Biography

Michael Lieber (born 6 May 1988) is a British novelist, essayist and short story writer. Lieber's novels include The War Hero, The Boy and the Goldlock, and Helga Dune.

He has also appeared in films, his first being the 2013 biopic Ramanujan, a period drama set in 1914 about the life of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Lieber played mathematician John Edensor Littlewood, starring alongside Kevin McGowan, Cloudia Swann, and Richard Walsh. When preparing to play the part, Lieber spoke to professor Béla Bollobás who had worked with Littlewood.In 2010, Lieber starred as the over-the-hill footballer Ray Keane in the play Transfer Deadline Day at the Courtyard Theatre in London.

In 2017, he played the lead role of Mark Crowe in the psychological thriller A Room to Die For alongside Vas Blackwood.