Liam Neeson
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Mr. Toffee
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Thor
2015
Series
The Simpsons
Father Sean (voice)
1989
Series
Family Guy
Liam Neeson (voice)
1999
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Play for Today
Him
1970
Series
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
2008
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Miami Vice
Sean Carroon
1984
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
El hormiguero
Self
2006
Film
The Dark Knight Rises
Ra's Al Ghul
2012
Series
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Film
Schindler's List
Oskar Schindler
1993
Film
Batman Begins
Ducard
2005
Series
The Orville
Jahavus Dorahl
2017
Series
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Playhouse
Blacksmith
1974
Film
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
2019
Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Aslan (voice)
2005
Film
Ted 2
Customer
2015
Film
Kingdom of Heaven
Godfrey de Ibelin
2005
Film
Taken 3
Bryan Mills
2014
Series
Screen Two
Martin Perry
1985
Series
Screen Two
Ethan Frome
1985
Film
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Qui-Gon Jinn
1999
Series
American Playhouse
Ethan Frome
1982
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Series
Omnibus
1967
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Film
Taken
Bryan Mills
2008
Series
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011
Film
The Naked Gun
Frank Drebin Jr.
2025
Film
Cold Storage
Robert Quinn
2026
Film
Love Actually
Daniel
2003
Film
The Lego Movie
Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
2014
Series
Atlanta
Liam Neeson
2016
Series
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Series
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Qui-Gon Jinn (uncredited)
2022
Film
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
2002
Film
Ice Road: Vengeance
Mike McCann
2025
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Aslan (voice)
2008
Film
Clash of the Titans
Zeus
2010
Film
Battleship
Admiral Shane
2012
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Film
Wrath of the Titans
Zeus
2012
Series
Derry Girls
Chief Inspector Byers
2018
Film
The A-Team
Hannibal
2010
Series
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Bryan Mills (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Film
Taken 2
Bryan Mills
2012
Film
Men in Black: International
Agent High T
2019
Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Aslan (voice)
2010
Film
The Commuter
Michael MacCauley
2018
Film
Cold Pursuit
Nels Coxman
2019
Film
Run All Night
Jimmy Conlon
2015
Film
The Grey
John Ottway
2012
Film
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2016
Film
Non-Stop
Bill Marks
2014
Film
Gangs of New York
'Priest' Vallon
2002
Film
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
2018
Series
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
2022
Series
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Qui-Gon Jinn
2022
Film
The Marksman
Jim
2021
Film
The Ice Road
Mike McCann
2021
Film
After.Life
Eliot Deacon
2009
Film
Widows
Harry Rawlings
2018
Film
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Clinch
2014
Film
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Matthew Scudder
2014
Film
Retribution
Matt Turner
2023
Film
Unknown
Dr. Martin Harris
2011
Film
Honest Thief
Tom Dolan
2020
Film
Excalibur
Gawain
1981
Film
Silence
Ferreira
2016
Series
A Woman of Substance
Blackie O'Neill
1985
Film
The Nut Job
Raccoon (voice)
2014
Film
Daddy's Home 2
Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
2017
Film
Memory
Alex Lewis
2022
Film
The Delta Force
Delta Force Member (uncredited)
1986
Film
A Monster Calls
The Monster (voice)
2016
Film
The Mission
Father John Fielding
1986
Film
Krull
Kegan
1983
Film
The Haunting
Dr. David Marrow
1999
Film
Blacklight
Travis Block
2022
Film
The Next Three Days
Damon
2010
Film
Under Suspicion
Tony Aaron
1991
Film
Entourage
Liam Neeson
2015
Series
Dream Corp LLC
Joey in the Center of Her Mind (voice)
2016
Film
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
History Channel Host (uncredited)
2013
Film
Darkman
Peyton Westlake / Darkman
1990
Film
The Dead Pool
Peter Swan
1988
Series
Liberty's Kids
John Paul Jones (voice)
2002
Film
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Finbar Murphy
2023
Film
Five Minutes of Heaven
Alistair Little
2009
Film
K-19: The Widowmaker
Mikhail Polenin
2002
Series
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
Film
Absolution
Thug
2024
Film
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
1998
Film
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
2022
Film
Rob Roy
Robert Roy MacGregor
1995
Film
The Bounty
Charles Churchill
1984
Film
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Mark Felt
2017
Film
Nell
Dr. Lovell
1994
Film
Chloe
David Stewart
2010
Film
Seraphim Falls
Carver
2007
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Film
Gun Shy
Charles Mayough
2000
Series
If Tomorrow Comes
André Trignant
1986
Film
Third Person
Michael
2014
Film
Breakfast on Pluto
Father Liam
2005
Film
The Fix
Larry
2026
Series
Life's Too Short
Liam Neeson
2011
Film
Marlowe
Philip Marlowe
2023
Film
Operation Chromite
Douglas MacArthur
2016
Film
Khumba
Phango (voice)
2013
Film
The Mongoose
Ryan "Fang" Flanagan
2026
Film
Made in Italy
Robert
2020
Film
Michael Collins
Michael Collins
1996
Film
High Spirits
Martin Brogan
1988
Film
Ordinary Love
Tom
2019
Film
Red Nose Day Actually
Daniel
2017
Film
Next of Kin
Briar Gates
1989
Film
Suspect
