Liam Neeson
Known for acting · Born 7 June 1952 · 74 · Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
249 credits
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
Batman Begins
2005
Schindler's List
1993
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Taken
2008
Taken 2
2012
Taken 3
2014
Non-Stop
2014
The A-Team
2010
The Commuter
2018
Wrath of the Titans
2012
Unknown
2011
The Grey
2012
Acting (247)
2026Cold StorageRobert QuinnFilm
2026The FixLarryFilm
2026The MongooseRyan 'Fang' FlanaganFilm
2025The Naked GunFrank Drebin Jr.Film
2025Ice Road: VengeanceMike McCannFilm
2025Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not EnoughNarratorFilm
2025David Frost VsselfSeries
2024AbsolutionThugFilm
2024Conan O'Brien Must GoBryan Mills (archive footage) (uncredited)Series
2024WildcatFather FlynnFilm
2024Our Blue World: A Water OdysseyNarratorFilm
2023RetributionMatt TurnerFilm
2023In the Land of Saints and SinnersFinbar MurphyFilm
2023MarlowePhilip MarloweFilm
2022Obi-Wan KenobiQui-Gon Jinn (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited), Qui-Gon Jinn (uncredited)Series
2022MemoryAlex LewisFilm
2022BlacklightTravis BlockFilm
2022Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's ReturnSelf - Qui-Gon JinnFilm
2022Star Wars: Tales of the JediQui-Gon Jinn (voice), Qui-Gon Jinn · 6 episodesSeries
2022Benjamin FranklinAlexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2022BonnieSelfFilm
2022IrelandFilm
2022Brian Friel: Shy Man, ShowmanSelfFilm
2022Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is LiriciSelfFilm
2021The Ice RoadMike McCannFilm
2021The MarksmanJimFilm
2020Honest ThiefTom DolanFilm
2020Made in ItalyRobertFilm
2020The Hunger: The Story of the Irish FamineSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2020WAMEGO: AddendumFilm
2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerQui-Gon Jinn (voice)Film
2019Men in Black: InternationalAgent High TFilm
2019Cold PursuitNels CoxmanFilm
2019Ordinary LoveTomFilm
2019Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water CrisisNarratorFilm
2019Nice Girls Don't Stay for BreakfastSelf - ActorFilm
2019Lost LivesSelf (voice)Film
2018The CommuterMichael MacCauleyFilm
2018The Ballad of Buster ScruggsImpresario (segment "Meal Ticket")Film
2018WidowsHarry RawlingsFilm
2018Derry GirlsChief Inspector Byers · 2 episodesSeries
2018Pope: The Most Powerful Man in HistorySelf - Narrator · 6 episodesSeries
2018The Last Horsemen of New YorkFilm
2018An Oral History of: Schindler's ListSelf (archive footage)Film
2017Daddy's Home 2Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)Film
2017The OrvilleJahavus DorahlSeries
2017Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White HouseMark FeltFilm
2017SpielbergSelf - Segment "Schindler's List"Film
2017Red Nose Day ActuallyDanielFilm
2017And the Winner Isn'tSelfFilm
2017Karenina & ILeo TolstoyFilm
2017Martin Scorsese's Journey Into SilenceSelfFilm
2017In the Name of Peace: John Hume in AmericaNarratorFilm
2016The Huntsman: Winter's WarNarrator (voice) (uncredited)Film
2016A Monster CallsThe Monster (voice)Film
2016SilenceFerreiraFilm
2016AtlantaLiam NeesonSeries
2016Operation ChromiteDouglas MacArthurFilm
2016Dream Corp LLCJoey in the Center of Her Mind (voice)Series
2016The Last LaughSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2016Love Thy NatureSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
20161916Narrator · 3 episodesSeries
2016How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children StoryNarrator (voice)Film
2016A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On YeatsSelfFilm
2015Ted 2CustomerFilm
2015Run All NightJimmy ConlonFilm
2015EntourageLiam NeesonFilm
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf · 4 episodes, Mr. Toffee, ThorSeries
2015A Christmas StarNarrator / Radio DJFilm
2015Nature Is SpeakingIceSeries
