Acting
Liam Neeson
Born Jun 7, 1952 · Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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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Acting
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
Crime · Comedy · Mystery
Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Documentary · Drama
The Mongoose
2026
Action · Thriller
The Fix
2026
Action · Thriller
Cold Storage
2026
Horror · Science Fiction · Comedy
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
Documentary
The Naked Gun
2025
Comedy · Crime · Action
Ice Road: Vengeance
2025
Action · Thriller · Drama
Absolution
2024
Action · Crime · Thriller
Wildcat
2024
Drama
Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey
2024
Documentary
Conan O'Brien Must Go
2024
Documentary · Comedy
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023
Action · Thriller · Crime
Retribution
2023
Thriller · Action · Adventure
Marlowe
2023
Crime
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022
Documentary
Bonnie
2022
Documentary
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022
Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
Documentary
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure
Memory
2022
Action · Thriller · Crime
Benjamin Franklin
2022
Documentary
Ireland
2022
Documentary
Blacklight
2022
Action · Thriller · Adventure
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
2022
Documentary
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
2021
Documentary · History · TV Movie
The Ice Road
2021
Action · Thriller
The Marksman
2021
Action · Drama · Thriller
Honest Thief
2020
Thriller · Action · Crime
Made in Italy
2020
Comedy · Drama
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Adventure · Action · Science Fiction
Ordinary Love
2019
Drama · Romance
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
2019
Documentary
Lost Lives
2019
Documentary
Men in Black: International
2019
Comedy · Science Fiction · Action
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
Documentary · History
Cold Pursuit
2019
Crime · Action · Drama
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
2018
Documentary
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
Western · Comedy
Widows
2018
Drama · Crime · Thriller
The Last Horsemen of New York
2018
Documentary
The Commuter
2018
Action · Thriller · Mystery
Derry Girls
2018
Comedy · Drama
And the Winner Isn't
2017
Documentary
Daddy's Home 2
2017
Comedy
Spielberg
2017
Documentary
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017
Drama · History · Thriller
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America
2017
Documentary
The Orville
2017
Drama · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
Documentary
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
TV Movie · Comedy · Romance
Karenina & I
2017
Documentary
Silence
2016
Drama · History
Dream Corp LLC
2016
Comedy
A Monster Calls
2016
Fantasy · Adventure · Family
How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story
2016
Documentary
Atlanta
2016
Comedy · Drama
Operation Chromite
2016
History · Drama · War
Love Thy Nature
2016
Documentary
The Last Laugh
2016
Documentary
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016
Action · Adventure · Drama
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
2016
Documentary
1916
2016
Documentary
A Christmas Star
2015
Family · Comedy
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Comedy · Talk
Nature Is Speaking
2015
Documentary
Ted 2
2015
Comedy · Fantasy
Entourage
2015
Comedy · Drama
Run All Night
2015
Action · Crime · Thriller
Manny
2014
Documentary · Drama
Taken 3
2014
Thriller · Action
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
2014
Animation
Third Person
2014
Drama · Romance
Road
2014
Documentary
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
Comedy · Western
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys
2014
Documentary
Non-Stop
2014
Action · Thriller · Mystery
The Lego Movie
2014
Animation · Family · Adventure
The Nut Job
2014
Animation · Comedy · Family
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
Documentary
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
Comedy
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
Documentary
Khumba
2013
Animation · Adventure · Family
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!
