Liam Neeson

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AKA: William John Neeson
Nationality: Irish
Birthdate: 06/07/1952
Birthplace: Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

biography

From real life legends like Oskar Schindler and Michael Collins to classic literature's Jean Valjean, and even the modern day antihero Darkman, actor Liam Neeson's masterful characterizations of flawed men capable of extraordinary things established him as a performer of great note, while managing to bring an uncommon humble grace to his profession. Though he started performing in the mid-1970s as part of an Irish acting company, Neeson earned international prominence years later when he played the flawed, but ultimately redemptive German industrialist in “Schindler’s List” (1993), which Continued

Credits

Fujimoto
2009
Bryan
2009
Dalton Trumbo
2008
Carver
2007
Father Bernard
2005
Ducard
2005
Godfrey of Ibelin
2005
Alfred Kinsey
2004
Narrator
2004
Daniel
2003
Mikhail Polenin
2002
Charlie
2000
Dr David Marrow
1999
Jean Valjean
1998
Narrator
1998
Michael Collins
1996
Ben Ryan
1996
Dr Peyton Westlake/Darkman
1990
Martin Falcon
1988
Harry Totter
1986
Cast
Churchill
Alistair Little
Liam Docherty
Fielding
Peter Swan
Carl Wayne Anderson
Franze-Otto Dietrich
Briar Gates
Gerome Lovell
Leo Cutter
Fergus Lamb
Carns
David
Rob Roy
Oskar Schindler
Narration
Tony Aaron
Ethan Frome
Michael Lamb--Brother Sebastian
Danny Scoular

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Grew up in Ballymena, Northern Ireland
1961 
At age nine, joined a boxing team run by a priest
1970 
Quit boxing as a middleweight, following a blackout after a bout
 
Planned to become a teacher, before answering an ad placed by the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast
1976 
Made professional stage debut in "The Risen People" at Lyric Player's Theatre in Belfast
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