Liam Neeson biography
Liam Neeson is an actor from Northern Ireland (born 1952), born on 7 June 1952 in Ballymena.
Liam Neeson's screen career began in 1978 with Play for Today, playing Dermont.
Liam Neeson has appeared in 130 films and 24 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are The Mongoose (2026), The Fix (2026), Cold Storage (2026).
Liam Neeson is best known for Schindler's List, Star Wars: Episode I , The Phantom Menace, Taken, Darkman.
Honours include Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and Theatre World Award.
Coming up next: 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (2027).
- Born
- 7 June 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Ballymena
- Work
- Film actor, Voice actor, Stage actor, Television actor, Actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1976 to present
- Known for
- Schindler's List, Star Wars: Episode I , The Phantom Menace, Taken, Darkman
- Awards
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
- Theatre World Award
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor
- Drama League Award
- honorary master's degree
Liam Neeson filmography
131 films and 24 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank | Danny | Post-production | |
| 2026 | The Mongoose | Ryan "Fang" Flanagan | ||
| 2026 | The Fix | Larry | ||
| 2026 | Cold Storage | Robert Quinn | ||
| 2025 | The Naked Gun | Frank Drebin Jr. | ||
| 2025 | Ice Road: Vengeance | Mike McCann | ||
| 2024 | Absolution | Thug | ||
| 2023 | Retribution | Matt Turner | ||
| 2023 | In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Finbar Murphy | ||
| 2023 | Wildcat | Father Flynn | ||
| 2022 | Marlowe | Philip Marlowe | ||
| 2022 | Memory | Alex Lewis | ||
| 2022 | Blacklight | Travis Block | ||
| 2021 | The Ice Road | Mike McCann | ||
| 2021 | The Marksman | Jim Hanson | ||
| 2020 | Made in Italy | Robert Foster | ||
| 2020 | Honest Thief | Tom Carter / Tom Dolan | ||
| 2020 | The Hunger | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2019 | Men in Black: International | High T | ||
| 2019 | Ordinary Love | Tom Thompson | ||
| 2019 | Cold Pursuit | Nelson 'Nels' Coxman | ||
| 2019 | Star Wars: Episode IX , The Rise of Skywalker | Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) | Cameo appearance | |
| 2018 | Widows | Harry Rawlings | ||
| 2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Impresario | Segment: "Meal Ticket" | |
| 2018 | The Commuter | Michael McCauley |
Show all 131 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History | Narrator (voice) | 6 episodes | |
| 2017 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Mark Felt | ||
| 2017 | A Willing Patriot | English | ||
| 2017 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature | Raccoon (voice) | Scenes deleted | |
| 2017 | Daddy's Home 2 | Actor In Missile Tow (voice) | Cameo appearance | |
| 2016 | Silence | Cristóvão Ferreira | ||
| 2016 | A Monster Calls | Monster / Conor's Grandfather (voices) | Also motion capture | |
| 2016 | Operation Chromite | Douglas MacArthur | ||
| 2016 | The Huntsman: Winter's War | English | ||
| 2016 | For the Love of Spock | English | ||
| 2016 | 1916: The Irish Rebellion | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Customer | Cameo appearance | |
| 2015 | Run All Night | Jimmy 'The Gravedigger' Conlon | ||
| 2015 | Entourage | English | ||
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Good Cop / Bad Cop (voice) | Archive audio | |
| 2015 | A Christmas Star | Narrator / Radio DJ | ||
| 2014 | Taken 3 | Bryan Mills | ||
| 2014 | Non-Stop | Bill Marks | ||
| 2014 | The Prophet | Mustafa (voice) | ||
| 2014 | Road | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | Matthew Scudder | ||
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Clinch Leatherwood | ||
| 2014 | Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2014 | The Nut Job | Raccoon (voice) | ||
| 2014 | The Lego Movie Videogame | Good Cop / Bad Cop (voice) | ||
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voices) | ||
| 2014 | Love Thy Nature | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | History Channel Reporter | Cameo appearance | |
| 2013 | Third Person | Michael Leary | ||
| 2013 | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation | Japanese | ||
| 2013 | Khumba | Phango (voice) | ||
| 2012 | Taken 2 | Bryan Mills | ||
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Ra's al Ghul | Cameo appearance | |
| 2012 | Battleship | Admiral Terrance Shane | ||
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Zeus | ||
| 2012 | The Grey | John Ottway | ||
| 2011 | Unknown | Dr. Martin Harris | ||
| 2010 | The Next Three Days | Damon Pennington | ||
| 2010 | The A-Team | John "Hannibal" Smith | ||
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Zeus | ||
| 2010 | The Wildest Dream | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2010 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Aslan (voice) | ||
| 2009 | After.Life | Eliot Deacon | ||
| 2009 | Five Minutes of Heaven | Alistair Little | ||
