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Liam Neeson
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Biography
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).
Notable films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Grey
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Battleship
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Schindler's List
As Oskar Schindler
Darkman
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Bounty
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Nell
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Clash of the Titans
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
As Aslan (voice)
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Remakes That Missed but Matter
From Neil LaBute's Wicker Man to Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria, a journey through remakes that stumbled yet reveal why we keep returning to the classics.
8 films
Loyalty Beyond the Last Breath
From the Alaskan wilds to the trenches of war, a journey through films where the bond between soldier and dog faces the ultimate test.
8 films
When the Cult Kids Get the Keys
A journey through the moments when outsider directors were handed studio money and a famous franchise, from Sam Raimi's Darkman to the new Resident Evil. The re...
8 films
Small Craft Warnings
From the open sea to a leaky skiff, these eight films use small boats as vessels for self-discovery, each one a different kind of voyage.
8 films
Wild Hearts: Feral Children and the Call of the Wild
From the forests of 18th-century France to the animated jungles of Mowgli, a journey through cinema's feral children and their quest for belonging.
7 films
It was Miss Scarlet, in the cinema...
Celebrating Lesley Ann Warren's 80th birthday with a journey through board game adaptations, from the witty whodunit of Clue to the explosive naval warfare of B...
8 films
Moana and the Sea as Mirror and Crucible
Taking the core premise of Moana (the ocean as a living force that tests, transforms, and reveals who you are) and steering it into far darker territory, this c...
8 films
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Cold Storage
2026 · Robert Quinn
Bonnie
2022 · Self
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022 · Qui-Gon Jinn
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022 · Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
Benjamin Franklin
2022 · Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
Widows
2018 · Harry Rawlings
The Commuter
2018 · Michael MacCauley
Silence
2016 · Ferreira
A Monster Calls
2016 · The Monster (voice)
Operation Chromite
2016 · Douglas MacArthur
1916
2016 · Narrator
Taken 3
2014 · Bryan Mills
Road
2014 · Narrator (voice)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · Clinch
Non-Stop
2014 · Bill Marks
The Lego Movie
2014 · Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
Khumba
2013 · Phango (voice)
Taken 2
2012 · Bryan Mills
Battleship
2012 · Admiral Shane
The Grey
2012 · John Ottway
Clash of the Titans
2010 · Zeus
The Other Man
2008 · Peter
Taken
2008 · Bryan Mills
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005 · Aslan (voice)
Batman Begins
2005 · Ducard
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · Godfrey de Ibelin
Love Actually
2003 · Daniel
Coral Reef Adventure
2003 · Narrator (voice)
Gangs of New York
2002 · 'Priest' Vallon
The Endurance
2000 · Narrator (voice)
The Haunting
1999 · Dr. David Marrow
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Qui-Gon Jinn
Everest
1998 · Narrator
Nell
1994 · Dr. Lovell
Schindler's List
1993 · Oskar Schindler
Husbands and Wives
1992 · Michael Gates
Under Suspicion
1991 · Tony Aaron
Darkman
1990 · Peyton Westlake / Darkman
High Spirits
1988 · Martin Brogan
The Mission
1986 · Father John Fielding
If Tomorrow Comes
1986 · André Trignant
The Bounty
1984 · Charles Churchill