Liam Spencer is a fictional character The Bold and the Beautiful, an American soap opera on the CBS network, played by Scott Clifton.

Introduced as the long-lost son of media mogul Bill Spencer Jr., he is recognized for his long and complicated love triangle with Hope Logan and Steffy Forrester.

Clifton's performance in the role has been met with favorable reception from audiences and critics, having garnered him the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 2011.

He received two Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2014 and 2015, winning the category in 2013.

On May 21, 2010, Dan J Kroll from Soapcentral.com reported that actor Scott Clifton had joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful in the newly created role of Liam Cooper.

[1] Scott Clifton's job on The Bold and the Beautiful included withholding the secret of his character's paternity.

Liam Cooper's introduction to viewers began with his quest to discover the true identity of his biological father, which potentially included several lead characters.

Yet, Clifton has praised the storyline and defended the choice of who ultimately became Liam's father, Bill Spencer Jr., portrayed by Don Diamont.

[3] After the death of his mother, Liam relocates to Los Angeles to find his biological father.

Both Bill Spencer Jr. (Don Diamont) and Thorne Forrester (Winsor Harmon) are revealed to have dated Kelly and could be Liam's father.

Liam learns Bill is his father and with Hope and Katie Logan's (Heather Tom) encouragement, they start to bond.

Amber Moore (Adrienne Frantz) convinces Liam that they had sex and she is carrying his child.

It soon emerges that Amber's mother, Tawny (Andrea Evans), faked the paternity test Liam proposes to Hope.

Liam and Steffy marry, but their marriage is opposed by Katie and Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang).

Wyatt's mother, Quinn (Rena Sofer), starts interfering, and Steffy returns to win Liam back.

When Hope learns that Quinn was partially responsible for Ridge's disappearance, she breaks up with Wyatt and accepts Liam's proposal.

Liam resigns from Forrester Creations and as he is about to leave, he is confronted by Quinn and passes out in front of her due to a prior injury.

Eventually her marriage to Wyatt breaks down because of Quinn marrying Eric, and she rekindles her love and relationship with Liam.

Liam kisses Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) when they are trapped in a burning building, and an upset Steffy has sex with Bill.

Liam plans to marry her when he believes that Steffy is having an affair with Bill, but the wedding does not go ahead when he realizes it is not true.

Not long after, Liam believes he has seen Hope kissing Thomas and he has sex with Steffy, who becomes pregnant.

It comes to light that John Finnegan's (Tanner Novlan) is the father although Vinny Walker (Joe LoCicero) tries to alter the results of the paternity test.

One evening, Liam and Bill, who has had too much to drink, drive home, and hit Vinny with their car.

Hope initially thinks Liam should tell the police, but they are both afraid of losing each other and having the children grow up without a father.

For his portrayal of Liam, Clifton won the Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series accolade at the 38th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2011.

[6][7] In 2017, Clifton won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards.