Liam Neeson

**Liam Neeson**, born as **William John Neeson OBE** on June 7, 1952, is a renowned Northern Irish actor. Neeson has received several accolades which include nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2020, he was placed seventh on The Irish Times list of Ireland's 50 Greatest Film Actors, and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000. Neeson's career took off with his film debut in 1978 movie Pilgrim's Progress. His early roles include Excalibur (1981), The Bounty (1984), The Mission (1986), and Husbands and Wives (1992). He rose to prominence with his portrayal of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List in 1993. Other key roles include Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), as Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins (2005), and Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia. He has also acted in the action thriller series Taken (2008–2014) and the drama Silence (2016). He joined the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast in 1976 for two years and earned two Tony Award nominations for his performances in the revival of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie (1992) and The Crucible (2002). He portrayed Oscar Wilde in David Hare's The Judas Kiss (1998).