Liam Neeson

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).

Known For

The Simpsons

Family Guy

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

All Movies (190)

• Hotel Tehran2026 · as Larry
• Cold Storage2026 · as Robert Quinn
• Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough2025 · as Narrator
• The Naked Gun2025 · as Frank Drebin Jr.
• Ice Road: Vengeance2025 · as Mike McCann
• Absolution2024 · as Thug
• Wildcat2024 · as Father Flynn
• Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey2024 · as Narrator
• In the Land of Saints and Sinners2023 · as Finbar Murphy
• Retribution2023 · as Matt Turner
• Marlowe2023 · as Philip Marlowe
• Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici2022 · as Self
• Bonnie2022 · as Self
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return2022 · as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
• Memory2022 · as Alex Lewis
• Ireland2022
• Blacklight2022 · as Travis Block
• Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman2022 · as Self
• The Ice Road2021 · as Mike McCann
• The Marksman2021 · as Jim
• WAMEGO: Addendum2020
• Honest Thief2020 · as Tom Dolan
• Made in Italy2020 · as Robert
• The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine2020 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019 · as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
• Ordinary Love2019 · as Tom
• Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis2019 · as Narrator
• Lost Lives2019 · as Self (voice)
• Men in Black: International2019 · as Agent High T
• Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast2019 · as Self - Actor
• Cold Pursuit2019 · as Nels Coxman
• An Oral History of: Schindler's List2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs2018 · as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
• Widows2018 · as Harry Rawlings
• Schindler's List: 25 Years Later2018 · as Self
• The Last Horsemen of New York2018
• The Commuter2018 · as Michael MacCauley
• And the Winner Isn't2017 · as Self
• Daddy's Home 22017 · as Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
• Spielberg2017 · as Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
• Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House2017 · as Mark Felt
• In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America2017 · as Narrator
• Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence2017 · as Self
• Red Nose Day Actually2017 · as Daniel
• Karenina & I2017 · as Leo Tolstoy
• Silence2016 · as Ferreira
• A Monster Calls2016 · as The Monster (voice)
• How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• Operation Chromite2016 · as Douglas MacArthur
• Love Thy Nature2016 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Last Laugh2016 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Huntsman: Winter's War2016 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats2016 · as Self
• A Christmas Star2015 · as Narrator / Radio DJ
• Ted 22015 · as Customer
• Entourage2015 · as Liam Neeson
• Run All Night2015 · as Jimmy Conlon
• Manny2014 · as Narrator
• Taken 32014 · as Bryan Mills
• A Walk Among the Tombstones2014 · as Matthew Scudder
• Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet2014 · as Mustafa (voice)
• Third Person2014 · as Michael
• Road2014 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Million Ways to Die in the West2014 · as Clinch
• Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys2014 · as Self - Narrator
• Non-Stop2014 · as Bill Marks
• The Lego Movie2014 · as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
• The Nut Job2014 · as Raccoon (voice)
• Excalibur: Behind the Movie2013 · as Self
• Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues2013 · as History Channel Host (uncredited)
• The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Khumba2013 · as Phango (voice)
• Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!2013 · as The Journalist
• Girl Rising2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• Taken 22012 · as Bryan Mills
• The Dark Knight Rises2012 · as Ra's Al Ghul
• Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine2012 · as Narrator (voice)
• Battleship2012 · as Admiral Shane
• Wrath of the Titans2012 · as Zeus
• The Secret Policeman's Ball2012 · as Self
• The Grey2012 · as John Ottway
• A Child's Garden of Poetry2011 · as Self (voice)
• Unknown2011 · as Dr. Martin Harris
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader2010 · as Aslan (voice)
• The Next Three Days2010 · as Damon
• The Wildest Dream2010 · as Narrator
• The A-Team2010 · as Hannibal
• Clash of the Titans2010 · as Zeus
• Chloe2010 · as David Stewart
• After.Life2009 · as Eliot Deacon
• Five Minutes of Heaven2009 · as Alistair Little
• The Other Man2008 · as Peter
• The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files2008 · as Self
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian2008 · as Aslan (voice)
• Taken2008 · as Bryan Mills
• The Birth of Christ2007 · as Self - Narrator
• Trumbo2007 · as Self
• Seraphim Falls2007 · as Carver
• Sergeant York: Of God and Country2006
• Home2006
• Xavier2006 · as Narrator
• The Path to Redemption2006 · as Self
• Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film2006 · as Self
• Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity2006 · as Narrator
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe2005 · as Aslan (voice)
• Breakfast on Pluto2005 · as Father Liam
• Batman Begins2005 · as Ducard
• Kingdom of Heaven2005 · as Godfrey de Ibelin
• George Lucas: Creating an Empire2005 · as Self
• Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde2004 · as Self
• Kinsey2004 · as Alfred Kinsey
• The Story of Star Wars2004 · as Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
• Patrick2004 · as Narrator
• Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Love Actually2003 · as Daniel
• Martin Luther2003 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York2003 · as Self
• Coral Reef Adventure2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• Gangs of New York2002 · as 'Priest' Vallon
• K-19: The Widowmaker2002 · as Mikhail Polenin
• The Big Bang2002 · as Self
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones2002 · as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
• The Maze2002 · as Narrator
• The Beginning: Making Episode I2001 · as Self
• The Mind's Big Bang2001 · as Self
• Journey into Amazing Caves2001 · as Narrator (voice)
• Inside The Space Station2000 · as Self - Narrator
• The Endurance2000 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization2000 · as Narrator
• Gun Shy2000 · as Charles Mayough
• The Haunting1999 · as Dr. David Marrow
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999 · as Qui-Gon Jinn
• Les Misérables1998 · as Jean Valjean
• Everest1998 · as Narrator
• A Leap of Faith1996 · as Narrator (voice)
• Michael Collins1996 · as Michael Collins
• Before and After1996 · as Ben Ryan
• Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome1996 · as Host
• Lumière & Company1995 · as (segment "John Boorman")
• Out of Ireland1995 · as William Murphy (voice)
• Rob Roy1995 · as Robert Roy MacGregor
• Miss Sarajevo1995 · as Self
• Nell1994 · as Dr. Lovell
• Schindler's List1993 · as Oskar Schindler
• Ethan Frome1993 · as Ethan Frome
• Leap of Faith1992 · as Sheriff Will Braverman
• Ruby Cairo1992 · as Fergus Lamb
• Husbands and Wives1992 · as Michael Gates
• Shining Through1992 · as Franze-Otto Dietrich
• Revolver1991 · as Man
• Under Suspicion1991 · as Tony Aaron
• The Big Man1990 · as Danny Scoular
• Darkman1990 · as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
• Next of Kin1989 · as Briar Gates
• High Spirits1988 · as Martin Brogan
• The Good Mother1988 · as Leo Cutter
• The Dead Pool1988 · as Peter Swan
• Satisfaction1988 · as Martin Falcon
• Sweet as You Are1988 · as Martin Perry
• Suspect1987 · as Carl Wayne Anderson
• A Prayer for the Dying1987 · as Liam Docherty
• Sworn to Silence1987 · as Vincent Cauley
• Duet for One1986 · as Totter
• Lamb1986 · as Michael Lamb
• The Mission1986 · as Father John Fielding
• The Delta Force1986 · as Delta Force Member (uncredited)
• Arthur the King1985 · as Grak
• The Innocent1985 · as John Carns
• The Bounty1984 · as Charles Churchill
• An Audience with Mel Brooks1984 · as Self (uncredited)
• Krull1983 · as Kegan
• Across the Water1983 · as Martin
• Nailed1981 · as Young Catholic
• Excalibur1981 · as Gawain
• My Dear Palestrina1980 · as Blacksmith
• Christiana1979 · as Greatheart
• The Last Window Cleaner1979 · as Self
• Dinner at the Sporting Club1978 · as Dermot
• Pilgrim's Progress1978 · as Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ
• The Riker's Ghost—
• Narco Sub—
• Mongoose— · as Ryan "Fang" Flanagan
• The Trainer— · as John Moore
• 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank— · as Danny
• Charlie Johnson in the Flames—
• Cold Pursuit 2— · as Nels Coxman
• Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical Corruption Exposed— · as Narrator (voice)
• Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea— · as Narrator
• The Nut Job 3— · as Raccoon (voice)
• The Splendid Thing—