Carl Wayne Anderson
1987
Film
Before and After
Ben Ryan
1996
Film
Shining Through
Franze-Otto Dietrich
1992
Film
Bonnie
Self
2022
Film
The Other Man
Peter
2008
Series
Ellis Island
Kevin Murray
1984
Film
Kinsey
Alfred Kinsey
2004
Series
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
2022
Series
Nature Is Speaking
Ice
2015
Film
Husbands and Wives
Michael Gates
1992
Film
Leap of Faith
Sheriff Will Braverman
1992
Film
Road
Narrator (voice)
2014
Film
Spielberg
Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
2017
Series
Hold the Dream
Blackie O'Neill
1987
Film
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
Self
2022
Film
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Mustafa (voice)
2014
Film
Ruby Cairo
Fergus Lamb
1992
Film
The Big Man
Danny Scoular
1990
Film
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
Danny
Film
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
Self
2001
Series
This Morning
Self
1988
Film
A Prayer for the Dying
Liam Docherty
1987
Film
The Good Mother
Leo Cutter
1988
Film
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actor
2019
Film
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Film
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
2005
Film
Lumière & Company
(segment "John Boorman")
1995
Series
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Self - Narrator
2000
Series
1916
Narrator
2016
Series
David Frost Vs
self
2025
Film
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys
Self - Narrator
2014
Film
Wildcat
Father Flynn
2024
Film
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome
1993
Film
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
Narrator
2019
Film
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
1984
Film
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
Self
2004
Film
Arthur the King
Grak
1985
Film
Satisfaction
Martin Falcon
1988
Film
Girl Rising
Narrator (voice)
2013
Film
Christiana
Greatheart
1979
Film
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
2012
Series
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History
Self - Narrator
2018
Film
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Film
And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017
The Trainer
John Moore
Film
Pilgrim's Progress
Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ
1978
Film
Duet for One
Totter
1986
Film
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
Narrator
2006
Film
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
The Innocent
John Carns
1985
Film
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
2006
Film
A Child's Garden of Poetry
Self (voice)
2011
Film
Home
2006
Film
Manny
Narrator
2014
Film
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Nailed
Young Catholic
1981
Series
Martin Luther
Self - Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
The Endurance
Narrator (voice)
2000
Series
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Film
Revolver
Man
1991
Film
The Story of Star Wars
Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
2004
Film
Trumbo
Self
2007
Film
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Clark Gable: Tall, Dark, and Handsome
Host
1996
Film
Martin Luther
Self - Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
Everest
Narrator
1998
Film
Inside The Space Station
Self - Narrator
2000
Narco Sub
Film
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
2019
Film
Miss Sarajevo
Self
1995
Film
Out of Ireland
William Murphy (voice)
1995
Film
Coral Reef Adventure
Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Self
2013
Film
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
Self
2022
Film
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Narrator
2025
Film
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
Self
2016
Film
Journey into Amazing Caves
Narrator (voice)
2001
Film
Dinner at the Sporting Club
Dermot
1978
Film
A Christmas Star
Narrator / Radio DJ
2015
Series
Evolution
Narrator
2001
Film
Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey
Narrator
2024
Film
Lamb
Michael Lamb
1986
Film
Sergeant York: Of God and Country
2006
Film
Ireland
2022
Charlie Johnson in the Flames
Film
The Wildest Dream
Narrator
2010
Film
Love Thy Nature
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Film
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
Self
2017
Film
The Path to Redemption
Self
2006
Film
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!
The Journalist
2013
Film
Sworn to Silence
Vincent Cauley
1987
Film
Xavier
Narrator
2006
Film
How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story
Narrator (voice)
2016
Film
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
Self
2003
The Splendid Thing
Film
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Narrator
2000
Cold Pursuit 2
Nels Coxman
Film
The Last Horsemen of New York
2018
Film
Karenina & I
Leo Tolstoy
2017
The Last Window Cleaner
Self
1979
The Riker's Ghost
Film
The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files
Self
2008
Film
Patrick
Narrator
2004
Film
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America
Narrator
2017
Film
My Dear Palestrina
Blacksmith
1980
Film
Across the Water
Martin
1983
Film
The Birth of Christ
Self - Narrator
2007
Film
The Maze
Narrator
2002
Film
Sweet as You Are
Martin Perry
1988
A Leap of Faith
Narrator (voice)
1996
Film
The Big Bang
Self
2002
WAMEGO: Addendum
2020
The Mind's Big Bang
Self
2001
Film
Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Narrator
The Nut Job 3
Raccoon (voice)
Film
Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine
Narrator (voice)
2012