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 2012-02-12 - And the winner is . . . Liam's and Michael Fassbender's short film, Pitch Black Heist, wins the 2012 BAFTA! Source Link | |||||
 2012-01-11 - Liam has received an IFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Film for his role in The Guard! Source Link | |||||
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2012-01-07 - During his appearance on RTE's The Late Late Show on 6 January 2012, Liam mentioned a new film not previously reported - The Numbers Station with John Cusack. This will probalby be released in 2012! Source Link | |||||
 2012-01-07 - Episode One of Liam's documentary, Hostile Environment, airs on RTÉ One, Monday, 9 January 2012 at 9.35pm. Die Hard fans (especially The Loonies) will find this a bit tense as Liam put himself in some dangerous places in this project! Source Link | |||||
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2011-12-22 - Liam is getting some good press for his work in War Horse, such as Chicago Time Out's, "War Horse also benefits from saving its most powerful moments until late. It’s difficult not to be moved when an army doctor (excellent Liam Cunningham, the priest in Hunger) agrees to treat Joey for tetanus . . . " Source Link | |||||
 2011-10-15 - Liam is playing "Big Jim Larkin" in the upcoming mini-series, Titanic: Blood and Steel. This article isn't the only source that says the speech he gives in this film is quite something! Source Link | |||||
 2011-08-25 - Liam plays an IRA enforcer turned mercenary in a guest role in episode 3 of Cinemax's series Strike Back. This episode premieres in the US on Friday, 26 August 2011. Source Link | |||||
 2011-07-19 - Liam is joining the cast for Season Two of HBO's Game of Thrones as Davos Seaworth, a former smuggler with the nickname the “Onion Knight.” Source Link | |||||
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2011-06-09 - Liam and Michael Fassbender star in and serve as executive producers of the short film Pitch Black Heist. Source Link | |||||
 2011-04-21 - Liam's French-language movie about Joan of Arc, Jeanne Captive, will be shown in the Festival de Cannes Director’s Fortnight sidebar. Source Link | |||||
 2011-03-30 - Liam to co-star (again!) with Michael Fassbender in Good Vibrations, a movie about the life of Belfast punk impresario Terri Hooley. What roles Liam and Michael Fassbender will be playing aren't known yet. Source Link | |||||
 2011-03-19 - Several of Liam's films are at Film Festivals this Spring. Besides The Guard playing at the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival, it is also playing at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC- along with Black Butterflies. To the utter delight of the webmaster of this website, The Whistleblower is being shown at the Charleston (SC) Film Festival at the Terrace Theatre. Source Link | |||||
 2011-02-09 - Liam to co-star with Brendon Gleeson, Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, and Robert Patrick in the Daniel Espinosa-directed Safe House, a Universal Pictures thriller written by David Guggenheim. Source Link | |||||
 2011-01-30 - Outcasts will debut on BBC Monday, February 7th at 21:00! Sadly, BBC America has not set a date, but they have a webpage up and running with "Coming Soon" advertised. Source Link | |||||
 2011-01-22 - News of The Guard's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival from the Irish Independent, "The screening of the film at Robert Redford's 11-day indie-movie showcase on Thursday attracted a line of major US film buyers and won critical acclaim for writer and director John Michael McDonagh . . . " Source Link | |||||
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2011-01-05 - The Guard will be playing at both the Sundance Film Festival and at the Berlin International Film Festival 2011. Source Link | |||||
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2010-10-30 - Il parle français? Guess we'll know eventually because Liam is currently filming a French-language Joan of Arc film. Currently don't know the title, but it may be Jeanne Captive. Will update here as more information is found! Source Link | |||||
 2010-10-14 - Liam in episode 5 of STARZ (US cable station) TV series called Camelot, which will star Joseph Fiennes. Joseph Fiennes and Liam did two plays together during Liam's season with the Royal Shakespeare Company (As You Like It and The Herbal Bed), as well as the movie The Escapist. Camelot is slated to premiere on STARZ in January 2011. Source Link | |||||
 2010-05-13 - Liam to star in BBC1 Sci-Fi television series called Outcasts. Source Link | |||||
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2010-03-08 - Liam is currently filming Black Butterfiles, a South African biopic about poet Ingrid Jonker. Liam plays writer Jack Cope. Source Link | |||||
 2010-03-09 - The North America release date for Clash of the Titans has been pushed back to 2 April, with 10:pm and midnight showings in some locations the day before. Source Link | |||||
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2010-01-06 - Clash of the Titans will be released in North American on 26 March 2010 - looks like a wide release so be sure to see it! The movie also has a website (see Source Link) Source Link | |||||
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2009-12-04 - Liam is a jury member for this year's British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs). Source Link | |||||
 2009-11-27 - Liam to star in Sisk - the feature film inspired by his short film, Screwback. Source Link | |||||
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2009-10-29 - Liam is in the cast of The Guard with Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. The film about the teaming of an Irish Guardi and an FBI agent to go after a drug-smuggling ring and is anticipated for release in 2011. Source Link | |||||
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2009-10-26 - Liam is currently filming The Whistleblower with David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis). Film stars Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, and David Strathairn. I just happened to learn about Liam's involvement in this movie while following Mr. Hewlett on Twitter (his posts mention Liam). Thank you, David Hewlett! Source Link | |||||
 2009-10-05 - Liam co-stars with Michael Fassbender again in Centurion, a movie about the lost ninth Roman Legion. The movie also stars JJ Field and Dominic West Source Link | |||||
 2009-09-03 - The Tournament is coming out on DVD (Regions 2) in Scandanavian countries only on 1 December. There are places to order DVDs from these countries online! Source Link | |||||
 2009-05-01 - Liam is a judge in the 2009 Canon Digital Video Contest Source Link | |||||
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2009-05-30 - Liam will begin filming the remake of Clash of the Titans next month with a release date of 26 March 2010 Source Link | |||||
 2009-02-14 - Liam wins the Irish Film & Television Award (IFTA) Best Support Actor in a Film for his role in Hunger! Source Link | |||||
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2008-02-06 - Liam currently filming "Harry Brown" with Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer. Source Link | |||||
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2009-02-02 - Liam is part of the cast of "The Kid". Source Link | |||||
 2009-01-24 - Blood, The Last Vampire has a release date for UK/Ireland of 12 June 2009 and a rather ambiguous March 2009 North American release date Source Link | |||||
 2009-01-08 - Liam nominated for the 2008 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) award for Best Supporting Actor in Film for his role in Hunger. Source Link | |||||
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2008-12-19 - Liam nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Hunger for the 2009 London Critics' Circle Film Awards. Source Link | |||||
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2008-11-16 - Liam in an ensemble cast in "House Husbands" with John Hannah, Sean Pertwee, and Anna Chancellor. Source Link | |||||
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2008-10-28 - Liam receives the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as Father Moran in Hunger. Source Link | |||||
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2008-10-28 - Hunger to get a 5 December 2008 limited release in US. While this particular article isn't saying so, Michael Fassbender sites are guessing this release is so that the movie (and actors) will qualify for Oscar nominations. Source Link | |||||
 2008-10-16 - Liam & Michael Fassbender's 17.5-minute (although I've read 23 minutes in more news articles) scene in Hunger breaks world record for longest one-sequence scene. Source Link | |||||
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2008-09-18 - The Herald newspaper (Dublin) reports that Liam will launch the forthcoming gala Star Ball on September 27th in Dublin, a charity event which is being held to highlight the problem of child-sex trafficking. Source Link | |||||
 2008-08-25 - Liam's short film, Paris Noir, was shown at the Galway Film Fleadh in July. This short was one of the winners of the RTE / Galway FlilmCenter (GFC) awards for short script. Source Link | |||||
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2008-05-26 - Hunger wins the Camera d’Or prize for Best First Feature at the 61st Cannes Film Festival. Source Link | |||||
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2008-05-22 - After its critically acclaimed showing at Cannes, Pathe buys the distribution rights for Hunger for the UK/Ireland market while IFC Films buys the distribution rights for Hunger for North America. Source Link | |||||
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2008-05-15 - Liam filming a short film called "Atlantic" where he plays a lonely farmer who receives a letter from the woman he loved and lost many years previously. Source Link | |||||
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2008-05-01 - Liam's film, Hunger, will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival for 2008 in the Un Certain Regard category. Source Link | |||||
 2008-04-10 - ThinkFilm has bought the North American distribution rights for The Escapist. Their website is saying to expect a Fall 2008 release. Source Link | |||||
 2008-03-21 - ComingSoon.net is reporting a 1 August 2008 US released date for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor! Source Link | |||||
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2008-02-25 - The Escapist to open in theaters in UK and Ireland on 25 April 2008 Source Link | |||||
 2008-01-26 - The Escapist premiered at the 2008 Sundance Festival on 21 January 2008. Pictures from Sundance show Liam in attendance with the rest of the cast, and the reviews that are coming in are highly favorable, save the usual US reviewers that don't like anything not in the standard US mold. Source Link | |||||
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2007-12-18 - Blood: The Last Vampire should receive a broad release in 2008. We know Liam has a major role from the movie, and from watching the Anime, I believe his character will be "David" - who works for some cloak-and-dagger agency that sends the main character undercover to a school to hunt vampires. Source Link | |||||
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2007-12-16 - Liam plays Mad Dog Maguire in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, due for late Summer 2008 release. According to the producer's blog:
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2007-05-28 - The Wind that Shakes the Barley wins the 2006 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Lots of pictures all over the Internet of Liam on the red carpet! Source Link | |||||
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2007-02-10 - Liam wins the 2007 Irish Film and Television Award (IFTA) for Best Supporting Actor: Film for his role as Dan in The Wind that Shakes the Barley. He was also nominated in two other categories: Best Actor: Television for Showbands 2 and Best Supporting Actor: Television for Murphy's Law - Unplaced. Source Link |