Liam Neeson is an Irish actor. He rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar winner Schindler's List. He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Taken, Michael Collins, Les Misérables, Batman Begins, Kinsey, Clash of the Titans, and The Chronicles of Narnia series.
| Liam Neeson filmography | ||
|---|---|---|
 Neeson at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival | ||
| Filmography | ||
| Feature films | 102 | |
| Television series | 31 | |
| Video games | 4 | |
Neeson has been nominated for a number of awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama. Empire magazine ranked Neeson among both the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" and "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time."[1]
Film
edit| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Pilgrim's Progress | Evangelist / Jesus Christ | ||
| 1981 | Christiana | Greatheart | ||
| Excalibur | Gawain | |||
| 1983 | Krull | Kegan | ||
| 1984 | The Bounty | Charles Churchill | ||
| 1985 | Lamb | Michael Lamb | ||
| The Innocent | John Carns | |||
| 1986 | The Mission | Father John Fielding | ||
| Duet for One | Totter | |||
| 1987 | Suspect | Carl Anderson | ||
| A Prayer for the Dying | Liam Docherty | |||
| 1988 | Satisfaction | Martin Falcon | ||
| High Spirits | Martin Brogan | |||
| The Dead Pool | Peter Swan | |||
| The Good Mother | Leo Cutter | |||
| 1989 | Next of Kin | Briar Gates | ||
| 1990 | Darkman | Peyton Westlake / Darkman | ||
| The Big Man | Danny Scoulars | |||
| 1991 | Under Suspicion | Tony Aaron | ||
| 1992 | Shining Through | Franz-Otto Dietrich | ||
| Husbands and Wives | Michael Gates | |||
| Leap of Faith | Sheriff Will Braverman | |||
| 1993 | Ethan Frome | Ethan Frome | ||
| Ruby Cairo | Dr. Fergus Lamb | |||
| Schindler's List | Oskar Schindler | |||
| 1994 | Nell | Dr. Jerome 'Jerry' Lovell | ||
| 1995 | Rob Roy | Rob Roy MacGregor | ||
| 1996 | Before and After | Ben Ryan | ||
| Michael Collins | Michael Collins | |||
| 1998 | Everest | Narrator | Voice; documentary film | |
| Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | |||
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Qui-Gon Jinn | ||
| The Haunting | Dr. David Marrow | |||
| 2000 | Gun Shy | DEA Agent Charlie Mayough | ||
| The Endurance | Narrator | Voice; documentary film | ||
| 2002 | K-19: The Widowmaker | Captain Mikhail Polenin | ||
| Gangs of New York | 'Priest' Vallon | |||
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Qui-Gon Jinn | Voice cameo, archival audio | ||
| 2003 | Love Actually | Daniel | ||
| Coral Reef Adventure | Narrator | Voice; documentary film | ||
| 2004 | Kinsey | Alfred Kinsey | ||
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Godfrey of Ibelin | ||
| Batman Begins | Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul | |||
| Breakfast on Pluto | Father Liam | |||
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Aslan | Voice | ||
| 2006 | Home | Himself | Documentary film | |
| 2007 | Seraphim Falls | Colonel Morsman Carver | ||
| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Aslan | Voice | |
| The Other Man | Peter | |||
| Taken | Bryan Mills | |||
| 2009 | Five Minutes of Heaven | Alistair Little | ||
| Ponyo | Fujimoto | Voice; English dub | ||
| After.Life | Eliot Deacon | |||
| Chloe | David Stewart | |||
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Zeus | ||
| The A-Team | John "Hannibal" Smith | |||
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Aslan | Voice | ||
| The Next Three Days | Damon Pennington | |||
| The Wildest Dream | Narrator | Voice; documentary film | ||
| 2011 | Unknown | Dr. Martin Harris | ||
| 2012 | The Grey | John Ottway | ||
| Wrath of the Titans | Zeus | |||
| Battleship | Admiral Terrance Shane | |||
| The Dark Knight Rises | Ra's al Ghul | Cameo | ||
| Taken 2 | Bryan Mills | |||
| 2013 | Third Person | Michael Leary | ||
| Khumba | Phango | Voice | ||
| Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | History Channel Reporter | Cameo | ||
| 2014 | The Nut Job | Raccoon | Voice | |
| The Lego Movie | Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop | |||
| The Prophet | Mustafa | |||
| Non-Stop | Bill Marks | |||
| A Million Ways to Die in the West | Clinch Leatherwood | |||
| A Walk Among the Tombstones | Matthew Scudder | |||
| Love Thy Nature | Narrator | Voice; Documentary film | ||
| Road | Narrator | |||
| Taken 3 | Bryan Mills | |||
| 2015 | Run All Night | Jimmy 'The Gravedigger' Conlon | ||
| Entourage | Himself | Cameo | ||
| Ted 2 | Customer | |||
| A Christmas Star | Narrator / Radio DJ | |||
| 2016 | Operation Chromite | Douglas MacArthur | ||
| A Monster Calls | Monster / Conor's Grandfather |
Voice and motion capture Uncredited photograph cameo |
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| Silence | Father Cristóvão Ferreira | |||
| 2017 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature | Raccoon | Voice; deleted scenes | |
| Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Mark Felt | |||
| Daddy's Home 2 | Actor In Missile Tow | Voice; cameo | ||
| 2018 | The Commuter | Michael McCauley | ||
| The Last Horsemen of New York | Himself | Documentary film | ||
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Impresario | Segment: "Meal Ticket" | ||
| Widows | Harry Rawlings | |||
| 2019 | Cold Pursuit | Nelson 'Nels' Coxman | ||
| Men in Black: International | High T | [2][3] | ||
| Ordinary Love | Tom Thompson | |||
| Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker | Qui-Gon Jinn | Voice cameo | ||
| 2020 | Made in Italy | Robert Foster | ||
| Honest Thief | Tom Carter / Tom Dolan | |||
