Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1952-06-07 (Age: 74)
Place of Birth
Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Liam Neeson
Biography
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).
Filmography (180)
Hotel Tehran
2026
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
2026
Cold Storage
2026
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
The Naked Gun
2025
Ice Road: Vengeance
2025
Absolution
2024
Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey
2024
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023
Wildcat
2023
Retribution
2023
Marlowe
2023
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022
Bonnie
2022
