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Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson, born as William John Neeson OBE on June 7, 1952, is a renowned Northern Irish actor. Neeson has received several accolades which include nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2020, he was placed seventh on The Irish Times list of Ireland's 50 Greatest Film Actors, and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000.
Neeson's career took off with his film debut in 1978 movie Pilgrim's Progress. His early roles include Excalibur (1981), The Bounty (1984), The Mission (1986), and Husbands and Wives (1992). He rose to prominence with his portrayal of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List in 1993. Other key roles include Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), as Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins (2005), and Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia. He has also acted in the action thriller series Taken (2008–2014) and the drama Silence (2016). He joined the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast in 1976 for two years and earned two Tony Award nominations for his performances in the revival of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie (1992) and The Crucible (2002). He portrayed Oscar Wilde in David Hare's The Judas Kiss (1998).
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: William John Neeson
Born: Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Citizenship: Ireland, United States
Birthday: June 7, 1952
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1976-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Natasha Richardson
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Awards and Nominations Received by Liam Neeson
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Movies Featuring Liam Neeson
Memory
The LEGO Movie
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Endurance
Widows
The Ice Road
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Non-Stop
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Battleship
Silence
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Love Actually
Schindler's List
A Monster Calls
Five Minutes of Heaven
Retribution
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
The Mission
Ordinary Love
Chloe
Third Person
Honest Thief
Kinsey
The Marksman
Taken
The Dead Pool
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Taken 2
Taken 3
Operation Chromite
The Grey
Krull
Kingdom of Heaven
Men in Black: International
The A-Team
Marlowe
The Bounty
Blacklight
Unknown
Run All Night
The King's Man
The Next Three Days
Clash of the Titans
Cold Pursuit
The Commuter
Darkman
The Haunting
Michael Collins
After.Life
Wrath of the Titans
Seraphim Falls
Made in Italy
Suspect
Rob Roy
Gun Shy
The Nut Job
Nell
Satisfaction
Next of Kin
The Last Horsemen of New York
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Absolution
Ice Road: Vengeance
The Naked Gun
A Child’s Garden of Poetry
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys
Love Thy Nature
The Prophet
Road
The Secret Policeman’s Ball
1916
Red Nose Day Actually
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America
Spielberg
And the Winner Isn’t
Schindler’s List: 25 Years Later
A Christmas Star
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast
Karenina & I
Ordinary Love
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Journey into Amazing Caves
The Big Bang
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History
Lost Lives
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
Martin Luther
The Story of Star Wars
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
The Beginning: Making Episode I
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
The Path to Redemption
The Big Man
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Under Suspicion
Coral Reef Adventure
An Audience with Mel Brooks
The Innocent
Revolver
A Woman of Substance
If Tomorrow Comes
Duet for One
Sworn to Silence
The Good Mother
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
A Prayer for the Dying
Arthur the King
Ireland
Bonnie
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi’s Return
The U.S. and the Holocaust
A Prayer for the Dying
Career Timeline
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2022
Memory
Alex Lewis
Blacklight
Travis Block
Ireland
Bonnie
Self
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi’s Return
Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
2020
Ordinary Love
Tom
Honest Thief
Tom Dolan
Made in Italy
Robert
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Men in Black: International
Agent High T
Cold Pursuit
Nels Coxman
Ordinary Love
Tom
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
Narrator
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
Lost Lives
2018
Widows
Harry Rawlings
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Commuter
Michael MacCauley
The Last Horsemen of New York
Narrator
Schindler’s List: 25 Years Later
Self
Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actor
2017
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Mark Felt
Red Nose Day Actually
Daniel
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America
Narrator
Spielberg
Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
And the Winner Isn’t
Self
Karenina & I
Leo Tolstoy
2014
The LEGO Movie
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Non-Stop
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Third Person
The Nut Job
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys
Self - Narrator
Love Thy Nature
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Prophet
Mustafa (voice)
Road
Narrator (voice)
2013
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!
The Journalist
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Self (archive footage)
2006
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
Narrator
The Path to Redemption
Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
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