| 2009 | Chloe | David Stewart | ||
| 2009 | Ponyo | Fujimoto (voice) | English dub | |
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Aslan (voice) | ||
| 2008 | Taken | Bryan Mills | ||
| 2008 | The Other Man | Peter | ||
| 2008 | Fallout 3 | James (voice) | Also motion capture | |
| 2007 | Seraphim Falls | Colonel Morsman Carver | ||
| 2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Aslan (voice) | ||
| 2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Father Liam | ||
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul | ||
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Godfrey of Ibelin | ||
| 2004 | Kinsey | Alfred Kinsey | ||
| 2004 | Imaginary Witness | English | ||
| 2004 | Patrick | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2003 | Love Actually | Daniel | ||
| 2003 | Coral Reef Adventure | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | 'Priest' Vallon | ||
| 2002 | K-19: The Widowmaker | Captain Mikhail Polenin | ||
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II , Attack of the Clones | Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) | Cameo appearance | |
| 2002 | Martin Luther | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2001 | Evolution | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2000 | Gun Shy | DEA Agent Charlie Mayough | ||
| 2000 | The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition | English | ||
| 2000 | The Endurance | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2000 | Empires: The Greeks | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I , The Phantom Menace | Qui-Gon Jinn | ||
| 1999 | The Haunting | Dr. David Marrow | ||
| 1998 | Everest | Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1998 | Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | ||
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Michael Collins | ||
| 1996 | Before and After | Ben Ryan | ||
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | John Lucy / Adolf Hitler (voices) | ||
| 1995 | Lumière and Company | French | ||
| 1995 | Rob Roy | Rob Roy MacGregor | ||
| 1994 | Nell | Dr. Jerome 'Jerry' Lovell | ||
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Oskar Schindler | ||
| 1993 | Ethan Frome | Ethan Frome | ||
| 1993 | Ruby Cairo | Dr. Fergus Lamb | ||
| 1992 | Shining Through | Franz-Otto Dietrich | ||
| 1992 | Leap of Faith | Sheriff Will Braverman | ||
| 1992 | Husbands and Wives | Michael Gates | ||
| 1991 | Under Suspicion | Tony Aaron | ||
| 1990 | The Big Man | Danny Scoulars | ||
| 1990 | Darkman | Peyton Westlake / Darkman | ||
| 1989 | Next of Kin | Briar Gates | ||
| 1988 | The Good Mother | Leo Cutter | ||
| 1988 | The Dead Pool | Peter Swan | ||
| 1988 | Satisfaction | Martin Falcon | ||
| 1988 | High Spirits | Martin Brogan | ||
| 1987 | Sworn to Silence | English | ||
| 1987 | Suspect | Carl Anderson | ||
| 1987 | A Prayer for the Dying | Liam Docherty | ||
| 1986 | The Mission | Father John Fielding | ||
| 1986 | The Delta Force | English | ||
| 1986 | Duet for One | Totter | ||
| 1985 | The Innocent | John Carns | ||
| 1985 | Lamb | Michael Lamb | ||
| 1984 | The Bounty | Charles Churchill | ||
| 1983 | Krull | Kegan | ||
| 1981 | Excalibur | Gawain | ||
| 1979 | Christiana | Greatheart | ||
| 1978 | Pilgrim's Progress | Evangelist / Jesus Christ |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "The Indict-Mare Before Christmas" | |
| 2022 | Tales of the Jedi | Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) | Episode: "The Sith Lord" | |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Qui-Gon Jinn | Episode: "Part VI" | |
| 2022 | Derry Girls | Chief Constable Byers | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Daniel | Television short film | |
| 2017 | The Orville | Jahavus Dorahl | Episode: "If the Stars Should Appear" | |
| 2016 | Dream Corp, LLC | Devil Demon | Voice; Episode: "The Leak" | |
| 2014 | Rev | God | Episode # 3.5 | |
| 2011 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) | 3 episodes | |
| 2010 | The Big C | Bee Man | Episode: "Everything That Rises Must Converge" | |
| 2009 | Snow Monkeys | English | ||
| 2005 | The Simpsons | Father Sean (voice) | Episode: "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star" | |
| 2002 | Liberty's Kids | John Paul Jones (voice) | Episode: "Not Yet Begun to Fight" | |
| 2001 | Revenge of the Whale | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1988 | Screen Two | Martin Perry | Episode: "Sweet as You Are" | |
| 1987 | Sword to Silence | Vincent Cauley | ||
| 1987 | Hold the Dream | Blackie O'Neill | Episode #1.1 | |
| 1986 | If Tomorrow Comes | Insp. Andre Trignent | 2 episodes | |
| 1986 | Miami Vice | Sean Carroon | Episode: "When Irish Eyes Are Crying" | |
| 1985 | Merlin and the Sword | Grak | ||
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance | Blackie O'Neill | ||
| 1984 | Ellis Island | Kevin Murray | ||
| 1980 | BBC2 Playhouse | Blacksmith | Episode: "My Dear Palestrina" | |
| 1978 | Play for Today | Dermont | Episode: "Dinner at the Sporting Club" |