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My Take
Liam Neeson fascinates me because he rewrote the rules of a film career twice. The stage-trained actor who carried Schindler's List with quiet gravity could have settled into prestige roles forever; instead, in his mid-fifties, he reinvented himself as the most credible action star of his generation with Taken. The gravelly voice and 193-centimeter frame help, but what sells every punch is the sorrow underneath, since Neeson always plays men who have lost something. To me he is proof that gravitas is not a genre; it travels wherever the actor takes it, from Ballymena to a galaxy far, far away.
Overview
William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards and one Volpi Cup. With a film career spanning more than forty years, Neeson is regarded as one of Ireland's greatest film actors. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $11.7 billion worldwide.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Liam Neeson
- Name (Japanese)
- リーアム・ニーソン
- Reading
- りーあむ・にーそん
- Born
- June 7, 1952 (age 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon
- Origin
- Ballymena, County Antrim, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / voice actor / stage actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Queen's University Belfast
Awards & achievements
- 1999 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
- 1993 Theatre World Award
- 1996 Volpi Cup for Best Actor
- Drama League Award
- Order of the British Empire
- 1996 honorary master's degree
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Schindler's List | — | |
| Notable work | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | — | |
| Notable work | Taken | — | |
| Notable work | Darkman | — |
6. Links
Film actor — see all → · Voice actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.