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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-06-07 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Liam Neeson

Biography:

Liam Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an Irish actor. He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and educated at Saint Patrick's College, Ballymena Technical College and Queen's University Belfast. He moved to Dublin after university to further his acting career, joining the renowned Abbey Theatre. In the early 1990s, he moved again to the United States, where the wide acclaim for his performance in Schindler's List led to more high-profile work. He is widowed and lives in New York with his two sons.

He has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe Awards. He has starred in a number of notable roles including Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, Michael Collins in Michael Collins, Peyton Westlake in Darkman, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey, Ras Al Ghul in Batman Begins and the voice of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. He has also starred in several other notable films, from major Hollywood studio releases (ie. Excalibur, The Dead Pool, Nell, Rob Roy, The Haunting, Love Actually, Kingdom of Heaven, Taken, Clash of the Titans, The A-Team, Unknown) to smaller arthouse films (ie. Deception, Breakfast on Pluto, Chloe).

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Known For

Acting

2025

Cold Storage as Robert Quinn
The Naked Gun as Frank Drebin Jr.

2024

Wildcat as Father Flynn
Absolution as Thug

2023

Retribution as Matt Turner
Marlowe as Philip Marlowe

2022

Bonnie as Self
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
Memory as Alex Lewis
Blacklight as Travis Block
Obi-Wan Kenobi as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Obi-Wan Kenobi as Qui-Gon Jinn (uncredited)
Benjamin Franklin as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)

2021

The Ice Road as Mike

2020

Honest Thief as Tom Dolan
Made in Italy as Robert

2019

Cold Pursuit as Nels Coxman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)

2018

The Commuter as Michael MacCauley
Widows as Harry Rawlings
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
Derry Girls as Chief Inspector Byers

2017

Spielberg as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
Karenina & I as Leo Tolstoy
Daddy's Home 2 as Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
The Orville as Jahavus Dorahl

2016

Silence as Ferreira
For the Love of Spock as Leo Cutter (archive footage)
A Monster Calls as The Monster (voice)
The Huntsman: Winter's War as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Operation Chromite as Douglas MacArthur
Love Thy Nature as Self - Narrator (voice)
Dream Corp LLC as Joey in the Center of Her Mind (voice)
Atlanta as Liam Neeson
1916 as Narrator

2015

Run All Night as Jimmy Conlon
Entourage as Liam Neeson
Ted 2 as Customer
A Christmas Star as Narrator / Radio DJ

2014

The Lego Movie as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
Third Person as Michael
A Walk Among the Tombstones as Matthew Scudder
Manny as Narrator
Non-Stop as Bill Marks
The Nut Job as Raccoon (voice)
Taken 3 as Bryan Mills
Road as Narrator
The Prophet as Mustafa (voice)
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys as Self - Narrator

2013

Khumba as Phango (voice)
Girl Rising as Narrator (voice)
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as History Channel Host (uncredited)

2012

Battleship as Admiral Shane
The Dark Knight Rises as Ra's Al Ghul
Taken 2 as Bryan Mills
The Grey as John Ottway
Honest Trailers as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)

2011

Unknown as Dr. Martin Harris
Life's Too Short as Liam Neeson

2010

Chloe as David Stewart
The Wildest Dream as Narrator
The A-Team as Hannibal
Conan as Self

2009

After.Life as Eliot Deacon
Five Minutes of Heaven as Alistair Little

2008

Taken as Bryan Mills
The Other Man as Peter
Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)

2007

Seraphim Falls as Carver
Trumbo as Self
The Birth of Christ as Self - Narrator

2006

Xavier as Narrator
The One Show as Self - Guest

2005

Batman Begins as Ducard
Breakfast on Pluto as Father Liam
Kingdom of Heaven as Godfrey de Ibelin

2004

Kinsey as Alfred Kinsey
Patrick as Narrator
The Story of Star Wars as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)

2003

Love Actually as Daniel
Coral Reef Adventure as Narrator (voice)
Martin Luther as Self - Narrator (voice)
Martin Luther as Narrator
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest

2002

Gangs of New York as "Priest" Vallon
K-19: The Widowmaker as Mikhail Polenin
The Big Bang as Self
Liberty's Kids as John Paul Jones (voice)

2001

Journey into Amazing Caves as Narrator (voice)

2000

The Endurance as Narrator (voice)
Gun Shy as Charles Mayough
Inside The Space Station as Self - Narrator

1999

The Haunting as Dr. David Marrow
Family Guy as Liam Neeson (voice)

1998

Les Misérables as Jean Valjean
Everest as Narrator
Parkinson as Self

1997

The View as Self

1996

Michael Collins as Michael Collins
Before and After as Ben Ryan
A Leap of Faith as Narrator (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest

1995

Rob Roy as Robert Roy MacGregor
Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
Out of Ireland as William Murphy (voice)

1994

Nell as Dr. Lovell

1993

Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler
Ethan Frome as Ethan Frome

1992

Shining Through as Franze-Otto Dietrich
Leap of Faith as Sheriff Will Braverman
Husbands and Wives as Michael Gates
Ruby Cairo as Fergus Lamb

1991

Under Suspicion as Tony Aaron
Revolver as Man

1990

Darkman as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
The Big Man as Danny Scoular

1989

Next of Kin as Briar Gates
The Simpsons as Father Sean (voice)

1988

The Dead Pool as Peter Swan
High Spirits as Martin Brogan
Satisfaction as Martin Falcon
The Good Mother as Leo Cutter
Sweet As You Are as Martin Perry
This Morning as Self

1987

Suspect as Carl Wayne Anderson
A Prayer for the Dying as Liam Docherty
Sworn to Silence as Vincent Cauley

1986

The Delta Force as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
The Mission as Father John Fielding
Lamb as Michael Lamb
Duet for One as Totter
If Tomorrow Comes as André Trignant

1985

The Innocent as John Carns
A Woman of Substance as Blackie O'Neill

1984

The Bounty as Charles Churchill
An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
Miami Vice as Sean Carroon

1983

Krull as Kegan

1982

Nature as Narrator (voice)

1981

Excalibur as Gawain
Nailed as Young Catholic

1980

My Dear Palestrina as Blacksmith

1979

1978

Pilgrim's Progress as Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1974

Playhouse as Blacksmith

1970

1968

60 Minutes as Self

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1953

The Oscars as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

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Hotel Tehran as Larry
Mongoose as Ryan "Fang" Flanagan
Deception as Fergus Lamb
The Trainer as John Moore
Cold Pursuit 2 as Nels Coxman

Production

2018

The White Crow as Executive Producer