Liam Neeson
Born: 1952-06-07 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2026
- Cold Storage as Robert Quinn
- Hotel Tehran as Larry
2025
- The Naked Gun as Frank Drebin Jr.
- Ice Road: Vengeance as Mike McCann
- David Frost Vs as self
- Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough as Narrator
2024
- Absolution as Thug
- Conan O'Brien Must Go as Bryan Mills (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey as Narrator
2023
- Retribution as Matt Turner
- In the Land of Saints and Sinners as Finbar Murphy
- Marlowe as Philip Marlowe
- Wildcat as Father Flynn
2022
- Obi-Wan Kenobi as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Memory as Alex Lewis
- Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
- Blacklight as Travis Block
- The U.S. and the Holocaust as (voice)
- Benjamin Franklin as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
- Bonnie as Self
- Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman as Self
- Ireland
- Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici as Self
2021
- The Marksman as Jim
- The Ice Road as Mike McCann
2020
- Honest Thief as Tom Dolan
- Made in Italy as Robert
- The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine as Self - Narrator (voice)
- WAMEGO: Addendum
2019
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- Men in Black: International as Agent High T
- Cold Pursuit as Nels Coxman
- Ordinary Love as Tom
- Lost Lives as Self (voice)
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actor
- Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis as Narrator
2018
- Derry Girls as Chief Inspector Byers
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
- Widows as Harry Rawlings
- The Commuter as Michael MacCauley
- The White Crow ... (Executive Producer)
- Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History as Self - Narrator
- An Oral History of: Schindler's List as Self (archive footage)
- Schindler's List: 25 Years Later as Self
- The Last Horsemen of New York
2017
- The Orville as Jahavus Dorahl
- Daddy's Home 2 as Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
- Spielberg as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
- Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House as Mark Felt
- Red Nose Day Actually as Daniel
- Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence as Self
- And the Winner Isn't as Self
- In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America as Narrator
- Karenina & I as Leo Tolstoy
2016
- Atlanta as Liam Neeson
- The Huntsman: Winter's War as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- A Monster Calls as The Monster (voice)
- Silence as Ferreira
- Dream Corp LLC as Joey in the Center of Her Mind (voice)
- Operation Chromite as Douglas MacArthur
- The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1916 as Narrator
- Love Thy Nature as Self - Narrator (voice)
- A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats as Self
- How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story as Narrator (voice)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Ted 2 as Customer
- Entourage as Liam Neeson
- Run All Night as Jimmy Conlon
- Nature Is Speaking as Ice
- A Christmas Star as Narrator / Radio DJ
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Taken 3 as Bryan Mills
- The Lego Movie as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
- Non-Stop as Bill Marks
- A Walk Among the Tombstones as Matthew Scudder
- A Million Ways to Die in the West as Clinch
- The Nut Job as Raccoon (voice)
- Third Person as Michael
- Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet as Mustafa (voice)
- Manny as Narrator
- Road as Narrator (voice)
- Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys as Self - Narrator
2013
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as History Channel Host (uncredited)
- Khumba as Phango (voice)
- Girl Rising as Narrator (voice)
- The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage! as The Journalist
- Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
2012
- The Dark Knight Rises as Ra's Al Ghul
- Battleship as Admiral Shane
- Taken 2 as Bryan Mills
- Wrath of the Titans as Zeus
- The Grey as John Ottway
- The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
- Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine as Narrator (voice)
2011
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- Unknown as Dr. Martin Harris
- Life's Too Short as Liam Neeson
- A Child's Garden of Poetry as Self (voice)
2010
- Conan as Self
- Clash of the Titans as Zeus
- The A-Team as Hannibal
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Aslan (voice)
- Chloe as David Stewart
- The Next Three Days as Damon
- Buccaneers & Bones
- The Wildest Dream as Narrator
