Liam Neeson
Liam 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Cold Storage as Robert Quinn
- 2025 · The Naked Gun as Frank Drebin Jr.
- 2025 · Ice Road: Vengeance as Mike McCann
- 2024 · Absolution as Thug
- 2024 · Conan O'Brien Must Go as Bryan Mills (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023 · In the Land of Saints and Sinners as Finbar Murphy
- 2023 · Retribution as Matt Turner
- 2023 · Marlowe as Philip Marlowe
- 2022 · Bonnie as Self
- 2022 · Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Obi-Wan Kenobi as Qui-Gon Jinn (uncredited)
- 2022 · Memory as Alex Lewis
- 2022 · Blacklight as Travis Block
- 2021 · The Ice Road as Mike McCann
- 2021 · The Marksman as Jim
- 2020 · Honest Thief as Tom Dolan
- 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- 2019 · Men in Black: International as Agent High T
- 2019 · Cold Pursuit as Nels Coxman
- 2018 · The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
- 2018 · Widows as Harry Rawlings
- 2018 · The Commuter as Michael MacCauley
- 2018 · Derry Girls as Chief Inspector Byers
- 2017 · Daddy's Home 2 as Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
- 2017 · Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House as Mark Felt
- 2017 · The Orville as Jahavus Dorahl
- 2016 · Silence as Ferreira
- 2016 · Dream Corp LLC as Joey in the Center of Her Mind (voice)
- 2016 · A Monster Calls as The Monster (voice)
- 2016 · Atlanta as Liam Neeson
- 2016 · Operation Chromite as Douglas MacArthur
- 2016 · The Huntsman: Winter's War as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Nature Is Speaking as Ice
- 2015 · Ted 2 as Customer
- 2015 · Entourage as Liam Neeson
- 2015 · Run All Night as Jimmy Conlon
- 2014 · Taken 3 as Bryan Mills
- 2014 · A Walk Among the Tombstones as Matthew Scudder
- 2014 · A Million Ways to Die in the West as Clinch
- 2014 · Non-Stop as Bill Marks
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Lego Movie as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
- 2014 · The Nut Job as Raccoon (voice)
- 2013 · Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as History Channel Host (uncredited)
- 2012 · Taken 2 as Bryan Mills
- 2012 · The Dark Knight Rises as Ra's Al Ghul
- 2012 · Battleship as Admiral Shane
- 2012 · Wrath of the Titans as Zeus
- 2012 · The Grey as John Ottway
- 2011 · Life's Too Short as Liam Neeson
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Unknown as Dr. Martin Harris
- 2010 · Buccaneers & Bones as
- 2010 · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Aslan (voice)
- 2010 · The Next Three Days as Damon
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · The A-Team as Hannibal
- 2010 · Clash of the Titans as Zeus
- 2010 · Chloe as David Stewart
- 2009 · After.Life as Eliot Deacon
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- 2008 · The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian as Aslan (voice)
- 2008 · Taken as Bryan Mills
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Seraphim Falls as Carver
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Aslan (voice)
- 2005 · Batman Begins as Ducard
- 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven as Godfrey de Ibelin
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Love Actually as Daniel
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · Gangs of New York as 'Priest' Vallon
- 2002 · Liberty's Kids as John Paul Jones (voice)
- 2002 · K-19: The Widowmaker as Mikhail Polenin
- 2002 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- 2000 · Gun Shy as Charles Mayough
- 1999 · The Haunting as Dr. David Marrow
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Qui-Gon Jinn
- 1999 · Family Guy as Liam Neeson (voice)
- 1998 · Les Misérables as Jean Valjean
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1996 · Before and After as Ben Ryan
- 1994 · Nell as Dr. Lovell
- 1993 · Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Shining Through as Franze-Otto Dietrich
- 1990 · Darkman as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Father Sean (voice)
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · The Dead Pool as Peter Swan
- 1987 · Suspect as Carl Wayne Anderson
- 1986 · The Mission as Father John Fielding
- 1986 · If Tomorrow Comes as André Trignant
- 1986 · The Delta Force as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
- 1985 · A Woman of Substance as Blackie O'Neill
- 1984 · Ellis Island as Kevin Murray
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Sean Carroon
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera as Self
- 1983 · Krull as Kegan
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1981 · Excalibur as Gawain
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1974 · Playhouse as Blacksmith
- 1970 · Play for Today as Him
- 1968 · 60 Minutes as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Hotel Tehran as Larry
- 2026 · 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank as Danny
- 2023 · Wildcat as Father Flynn
- 2022 · The U.S. and the Holocaust as
- 2022 · Benjamin Franklin as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
- 2020 · Made in Italy as Robert
- 2019 · Ordinary Love as Tom
- 2019 · Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis as Narrator
- 2019 · Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actor
- 2018 · An Oral History of: Schindler's List as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History as Self - Narrator
