
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson 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
- 2025 · The Naked Gun as Frank Drebin Jr.
- 2025 · Ice Road: Vengeance as Mike McCann
- 2024 · Absolution as Thug
- 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 · 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
- 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 · 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 · 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)
- 2013 · The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 2006 · The Path to Redemption as Self
- 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 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Gangs of New York as "Priest" Vallon
- 2002 · K-19: The Widowmaker as Mikhail Polenin
- 2002 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- 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 · Michael Collins as Michael Collins
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1995 · Rob Roy as Robert Roy MacGregor
- 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
- 1991 · Under Suspicion as Tony Aaron
- 1990 · Darkman as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Father Sean (voice)
- 1989 · Next of Kin as Briar Gates
- 1987 · Suspect as Carl Wayne Anderson
- 1987 · A Prayer for the Dying as Liam Docherty
- 1986 · Lamb as Michael Lamb
- 1986 · The Delta Force as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Sean Carroon
- 1984 · The Bounty as Charles Churchill
- 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
- 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 Riker's Ghost as
- 2026 · Cold Storage as Robert Quinn
- 2024 · Wildcat as Father Flynn
- 2024 · Conan O'Brien Must Go as Bryan Mills (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · The U.S. and the Holocaust as
- 2022 · Benjamin Franklin as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
- 2020 · WAMEGO: Addendum as
- 2020 · Made in Italy as Robert
- 2019 · Ordinary Love as Tom
- 2019 · Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis as Narrator
- 2019 · Lost Lives as
- 2019 · Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actor
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · Spielberg as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
- 2017 · Red Nose Day Actually as Daniel
- 2016 · How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Love Thy Nature as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Last Laugh as Self
- 2015 · Nature Is Speaking as Ice
- 2014 · Manny as Narrator
- 2014 · The Prophet as Mustafa (voice)
- 2014 · Third Person as Michael
- 2014 · The Nut Job as Raccoon (voice)
- 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
- 2013 · Khumba as Phango (voice)
- 2013 · Girl Rising as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- 2011 · Life's Too Short as Liam Neeson
- 2010 · Buccaneers & Bones as
- 2009 · Five Minutes of Heaven as Alistair Little
- 2008 · The Other Man as Peter
- 2007 · Trumbo as Self
- 2005 · George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
- 2004 · Patrick as Narrator
- 2002 · Liberty's Kids as John Paul Jones (voice)
- 2000 · The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization as Narrator
- 2000 · Gun Shy as Charles Mayough
- 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
- 1990 · The Big Man as Danny Scoular
- 1988 · High Spirits as Martin Brogan
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · The Dead Pool as Peter Swan
- 1988 · Satisfaction as Martin Falcon
- 1988 · Sweet As You Are as Martin Perry
- 1987 · Sworn to Silence as Vincent Cauley
- 1986 · Duet for One as Totter
- 1986 · The Mission as Father John Fielding
- 1986 · If Tomorrow Comes as André Trignant
- 1985 · Arthur the King as Grak
- 1985 · A Woman of Substance as Blackie O'Neill
- 1984 · Ellis Island as Kevin Murray
- 1984 · An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1980 · My Dear Palestrina as Blacksmith
- 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
- 2026 · 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank as Danny
- 2025 · Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough as Narrator
- 2022 · Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici as Self
- 2022 · Bonnie 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)
- 2018 · An Oral History of: Schindler's List as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Schindler's List: 25 Years Later as Self
- 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
- 2017 · Karenina & I as Leo Tolstoy
- 2016 · A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- 2016 · 1916 as Narrator
- 2015 · A Christmas Star as Narrator / Radio DJ
- 2014 · Road as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys as Self - Narrator
- 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)
- 2010 · The Wildest Dream as Narrator
- 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
- 2006 · Sergeant York: Of God and Country as
- 2006 · Home as
- 2006 · Xavier as Narrator
- 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 · 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 · Martin Luther as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York as Self
- 2002 · The Big Bang as Self
- 2001 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- 2001 · The Mind's Big Bang as Self
- 2000 · The Endurance as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · The Good Mother as Leo Cutter
- Future · Charlie Johnson in the Flames as
- 2000 · The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization as Self - Narrator
- Future · Cold Pursuit 2 as Nels Coxman
- Future · Narco Sub as
- 2001 · Journey into Amazing Caves as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Inside The Space Station as Self - Narrator
- 1996 · Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome as Host
- 1995 · Out of Ireland as William Murphy (voice)
- 1995 · Miss Sarajevo as Self
- Future · Hotel Tehran as Larry
- 2003 · Coral Reef Adventure as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · A Leap of Faith as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Revolver as Man
- 1985 · The Innocent as John Carns
- 1983 · Across the Water as Martin
- 1979 · Christiana as Greatheart
- Future · The Trainer as John Moore
- 1981 · Nailed as Young Catholic
- 1978 · Dinner at the Sporting Club as Dermot