Birth Day: 1952-06-07
Place of birth: Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
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).
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As Self - Narrator (voice) -
As Ryan 'Fang' Flanagan -
As Larry -
As Robert Quinn -
As Mike McCann -
As Frank Drebin Jr. -
As Narrator -
As Father Flynn -
As Narrator -
As Thug -
As Philip Marlowe -
As Finbar Murphy -
As Matt Turner -
As Self -
As Self -
As Self - Qui-Gon Jinn -
As Self -
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As Travis Block -
As Alex Lewis -
As Self - Narrator (voice) -
As Jim -
As Mike McCann -
As Tom Dolan -
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As Robert -
As Tom -
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As Nels Coxman -
As Self (voice) -
As Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) -
As Self - Actor -
As Agent High T -
As Harry Rawlings -
As Michael MacCauley -
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As Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket") -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited) -
As Self -
As Leo Tolstoy -
As Daniel -
As Self - Segment "Schindler's List" -
As Mark Felt -
As Narrator -
As Self -
As Self -
As Ferreira -
As Narrator (voice) (uncredited) -
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As Douglas MacArthur -
As Self - Narrator (voice) -
As Narrator (voice) -
As The Monster (voice) -
As Narrator / Radio DJ -
As Liam Neeson -
As Jimmy Conlon -
As Customer -
As Michael -
As Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice) -
As Matthew Scudder -
As Raccoon (voice) -
As Clinch -
As Bryan Mills -
As Narrator -
As Mustafa (voice) -
As Bill Marks -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Self - Narrator -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Phango (voice) -
As Self -
As Self (archive footage) -
As History Channel Host (uncredited) -
As The Journalist -
As Self -
As Bryan Mills -
As Zeus -
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As John Ottway -
As Admiral Shane -
As Ra's Al Ghul -
As Dr. Martin Harris -
As Self (voice) -
As Damon -
As Hannibal -
As Aslan (voice) -
As David Stewart -
As Narrator -
As Zeus -
As Alistair Little -
As Eliot Deacon -
As Ducard (archive footage) -
As Peter -
As Self -
As Aslan (voice) -
As Bryan Mills -
As Carver -
As Self -
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As Ducard -
As Aslan (voice) -
As Father Liam -
As Godfrey de Ibelin -
As Alfred Kinsey -
As Self -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Narrator -
As Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage) -
As Self -
As Daniel -
As Self - Narrator (voice) -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Self -
As Mikhail Polenin -
As Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) -
As 'Priest' Vallon -
As Self -
As Narrator -
As Self
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As Narrator (voice) -
As Self -
As Charles Mayough -
As Narrator -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Self - Narrator -
As Dr. David Marrow -
As Qui-Gon Jinn -
As Jean Valjean -
As Narrator -
As Ben Ryan -
As Michael Collins -
As Host -
As Narrator (voice)
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As William Murphy (voice) -
As Self -
As Robert Roy MacGregor -
As (segment "John Boorman") -
As Dr. Lovell -
As Ethan Frome -
As Oskar Schindler -
As Franze-Otto Dietrich -
As Fergus Lamb -
As Sheriff Will Braverman -
As Michael Gates -
As Man -
As Tony Aaron -
As Peyton Westlake / Darkman -
As Danny Scoular -
As Briar Gates -
As Martin Perry -
As Leo Cutter -
As Peter Swan -
As Martin Brogan -
As Martin Falcon -
As Carl Wayne Anderson -
As Liam Docherty -
As Vincent Cauley -
As Totter -
As Michael Lamb -
As Father John Fielding -
As Delta Force Member (uncredited) -
As Grak -
As John Carns -
As Charles Churchill -
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As Kegan -
As Martin -
As Gawain -
As Young Catholic -
As Blacksmith -
As Greatheart -
As Self
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As Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ -
As Dermot -
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As Nels Coxman
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As John Moore
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As Danny -
As Narrator -
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As Jack Blatherwick