Liam McIntyre

Liam James McIntyre (born 8 February 1982) is an Australian actor, best known for playing the lead role on the Starz television series Spartacus: Vengeance[1] and War of the Damned and as Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard on The Flash. He has also voiced JD Fenix in the Gears of War series, Captain Boomerang in the DC Animated Movie Universe, Commander Pyre on Star Wars Resistance and Taron Malicos in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. In 2016, he collaborated with Smosh Games to promote his card game Monster Lab.[2] In 2020, he partnered with Spartacus co-star Todd Lasance to create the gaming series Get Good for the Retro Replay YouTube channel following a charity livestream benefiting Black Summer.

Liam McIntyre
McIntyre at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1982-02-08) 8 February 1982
Adelaide, South Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Spouse(s)
Erin Hasan
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(m. 2014)​

Career
McIntyre at the 2014 Florida Supercon

McIntyre began his career appearing mainly in short films, before performing guest roles in Australian television series Rush and Neighbours. He made his American television debut on the HBO miniseries The Pacific. After actor Andy Whitfield's diagnosis and passing from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, McIntyre would succeed him in the titular role of Spartacus for the remainder of the series.[3][4][5] He made his film debut alongside Kellan Lutz in The Legend of Hercules, in the role of Sotiris.[6] On May 4, 2014, he starred on the Channel 7 thriller The Killing Field.[7][8] 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, Weather Wizard on The Flash.

In 2016, McIntyre played the lead character JD Fenix in the video game, Gears of War 4.[9] 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 Con Man and was later cast in Security, an action-thriller film starring Antonio Banderas and Ben Kingsley. 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, Pulse on ABC.[10]

Personal life

McIntyre was born in Adelaide, Australia. In 2010, he began dating actress and singer Erin Hasan, the star of the original Melbourne and Sydney productions of the musical Wicked as the understudy for Glinda the Good Witch. They were engaged in December 2012 and married on January 5, 2014.[11][12]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Legend of Hercules Sotiris
2017 Security Vance
2018 Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay George "Digger" Harkness / Captain Boomerang (voice) Direct-to-video
2019 See You Soon Ryan Hawkes
2020 Justice League Dark: Apokolips War George "Digger" Harkness / Captain Boomerang (voice) Direct-to-video

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2010 The Pacific Lew Episode: "Iwo Jima"
2010 Neighbours Bradley Hewson 1 episode
2010 Rush Sergeant Matt Connor 2 episodes
2012–13 Spartacus Spartacus 20 episodes
2014 The Killing Field Detective Senior Constable Dan Wild Television film
2015–18 The Flash Mark Mardon / Weather Wizard 5 episodes
2016 The Wizards of Aus Bronlo the Slayer 2 episodes
2017 Pulse Eli Nader 8 episodes
2018–20 Star Wars Resistance Commander Pyre, Snarl, Pirate #1 (voices) 23 episodes
2020 Family Guy Various Voices 4 episodes

Video games
Year Title Role
2010 Star Trek Online Capt. Anton Schaefer, Subcommander Kail, Chancellor J'mpok, Kahless (Clone)
2016 Gears of War 4 JD Fenix
2019 Gears 5
2019 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Taron Malicos

Web series
Year Title Role Notes
2016–17 Con Man Girth Hemsworth 3 episodes

See also

References
  1. Itzkoff, Dave (18 January 2011). "He Is Spartacus: Liam McIntyre Talks About Taking Over in Season 2 of 'Blood and Sand'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  2. "Monster Lab". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. "Liam Mcintyre: Liam Mcintyre Is Starz' New Spartacus". Buzz Baba. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  4. "Liam McIntyre replaces Andy Whitfield on "Spartacus"". Yahoo! News. Reuters. 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011.
  5. Andreeva, Nellie (17 January 2011). "Liam McIntyre Is The New Spartacus, To Succeed Andy Whitfield on Starz Drama". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. "'Spartacus' Star Joins Kellan Lutz in 'Hercules 3D' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. "Spartacus star joins Rebecca Gibney drama". TV Tonight.
  8. Byrnes, Holly (30 November 2013). "Liam McIntyre happy to put his pants back on for Channel 7 crime series The Killing Field". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  9. "Liam McIntyre on why he wanted to be JD Fenix in Gears of War 4". Bbc.co.uk. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. "Home". If.com.au. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. "Spartacus Star Liam McIntyre Marries Erin Hasan". E! Online.
  12. "Liam McIntyre Weds Erin Hasan: See the Photos!". People.
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