Liam Neeson
Irish actor celebrated for Oscar-nominated work in Schindler's List and a prolific career spanning drama, action, and fantasy.
Liam Neeson - Personal Information
- Name: Liam Neeson
- Date of Birth: June 7, 1952
- Place of Birth: Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer, Producer
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).
Selected Filmography
A selection of Liam Neeson's most recent screen appearances across film and television.
- 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (2026) as Danny
- Cold Storage (2026) as Robert Quinn
- Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough (2025) as Narrator
- The Naked Gun (2025) as Frank Drebin Jr.
- Ice Road: Vengeance (2025) as Mike McCann
- Absolution (2024) as Thug
- Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey (2024) as Narrator
- Conan O'Brien Must Go (TV - 2024) as Bryan Mills (archive footage) (uncredited)
- In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023) as Finbar Murphy
- Wildcat (2023) as Father Flynn
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