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 · 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank as Danny
- 2026 · Cold Storage as Robert Quinn
- 2025 · Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough as Narrator
- 2025 · The Naked Gun as Frank Drebin Jr.
- 2025 · Ice Road: Vengeance as Mike McCann
- 2024 · Absolution as Thug
- 2024 · Wildcat as Father Flynn
- 2024 · Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey as Narrator
- 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 · 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 · Benjamin Franklin as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
- 2022 · Blacklight as Travis Block
- 2021 · The Ice Road as Mike McCann
- 2021 · The Marksman as Jim
- 2020 · WAMEGO: Addendum as
- 2020 · Honest Thief as Tom Dolan
- 2020 · Made in Italy as Robert
- 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- 2019 · Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis as Narrator
- 2019 · Ordinary Love as Tom
- 2019 · Lost Lives as
- 2019 · Men in Black: International as Agent High T
- 2019 · Cold Pursuit as Nels Coxman
- 2018 · An Oral History of: Schindler's List as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
- 2018 · Widows as Harry Rawlings
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · Red Nose Day Actually as Daniel
- 2017 · Karenina & I as Leo Tolstoy
- 2016 · How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Operation Chromite as Douglas MacArthur
- 2016 · Love Thy Nature as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Last Laugh as Self
- 2016 · A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- 2015 · Nature Is Speaking as Ice
- 2014 · The Prophet as Mustafa (voice)
- 2014 · Third Person as Michael
- 2014 · The Nut Job as Raccoon (voice)
- 2013 · The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Khumba as Phango (voice)
- 2013 · Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage! as The Journalist
- 2013 · Girl Rising as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 2011 · A Child's Garden of Poetry as Self (voice)
- 2010 · Buccaneers & Bones as
- 2010 · The Wildest Dream as Narrator
- 2010 · Chloe as David Stewart
- 2009 · Five Minutes of Heaven as Alistair Little
- 2007 · Seraphim Falls as Carver
- 2006 · The Path to Redemption as Self
- 2005 · George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- 2004 · Patrick as Narrator
- 2002 · K-19: The Widowmaker as Mikhail Polenin
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- 2000 · Gun Shy as Charles Mayough
- 1995 · Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- 1995 · Rob Roy as Robert Roy MacGregor
- 1994 · Nell as Dr. Lovell
- 1991 · Under Suspicion as Tony Aaron
- 1990 · The Big Man as Danny Scoular
- 1988 · The Good Mother as Leo Cutter
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · Satisfaction as Martin Falcon
- 1987 · Sworn to Silence as Vincent Cauley
- 1986 · Duet for One as Totter
- 1986 · Lamb as Michael Lamb
- 1985 · A Woman of Substance as Blackie O'Neill
- 1983 · Krull as Kegan
- Future · The Riker's Ghost as
- 1984 · Ellis Island as Kevin Murray
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1979 · The Last Window Cleaner as Self
- 1978 · Pilgrim's Progress as Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ
- Future · Mongoose as Ryan "Fang" Flanagan
- Future · Hotel Tehran as Larry
- 2022 · Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici as Self
- 2022 · Ireland as
- 2022 · Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
- 2020 · The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actor
- 2018 · The Last Horsemen of New York as
- 2018 · Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History as Self - Narrator
- 2017 · In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America as Narrator
- 2016 · 1916 as Narrator
- 2014 · Manny as Narrator
- 2014 · Road as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys as Self - Narrator
- 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
- 2012 · Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2008 · The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files as Self
- 2007 · The Birth of Christ as Self - Narrator
- 2007 · Trumbo as Self
- 2006 · Sergeant York: Of God and Country as
- 2006 · Home as
- 2006 · Xavier as Narrator
- 2006 · Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film as Self
- 2004 · Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- 2004 · The Story of Star Wars as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
- 2004 · Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Martin Luther as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York as Self
- Future · Charlie Johnson in the Flames as
- 2018 · Schindler's List: 25 Years Later as Self
- 2018 · The Commuter as Michael MacCauley
- 2018 · Derry Girls as Chief Inspector Byers
- 2017 · Daddy's Home 2 as Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
- 2017 · Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House as Mark Felt
- 2017 · The Orville as Jahavus Dorahl
- 2017 · Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence as Self
- 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 · The Huntsman: Winter's War as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2015 · A Christmas Star as Narrator / Radio DJ
- 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 · A Million Ways to Die in the West as Clinch
- 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 Lego Movie as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (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 · 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
- 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 Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity as Narrator
- 2005 · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Aslan (voice)
- 2005 · Breakfast on Pluto as Father Liam
- 2005 · Batman Begins as Ducard
- 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven as Godfrey de Ibelin
- 2004 · Kinsey as Alfred Kinsey
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Love Actually as Daniel
- 2003 · Martin Luther as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Coral Reef Adventure as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Gangs of New York as "Priest" Vallon
- 2002 · Liberty's Kids as John Paul Jones (voice)
- 2002 · The Big Bang as Self
- 2002 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- 2001 · The Mind's Big Bang as Self
- 2001 · Journey into Amazing Caves as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Inside The Space Station as Self - Narrator
- 2000 · The Endurance as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization 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 · Everest as Narrator
- 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 · Before and After as Ben Ryan
- 1996 · Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome as Host
- 1995 · Out of Ireland as William Murphy (voice)
- 1995 · Miss Sarajevo as Self
- 1993 · Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 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
- 1992 · Shining Through as Franze-Otto Dietrich
- 1991 · Revolver as Man
- 1990 · Darkman as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Father Sean (voice)
- 1989 · Next of Kin as Briar Gates
- 1988 · High Spirits as Martin Brogan
- 1988 · The Dead Pool as Peter Swan
- 1988 · Sweet as You Are as Martin Perry
- 1987 · Suspect as Carl Wayne Anderson
- 1987 · A Prayer for the Dying as Liam Docherty
- 1986 · The Mission as Father John Fielding
- 1986 · If Tomorrow Comes as André Trignant
- 1986 · The Delta Force as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
- 1985 · Arthur the King as Grak
- 1985 · The Innocent as John Carns
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Sean Carroon
- 1984 · The Bounty as Charles Churchill
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera as Self
- 1983 · Across the Water as Martin
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1980 · My Dear Palestrina as Blacksmith
- 1978 · Dinner at the Sporting Club as Dermot
- Future · Narco Sub as
- Future · The Trainer as John Moore
- 1981 · Nailed as Young Catholic
- 1981 · Excalibur as Gawain
- Future · Cold Pursuit 2 as Nels Coxman
- 1979 · Christiana as Greatheart
- 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
- 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