Liam Dunbar first appeared in Season 4 of MTV's Teen Wolf.
He was a transfer freshman at Beacon Hills High School coming to the school from Devenford Prep.
Liam was bitten by Alpha Werewolf Scott McCall and now struggles to control himself while helping protect Beacon Hills.
He is played by Dylan Sprayberry.
History
Liam lives with his mother and stepfather, Dr. Geyer.
He played lacrosse for Davenport Prep where he had a poor relationship with the team. Led by Brett Talbot, they threw lacrosse balls at him in abandoned zoo cage as punishment for letting “every single player” get passed him. (Triggers)
He was expelled after he "got into it" with his lacrosse coach. Liam was benched for the rest of the season after anger issues on the field. He then destroyed the coach's car with a crowbar.
Liam suffers from Intermittent Explosive Disorder which is marked by intense episodes of rage. He is remorseful about how his behavior hurts his parents and his friends.
His best friend, Mason Hewitt, often consoles him and gives him advice when he has a problem. Liam shows similar devotion when Mason turned out to be the host for Sebastien Valet and helps rescue him from The Beast's control over him.
As Scott and his friends graduate high school, he begins start taking on leader roles within the group and making his own decisions. Skills that came into uses against threats like the Ghost Riders, Tamora Monroe, and the Anuk-Ite.
Hayden and Liam
Hayden stepped into a fight between Liam and another boy in the sixth grade and Liam punched her in the face. Little Hayden apparently punched him back. In their yearbook photos from that year, they both have two black eyes.
She held a grudge against Liam for years but later they reconciled and began dating. Their relationship struggled due to their allegiances to different packs.
However, this obstacle no longer seems to be a factor since Hayden's parting of Theo's Pack. She has since joined Liam in Scott's Pack, thus becoming his latest Beta.
The continued their romance during the fight against Garrett Douglas and the Ghost Riders.
Her exit from Beacon Hills upset Liam tremendously, coming as it did just as much of his Teen Wolf Pack was moving on to college.
Missing Junior Year
Liam skipped Junior year at the insistence of Beacon Hills High School principal Natalie Martin.
Season 4
In a fight with a Wendigo, Scott bites Liam in order to save him from falling from the roof of the hospital. He has trouble adjusting to being a werewolf and the world of the supernatural. (Read More...)
Season 5
He nearly kills Scott due to Theo Raeken's influence.
He later helps rescue Lydia Martin from Eichen House and takes on The Beast of Gevauden to save his friend Mason. (Read More...)
Season 6
Liam starts to grow as a leader of his own pack when he decides to let Theo out his prison exchange for his help against Garrett Douglas and the Ghost Riders.
Later, he deals with feelings of guilt when Hunters kill his former rival, Brett. (Read More...)
Teen Wolf: The Movie
He lives in Japan with Hikari Zhang when a mysterious man arrives and unleashes a Nogitsune that Scott's pack trapped away years ago.
The two make it to Beacon Hills and inform Scott of what happened they help stop the threat.
Gallery
Quotes
- “I fell in a hole.” — Liam to Scott in Parasomnia.
- “Scott, Scott! Listen, listen, listen! You're not a monster. You're a werewolf. Like me.” — Liam to Scott who is in Berserker form in Smoke & Mirrors.
- “I feel like I'm surrounded by a bunch of psychotic nut jobs. You guys are out of your freaking minds! I don't know how you did that eye thing, and I don't care! I'm walking out the door right now, and if any of you try to stop me I swear to God I'm gonna...” — Liam to the group before his first shift in The Benefactor.
- “He's looking for an Alpha. A blind Alpha” — Liam to Scott about Theo's search for Deucalion in Codominance