All TV Shows (63)

• David Frost Vs2025 · as self
• Conan O'Brien Must Go2024 · as Bryan Mills (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi2022 · as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi2022 · as Qui-Gon Jinn
• Obi-Wan Kenobi2022 · as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi2022 · as Qui-Gon Jinn (uncredited)
• Benjamin Franklin2022 · as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
• Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History2018 · as Self - Narrator
• Derry Girls2018 · as Chief Inspector Byers
• The Orville2017 · as Jahavus Dorahl
• Dream Corp LLC2016 · as Joey in the Center of Her Mind (voice)
• Atlanta2016 · as Liam Neeson
• 19162016 · as Narrator
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Mr. Toffee
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Thor
• Nature Is Speaking2015 · as Ice
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Life's Too Short2011 · as Liam Neeson
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
• Buccaneers & Bones2010
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars2008 · as Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self
• The One Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Martin Luther2003 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Liberty's Kids2002 · as John Paul Jones (voice)
• The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization2000 · as Self - Narrator
• Family Guy1999 · as Liam Neeson (voice)
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Simpsons1989 · as Father Sean (voice)
• This Morning1988 · as Self
• Hold the Dream1987 · as Blackie O'Neill
• If Tomorrow Comes1986 · as André Trignant
• Screen Two1985 · as Martin Perry
• Screen Two1985 · as Ethan Frome
• A Woman of Substance1985 · as Blackie O'Neill
• Ellis Island1984 · as Kevin Murray
• Miami Vice1984 · as Sean Carroon
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Nature1982 · as Narrator (voice)
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Playhouse1974 · as Blacksmith
• Play for Today1970 · as Him
• 60 Minutes1968 · as Self
• Omnibus1967
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter