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Liam Neeson

Liam 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

2012
The Grey

as John Ottway

Movie
2005
Batman Begins

as Ducard

Movie
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Qui-Gon Jinn

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1993
Schindler's List

as Oskar Schindler

Movie
2014
The Lego Movie

as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)

Movie
2005
Kingdom of Heaven

as Godfrey de Ibelin

Movie
1990
Darkman

as Peyton Westlake / Darkman

Movie
2010
Clash of the Titans

as Zeus

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