Liam Neeson
Known for Acting · 247 credits
- Born
- 1952-06-07 (age 74)
- 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 (57)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Mr. Toffee / Thor
Family Guy
1999
as Liam Neeson (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989
as Father Sean (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Conan
2010
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
El hormiguero
2006
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
Miami Vice
1984
as Sean Carroon
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Play for Today
1970
as Him
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Orville
2017
as Jahavus Dorahl
Screen Two
1985
as Martin Perry / Ethan Frome
American Playhouse
1982
as Ethan Frome
Playhouse
1974
as Blacksmith
Omnibus
1967
Atlanta
2016
as Liam Neeson
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Dream Corp LLC
2016
as Joey in the Center of Her Mind (voice)
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) / Qui-Gon Jinn (uncredited)
Derry Girls
2018
as Chief Inspector Byers
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Blackie O'Neill
Liberty's Kids
2002
as John Paul Jones (voice)
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Benjamin Franklin
2022
as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
This Morning
1988
as Self
Nature Is Speaking
2015
as Ice
Life's Too Short
2011
as Liam Neeson
David Frost Vs
2025
as self
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
as André Trignant
Conan O'Brien Must Go
2024
as Bryan Mills (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
2000
as Self - Narrator
Hold the Dream
1987
as Blackie O'Neill
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
Ellis Island
1984
as Kevin Murray
1916
2016
as Narrator
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Evolution
2001
as Narrator
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History
2018
as Self - Narrator
Martin Luther
2003
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movies (190)
Schindler's List
1993
as Oskar Schindler
Batman Begins
2005
as Ducard
Ted 2
2015
as Customer
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Ra's Al Ghul
Cold Storage
2026
as Robert Quinn
The Lego Movie
2014
as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
as Aslan (voice)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Godfrey de Ibelin
Taken 3
2014
as Bryan Mills
The Naked Gun
2025
as Frank Drebin Jr.
Taken
2008
as Bryan Mills
Men in Black: International
2019
as Agent High T
Taken 2
2012
as Bryan Mills
Wrath of the Titans
2012
as Zeus
Ice Road: Vengeance
2025
as Mike McCann
The Fix
2026
as Larry
Battleship
2012
as Admiral Shane
The Commuter
2018
as Michael MacCauley
Daddy's Home 2
2017
as Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
Silence
2016
as Ferreira
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Qui-Gon Jinn
Nell
1994
as Dr. Lovell
Non-Stop
2014
as Bill Marks
The Huntsman: Winter's War
2016
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014
as Matthew Scudder
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
as Clinch
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
The Grey
2012
as John Ottway
Entourage
2015
as Liam Neeson
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
as Aslan (voice)
Clash of the Titans
2010
as Zeus
Run All Night
2015
as Jimmy Conlon
Blacklight
2022
as Travis Block
Memory
2022
as Alex Lewis
Love Actually
2003
as Daniel
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
as Aslan (voice)
Gangs of New York
2002
as 'Priest' Vallon
A Monster Calls
2016
as The Monster (voice)
Cold Pursuit
2019
as Nels Coxman
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
Five Minutes of Heaven
2009
as Alistair Little
Unknown
2011
as Dr. Martin Harris
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
as History Channel Host (uncredited)
The Ice Road
2021
as Mike McCann
Krull
1983
as Kegan
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
The A-Team
2010
as Hannibal
The Nut Job
2014
as Raccoon (voice)
Operation Chromite
2016
as Douglas MacArthur
Honest Thief
2020
as Tom Dolan
The Marksman
2021
as Jim
Retribution
2023
as Matt Turner
After.Life
2009
as Eliot Deacon
Absolution
2024
as Thug
Widows
2018
as Harry Rawlings
Chloe
2010
as David Stewart
Excalibur
1981
as Gawain
The Next Three Days
2010
as Damon
Red Nose Day Actually
2017
as Daniel
Khumba
2013
as Phango (voice)
Third Person
2014
as Michael
The Delta Force
1986
as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
Darkman
1990
as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
Les Misérables
1998
as Jean Valjean
The Dead Pool
1988
as Peter Swan
Made in Italy
2020
as Robert
The Mission
1986
as Father John Fielding
Spielberg
2017
as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
The Mongoose
2026
as Ryan "Fang" Flanagan
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
as Mikhail Polenin
The Haunting
1999
as Dr. David Marrow
The Good Mother
1988
as Leo Cutter
And the Winner Isn't
2017
as Self
Ordinary Love
2019
as Tom
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as Father Liam
Kinsey
2004
as Alfred Kinsey
Road
2014
as Narrator (voice)
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
as Danny
The Bounty
1984
as Charles Churchill
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
2023
as Finbar Murphy
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
2014
as Mustafa (voice)
Inside The Space Station
2000
as Self - Narrator
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017
as Mark Felt
Under Suspicion
1991
as Tony Aaron
Ethan Frome
1993
as Ethan Frome
The Trainer
as John Moore
Bonnie
2022
as Self
Seraphim Falls
2007
as Carver
The Story of Star Wars
2004
as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
The Innocent
1985
as John Carns
Before and After
1996
as Ben Ryan
How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story
2016
as Narrator (voice)
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Gun Shy
2000
as Charles Mayough
Christiana
1979
as Greatheart
Home
2006
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001
as Self
Ruby Cairo
1992
as Fergus Lamb
Rob Roy
1995
as Robert Roy MacGregor
Arthur the King
1985
as Grak
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
2025
as Narrator
Girl Rising
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Michael Collins
1996
as Michael Collins
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Revolver
1991
as Man
The Path to Redemption
2006
as Self
Coral Reef Adventure
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Big Man
1990
as Danny Scoular
Next of Kin
1989
as Briar Gates
Manny
2014
as Narrator
Pilgrim's Progress
1978
as Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
2022
as Self
Out of Ireland
1995
as William Murphy (voice)
Shining Through
1992
as Franze-Otto Dietrich
A Christmas Star
2015
as Narrator / Radio DJ
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
as Self
Suspect
1987
as Carl Wayne Anderson
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
Lumière & Company
1995
as (segment "John Boorman")
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 247 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Liam Neeson has appeared in 190 films and 57 TV shows.
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Most Popular Liam Neeson Movies
- Schindler's List (1993) — as Oskar Schindler
- Batman Begins (2005) — as Ducard
- Ted 2 (2015) — as Customer
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) — as Ra's Al Ghul
- Cold Storage (2026) — as Robert Quinn
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