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Liam Neeson
Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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 Co…
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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).
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2026
The Mongoose
Movie Ryan 'Fang' Flanagan
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2026
The Lost Children of Tuam
Movie Producer
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2026
The Fix
Movie Larry
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2026
Cold Storage
Movie Robert Quinn
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2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Movie Narrator
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2025
The Naked Gun
Movie Frank Drebin Jr.
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2025
Ice Road: Vengeance
Movie Mike McCann
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2025
David Frost Vs
TV show self
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2024
Absolution
Movie Thug
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2024
Wildcat
Movie Father Flynn
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2024
Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey
Movie Narrator
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2024
Conan O'Brien Must Go
TV show Bryan Mills (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2023
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Movie Finbar Murphy
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2023
Retribution
Movie Matt Turner
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2023
Marlowe
Movie Philip Marlowe
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2022
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Movie Self
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2022
Bonnie
Movie Self
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2022
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
TV show Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
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2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Movie Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
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2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
TV show Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2022
Memory
Movie Alex Lewis
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2022
Benjamin Franklin
TV show Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
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2022
Ireland
Movie
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2022
Blacklight
Movie Travis Block
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2022
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
Movie Self
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2021
The Ice Road
Movie Mike McCann
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2021
The Marksman
Movie Jim
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2020
WAMEGO: Addendum
Movie
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2020
Honest Thief
Movie Tom Dolan
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2020
Made in Italy
Movie Robert
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2020
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
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2019
Ordinary Love
Movie Tom
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2019
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
Movie Narrator
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2019
Lost Lives
Movie Self (voice)
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2019
Men in Black: International
Movie Agent High T
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2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Movie Self - Actor
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2019
Cold Pursuit
Movie Nels Coxman
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2018
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Movie Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
