Liam Neeson
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Liam 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).
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Liam 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
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Graham Norton Show
Tony Awards
The Daily Show
Family Guy
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
The One Show
The Simpsons
60 Minutes
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
El hormiguero
Derry Girls
The Orville
Nature
Parkinson
Atlanta
Miami Vice
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Dream Corp LLC
Ellis Island
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The Dark Knight Rises
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Entourage
The Delta Force
Daddy's Home 2
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut
Ponyo
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
A Monster Calls
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Ted 2
Excalibur
The Story of Star Wars
Dinner at the Sporting Club
The Next Three Days
The Last Window Cleaner
The Beginning: Making Episode I
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Men in Black: International
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Battleship
Gangs of New York
Clash of the Titans
Widows
The Bounty
Wildcat
The Lego Movie
Kingdom of Heaven
If Tomorrow Comes
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Benjamin Franklin
Leap of Faith
Love Actually
Shining Through
Cold Storage
Suspect
Silence
Chloe
The Dead Pool
Batman Begins
Before and After
Operation Chromite
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
K-19: The Widowmaker
Wrath of the Titans
A Christmas Star
Seraphim Falls
The Ice Road
The Marksman
Blacklight
Cold Pursuit
Run All Night
Memory
The Naked Gun
Road
Retribution
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Michael Collins
The Commuter
The A-Team
Non-Stop
Absolution
Across the Water
Made in Italy
Honest Thief
Taken
1916
The Wildest Dream
Taken 2
Ordinary Love
Unknown
Taken 3
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Marlowe
Ethan Frome
Schindler's List
Sweet As You Are
The Haunting
Ice Road: Vengeance
The Grey
A Walk Among the Tombstones
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