liam O'Brien (born 11 January 1980) is an Irish actor, most notable for his three years playing
Ethan Blake
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Jean Tate
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on ITV's long-running soap
Emmerdale
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.
Born in
Limerick
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, O'Brien founded Bottom Dog Theatre Company in 2008 with
Myles Breen. Following his role in Emmerdale, he joined the cast of
Fair City
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and is both the most po ...
as Paul Brennans estranged brother Peter. In 2004, he appeared Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes.
In the late Nineties and up to 2007, he worked and toured extensively with Limerick's Island Theatre Company with productions including ''Borrowed Robes'', ''The Trickster'', ''Our Town'', ''The Taming of the Shrew'', Mike Finn’s award-winning ''Pigtown'' and playing The Gentleman Caller in ''The Glass Menagerie''. He also appeared in Amalgamotion Theatre Company’s Irish tour of ''Walking Away''. Dublin Theatre roles include Paris in ''Romeo and Juliet'', Cary Grant in ''Come Up and See Me Sometime''.
O'Brien holds a strong connection with crooning. He played
Dean Martin
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for over two years in the West End tour of
The Rat Pack: Live From Las Vegas in the UK, Europe and US. He regularly performs in the Savoy, Limerick.
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1980 births
Living people
Irish male television actors
Male actors from Limerick (city)