Liam Neeson

@Actors, Timeline and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Liam Neeson is a famous Irish movie star American Film & Theater Personalities Actors Voice Actors Gemini Celebrities Liam John Neeson is an actor with undeniable charisma, impressive talent, versatility and quiet forcefulness. This eminent Irish born actor began performing at Dublin's famed Abbey Theatre where, he was discovered by director John Boorman, who cast him as Sir Gawain in the movie ‘Excalibur’. Following his part in that action fantasy, he did supporting roles in many films. He got his first starring role in ‘Darkman’ which was a relative disappointment. His work in the Broadway revival of Anna Christie impressed Steven Spielberg so much that he cast him as Oskar Schindler in his landmark Holocaust drama, ‘Schindler's List’. Neeson received Oscar and British Academy Award nominations for his performance. More high-profile work followed as he went on to star in such films as, ‘Rob Roy’, and ‘Michael Collins’. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace which starred him as a Jedi master, earned negative reviews, but made box office millions. The film’s success gave lot of media attention and visibility to Neeson. He entered the new millennium with a variety of projects such as, ‘Gangs of New York’, ‘Love Actually’, ‘Kinsey’, ‘Kingdom of Heaven’, ‘Batman Begins’, ‘Taken’ and ‘The Grey’. He continues to be busy and has many offers in his hands.

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Birthday: June 7, 1952 Nationality: American Famous: Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Voice Actors Spouses: Natasha Richardson Siblings: Bernadette, Elizabeth, Rosaline Known as: Liam John Neeson Childrens: Daniel Neeson, Micheál Neeson Information Detail Birthday June 7, 1952 Nationality American Famous Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Voice Actors Spouses Natasha Richardson Siblings Bernadette, Elizabeth, Rosaline Known as Liam John Neeson Childrens Daniel Neeson, Micheál Neeson Birth Place Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Religion Roman Catholic Height 193cm Gender Male Father Bernard Mother Katherine Net Worth $75 Million as of Feb 18,2015 Sun Sign Gemini Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Famous as Actor

Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

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Neeson married actress Natasha Richardson in 1994. Together they had two sons, Michael and Daniel. Richardson died in 2009 due to a severe head injury sustained in a skiing accident at the Mont Tremblant Resort, north of Montreal. Unsplash Personal Life

Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952, in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, to Katherine, a cook, and Bernard "Barney" Neeson, a caretaker at the local primary school. Named Liam after a local priest, he has three sisters. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

At age of nine, he began boxing lessons at the All Saints Youth Club and became Ulster's amateur senior boxing champion. He began acting in school plays since age 11. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1971, he enrolled as a physics and computer science student at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After leaving the university, Neeson returned to Ballymena where he worked in a variety of casual jobs including fork-lift operator and truck driver, and attended teacher training college for two years in County Down. Unsplash Career

In 1976, he joined the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast where he performed for two years. His first film experience was of playing Jesus Christ and Evangelist in the religious film, Pilgrim's Progress. Unsplash Career

In 1980, filmmaker John Boorman offered him the part of Sir Gawain in the Arthurian film, ‘Excalibur’. After ‘Excalibur’, he moved to London, and worked on stage, in small budget films and in television. Unsplash Career

Between 1982 and 1987, he starred in ‘The Bounty’ alongside Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins, and in ‘The Mission’ with Robert De Niro. He also guest-starred in the television series ‘Miami Vice’. Unsplash Career

From 1987 to 1994, he starred in movies, such as ‘Suspect’ and ‘Darkman’. During this period he also starred n the Broadway play ‘Anna Christie’ and recited the Van Morrison song "Coney Island" on a tribute album . Unsplash Career

In Steven Spielberg’ Holocaust drama, ‘Schindler's List’, in 1993, he portrayed Oskar Schindler, a real-life German businessman who saved a thousand Jewish lives in Nazi Germany by employing them in his munitions factories. Unsplash Major Works

He played Qui-Gon Jinn: A Jedi Master in ‘Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace’, the 1999 epic space film directed by George Lucas which was the fifth highest-grossing film in North America Unsplash Major Works

In the movie ‘Taken’, released in 2004, he played a former CIA operative tracking down his kidnapped daughter. The film redefined the actor as a successful action star, garnered a huge cult following and inspired a sequel Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	June 7, 1952
Nationality	American
Famous	Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Voice Actors
Spouses	Natasha Richardson
Siblings	Bernadette, Elizabeth, Rosaline
Known as	Liam John Neeson
Childrens	Daniel Neeson, Micheál Neeson
Birth Place	Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Religion	Roman Catholic
Height	193cm
Gender	Male
Father	Bernard
Mother	Katherine
Net Worth	$75 Million as of Feb 18,2015
Sun Sign	Gemini
Born in	Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Famous as	Actor

Liam Neeson

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Jun 7, 1952

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Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland