Liam Graham

Liam Ansell Graham was born in Glasgow Scotland to Lisa Ansell a nurse and Colin Graham a television audio director He has two younger siblings Madeleine White and Ruairidh Graham He is of Irish Italian British Scandinavian and Western European decent Liam attended Perth Modern School graduating in 2005 His interest in theatre grew when he was just 7 years old attending the Actors Workshop established by RADA graduate Alan Blackwood and directed by award winning actress Nichola Renton When Liam was 12 years old he landed his first short film role directed by Melbourne based director Matt Richards During this time he discovered his innate passion for film Liam joined the Western Australian Youth Theatre Company WAYTCo in 2007 He worked on several of WAYTCos productions including Mad Forest Macbeth The Life of Galileo DNA and devised piece Earth directed by prominent Western Australian director Jeffery Jay Fowler Liams portrayal of Phil in Dennis Kellys DNA earned him rave reviews with critics saying his performance was Hypnotic and mesmerizing Liam based himself in Sydney where he enrolled in The Hub Studios Masterclass directed by esteemed NIDA lecturer and actor Kevin Jackson in 2012 where he performed several pieces from the classics including Sam Shepherds Fool For Love Liams passion for film never dwindled during his time on stage and he landed his first colead role in Giallo inspired horrorthriller Sororal 2014 in the role of love interest Trent Melville Liam then went onto taking out the lead role of Max Woods in Southern Gothic French New Wave psychological thriller The Burning Kiss 2017 Liams film and television credits include Bad Girl 2017 Otherlife 2017 Hounds of Love 2017 The Legend of Gavin Tanner 2016 and Greenfield 2015 He was nominated for BEST ACTOR at the WASAs Western Australian Screen Awards in 2015 for his portrayal of Michael in multi award winning Scandinavian Australian web series Greenfield Critics claimed Liams performance as the Series stand out capturing the characters overwhelming emotional and spiritual arc His latest achievement is winning BEST ACTOR at the 2017 Next Gen Short Film Festival as part of Fringe World for his portrayal of Jeremiah Kane in short SciFi flick Council