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Liam Neeson
Known for: ActingWilliam 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 116
The Fix
as Larry 
The Mongoose
as Ryan 'Fang' Flanagan 
Kingdom of Heaven
as Godfrey de Ibelin 
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Aslan (voice) 
Schindler's List
as Oskar Schindler 
Batman Begins
as Ducard 
The Lego Movie
as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice) 
Love Actually
as Daniel 
The Marksman
as Jim 
Battleship
as Admiral Shane 
Cold Storage
as Robert Quinn 
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
as Aslan (voice) 
Ted 2
as Customer 
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Qui-Gon Jinn 
The Naked Gun
as Frank Drebin Jr. 
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Clinch 
The Nut Job
as Raccoon (voice) 
Blacklight
as Travis Block 
Chloe
as David Stewart 
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn 
Unknown
as Dr. Martin Harris 
Taken 3
as Bryan Mills 
Ice Road: Vengeance
as Mike McCann 
Widows
as Harry Rawlings 
Taken 2
as Bryan Mills 
Shining Through
as Franze-Otto Dietrich 
Taken
as Bryan Mills 
Wrath of the Titans
as Zeus 
Marlowe
as Philip Marlowe 
Seraphim Falls
as Carver 
Run All Night
as Jimmy Conlon 
Non-Stop
as Bill Marks 
Cold Pursuit
as Nels Coxman 
The Commuter
as Michael MacCauley 
Gangs of New York
as 'Priest' Vallon 
The Ice Road
as Mike McCann 
Memory
as Alex Lewis 
Clash of the Titans
as Zeus 
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Aslan (voice) 
Breakfast on Pluto
as Father Liam 
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
as Qui-Gon Jinn 
The A-Team
as Hannibal 
Darkman
as Peyton Westlake / Darkman 
Men in Black: International
as Agent High T 
Honest Thief
as Tom Dolan 
A Monster Calls
as The Monster (voice) 
Excalibur
as Gawain 
The Mission
as Father John Fielding 
A Walk Among the Tombstones
as Matthew Scudder 
Liberty's Kids
as John Paul Jones (voice) 
The Grey
as John Ottway 
The Haunting
as Dr. David Marrow 
Khumba
as Phango (voice) 
The Next Three Days
as Damon 
A Woman of Substance
as Blackie O'Neill 
After.Life
as Eliot Deacon 
K-19: The Widowmaker
as Mikhail Polenin 
Suspect
as Carl Wayne Anderson 
The Dead Pool
as Peter Swan 
Silence
as Ferreira 
Absolution
as Thug 
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean 
Third Person
as Michael 
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
as Finbar Murphy 
Retribution
as Matt Turner 
Krull
as Kegan 
Under Suspicion
as Tony Aaron 
Made in Italy
as Robert 
Next of Kin
as Briar Gates 
The Bounty
as Charles Churchill 
If Tomorrow Comes
as André Trignant 
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
as Mustafa (voice) 
High Spirits
as Martin Brogan 
The Other Man
as Peter 
Before and After
as Ben Ryan 
Michael Collins
as Michael Collins 
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
as Mark Felt 
Operation Chromite
as Douglas MacArthur 
Kinsey
as Alfred Kinsey 
Rob Roy
as Robert Roy MacGregor 
Husbands and Wives
as Michael Gates 
Ordinary Love
as Tom 
Nell
as Dr. Lovell 
Leap of Faith
as Sheriff Will Braverman 
Benjamin Franklin
as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice) 
Bonnie
as Self 
Five Minutes of Heaven
as Alistair Little 
Hold the Dream
as Blackie O'Neill 
Ruby Cairo
as Fergus Lamb 
Gun Shy
as Charles Mayough 
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys
as Self - Narrator 
A Prayer for the Dying
as Liam Docherty 
A Christmas Star
as Narrator / Radio DJ 
Wildcat
as Father Flynn 
1916
as Narrator 
Girl Rising
as Narrator (voice) 
The Good Mother
as Leo Cutter 
The Big Man
as Danny Scoular 
Christiana
as Greatheart 
The Endurance
as Narrator (voice) 
Journey into Amazing Caves
as Narrator (voice) 
Road
as Narrator (voice) 
Trumbo
as Self 
Arthur the King
as Grak 
Ethan Frome
as Ethan Frome 
Everest
as Narrator 
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
as Self 
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self 
Xavier
as Narrator 
Pilgrim's Progress
as Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ 
Manny
as Narrator 
The Wildest Dream
as Narrator 
Coral Reef Adventure
as Narrator (voice) 
Lamb
as Michael Lamb