Clinton Liberty

Clinton Liberty (born 4 June 1998) is an Irish actor and dancer.^[1] On television, he is known for his roles in the ITV miniseries Holding (2022) and the HBO series House of the Dragon (2024–). His films include Touchdown (2024).

Clinton Liberty
Born	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26) Nigeria
Education	The Lir Academy (BA)
Years active	2019–present

Early life

Liberty grew up in Laytown, County Meath.^[2] He is of Jamaican and Nigerian descent.^[3][4] Liberty attended Scoil an Spioraid Naoimh and then Coláiste na hInse in Bettystown.^[5] He was a member of the dance club Fit Kids/Fit Teens and danced competitively. He went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin in 2019.^[6]

Career

With his background in dance, Liberty made his onscreen debut as a dancer in the 2016 coming-of-age film Handsome Devil. On stage, he starred in the 2019 productions of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing with the Rough Magic Theatre Company and The Anvil in Manchester, England.^[7] He then landed a recurring role as Connell's school friend Kiernan in the miniseries Normal People, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Sally Rooney.

The following year, Liberty joined the main cast of the Viaplay spy thriller Red Election as Marcus and made a guest appearance in the RTÉ One series Smother. In 2022, he starred as Linus Dunne alongside Conleth Hill in the ITV adaptation of Graham Norton's debut novel Holding^[8] and appeared in the Sky Cinema film This Christmas.

Liberty has an upcoming role in the horror film Feed alongside Daisy Jelley and Niamh McCormack.^[9][10] In April 2023, it was rumoured Liberty had joined the cast of the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon for its second season in an undisclosed role, later confirmed to be Addam of Hull.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Handsome Devil	Dancer
2019	Power Out	Will	Short film
	Something Doesn't Feel Right	Jock	Short film
	Twin	Partygoer	Short film
2022	This Is Christmas	Michael	Sky Cinema
2024	Touchdown	Jamie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Forever in My Heart	Peter	Television film
2020	Normal People	Kiernan	5 episodes
2021	Smother	Max	1 episode
	Red Election	Marcus	Main role
2022	Holding	Linus Dunne	Main role
2024	House of the Dragon	Addam of Hull	Season 2

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Much Ado About Nothing		Rough Magic Theatre Company; The Quad, Kilkenny / Theatre Royal Waterford
	The Anvil	Edmund	Anu Productions, Manchester

References

1. Gallagher, Katie (30 March 2022). "'I was his No1 fan long before he became Paul Mescal' - Normal People star Clinton Liberty on his school pal making it". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
2. O'Connell, Jennifer (31 May 2020). "Normal People Class of 2020: The nine college friends in the series". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
3. "Diversity Centre Stage: Being Seen" (PDF). Trinity Today 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
4. Masterson, Eugene (13 September 2022). "Normal People star Clinton Liberty says 'I'm so proud to be a black Irishman'". Sunday World. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
5. "Star performances in store in quarter-finals". Independent.ie. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
6. "Acting Profiles / Alumni 2019: Clinton Liberty". The Lir.
7. "The Anvil: An Elegy for Peterloo". British Theatre Guide. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
8. Moss, Molly (14 March 2022). "Meet the cast of new ITV drama Holding". Radio Times. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
9. Wiseman, Andreas (17 May 2023). "'How To Have Sex' Star Daisy Jelley Among Rising Brit & Irish Actors For Vampire Horror 'Feed' – Cannes Market". Deadline. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
10. "Clinton Liberty and Niamh McCormack to star in vampire horror film Feed". IFTN. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
11. Selcke, Dan (8 June 2023). "Actor Clinton Liberty may play Addam of Hull in House of the Dragon season 2". Winter is Coming. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

External links

• Clinton Liberty at IMDb
• Clinton Liberty at Conway van Gelder Grant