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Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Acting · Production

Born June 7, 1952, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

William John 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).

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (66)
  • David Frost Vs — self
  • 2022Bonnie — Self
  • 2022Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman — Self
  • 2022Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return — Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
  • 2022Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici — Self
  • 2020The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2019Lost Lives — Self (voice)
  • 2019Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast — Self - Actor
  • 2018An Oral History of: Schindler's List — Self (archive footage)
  • Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History — Self - Narrator
  • 2017And the Winner Isn't — Self
  • 2017Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence — Self
  • 2017Spielberg — Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
  • 2016A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats — Self
  • 2016Love Thy Nature — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 2016The Last Laugh — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
  • 2014Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys — Self - Narrator
  • 2013Excalibur: Behind the Movie — Self
  • 2013The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
  • 2011A Child's Garden of Poetry — Self (voice)
  • The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
  • Conan — Self
  • Live from Studio Five — Self
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
  • 2008The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files — Self
  • 2007The Birth of Christ — Self - Narrator
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • 2007Trumbo — Self
  • El hormiguero — Self
  • 2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film — Self
  • The One Show — Self - Guest
  • 2006The Path to Redemption — Self
  • 2004Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde — Self
  • 2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? — Self (archive footage)
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
  • 2003Martin Luther — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Martin Luther — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
  • 2003Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York — Self
  • 2002George Lucas: Creating an Empire — Self
  • 2002The Big Bang — Self
  • 2001The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I — Self
  • 2001The Mind's Big Bang — Self
  • 2000Inside The Space Station — Self - Narrator
  • The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization — Self - Narrator
  • Parkinson — Self
  • The View — Self
  • The Daily Show — Self
  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
  • 1995Miss Sarajevo — Self
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • This Morning — Self
  • 1984An Audience with Mel Brooks — Self (uncredited)
  • Goldene Kamera — Self
  • 1979The Last Window Cleaner — Self
  • An Audience with... — Self
  • Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
  • Film '72 — Self
  • 60 Minutes — Self
  • The Late Late Show — Self - Guest
  • Tony Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter
  • The Oscars — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter
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