Liam Neeson
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. An Irish actor who 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). Description from the Wikipedia article Liam Neeson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Cold Storage as Robert Quinn
- 2025 · The Naked Gun as Frank Drebin Jr.
- 2024 · Absolution as Thug
- 2024 · Wildcat as Father Flynn
- 2022 · Bonnie as Self
- 2022 · Benjamin Franklin as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
- 2020 · Made in Italy as Robert
- 2019 · Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis as Narrator
- 2019 · Lost Lives as
- 2018 · Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History as Self - Narrator
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
- 2017 · Red Nose Day Actually as Daniel
- 2016 · For the Love of Spock as Leo Cutter (archive footage)
- 2016 · Operation Chromite as Douglas MacArthur
- 2016 · The Last Laugh as Self
- 2016 · 1916 as Narrator
- 2015 · A Christmas Star as Narrator / Radio DJ
- 2015 · Nature Is Speaking as Ice
- 2014 · Manny as Narrator
- 2014 · The Prophet as Mustafa (voice)
- 2014 · Road as Narrator
- 2013 · The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Girl Rising as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 2011 · Life's Too Short as Liam Neeson
- 2011 · A Child's Garden of Poetry as Self (voice)
- 2010 · Buccaneers & Bones as
- 2010 · The Wildest Dream as Narrator
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Five Minutes of Heaven as Alistair Little
- 2007 · Trumbo as Self
- 2005 · Breakfast on Pluto as Father Liam
- 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut) as Godfrey de Ibelin
- 2004 · The Story of Star Wars as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
- 2003 · Martin Luther as Narrator
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- 2000 · The Endurance as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization as Self - Narrator
- 2000 · Gun Shy as Charles Mayough
- 1998 · Everest as Narrator
- 1996 · Before and After as Ben Ryan
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1993 · Ethan Frome as Ethan Frome
- 1992 · Leap of Faith as Sheriff Will Braverman
- 1992 · Ruby Cairo as Fergus Lamb
- 1992 · Husbands and Wives as Michael Gates
- 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
- 1986 · Duet for One as Totter
- 1986 · Lamb as Michael Lamb
- 1985 · Arthur the King as Grak
- 1985 · The Innocent as John Carns
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1978 · Pilgrim's Progress as Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ
- Future · The Ice Road 2: Road to the Sky as Mike McCann
- 2024 · Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey as Narrator
- 2023 · In the Land of Saints and Sinners as Finbar Murphy
- 2023 · Retribution as Matt Turner
- 2023 · Marlowe as Philip Marlowe
- 2022 · Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici as Self
- 2022 · Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- 2022 · The U.S. and the Holocaust as
- 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 · Ireland as
- 2022 · Blacklight as Travis Block
- 2022 · Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
- 2021 · The Ice Road as Mike
- 2021 · The Marksman as Jim
- 2020 · WAMEGO: Addendum as
- 2020 · Honest Thief as Tom Dolan
- 2020 · The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- 2019 · Ordinary Love as Tom
- 2019 · Men in Black: International as Agent High T
- 2019 · Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actor
- 2019 · Cold Pursuit as Nels Coxman
- 2018 · The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
- 2018 · Widows as Harry Rawlings
- 2018 · The Last Horsemen of New York as
- 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 · In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America as Narrator
- 2017 · The Orville as Jahavus Dorahl
- 2017 · Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence as Self
- 2017 · Karenina & I as Leo Tolstoy
- 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 · How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Atlanta as Liam Neeson
- 2016 · Love Thy Nature as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Huntsman: Winter's War as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2016 · A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 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 · Third Person as Michael
- 2014 · A Million Ways to Die in the West as Clinch
- 2014 · Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys as Self - Narrator
- 2014 · Non-Stop as Bill Marks
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · The Lego Movie as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
- 2014 · The Nut Job as Raccoon (voice)
- 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
- 2013 · Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as History Channel Host (uncredited)
- 2013 · Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage! as The Journalist
- 2013 · Khumba as Phango (voice)
- 2012 · Taken 2 as Bryan Mills
- 2012 · The Dark Knight Rises as Ra's Al Ghul
- 2012 · Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Battleship as Admiral Shane
- 2012 · Wrath of the Titans as Zeus
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
- 2012 · The Grey as John Ottway
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Unknown as Dr. Martin Harris
- 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 · The Other Man as Peter
- 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 Birth of Christ as Self - Narrator
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Seraphim Falls as Carver
- 2006 · Sergeant York: Of God and Country as
- 2006 · Home as
- 2006 · Xavier as Narrator
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity as Narrator
- 2006 · The Path to Redemption as Self
- 2003 · Martin Luther as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York as Self
- 2003 · Coral Reef Adventure as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · The Big Bang as Self
- 2001 · The Mind's Big Bang as Self
- 2001 · Journey into Amazing Caves as Narrator (voice)
- Future · Hotel Tehran as Larry
- Future · 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank as Danny
- 2006 · Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film as Self
- 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
- 2005 · George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- 2004 · Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- 2004 · Kinsey as Alfred Kinsey
- 2004 · Patrick as Narrator
- 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
- 2000 · Inside The Space Station as Self - Narrator
- 2000 · The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization as Narrator
- 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 · A Leap of Faith as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Michael Collins as Michael Collins
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1996 · Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome as Host
- 1995 · Rob Roy as Robert Roy MacGregor
- 1995 · Miss Sarajevo as Self
- 1994 · Nell as Dr. Lovell
- 1994 · Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America as William Murphy (voice)
- 1993 · Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Shining Through as Franze-Otto Dietrich
- 1988 · Sweet As You Are as Martin Perry
- 1987 · Sworn to Silence as Vincent Cauley
- 1978 · Dinner at the Sporting Club as Dermot
- Future · Deception as Fergus Lamb
- Future · The Riker's Ghost as
- 1991 · Revolver as Man
- 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 · Miami Vice as Sean Carroon
- 1984 · The Bounty as Charles Churchill
- 1983 · Krull as Kegan
- 1983 · Across the Water as Martin
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1980 · My Dear Palestrina as Blacksmith
- Future · Narco Sub as
- 1979 · The Last Window Cleaner as Self
- Future · Cold Pursuit 2 as Nels Coxman
- Future · Charlie Johnson in the Flames as
- Future · Mongoose as Ryan "Fang" Flanagan
- 1981 · Nailed as Young Catholic
- 1981 · Excalibur as Gawain
- 1979 · Christiana as
- 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
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- Future · The Trainer as John Moore