Declan Michael Laird

Declan Michael Laird (born 1993) is a Scottish actor and a graduate of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. He is possibly best known for his roles in Hot Air (film), Big Dogs and Beautiful Disaster (film) Life and acting career Declan Michael Laird was born in Greenock, Scotland. A keen footballer, he left school at 15 to pursue a professional career and signed with Greenock Morton F.C. Eight minutes into a cup tie between Greenock Morton and Hearts, Laird tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee effectively ending his professional footballing career. After exploring the possibility of taking up coaching as a career, Laird turned his attention to acting. In 2008, he was introduced to an acting agency by longterm friend Jim Sweeney and landed the role of Sean in the Scottish soap opera River City and went on to appear in a number of episodes before departing in 2011. The following year he starred in the critically acclaimed short film, The Lost Purse in which Laird played the leading role of The Kid. The film told the story a young deaf man. The film was well received and earned Laird a Best Acting accolade at the Write Camera Action event in Glasgow in 2012.