| The Hunger | Narrator | Voice; documentary film | ||
| 2021 | The Marksman | Jim Hanson | ||
| The Ice Road | Mike McCann | |||
| 2022 | Blacklight | Travis Block | ||
| Memory | Alex Lewis | |||
| Marlowe | Philip Marlowe | |||
| 2023 | Retribution | Matt Turner | ||
| In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Finbar Murphy | |||
| Wildcat | Father Flynn | [4] | ||
| 2024 | Absolution | Thug | ||
| 2025 | The Naked Gun † | Frank Drebin Jr. | ||
| Cold Storage † | Robert Quinn | |||
| TBA | The Ice Road 2: Road to the Sky † | Mike McCann | ||
| Hotel Tehran † | Larry | Filming | [5] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Play for Today | Dermont | Episode: "Dinner at the Sporting Club" |
| 1980 | BBC2 Playhouse | Blacksmith | Episode: "My Dear Palestrina" |
| 1984 | Ellis Island | Kevin Murray | 3 episodes |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance | Blackie O'Neill | |
| Merlin and the Sword | Grak | Television film | |
| 1986 | If Tomorrow Comes | Insp. Andre Trignent | 2 episodes |
| Miami Vice | Sean Carroon | Episode: "When Irish Eyes Are Crying" | |
| 1987 | Hold the Dream | Blackie O'Neill | Episode #1.1 |
| Sword to Silence | Vincent Cauley | Television film | |
| 1988 | Screen Two | Martin Perry | Episode: "Sweet as You Are" |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | John Lucy / Adolf Hitler | Voice; 3 episodes |
| 2000 | Empires: The Greeks | Narrator | |
| 2001 | Evolution | Voice; 8 episodes | |
| 2002 | Liberty's Kids | John Paul Jones | Voice; Episode: "Not Yet Begun to Fight" |
| Martin Luther | Narrator | Voice; 2 episodes | |
| 2004 | Patrick | Voice; television documentary | |
| 2004–14 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | The Simpsons | Father Sean | Voice; Episode: "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star" |
| 2010 | The Big C | Bee Man | Episode: "Everything That Rises Must Converge" |
| 2011 | Life's Too Short | Himself | Episode # 1.1 |
| 2011–14 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Qui-Gon Jinn | Voice; 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Key & Peele | Himself | Episode # 2.3 |
| 2014–15 | Family Guy | Voice; Episodes: "Brian's a Bad Father", "Fighting Irish" | |
| 2014 | Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys | Narrator | Voice; Television documentary |
| 2016 | 1916: The Irish Rebellion | Voice; 3 episodes | |
| Inside Amy Schumer | Himself | Episode: "Welcome to the Gun Show" | |
| Dream Corp, LLC | Devil Demon | Voice; Episode: "The Leak" | |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Daniel | Television short film |
| The Orville | Jahavus Dorahl | Episode: "If the Stars Should Appear" | |
| 2018 | Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History | Narrator | Documentary; 6 episodes |
| 2022 | Derry Girls | Chief Constable Byers | 2 episodes |
| Obi-Wan Kenobi | Qui-Gon Jinn | Cameo; Episode: "Part VI" | |
| Atlanta | Himself | Episode: "New Jazz" | |
| Tales of the Jedi | Qui-Gon Jinn | Voice; Episode: "The Sith Lord" | |
| 2023 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Narrator | Voice; "The Indict-Mare Before Christmas"[6] |
Theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Translations | Doalty | Field Day Theatre Company, Derry |
| 1992–93 | Anna Christie | Mat Burke | Roundabout Theatre Company, Broadway |
| 1998 | The Judas Kiss | Oscar Wilde | Almeida Theatre, London |
| 2001–02 | The Crucible | John Proctor | The Virginia Theatre, Broadway |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul | Voice | [7] |
| 2008 | Fallout 3 | James | Voice and motion capture | [8] |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie Videogame | Good Cop / Bad Cop | Voice | [9] |
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Voice, archive audio |
Audiobook narration
edit| Year | Book | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Polar Express | Narrator | Audio CD only |
Discography
edit| Year | Album | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation[10] | The Journalist | Spoken words only |
References
edit- ^ "Empire Magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars 1997". amiannoying.com. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ Chitwood, Adam (5 December 2018). "The 'Men in Black' Reboot Is Titled 'Men in Black International'". Collider. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Peters, Megan (17 October 2018). "Chris Hemsworth Confirms 'Men in Black' Wraps Filming". Comic Book. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Ethan Hawke Directs Daughter Maya in Wildcat Trailer: 'She's a Force' as Author Flannery O'Connor (Exclusive)". Peoplemag. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Boyle, Fionnuala (25 September 2024). "Liam Neeson spotted in Mississippi filming action-packed heist movie masterminded by ex-CIA operative". Irish Star. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "The Indict-Mare Before Christmas" A Late Show Animated Holiday Classic Narrated By Liam Neeson. 21 December 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ Thorsen, Tor (11 February 2005). "Batman Begins film cast joins game". GameSpot. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Gaudiosi, John (8 May 2007). "'Fallout 3' recruits Neeson". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Nowak, Peter (7 February 2014). "Finally, a film tie-in that works: The Lego Movie Videogame". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Morris, Nick (11 April 2013), Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (Musical, Sci-Fi), retrieved 11 February 2022