Liam Neeson
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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).
Known for
Credits
Schindler's List (1993)
as Oskar Schindler
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Batman Begins (2005)
as Ducard
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
as Aslan (voice)
Ted 2 (2015)
as Customer
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
as Godfrey de Ibelin
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
as Ra's Al Ghul
The Naked Gun (2025)
as Frank Drebin Jr.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
as Qui-Gon Jinn
Ice Road: Vengeance (2025)
as Mike McCann
Lamb (1986)
as Michael Lamb
Taken (2008)
as Bryan Mills
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
Cold Storage (2026)
as Robert Quinn
Taken 3 (2014)
as Bryan Mills
Battleship (2012)
as Admiral Shane
The Lego Movie (2014)
as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
as Aslan (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
as Aslan (voice)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
as Zeus
Love Actually (2003)
as Daniel
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
as Zeus
The A-Team (2010)
as Hannibal
After.Life (2009)
as Eliot Deacon
The Commuter (2018)
as Michael MacCauley
Men in Black: International (2019)
as Agent High T
Gangs of New York (2002)
as 'Priest' Vallon
Unknown (2011)
as Dr. Martin Harris
The Grey (2012)
as John Ottway
Krull (1983)
as Kegan
A Monster Calls (2016)
as The Monster (voice)
Cold Pursuit (2019)
as Nels Coxman
Non-Stop (2014)
as Bill Marks
Taken 2 (2012)
as Bryan Mills
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
Run All Night (2015)
as Jimmy Conlon
Retribution (2023)
as Matt Turner
The Marksman (2021)
as Jim
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Next Three Days (2010)
as Damon
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
as Clinch
Memory (2022)
as Alex Lewis
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
as Matthew Scudder
Silence (2016)
as Ferreira
Widows (2018)
as Harry Rawlings
Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
as Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
Absolution (2024)
as Thug
Chloe (2010)
as David Stewart
Ethan Frome (1993)
as Ethan Frome
Excalibur (1981)
as Gawain
The Haunting (1999)
as Dr. David Marrow
The Ice Road (2021)
as Mike McCann
Blacklight (2022)
as Travis Block
The Nut Job (2014)
as Raccoon (voice)
The Delta Force (1986)
as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
Honest Thief (2020)
as Tom Dolan
Rob Roy (1995)
as Robert Roy MacGregor
Entourage (2015)
as Liam Neeson
Darkman (1990)
as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
as Mikhail Polenin
Les Misérables (1998)
as Jean Valjean
The Mission (1986)
as Father John Fielding
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
as History Channel Host (uncredited)
The Dead Pool (1988)
as Peter Swan
Gun Shy (2000)
as Charles Mayough
The Endurance (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)
as Finbar Murphy
Under Suspicion (1991)
as Tony Aaron
The Bounty (1984)
as Charles Churchill
Khumba (2013)
as Phango (voice)
Third Person (2014)
as Michael
Seraphim Falls (2007)
as Carver
Operation Chromite (2016)
as Douglas MacArthur
Next of Kin (1989)
as Briar Gates
Marlowe (2023)
as Philip Marlowe
Spielberg (2017)
as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
High Spirits (1988)
as Martin Brogan
Leap of Faith (1992)
as Sheriff Will Braverman
Kinsey (2004)
as Alfred Kinsey
Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
as Father Liam
Michael Collins (1996)
as Michael Collins
Made in Italy (2020)
as Robert
Shining Through (1992)
as Franze-Otto Dietrich
The Other Man (2008)
as Peter
Before and After (1996)
as Ben Ryan
Suspect (1987)
as Carl Wayne Anderson
Hotel Tehran (2026)
as Larry
Ruby Cairo (1992)
as Fergus Lamb
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
as Mark Felt
Bonnie (2022)
as Self
Nell (1994)
as Dr. Lovell
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
as Daniel
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (—)
as Danny
Ordinary Love (2019)
as Tom
How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story (2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014)
as Mustafa (voice)
The Big Man (1990)
as Danny Scoular
Girl Rising (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
as Michael Gates
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
as Alistair Little
Wildcat (2024)
as Father Flynn
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
as Liam Docherty
An Audience with Mel Brooks (1984)
as Self (uncredited)
An Oral History of: Schindler's List (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Duet for One (1986)
as Totter
Trumbo (2007)
as Self
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2019)
as Self - Actor
The Good Mother (1988)
as Leo Cutter
The Last Laugh (2016)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America (2017)
as Narrator
Satisfaction (1988)
as Martin Falcon
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
as Self
Lost Lives (2019)
as Self (voice)
Road (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
Lumière & Company (1995)
as (segment "John Boorman")
A Christmas Star (2015)
as Narrator / Radio DJ
The Beginning: Making Episode I (2001)
as Self
Narco Sub (—)
Actor
Manny (2014)
as Narrator
Arthur the King (1985)
as Grak
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
The Innocent (1985)
as John Carns
Everest (1998)
as Narrator
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis (2019)
as Narrator
George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2005)
as Self
Excalibur: Behind the Movie (2013)
as Self
Karenina & I (2017)
as Leo Tolstoy
The Wildest Dream (2010)
as Narrator
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (2012)
as Self
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence (2017)
as Self
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
as Self
The Trainer (—)
as John Moore
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (2000)
as Narrator
The Path to Redemption (2006)
as Self
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici (2022)
as Self
Out of Ireland (1995)
as William Murphy (voice)
Sworn to Silence (1987)
as Vincent Cauley
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later (2018)
as Self
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage! (2013)
as The Journalist
Coral Reef Adventure (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011)
as Self (voice)
Home (2006)
Actor
Pilgrim's Progress (1978)
as Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ
Patrick (2004)
as Narrator
WAMEGO: Addendum (2020)
Actor
Dinner at the Sporting Club (1978)
as Dermot
Miss Sarajevo (1995)
as Self
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough (2025)
as Narrator
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine (2020)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Charlie Johnson in the Flames (—)
Actor
Journey into Amazing Caves (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
Love Thy Nature (2016)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Cold Pursuit 2 (—)
as Nels Coxman
Mongoose (—)
as Ryan "Fang" Flanagan
Martin Luther (2003)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Nailed (1981)
as Young Catholic
Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey (2024)
as Narrator
The Maze (2002)
as Narrator
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York (2003)
as Self
Sweet as You Are (1988)
as Martin Perry
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys (2014)
as Self - Narrator
Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical Corruption Exposed (—)
as Narrator (voice)
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film (2006)
as Self
Christiana (1979)
as Greatheart
The Nut Job 3 (—)
as Raccoon (voice)
Sergeant York: Of God and Country (2006)
Actor
Across the Water (1983)
as Martin
The Riker's Ghost (—)
Actor
My Dear Palestrina (1980)
as Blacksmith
The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files (2008)
as Self
The Last Window Cleaner (1979)
as Self
The Mind's Big Bang (2001)
as Self
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome (1996)
as Host
The Splendid Thing (—)
Actor
Inside The Space Station (2000)
as Self - Narrator
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman (2022)
as Self
Revolver (1991)
as Man
The Big Bang (2002)
as Self
Xavier (2006)
as Narrator
Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea (—)
as Narrator
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity (2006)
as Narrator
A Leap of Faith (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
The Birth of Christ (2007)
as Self - Narrator
Ireland (2022)
Actor
Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Horsemen of New York (2018)
Actor
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats (2016)
as Self