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- After.Life as Eliot Deacon
- Five Minutes of Heaven as Alistair Little
- Live from Studio Five as Self
2008
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- Taken as Bryan Mills
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian as Aslan (voice)
- The Other Man as Peter
- The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Seraphim Falls as Carver
- Trumbo as Self
- The Birth of Christ as Self - Narrator
2006
- The One Show as Self - Guest
- El hormiguero as Self
- Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film as Self
- The Path to Redemption as Self
- Home
- Sergeant York: Of God and Country
- Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity as Narrator
- Xavier as Narrator
2005
- Kingdom of Heaven as Godfrey de Ibelin
- Batman Begins as Ducard
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Aslan (voice)
- Breakfast on Pluto as Father Liam
- George Lucas: Creating an Empire as Self
2004
- Kinsey as Alfred Kinsey
- The Story of Star Wars as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
- Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde as Self
- Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? as Self (archive footage)
- Patrick as Narrator
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Love Actually as Daniel
- Martin Luther as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Coral Reef Adventure as Narrator (voice)
- Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York as Self
- Martin Luther as Self - Narrator (voice)
2002
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
- Gangs of New York as 'Priest' Vallon
- Liberty's Kids as John Paul Jones (voice)
- K-19: The Widowmaker as Mikhail Polenin
- The Big Bang as Self
- The Maze as Narrator
2001
- The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
- Journey into Amazing Caves as Narrator (voice)
- The Mind's Big Bang as Self
2000
- Gun Shy as Charles Mayough
- The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization as Self - Narrator
- The Endurance as Narrator (voice)
- The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization as Narrator
- Inside The Space Station as Self - Narrator
1999
- Family Guy as Liam Neeson (voice)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Qui-Gon Jinn
- The Haunting as Dr. David Marrow
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- Les Misérables as Jean Valjean
- Everest as Narrator
1997
- The View as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- Michael Collins as Michael Collins
- Before and After as Ben Ryan
- Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome as Host
- A Leap of Faith as Narrator (voice)
1995
- Rob Roy as Robert Roy MacGregor
- Lumière & Company as (segment "John Boorman")
- Out of Ireland as William Murphy (voice)
- Miss Sarajevo as Self
1994
- Nell as Dr. Lovell
1993
- Schindler's List as Oskar Schindler
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Ethan Frome as Ethan Frome
1992
- Shining Through as Franze-Otto Dietrich
- Leap of Faith as Sheriff Will Braverman
- Ruby Cairo as Fergus Lamb
- Husbands and Wives as Michael Gates
1991
- Under Suspicion as Tony Aaron
- Revolver as Man
1990
- Darkman as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
- The Big Man as Danny Scoular
1989
- The Simpsons as Father Sean (voice)
- Next of Kin as Briar Gates
1988
- The Dead Pool as Peter Swan
- This Morning as Self
- High Spirits as Martin Brogan
- The Good Mother as Leo Cutter
- Satisfaction as Martin Falcon
- Sweet as You Are as Martin Perry
1987
- Hold the Dream as Blackie O'Neill
- Suspect as Carl Wayne Anderson
- A Prayer for the Dying as Liam Docherty
- Sworn to Silence as Vincent Cauley
1986
- The Delta Force as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
- The Mission as Father John Fielding
- If Tomorrow Comes as André Trignant
- Duet for One as Totter
- Lamb as Michael Lamb
1985
- A Woman of Substance as Blackie O'Neill
- Arthur the King as Grak
- The Innocent as John Carns
1984
- Miami Vice as Sean Carroon
- Goldene Kamera as Self
- The Bounty as Charles Churchill
- Ellis Island as Kevin Murray
- An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
1983
- Krull as Kegan
- Across the Water as Martin
1982
- Nature as Narrator (voice)
1980
- My Dear Palestrina as Blacksmith
1979
- Christiana as Greatheart
- The Last Window Cleaner as Self
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
- Pilgrim's Progress as Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ
- Dinner at the Sporting Club as Dermot
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974
- Playhouse as Blacksmith
1970
- Play for Today as Him
1968
- 60 Minutes as Self
1967
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee