Liam Neeson

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June 7, 1952

William John Neeson

Has dated actresses Helen Mirren, Julia Roberts, Brooke Shields, Barbra Streisand and singer Sinéad O'Connor.

Natasha Richardson (3 July 1994 - 18 March 2009) (her death) 2 children

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Actor

Battleship (2012)

Wrath of the Titans (2012)

The Grey (2011)

A Child's Garden of Poetry (TV movie) (voice) (2011)

Unknown (2011)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series) (voice) (2 episodes, 2011)

The Next Three Days (2010)

The Big C (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Cubed (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

The A-Team (2010)

The Next Three Days (2011)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) (voice)

Clash of the Titans (2010)

After.Life (2009)

Chloe (2009)

Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

The Other Man (2008)

Gake no ue no Ponyo (2008) (voice: English version)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) (voice)

Taken (2008)

Seraphim Falls (2006)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) (voice)

Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

Batman Begins (2005)

The Simpsons (1 episode, 2005)

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Kinsey (2004)

Patrick (2004) (TV) (voice)

Love Actually (2003)

Gangs of New York (2002)

"Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776" (2002) TV series

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000) (TV)

Gun Shy (2000)

The Haunting (1999)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Les misérables (1998)

Michael Collins (1996)

Before and After (1996)

"The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" (2 episodes, 1996)

Rob Roy (1995)

Nell (1994)

Schindler's List (1993)

Ruby Cairo (1993)

Ethan Frome (1993)

Leap of Faith (1992)

Husbands and Wives (1992)

Revolver (1992)

Shining Through (1992)

Under Suspicion (1991)

The Big Man (1990)

Darkman (1990)

Next of Kin (1989)

High Spirits (1988)

The Good Mother (1988)

The Dead Pool (1988)

Satisfaction (1988)

Suspect (1987)

A Prayer for the Dying (1987)

Sworn to Silence (1987) (TV)

Sweet as You Are (1987) (TV)

Duet for One (1986)

Lamb (1986)

Hold the Dream (1986) (TV)

Miami Vice (1 episode, 1986)

The Mission (1986)

"If Tomorrow Comes" (1986) TV mini-series

Arthur the King (1985) (TV)

The Innocent (1985)

"A Woman of Substance" (1984) TV mini-series

"Ellis Island" (1984) TV mini-series

The Bounty (1984)

Krull (1983)

Charlie Was a Rich Man (1981) (TV)

Excalibur (1981)

Nailed (1981)

"BBC2 Playhouse" (1 episode, 1980)

Christiana (1979)

Pilgrim's Progress (1979)

"Play for Today" (1 episode, 1978)

Appearances

Conan (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

Saturday Night Live (TV series) (2 episodes, 2004-2012)

1st Look (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

Made in Hollywood (TV series) (3 episodes, 2010-2012)

Big Morning Buzz Live (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

Daybreak (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series) (4 episodes, 2010-2012)

IC Places Hollywood (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

The Secret Policeman's Ball (TV movie) (2012)

ES.TV HD (TV series) (2 episodes, 2011-2012)

The Graham Norton Show (TV series) (2 episodes, 2011-2012)

The Daily Show (TV series) (2 episodes, 2009-2012)

Good Morning America (TV series) (3 episodes, 1993-2012)

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series) (1 episode, 2012)

The 38th Annual People’s Choice Awards (2012) (TV special)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series) (6 episodes, 1994-2012)

Life's Too Short (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

Live with Kelly (TV series) (5 episodes, 2004-2011)

Eurovision Song Contest: Your Country Needs Blue (TV documentary) (2011)

Lopez Tonight (TV series) (1 episode, 2011)

The 7PM Project (TV series) (2 episodes, 2010-2011)

Breakfast (TV series) (2 episodes, 2010)

The X Factor (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV series) (2 episodes, 2008-2010)

Mark at the Movies (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Mike and Mike in the Morning (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Entertainment Tonight (TV series) (8 episodes, 2009-2010)

Guys Choice (TV special) (2010)

Watch What Happens: Live (TV series) (1 episode, 2010)

Clash of the Titans: A G4 Special (TV documentary) (2010)

Sundance Skippy (2009)

The Wildest Dream (2010) (voice)

"CBS Evening News with Bob Schieffer" (1 episode, 2009)

"Xposé" (1 episode, 2009)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian T4 Movie Special (2008) (TV)

ITV Premiere Special: The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian (2008) (TV)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2 episodes, 2007-2008)

"Le grand journal de Canal+" (1 episode, 2008)

Biography (1 episode, 2007)

Trumbo (2007)

Behind the Scenes of 'Seraphim Falls' (2007)

Resting Places (2007) (voice)

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2006) (TV)

Sergeant York: Of God and Country (2006) Narrator

Home (2006)

"Space Top 10 Countdown" (1 episode, 2006)

Xavier (2006) (TV) (voice)

Colors of the Crusade (2006)

The Path to Redemption (2006)

Kingdom of Heaven: Cast Rehearsals (2006)

"The American Experience" (1 episode, 2006)

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity (2006) .... Narrator

"The Suite with Dave Karger" (2005) TV series (2005)

3rd Irish Film and Television Awards (2005) (TV Special)

Batman Begins: Path to Discovery (2005)

Shaping Mind and Body (2005)

"Film '72" (1 episode, 2005)

"Getaway" (1 episode, 2005)

The View (2 episodes, 2004-2005)

"HBO First Look" (3 episodes, 1999-2005)

'Star Wars': Feel the Force (2005) (TV)

The Kinsey Report: Sex on Film (2005)

"History vs. Hollywood" (1 episode, 2005)

Kingdom of Hope: The Making of 'Kingdom of Heaven' (2005) (TV)

"Dos rombos" (1 episode, 2005)

"The Culture Show" (1 episode, 2005)

The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005) (TV Special)

'Kingdom of Heaven': Interactive Production Grid (2005)

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004) (TV)

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1 episode, 2004)

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)

"Tinseltown TV" (1 episode, 2003)

Coral Reef Adventure (2003) (voice)

"The Buzz" (1 episode, 2002)

The 56th Annual Tony Awards (2002)(TV Special)

Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002) (TV)

The Maze (2002) (TV) (voice)

"Evolution" (7 episodes, 2002)

Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York (2002) (TV)

Martin Luther (2002) (TV) (voice)

Har Haosher (2002) (voice)

Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2001) (TV)

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) (TV Special)

Revenge of the Whale (2001) (TV)

Journey Into Amazing Caves (2001) (voice)

Sesame Street (2 episodes, 1999-2001)

"The Greeks" (2001/I) TV mini-series (voice)

The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' (2001)

Inside the Space Station (2000) (TV) (voice)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (4 episodes, 1996-2000)

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000) (voice)

Touched by an Angel (1 episode, 2000)

Empires: The Greeks - Crucible of Civilization (2000) (TV) Narrator

"Mundo VIP" (2 episodes, 1999)

The 71st Annual The Academy Awards (1999) (TV Special)

"The Directors" (2 episodes)

Omagh the Legacy: Claire and Stephen's Story (1999) Narrator

The Stars of 'Star Wars': Interviews from the Cast (1999)

The Making of 'The Haunting' (1999)

Comic Relief VIII (1998) (TV)

The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998) (TV Special)

"Showbiz Today" (1 episode, 1998)

Everest (1998) (voice)

"Intimate Portrait" (1 episode, 1998)

"Eco-Challenge Morocco" (1998) TV mini-series Narrator

"The South Bank Show" (1 episode, 1996)

The 68th Annual The Academy Awards (1996) (TV Special)

Clark Gable: Tall, Dark and Handsome (1996)

A Leap of Faith (1996) (voice)

Riverdance: The New Show (1996) Narrator

Lumière et compagnie (1995) (segment "John Boorman")

Out of Ireland (1995) (TV) (voice)

The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (1995) (TV)

"Subaru Primal Quest, San Juan Islands" (1994) (TV series) (Narrator)

The 66th Annual The Academy Awards (1994) (TV Special)

The 47th Annual Tony Awards (1993) (TV Special)

"Nyhetsmorgon" (1 episode)

An Audience with Mel Brooks (1983) (TV)

The Academy Awards

1994 Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role for: Schindler's List (1993)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2006 Nominated Saturn Award Best Supporting Actor for: Batman Begins (2005)

2000 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actor for: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

1991 Nominated Saturn Award Best Actor for: Darkman (1990)

BAFTA Awards

1994 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actor for: Schindler's List (1993)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

2000 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Action/Science Fiction for: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

2000 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Actor - Horror for: The Haunting (1999)

British Independent Film Awards

2010 Won Variety Award

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

1994 Won CFCA Award Best Actor for: Schindler's List (1993)

Cognac Festival du Film Policier

1992 Won Best Actor for: Under Suspicion (1991)

Evening Standard British Film Awards

1997 Won Evening Standard British Film Award Best Actor for: Michael Collins (1996)

Golden Globe Awards

2005 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Kinsey (2004)

1997 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Michael Collins (1996)

1994 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Schindler's List (1993)

Independent Spirit Awards

2005 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Male Lead for: Kinsey (2004)

Irish Film and Television Awards

2011 Nominated IFTA Award Best Actor in a Lead Role in a Film for: Perrier's Bounty (2009) and Chloe (2009). Shared with: Cillian Murphy (Optimum Releasing and Parallel Film Productions)

2010 Nominated IFTA Award Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television for: Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

2005 Won IFTA Award Best Actor in a Feature Film for: Kinsey (2004)

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2006 Nominated ALFS Award British Actor of the Year for: Kinsey (2004)

1995 Nominated ALFS Award Actor of the Yearfor: Schindler's List (1993)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2004 Won LAFCA Award Best Actor for: Kinsey (2004)

MTV Movie Awards

2000 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Fight for: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Shared with: Ewan McGregor & Ray Park

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2005 Desert Palm Achievement Award

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

2004 Nominated PFCS Award Best Ensemble Acting for: Love Actually (2003). Shared with: Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Lulu Popplewell, Emma Thompson, Kris Marshall, Heike Makatsch, Martin Freeman, Joanna Page, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Keira Knightley, Nina Sosanya, Martine McCutcheon, Laura Linney, Thomas Sangster, Alan Rickman, Rodrigo Santoro, Rowan Atkinson, Claudia Schiffer, Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Rory MacGregor, Carla Vasconcelos, Shannon Elizabeth, Denise Richards & Elisha Cuthbert

Satellite Awards

2005 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama for: Kinsey (2004)

Taormina International Film Festival

2000 Taormina Arte Award

Venice Film Festival

1996 Won Volpi Cup Best Actor for: Michael Collins (1996)

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Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyze it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning.

But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

I always wanted to be a cowboy, and Jedi Knights are basically cowboys in space, right?

In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's when you want to choke people, you now?

I never did think of myself as handsome--terribly attractive, yes, but not handsome.

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He is the son of Katherine "Kitty" (née Brown), a cook, and Bernard "Barney" Neeson, a caretaker at Ballymena Boys All Saints Primary School. He was raised Roman Catholic and was called Liam after the local priest.

On 11 July 2000 he fractured his right pelvis and chipped his left pelvis and sustained multiple abrasions to his legs after hitting a deer while riding his 1989 Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Connecticut. He was thrown off the motorcycle just before it smashed into a nearby tree. A passing motorist found him crawling along the roadside. Due to this accident he was unable to appear as a "Force Ghost" in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), and is only heard as a disembodied voice in the scene following Anakin's slaughter of the Tusken Raider Camp.

Loves fly-fishing

Was a boxer as a teen-ager in Northern Ireland, which resulted in getting his nose broken at the age of 15. Nevertheless, he went on to win the Irish Youth Championship. A brief blackout after one of his fights, however, caused him to give up the ring for good.

Won a libel case against newspapers who claimed that his marriage was in trouble. [October 1998]

Was considered for the role of James Bond in GoldenEye (1995).

Attended Queen's University of Belfast for a short while to study physics and computer science, but flunked out.

He was considered for the role of Van Helsing in Dracula (1992) (and reportedly he very much wanted the role), however, he was turned down when Anthony Hopkins showed an interest in the role and ultimately got it.

Wanted to be in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) so badly, he didn't even bother reading the script.

He recalled his most embarrassing moment in acting as, relatively early in his career, he auditioned for the role of Fezzik, the giant, in The Princess Bride (1987). Director Rob Reiner had a look of disgust on his face when he realized that Neeson was "only" six-feet-four and André the Giant ended up getting the role.

Though he was eager to be a part of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) (the first of the Star Wars prequel trilogy), he reportedly hated working on the film, once shooting started, remarking that he "felt like a puppet".

In mid-March 2009, his wife Natasha Richardson had a skiing accident that made her suffer a brain injury from which she shortly afterward died in hospital. Liam interrupted filming of his movie Chloe (2009) in order to be by her side in the hospital.

Friends with Ralph Fiennes.

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