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).
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Xavier | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Oskar Schindler | HIT | |
| 2006 | Home | - | HIT | |
| 2014 | Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys | Self - Narrator | HIT | |
| 2020 | The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine | Self - Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 2016 | How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story | Narrator (voice) | HIT | |
| 2006 | The Path to Redemption | Self | HIT | |
| 2008 | The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files | Self | HIT | |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Ra's Al Ghul | HIT | |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Ducard | HIT | |
| 2012 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | HIT | |
| 2017 | Spielberg | Self - Segment "Schindler's List" | HIT | |
| 1986 | The Mission | Father John Fielding | HIT | |
| 2008 | Taken | Bryan Mills | HIT | |
| 1978 | Pilgrim's Progress | Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ | HIT | |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice) | HIT | |
| 2014 | The Prophet | Mustafa (voice) | HIT | |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | 'Priest' Vallon | HIT | |
| 2016 | A Monster Calls | The Monster (voice) | HIT | |
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Father Liam | HIT |