Liam Neeson
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).
Acting
Movie
The Dark Knight Rises
as Ra's Al Ghul
2012
Movie
Batman Begins
as Ducard
2005
Movie
Schindler's List
as Oskar Schindler
1993
Movie
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Qui-Gon Jinn
1999
Movie
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
2002
Movie
Taken
as Bryan Mills
2008
Movie
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Aslan (voice)
2005
Movie
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
2019
TV
The Simpsons
as Father Sean (voice)
1989
Movie
The Lego Movie
as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
2014
Movie
Ted 2
as Customer
2015
Movie
Love Actually
as Daniel
2003
Movie
Gangs of New York
as 'Priest' Vallon
2002
Movie
Taken 2
as Bryan Mills
2012
Movie
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
as Aslan (voice)
2008
Movie
Clash of the Titans
as Zeus
2010
Movie
Taken 3
as Bryan Mills
2014
Movie
Battleship
as Admiral Shane
2012
Movie
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Aslan (voice)
2010
Movie
Non-Stop
as Bill Marks
2014
Movie
Men in Black: International
as Agent High T
2019
Movie
The Huntsman: Winter's War
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2016
Movie
The A-Team
as Hannibal
2010
Movie
Kingdom of Heaven
as Godfrey de Ibelin
2005
