Liam Neeson
Known for Acting · 245 credits
- Born
- 1952-06-07 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
- Also known as
- Lijam Nison · William John Neeson · William John Neeson OBE
Biography
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).
Known For
TV Shows (55)
The Simpsons
1989
as Father Sean (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Liam Neeson (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Mr. Toffee / Thor
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Conan
2010
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Miami Vice
1984
as Sean Carroon
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
Play for Today
1970
as Him
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
El hormiguero
2006
as Self
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Orville
2017
as Jahavus Dorahl
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Omnibus
1967
Screen Two
1985
as Martin Perry / Ethan Frome
Playhouse
1974
as Blacksmith
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Atlanta
2016
as Liam Neeson
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) / Qui-Gon Jinn (uncredited)
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Derry Girls
2018
as Chief Inspector Byers
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Blackie O'Neill
Dream Corp LLC
2016
as Joey in the Center of Her Mind (voice)
Ellis Island
1984
as Kevin Murray
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Liberty's Kids
2002
as John Paul Jones (voice)
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
Life's Too Short
2011
as Liam Neeson
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
2000
as Self - Narrator
Conan O'Brien Must Go
2024
as Bryan Mills (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nature Is Speaking
2015
as Ice
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
as André Trignant
Hold the Dream
1987
as Blackie O'Neill
This Morning
1988
as Self
Benjamin Franklin
2022
as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
David Frost Vs
2025
as self
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History
2018
as Self - Narrator
Martin Luther
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1916
2016
as Narrator
Movies (190)
Schindler's List
1993
as Oskar Schindler
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Ra's Al Ghul
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Godfrey de Ibelin
Ted 2
2015
as Customer
Cold Storage
2026
as Robert Quinn
Batman Begins
2005
as Ducard
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as Aslan (voice)
Ice Road: Vengeance
2025
as Mike McCann
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Qui-Gon Jinn
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
Battleship
2012
as Admiral Shane
The Naked Gun
2025
as Frank Drebin Jr.
Taken
2008
as Bryan Mills
Taken 3
2014
as Bryan Mills
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
Love Actually
2003
as Daniel
The Lego Movie
2014
as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
Clash of the Titans
2010
as Zeus
Men in Black: International
2019
as Agent High T
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
as Aslan (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
as Aslan (voice)
Taken 2
2012
as Bryan Mills
Wrath of the Titans
2012
as Zeus
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Silence
2016
as Ferreira
Unknown
2011
as Dr. Martin Harris
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
A Monster Calls
2016
as The Monster (voice)
Gangs of New York
2002
as 'Priest' Vallon
The A-Team
2010
as Hannibal
Memory
2022
as Alex Lewis
The Grey
2012
as John Ottway
Krull
1983
as Kegan
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
as Clinch
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
Blacklight
2022
as Travis Block
Cold Pursuit
2019
as Nels Coxman
Absolution
2024
as Thug
After.Life
2009
as Eliot Deacon
Non-Stop
2014
as Bill Marks
Chloe
2010
as David Stewart
The Ice Road
2021
as Mike McCann
Darkman
1990
as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014
as Matthew Scudder
The Haunting
1999
as Dr. David Marrow
The Marksman
2021
as Jim
Run All Night
2015
as Jimmy Conlon
The Commuter
2018
as Michael MacCauley
Excalibur
1981
as Gawain
Daddy's Home 2
2017
as Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
Honest Thief
2020
as Tom Dolan
The Next Three Days
2010
as Damon
Retribution
2023
as Matt Turner
Widows
2018
as Harry Rawlings
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
as History Channel Host (uncredited)
The Mission
1986
as Father John Fielding
The Delta Force
1986
as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
Entourage
2015
as Liam Neeson
Les Misérables
1998
as Jean Valjean
Rob Roy
1995
as Robert Roy MacGregor
Khumba
2013
as Phango (voice)
The Bounty
1984
as Charles Churchill
Michael Collins
1996
as Michael Collins
Marlowe
2023
as Philip Marlowe
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
as Mikhail Polenin
The Dead Pool
1988
as Peter Swan
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023
as Finbar Murphy
The Nut Job
2014
as Raccoon (voice)
Suspect
1987
as Carl Wayne Anderson
Seraphim Falls
2007
as Carver
Nell
1994
as Dr. Lovell
Spielberg
2017
as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as Father Liam
Operation Chromite
2016
as Douglas MacArthur
Five Minutes of Heaven
2009
as Alistair Little
Kinsey
2004
as Alfred Kinsey
Bonnie
2022
as Self
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017
as Mark Felt
Gun Shy
2000
as Charles Mayough
Wildcat
2023
as Father Flynn
High Spirits
1988
as Martin Brogan
Shining Through
1992
as Franze-Otto Dietrich
Next of Kin
1989
as Briar Gates
Third Person
2014
as Michael
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Leap of Faith
1992
as Sheriff Will Braverman
Made in Italy
2020
as Robert
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
2026
as Danny
Ruby Cairo
1992
as Fergus Lamb
Girl Rising
2013
as Narrator (voice)
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
as Liam Docherty
Before and After
1996
as Ben Ryan
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
as Self - Actor
Satisfaction
1988
as Martin Falcon
Lumière & Company
1995
as (segment "John Boorman")
Ordinary Love
2019
as Tom
Husbands and Wives
1992
as Michael Gates
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
2014
as Mustafa (voice)
Under Suspicion
1991
as Tony Aaron
The Big Man
1990
as Danny Scoular
The Other Man
2008
as Peter
The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001
as Self
The Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Manny
2014
as Narrator
Coral Reef Adventure
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Innocent
1985
as John Carns
Everest
1998
as Narrator
Arthur the King
1985
as Grak
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
as Daniel
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
2019
as Narrator
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!
2013
as The Journalist
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
as Self
Trumbo
2007
as Self
Ethan Frome
1993
as Ethan Frome
Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
And the Winner Isn't
2017
as Self
A Christmas Star
2015
as Narrator / Radio DJ
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
as Self
Duet for One
1986
as Totter
The Good Mother
1988
as Leo Cutter
About Liam Neeson
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 fo… With 245 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Liam Neeson has appeared in 190 films and 55 TV shows.
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Most Popular Liam Neeson Movies
- Schindler's List (1993) — as Oskar Schindler
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) — as Ra's Al Ghul
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) — as Godfrey de Ibelin
- Ted 2 (2015) — as Customer
- Cold Storage (2026) — as Robert Quinn
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