Liam Neeson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-06-07 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Also Known As 連恩·尼遜, เลียม นีสัน, リーアム・ニーソン, 리암 니슨, ليام نيسون, Вільям Джон Нісон, 连姆·尼森, William John "Liam" Neeson OBE, Λίαμ Νίσον, 连姆·尼森饰, Liams Nīsons, Lijam Nison, Лијам Нисон

Liam Neeson

Biography

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. An Irish actor who 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). Description from the Wikipedia article Liam Neeson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

Cold Storage

as Robert Quinn

Run All Night 2

as Jimmy Conlon

Hotel Tehran

as Larry

Mongoose

as Ryan "Fang" Flanagan

Deception

as Fergus Lamb

The Trainer

as John Moore

Cold Pursuit 2

as Nels Coxman

2025
The Naked Gun

as Frank Drebin Jr.

2024
Absolution

as Thug

2024
Wildcat

as Father Flynn

2023
Retribution

as Matt Turner

2023
Marlowe

as Philip Marlowe

2022
Bonnie

as Self

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn

2022
Memory

as Alex Lewis

2022
Blacklight

as Travis Block

2022
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi

as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi

as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi

as Qui-Gon Jinn (uncredited)

2022
Benjamin Franklin

as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)

2021
The Ice Road

as Mike

2021
2020
Honest Thief

as Tom Dolan

2020
Made in Italy

as Robert

2020
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)

2019
2019
2019
Cold Pursuit

as Nels Coxman

2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")

2018
Widows

as Harry Rawlings

2018
The Commuter

as Michael MacCauley

2018
Derry Girls

as Chief Inspector Byers

2017
Daddy's Home 2

as Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)

2017
Spielberg

as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"

2017
2017
Karenina & I

as Leo Tolstoy

2017
The Orville

as Jahavus Dorahl

2016
Silence

as Ferreira

2016
A Monster Calls

as The Monster (voice)

2016
For the Love of Spock

as Leo Cutter (archive footage)

2016
Operation Chromite

as Douglas MacArthur

2016
Love Thy Nature

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2016
2016
The Huntsman: Winter's War

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2016
Dream Corp LLC

as Joey in the Center of Her Mind (voice)

2016
Atlanta

as Liam Neeson

2016
1916

as Narrator

2015
A Christmas Star

as Narrator / Radio DJ

2015
Ted 2

as Customer

2015
Entourage

as Liam Neeson

2015
Run All Night

as Jimmy Conlon

2014
Manny

as Narrator

2014
Taken 3

as Bryan Mills

2014
A Walk Among the Tombstones

as Matthew Scudder

2014
The Prophet

as Mustafa (voice)

2014
Third Person

as Michael

2014
Road

as Narrator

2014
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys

as Self - Narrator

2014
Non-Stop

as Bill Marks

2014
The Lego Movie

as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)

2014
The Nut Job

as Raccoon (voice)

2013
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

as History Channel Host (uncredited)

2013
Khumba

as Phango (voice)

2013
Girl Rising

as Narrator (voice)

2012
Taken 2

as Bryan Mills

2012
The Dark Knight Rises

as Ra's Al Ghul

2012
Battleship

as Admiral Shane

2012
The Grey

as John Ottway

2012
Honest Trailers

as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)

2011
2011
Unknown

as Dr. Martin Harris

2011
Life's Too Short

as Liam Neeson

2010
2010
The Wildest Dream

as Narrator

2010
The A-Team

as Hannibal

2010
Chloe

as David Stewart

2010
Conan

as Self

2009
After.Life

as Eliot Deacon

2009
Five Minutes of Heaven

as Alistair Little

2008
The Other Man

as Peter

2008
Taken

as Bryan Mills

2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)

2007
The Birth of Christ

as Self - Narrator

2007
Trumbo

as Self

2007
Seraphim Falls

as Carver

2006
2006
Xavier

as Narrator

2006
2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

2005
Breakfast on Pluto

as Father Liam

2005
Batman Begins

as Ducard

2005
2005
Kingdom of Heaven

as Godfrey de Ibelin

2004
Kinsey

as Alfred Kinsey

2004
The Story of Star Wars

as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)

2004
Patrick

as Narrator

2003
Love Actually

as Daniel

2003
Martin Luther

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2003
Coral Reef Adventure

as Narrator (voice)

2003
Martin Luther

as Narrator

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

2002
Gangs of New York

as "Priest" Vallon

2002
K-19: The Widowmaker

as Mikhail Polenin

2002
The Big Bang

as Self

2002
Liberty's Kids

as John Paul Jones (voice)

2001
Journey into Amazing Caves

as Narrator (voice)

2000
Inside The Space Station

as Self - Narrator

2000
The Endurance

as Narrator (voice)

2000
Gun Shy

as Charles Mayough

1999
The Haunting

as Dr. David Marrow

1999
Family Guy

as Liam Neeson (voice)

1998
Les Misérables

as Jean Valjean

1998
Everest

as Narrator

1998
Parkinson

as Self

1997
The View

as Self

1996
A Leap of Faith

as Narrator (voice)

1996
Michael Collins

as Michael Collins

1996
Before and After

as Ben Ryan

1996
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

1995
Lumière & Company

as (segment "John Boorman")

1995
Rob Roy

as Robert Roy MacGregor

1995
1994
Nell

as Dr. Lovell

1993
Schindler's List

as Oskar Schindler

1993
Ethan Frome

as Ethan Frome

1993
1992
Leap of Faith

as Sheriff Will Braverman

1992
Ruby Cairo

as Fergus Lamb

1992
Husbands and Wives

as Michael Gates

1992
Shining Through

as Franze-Otto Dietrich

1991
Revolver

as Man

1991
Under Suspicion

as Tony Aaron

1990
The Big Man

as Danny Scoular

1990
Darkman

as Peyton Westlake / Darkman

1989
Next of Kin

as Briar Gates

1989
The Simpsons

as Father Sean (voice)

1988
High Spirits

as Martin Brogan

1988
The Good Mother

as Leo Cutter

1988
The Dead Pool

as Peter Swan

1988
Satisfaction

as Martin Falcon

1988
Sweet As You Are

as Martin Perry

1988
This Morning

as Self

1987
Suspect

as Carl Wayne Anderson

1987
A Prayer for the Dying

as Liam Docherty

1987
Sworn to Silence

as Vincent Cauley

1986
Duet for One

as Totter

1986
Lamb

as Michael Lamb

1986
The Mission

as Father John Fielding

1986
The Delta Force

as Delta Force Member (uncredited)

1986
If Tomorrow Comes

as André Trignant

1985
1985
The Innocent

as John Carns

1985
A Woman of Substance

as Blackie O'Neill

1984
The Bounty

as Charles Churchill

1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks

as Self (uncredited)

1984
Miami Vice

as Sean Carroon

1983
Krull

as Kegan

1983
1982
Nature

as Narrator (voice)

1981
Nailed

as Young Catholic

1981
Excalibur

as Gawain

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

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1974
Playhouse

as Blacksmith

1970
1968
60 Minutes

as Self

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Producer

2018
The White Crow

as Executive Producer