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
- 2017 · Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence as Self
- 2017 · Red Nose Day Actually as Daniel
- 2016 · The Last Laugh as Self
- 2016 · 1916 as Narrator
- 2014 · Manny as Narrator
- 2014 · Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet as Mustafa (voice)
- 2014 · Third Person as Michael
- 2014 · Road as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Khumba as Phango (voice)
- 2013 · Girl Rising as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 2010 · The Wildest Dream as Narrator
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Five Minutes of Heaven as Alistair Little
- 2008 · The Other Man as Peter
- 2008 · The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files as Self
- 2007 · Trumbo as Self
- 2005 · Breakfast on Pluto as Father Liam
- 2005 · George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- 2004 · Kinsey as Alfred Kinsey
- 2004 · The Story of Star Wars as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- 2001 · Journey into Amazing Caves as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · The Endurance as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization as Self - Narrator
- 1998 · Everest as Narrator
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995 · Rob Roy as Robert Roy MacGregor
- 1992 · Husbands and Wives as Michael Gates
- Future · Narco Sub as
- 2025 · Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough as Narrator
- 2024 · Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey as Narrator
- 2022 · Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici as Self
- 2022 · Ireland as
- 2022 · Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
- 2020 · WAMEGO: Addendum as
- 2020 · The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Lost Lives as
- 2018 · Schindler's List: 25 Years Later as Self
- 2018 · The Last Horsemen of New York as
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America as Narrator
- 2017 · Karenina & I as Leo Tolstoy
- 2016 · How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Love Thy Nature as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- 2015 · A Christmas Star as Narrator / Radio DJ
- 2014 · Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys as Self - Narrator
- 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
- 2013 · Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage! as The Journalist
- 2012 · Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · A Child's Garden of Poetry as Self (voice)
- 2011 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Mortis Trilogy as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- 2007 · The Birth of Christ as Self - Narrator
- 2006 · Sergeant York: Of God and Country as
- 2006 · Home as
- 2006 · Xavier as Narrator
- 2006 · The Path to Redemption as Self
- 2006 · Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film as Self
- 2006 · Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity as Narrator
- 2004 · Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- 2004 · Patrick as Narrator
- 2004 · Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Martin Luther as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Martin Luther as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York as Self
- 1988 · Sweet as You Are as Martin Perry
- 1987 · Sworn to Silence as Vincent Cauley
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1978 · Pilgrim's Progress as Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ
- Future · The Trainer as John Moore
- 1986 · Lamb as Michael Lamb
- Future · Charlie Johnson in the Flames as
- Future · The Riker's Ghost as
- Future · Cold Pursuit 2 as Nels Coxman
- 2003 · Coral Reef Adventure as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · The Big Bang as Self
- 2002 · The Maze as Narrator
- 2001 · The Mind's Big Bang as Self
- 2000 · Inside The Space Station as Self - Narrator
- 2000 · The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization as Narrator
- 1996 · A Leap of Faith as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Michael Collins
- 1996 · Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome as Host
- 1995 · Out of Ireland as William Murphy (voice)
- 1995 · Miss Sarajevo as Self
- 1993 · Ethan Frome as Ethan Frome
- 1992 · Leap of Faith as Sheriff Will Braverman
- 1992 · Ruby Cairo as Fergus Lamb
- 1991 · Revolver as Man
- 1991 · Under Suspicion as Tony Aaron
- 1990 · The Big Man as Danny Scoular
- 1989 · Next of Kin as Briar Gates
- 1988 · High Spirits as Martin Brogan
- 1988 · The Good Mother as Leo Cutter
- 1988 · Satisfaction as Martin Falcon
- 1987 · A Prayer for the Dying as Liam Docherty
- 1987 · Hold the Dream as Blackie O'Neill
- 1986 · Duet for One as Totter
- 1985 · Arthur the King as Grak
- 1985 · The Innocent as John Carns
- 1984 · The Bounty as Charles Churchill
- 1983 · Across the Water as Martin
- 1981 · Nailed as Young Catholic
- Future · Mongoose as Ryan "Fang" Flanagan
- Future · Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical Corruption Exposed as Narrator (voice)
- 1980 · My Dear Palestrina as Blacksmith
- 1979 · Christiana as Greatheart
- 1979 · The Last Window Cleaner as Self
- 1978 · Dinner at the Sporting Club as Dermot
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea as Narrator