2013
Music
Girl Rising
2013
Documentary
Taken 2
2012
Action · Crime · Thriller
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
Action · Crime · Thriller
Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine
2012
Documentary
Battleship
2012
Thriller · Action · Adventure
Wrath of the Titans
2012
Fantasy · Adventure · Action
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
Comedy
The Grey
2012
Action · Adventure · Thriller
Life's Too Short
2011
Comedy
A Child's Garden of Poetry
2011
Family · Animation
Unknown
2011
Action · Mystery · Thriller
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
Documentary
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
Adventure · Family · Fantasy
The Next Three Days
2010
Romance · Drama · Thriller
The Wildest Dream
2010
Documentary
The A-Team
2010
Action · Comedy · Crime
Clash of the Titans
2010
Adventure · Fantasy · Action
Chloe
2010
Drama · Thriller · Mystery
After.Life
2009
Drama · Horror · Mystery
Five Minutes of Heaven
2009
Crime · Drama · Thriller
The Other Man
2008
Drama · Thriller · Mystery
The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files
2008
Documentary
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Animation
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
Adventure · Family · Fantasy
Taken
2008
Action · Thriller
The Birth of Christ
2007
Music
Trumbo
2007
Documentary · History
Seraphim Falls
2007
Western · Action · Drama
Sergeant York: Of God and Country
2006
Documentary
Home
2006
Documentary
Xavier
2006
Documentary · History · TV Movie
The Path to Redemption
2006
Documentary
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006
Documentary
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
2006
Documentary
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
Adventure · Family · Fantasy
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
Drama · Comedy
Batman Begins
2005
Drama · Crime · Action
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Drama · Action · Adventure
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2004
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Kinsey
2004
Drama
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Documentary
Patrick
2004
Drama · History · TV Movie
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004
Comedy · Family · Music
Love Actually
2003
Comedy · Romance · Drama
Martin Luther
2003
Documentary · History · Drama
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
2003
Documentary · History
Coral Reef Adventure
2003
Documentary
Gangs of New York
2002
Drama · History · Crime
Liberty's Kids
2002
Animation · Kids · Family
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
History · Thriller · Drama
The Big Bang
2002
Documentary
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
Adventure · Action · Science Fiction
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2002
Documentary
The Maze
2002
Documentary
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001
Documentary
Evolution
2001
Documentary
Journey into Amazing Caves
2001
Documentary
Inside The Space Station
2000
Documentary
The Endurance
2000
Documentary · History
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
2000
History · Documentary
Gun Shy
2000
Action · Comedy · Romance
The Haunting
1999
Horror · Thriller · Fantasy
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Adventure · Action · Science Fiction
Family Guy
1999
Animation · Comedy
Les Misérables
1998
Crime · Drama · History
Everest
1998
Documentary
Michael Collins
1996
War · Drama · Thriller
Before and After
1996
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
1996
Documentary
Lumière & Company
1995
Drama · Documentary
Out of Ireland
1995
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Rob Roy
1995
Adventure · History · Drama
Miss Sarajevo
1995
Documentary
Nell
1994
Drama · Thriller
Schindler's List
1993
Drama · History · War
Ethan Frome
1993
Drama · Romance
Leap of Faith
1992
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Ruby Cairo
1992
Mystery · Thriller
Husbands and Wives
1992
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Shining Through
1992
Drama · Romance · Thriller
Revolver
1991
Under Suspicion
1991
Crime · Thriller
The Big Man
1990
Drama
Darkman
1990
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller
The Simpsons
1989
Animation · Comedy
Next of Kin
1989
Action · Crime · Drama
High Spirits
1988
Fantasy · Comedy · Horror
The Good Mother
1988
Drama · Romance
The Dead Pool
1988
Action · Crime · Drama
Satisfaction
1988
Comedy · Music · Romance
Sweet as You Are
1988
Drama · TV Movie
Suspect
1987
Crime · Drama · Thriller
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
Crime · Drama · Action
Hold the Dream
1987
Drama
Sworn to Silence
1987
TV Movie · Drama
Duet for One
1986
Drama
Lamb
1986
Drama
The Mission
1986
Adventure · Drama · Action
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Delta Force
1986
Action · Thriller · War
Arthur the King
1985
TV Movie · Fantasy · Adventure
The Innocent
1985
Drama · TV Movie
Screen Two
1985
Drama
A Woman of Substance
1985
Drama
Ellis Island
1984
Drama
Miami Vice
1984
Crime · Drama
The Bounty
1984
Action · Drama · History
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
Comedy · Documentary · TV Movie
Krull
1983
Action · Adventure · Fantasy
Across the Water
1983
Thriller · Drama · TV Movie
Nature
1982
Documentary · Family
American Playhouse
1982
Drama · Comedy
Nailed
1981
Drama · TV Movie
Excalibur
1981
Adventure · Fantasy
My Dear Palestrina
1980
Christiana
1979
Drama
Dinner at the Sporting Club
1978
Drama · TV Movie
Pilgrim's Progress
1978
Adventure · Drama
Playhouse
1974
Drama
Play for Today
1970
Drama
Omnibus
1967
Documentary