Micheál Mac Liammóir

Micheál Mac Liammóir

Actor · Producer · Writer

Willesden, London, England
October 25, 1899

Biography

Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London to an English family with no Irish connections, he emigrated to Ireland in early adulthood, changed his name, invented an Irish ancestry, and remained based there for the rest of his life, successfully maintaining a fabricated identity as a native Irishman born in Cork.

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Micheál Mac Liammóir 1
Micheál Mac Liammóir 2

Representative Works

Tom Jones
Tom Jones
5.9
/ English
Othello
Othello
7.4
/ English
The Kremlin Letter
The Kremlin Letter
5.9
/ English
Filming Othello
Filming Othello
7.5
/ English
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
No Rating Yet
/ English
King Lear
King Lear
8.0
/ English
Joyce’s Dublin
Joyce’s Dublin
No Rating Yet
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Tom Jones
1963Nominee

Best Performance

Tom Jones

Othello
1951Nominee

Best Performance

Othello

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014Nominee

Best Performance

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Career Highlights

The Kremlin Letter
1970Highlight

Best Performance

The Kremlin Letter

Filming Othello
1979Highlight

Best Performance

Filming Othello

Video

Trailer
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles