Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. He joined a theater group before getting his first film role in the 1977 film Pilgrim’s Progress. He had a stage role in Of Mice and Men, which led to his work in the film Excalibur. Throughout the 1980s, he starred in several films, such as The Bounty, The Mission, Suspect and Darkman. He also worked on the television series Miami Vice in 1986.

Neeson gained worldwide recognition for his part as Oskar Schindler in Schindler’s List, earning him an Academy Award nomination. Neeson later starred in Rob Roy, The Haunting and Star Wars: Episode I. He also starred in the romantic dramedy Love Actually, Gangs of New York and Kingdom of Heaven. He also starred in the action film Taken and its later sequels, which made him an action star opposite Maggie Grace. Neeson later narrated several documentaries and provided the voice of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia movies.