2014The Lego MovieBad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)Film
2014Taken 3Bryan MillsFilm
2014Non-StopBill MarksFilm
2014A Million Ways to Die in the WestClinchFilm
2014A Walk Among the TombstonesMatthew ScudderFilm
2014The Nut JobRaccoon (voice)Film
2014Third PersonMichaelFilm
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest · 8 episodesSeries
2014Kahlil Gibran's The ProphetMustafa (voice)Film
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest · 4 episodesSeries
2014MannyNarratorFilm
2014RoadNarrator (voice)Film
2014Wild Japan: Snow MonkeysSelf - NarratorFilm
2013Anchorman 2: The Legend ContinuesHistory Channel Host (uncredited)Film
2013KhumbaPhango (voice)Film
2013Girl RisingNarrator (voice)Film
2013The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight TrilogySelf (archive footage)Film
2013Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!The JournalistFilm
2013Excalibur: Behind the MovieSelfFilm
2012The Dark Knight RisesRa's Al GhulFilm
2012Taken 2Bryan MillsFilm
2012BattleshipAdmiral ShaneFilm
2012Wrath of the TitansZeusFilm
2012The GreyJohn OttwayFilm
2012The Secret Policeman's BallSelfFilm
2012Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate EngineNarrator (voice)Film
2011UnknownDr. Martin HarrisFilm
2011Life's Too ShortLiam NeesonSeries
2011The Jonathan Ross ShowSelfSeries
2011A Child's Garden of PoetrySelf (voice)Film
2010Clash of the TitansZeusFilm
2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderAslan (voice)Film
2010The A-TeamHannibalFilm
2010The Next Three DaysDamonFilm
2010ChloeDavid StewartFilm
2010ConanSelfSeries
2010The Wildest DreamNarratorFilm
2010Buccaneers & Bones · 7 episodesSeries
2009After.LifeEliot DeaconFilm
2009Five Minutes of HeavenAlistair LittleFilm
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 9 episodesSeries
2009Live from Studio FiveSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2008TakenBryan MillsFilm
2008The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianAslan (voice)Film
2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsQui-Gon Jinn (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2008The Other ManPeterFilm
2008The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec FilesSelfFilm
2007Seraphim FallsCarverFilm
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 5 episodesSeries
2007TrumboSelfFilm
2007The Birth of ChristSelf - NarratorFilm
2006El hormigueroSelfSeries
2006The One ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2006HomeFilm
2006Black Holes: The Other Side of InfinityNarratorFilm
2006The Path to RedemptionSelfFilm
2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary FilmSelfFilm
2006Sergeant York: Of God and CountryFilm
2006XavierNarratorFilm
2005Batman BeginsDucardFilm
2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeAslan (voice)Film
2005Kingdom of HeavenGodfrey de IbelinFilm
2005Breakfast on PlutoFather LiamFilm
2005Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut)Godfrey de IbelinFilm
2004KinseyAlfred KinseyFilm
2004The Story of Star WarsQui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)Film
2004PatrickNarratorFilm
2004Happy Birthday Oscar WildeSelfFilm
2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?Self (archive footage)Film
2003Love ActuallyDanielFilm
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2003Coral Reef AdventureNarrator (voice)Film
2003Martin LutherSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
2003Uncovering the Real Gangs of New YorkSelfFilm
2003Martin LutherSelf - Narrator (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesQui-Gon Jinn (voice)Film
2002Gangs of New York'Priest' VallonFilm
2002K-19: The WidowmakerMikhail PoleninFilm
2002Liberty's KidsJohn Paul Jones (voice) · 40 episodesSeries
2002George Lucas: Creating an EmpireSelfFilm
2002The Big BangSelfFilm
2002The MazeNarratorFilm
