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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 …
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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).
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BODY OF WORK
Liam Neeson's Filmography
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The Mongoose
as Ryan 'Fang' Flanagan
The Fix
as Larry
Cold Storage
as Robert Quinn
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
The Naked Gun
as Frank Drebin Jr.
Ice Road: Vengeance
as Mike McCann
Absolution
as Thug
Wildcat
as Father Flynn
Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey
as Narrator
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
as Finbar Murphy
Retribution
as Matt Turner
Marlowe
as Philip Marlowe
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
as Self
Bonnie
as Self
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
Memory
as Alex Lewis
Ireland
Blacklight
as Travis Block
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
as Self
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Ice Road
as Mike McCann
The Marksman
as Jim
No Poster
WAMEGO: Addendum
Honest Thief
as Tom Dolan
Made in Italy
as Robert
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
Ordinary Love
as Tom
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
as Narrator
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
Men in Black: International
as Agent High T
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actor
Cold Pursuit
as Nels Coxman
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
Widows
as Harry Rawlings
The Last Horsemen of New York
The Commuter
as Michael MacCauley
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
Daddy's Home 2
as Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
Spielberg
as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
as Mark Felt
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America
as Narrator
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
as Self
Red Nose Day Actually
as Daniel
Karenina & I
as Leo Tolstoy
Silence
as Ferreira
A Monster Calls
as The Monster (voice)
How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story
as Narrator (voice)
Operation Chromite
as Douglas MacArthur
Love Thy Nature
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Huntsman: Winter's War
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
as Self
A Christmas Star
as Narrator / Radio DJ
Ted 2
as Customer
Entourage
as Liam Neeson
Run All Night
as Jimmy Conlon
Manny
as Narrator
Taken 3
as Bryan Mills
A Walk Among the Tombstones
as Matthew Scudder
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
as Mustafa (voice)
Third Person
as Michael
Road
as Narrator (voice)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Clinch
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys
as Self - Narrator
Non-Stop
as Bill Marks
The Lego Movie
as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
The Nut Job
as Raccoon (voice)
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
as History Channel Host (uncredited)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
as Self (archive footage)
Khumba
as Phango (voice)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!
as The Journalist
Girl Rising
as Narrator (voice)
Taken 2
as Bryan Mills
The Dark Knight Rises
as Ra's Al Ghul
Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine
as Narrator (voice)
Battleship
as Admiral Shane
Wrath of the Titans
as Zeus
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
The Grey
as John Ottway
A Child's Garden of Poetry
as Self (voice)
Unknown
as Dr. Martin Harris
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Aslan (voice)
The Next Three Days
as Damon
The Wildest Dream
as Narrator
The A-Team
as Hannibal
Clash of the Titans
as Zeus
Chloe
as David Stewart
After.Life
as Eliot Deacon
Five Minutes of Heaven
as Alistair Little
The Other Man
as Peter
The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files
as Self
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
as Aslan (voice)
Taken
as Bryan Mills
The Birth of Christ
as Self - Narrator
Trumbo
as Self
Seraphim Falls
as Carver
Sergeant York: Of God and Country
Home
as Narrator
Xavier
as Narrator
The Path to Redemption
as Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
as Self
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
as Narrator
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Aslan (voice)
Breakfast on Pluto
as Father Liam
Batman Begins
as Ducard
Kingdom of Heaven
as Godfrey de Ibelin
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
as Self
Kinsey
as Alfred Kinsey
The Story of Star Wars
as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
Patrick
as Narrator
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
as Self (archive footage)
Love Actually
as Daniel
Martin Luther
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
as Self
Coral Reef Adventure
as Narrator (voice)
Gangs of New York
as 'Priest' Vallon
K-19: The Widowmaker
as Mikhail Polenin
The Big Bang
as Self
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Self
The Maze
as Narrator
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
as Self
No Poster
The Mind's Big Bang
as Self
Journey into Amazing Caves
as Narrator (voice)
Inside The Space Station
as Self - Narrator
The Endurance
as Narrator (voice)
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
as Narrator
Gun Shy
as Charles Mayough
The Haunting
as Dr. David Marrow
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Qui-Gon Jinn
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
Everest
as Narrator
No Poster
A Leap of Faith
as Narrator (voice)
Michael Collins
as Michael Collins
Before and After
as Ben Ryan
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
as Host
Lumière & Company
as (segment "John Boorman")
Out of Ireland
as William Murphy (voice)
Rob Roy
as Robert Roy MacGregor
Miss Sarajevo
as Self
Nell
as Dr. Lovell
Schindler's List
as Oskar Schindler
Ethan Frome
as Ethan Frome
Leap of Faith
as Sheriff Will Braverman
Ruby Cairo
as Fergus Lamb
Husbands and Wives
as Michael Gates
Shining Through
as Franze-Otto Dietrich
Revolver
as Man
Under Suspicion
as Tony Aaron
The Big Man
as Danny Scoular
Darkman
as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
Next of Kin
as Briar Gates
High Spirits
as Martin Brogan
The Good Mother
as Leo Cutter
The Dead Pool
as Peter Swan
Satisfaction
as Martin Falcon
Sweet as You Are
as Martin Perry
Suspect
as Carl Wayne Anderson
A Prayer for the Dying
as Liam Docherty
Sworn to Silence
as Vincent Cauley
Duet for One
as Totter
Lamb
as Michael Lamb
The Mission
as Father John Fielding
The Delta Force
as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
Arthur the King
as Grak
The Innocent
as John Carns
The Bounty
as Charles Churchill
An Audience with Mel Brooks
as Self (uncredited)
Krull
as Kegan
Across the Water
as Martin
Nailed
as Young Catholic
Excalibur
as Gawain
My Dear Palestrina
as Blacksmith
Christiana
as Greatheart
No Poster
The Last Window Cleaner
as Self
Dinner at the Sporting Club
as Dermot
Pilgrim's Progress
as Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
as Danny
No Poster
Narco Sub
No Poster
The Trainer
as John Moore
No Poster
Charlie Johnson in the Flames
No Poster
The Splendid Thing
No Poster
Cold Pursuit 2
as Nels Coxman
No Poster
The Riker's Ghost
Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea
as Narrator