Liam Garrigan (born 1981) is an English actor. As a youth, he attended classes at Kingston upon Hull's Northern Theatre Company and was a student at Wyke College, Kingston upon Hull. His first television role was in 2003 as Nic Yorke in the BBC continuing drama series Holby City. He is best known for his roles as Ian Al-Harazi on the Fox series 24: Live Another Day (2014), as King Arthur in the ABC series Once Upon a Time (2015–2016), the film Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and as Thomas Jopson on AMC's The Terror (2018). He also provides the voice for Captain Kurt in the role-playing game GreedFall.
Career Garrigan was sent to musical theatre classes by his mother at an early age. He was five years old when he played a munchkin in Northern Theatre's production of The Wizard of Oz, and he later began, at age seven, to have one-on-one acting lessons with Northern Theatre's founder Richard Green. After attending Endsleigh Primary School and St Mary's, Garrigan studied at Wyke Sixth Form College, where he focused on theatre studies, history and English literature, while continuing acting classes at Northern Theatre, as well as giving performances at the National Theatre and the Edinburgh Festival. During his time at Wyke, he began working on audition pieces for drama school, with his eventual admission into the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he trained to be a professional actor.
He has appeared in BBC TV dramas Holby City,BBC.co.uk Holby City Characters: Nic Yorke Doctors, The Chase and ITV1's Agatha Christie's Marple. He also portrayed Alfred in the Starz TV miniseries The Pillars of the Earth. He appeared in Ultimate Force as Corporal Edward Dwyer during the third series. He also starred in the 2008 and 2010 seasons of Irish drama series, RTÉ's Raw. In January 2011, Garrigan starred in the second series of BBC One's wartime drama serial Land Girls. From 2012 to 2013, Garrigan starred as Sgt. Liam Baxter in Strike Back, before being cast as Ian Al-Harazi in 2014's 24: Live Another Day. The same year, he appeared in the American 3D action fantasy film, The Legend of Hercules. In January 2014, Garrigan appeared in Silent Witness. In 2015, Garrigan was cast in the recurring role of King Arthur for the fifth season of Once Upon a Time, and later portrayed a different iteration of the character in the 2017 film Transformers: The Last Knight.
Personal life Garrigan was born in Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England, to Liz and Brian Garrigan, and he is the eldest of three siblings. In September 2016, Garrigan became engaged to singer-songwriter Beth Rowley.https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ795Rngsjh/ The two were married on 1 July 2017 and have two sons named Sidney (2019) and Sonny (2022).
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 The Legend of Hercules Iphicles 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight King Arthur 2021 Cherry Captain
Television Year Title RoleNotes 2003 Holby City Nic Yorke 25 episodes2004 The Afternoon Play Ben Rose Episode: "Sons, Daughters and Lovers" Doctors Scott Renshaw Episode: "Gap Year"2005 Ultimate Force Edward Dwyer 4 episodes Silent Witness Nathan Archer Episodes: "Ghosts: Part 1 & Part 2" Totally Frank DJ Dan Episode: "Bad Girl" 2006–2007 Matt Lowe 20 episodes 2008 He Kills Coppers Jonathan Young TV film 2008–2011 Raw Bobby Breen 16 episodes2009 Agatha Christie's Marple Stephen Restarick Episode: "They Do It with Mirrors" Blue Murder Billy Radfield Episode: "This Charming Man"2010 Inn Mates Pete TV film Alfred 8 episodes2011 Land Girls Reverend Henry Jameson 4 episodes Reggie Nigri TV film 2012–2013 Strike Back Sgt. Liam Baxter 11 episodes2014 Silent Witness Dr. Christy Nash Episodes: "Fraternity: Part 1 & Part 2" Endeavour Tony Frisco Episode: "Trove" 24: Live Another Day Ian Al-Harazi 7 episodes 2015 Spotless Victor Clay 10 episodes 2015–2016 Once Upon a Time King Arthur 11 episodes2018 Thomas Jopson 9 episodes The End of the World As We Know It Gah'ree TV film2020 Alex Rider Martin Wilby 4 episodes Small Axe Greg Huggan Episode: "Red, White and Blue"2021 Domina Marcus Antonius 2 episodes Cobra Tommy Episode: "Cyberwar 4" Invasion Hughes Episode: "Crash" The Outlaws Young Frank Episode #1.4 2022 War of the Worlds Gideon 2 episodes2023 Sanditon Samuel Colbourne 5 episodes The Long Shadow PS Bob Blake 5 episodes2024 Belgravia: The Next Chapter Fletcher 8 episodes Moonflower Murders Leonard Collins 4 episodes
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2018 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Gascon Voice role 2019 GreedFall Captain Kurt Squadron 42 Duncan Chakma Master-at-Arms In production
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