Liam Heffernan is an Irish actor, theater director and musician best
known for his lead role in the critically acclaimed film The Clash of
the Ash (1987), and later as Blackie Connors in the long running RTÉ
television drama series Glenroe.Born in Cork city in the early 1960s,
Heffernan's acting career began in 1984 with appearances in various
theater parts with the Graffiti Theatre Company. He moved to Dublin in
1986, and played roles in the films The Stranger Within (1990) and The
Boy from Mercury (1996). He has since featured in multiple stage
productions and television dramas, including full time roles in Ros na
Rún and later Fair City, where he played the returned emigrant Luke
Dillon.Heffernan directed the award winning 2000 play "Tillsonburg"
for Dublin's Focus Theatre and Cork's The Everyman Palace, and in 2003
directed "Brilliant Traces" for the Dublin Fringe Festival. In 2010 he
appeared in a well regarded production of Billy Roche's play "The
Cavalcaders".
known for his lead role in the critically acclaimed film The Clash of
the Ash (1987), and later as Blackie Connors in the long running RTÉ
television drama series Glenroe.Born in Cork city in the early 1960s,
Heffernan's acting career began in 1984 with appearances in various
theater parts with the Graffiti Theatre Company. He moved to Dublin in
1986, and played roles in the films The Stranger Within (1990) and The
Boy from Mercury (1996). He has since featured in multiple stage
productions and television dramas, including full time roles in Ros na
Rún and later Fair City, where he played the returned emigrant Luke
Dillon.Heffernan directed the award winning 2000 play "Tillsonburg"
for Dublin's Focus Theatre and Cork's The Everyman Palace, and in 2003
directed "Brilliant Traces" for the Dublin Fringe Festival. In 2010 he
appeared in a well regarded production of Billy Roche's play "The
Cavalcaders".
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