2001The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode ISelfFilm
2001Journey into Amazing CavesNarrator (voice)Film
2001EvolutionNarrator · 7 episodesSeries
2001The Mind's Big BangSelfFilm
2000Gun ShyCharles MayoughFilm
2000The EnduranceNarrator (voice)Film
2000The Greeks: Crucible of CivilizationSelf - Narrator · 3 episodesSeries
2000Inside The Space StationSelf - NarratorFilm
2000The Greeks: Crucible of CivilizationNarratorFilm
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceQui-Gon JinnFilm
1999Family GuyLiam Neeson (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
1999The HauntingDr. David MarrowFilm
1998Les MisérablesJean ValjeanFilm
1998EverestNarratorFilm
1998ParkinsonSelfSeries
1997The ViewSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1996The Daily ShowSelfSeries
1996Michael CollinsMichael CollinsFilm
1996Before and AfterBen RyanFilm
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1996A Leap of FaithNarrator (voice)Film
1996Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and HandsomeHostFilm
1995Rob RoyRobert Roy MacGregorFilm
1995Lumière & Company(segment "John Boorman")Film
1995Out of IrelandWilliam Murphy (voice)Film
1995Miss SarajevoSelfFilm
1994NellDr. LovellFilm
1993Schindler's ListOskar SchindlerFilm
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1993Ethan FromeEthan FromeFilm
1992Husbands and WivesMichael GatesFilm
1992Leap of FaithSheriff Will BravermanFilm
1992Shining ThroughFranze-Otto DietrichFilm
1992Ruby CairoFergus LambFilm
1991Under SuspicionTony AaronFilm
1991RevolverManFilm
1990DarkmanPeyton Westlake / DarkmanFilm
1990The Big ManDanny ScoularFilm
1989The SimpsonsFather Sean (voice)Series
1989Next of KinBriar GatesFilm
1988The Dead PoolPeter SwanFilm
1988High SpiritsMartin BroganFilm
1988SatisfactionMartin FalconFilm
1988The Good MotherLeo CutterFilm
1988This MorningSelfSeries
1988Sweet as You AreMartin PerryFilm
1987SuspectCarl Wayne AndersonFilm
1987A Prayer for the DyingLiam DochertyFilm
1987Hold the DreamBlackie O'Neill · 4 episodesSeries
1987Sworn to SilenceVincent CauleyFilm
1986The MissionFather John FieldingFilm
1986The Delta ForceDelta Force Member (uncredited)Film
1986If Tomorrow ComesAndré Trignant · 3 episodesSeries
1986LambMichael LambFilm
1986Duet for OneTotterFilm
1985Arthur the KingGrakFilm
1985A Woman of SubstanceBlackie O'Neill · 3 episodesSeries
1985Screen TwoMartin Perry, Ethan FromeSeries
1985The InnocentJohn CarnsFilm
1984The BountyCharles ChurchillFilm
1984Miami ViceSean CarroonSeries
1984Ellis IslandKevin Murray · 2 episodesSeries
1984An Audience with Mel BrooksSelf (uncredited)Film
1984Goldene KameraSelfSeries
1983KrullKeganFilm
1983Across the WaterMartinFilm
1982NatureNarrator (voice)Series
1982American PlayhouseEthan FromeSeries
1981ExcaliburGawainFilm
1981NailedYoung CatholicFilm
1980My Dear PalestrinaBlacksmithFilm
1979ChristianaGreatheartFilm
1979The Last Window CleanerSelfFilm
1978Pilgrim's ProgressEvangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus ChristFilm
1978An Audience with...SelfSeries
1978Dinner at the Sporting ClubDermotFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 2 episodesSeries
1974PlayhouseBlacksmithSeries
1971Film '72SelfSeries
1970Play for TodayHimSeries
196860 MinutesSelfSeries
1967OmnibusSeries
1962The Late Late ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee, Self - PresenterSeries
1953The OscarsSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee · 3 episodes, Self - PresenterSeries
—The Riker's GhostFilm
—Narco SubFilm
—The TrainerJohn MooreFilm
—4 Kids Walk Into a BankDannyFilm
—Charlie Johnson in the FlamesFilm
—Cold Pursuit 2Nels CoxmanFilm
—Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous IdeaNarratorFilm
—The Splendid ThingFilm
Production (2)
2026The Lost Children of TuamProducerFilm
2018The White CrowExecutive ProducerFilm