Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

June 6, 1952 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Liam Neeson

Biography

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). Description from the Wikipedia article Liam Neeson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine

Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America

How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story

In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America

Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

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