about
meet Liam Alex Heffron
Liam Alex Heffron is an actor, writer and host. He plays Garda Sean Doran in Ireland's most popular TV drama, Fair City and is also known for his roles in Hardy Bucks, Ros na Rún and his consulting contributions to current affairs and entertainment TV programs including BBC’s Who do you think you are? and RTE's, The Battle for Rural Ireland. He co-starred in the award-winning short film Top of the Rock and the upcoming Breaking Hollywood of which he also co-wrote and directed. He also wrote and directed the short film Ticket to Ride.
Liam studied at the Galway Theatre Company and the Irish Film Academy in Dublin. He became a regular stage actor and director on the Galway circuit, writing & producing three acclaimed stage plays. Liam later trained in Los Angeles with the Howard Fine Acting Studio, Margie Haber Studio and with acting coach Crystal Carson.
As a TV presenter, he has hosted a series of online Irish history documentaries on the Irish Revolution and Irish Landscape History. He has submitted his Phd doctoral thesis at the University of Galway in modern Irish history and has contributed widely to academic journals and book publications. Liam Alex also wrote and produced two successful stage plays The Tinker's Blade (An Taibhdhearc, Galway, 2006) and 1798, The Year Of The French (Galway Town Hall Theatre, 2008).
Union Affiliations: SAG-AFTRA (US) and Equity (Ireland).