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Name: Liam Neeson
Birthplace: Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Birthdate: June 7, 1952
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Height: 6'4"

Best Known as: Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List

Liam Neeson worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, truck driver, assistant architect and an amateur boxer. He had originally sought a career as a teacher by attending St. Mary's Teaching College in Belfast. However, in 1976, Neeson joined the Belfast Lyric Players' Theater and made his professional acting debut in the play "The Risen People". After two years, Neeson moved to Dublin's Abbey Theater where he performed the classics. It was here that he was spotted by director John Boorman and was cast in the film Excalibur, which dealt with the Arthurian legend. From there, he acted in a number of average films and Television Mini-series until he gained notice for his role as the mute in Suspect. Neeson did not play the lead in a movie until he appeared in Darkman. Good performances in Leap of Faith and Husbands and Wives led to Neeson being picked for the role of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. For this role, Neeson was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe. In 1993, he made his Broadway debut in "Anna Christie". For his role in this play, Neeson was nominated for a Tony. When he returned to the big screen, Neeson again co-starred with Richardson in the Jodie Foster movie Nell. In the next 2 years, Neeson played characters close to his roots when he was the eighteenth century Scottish Highlander Rob Roy and the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins.

Filmography:
Untitled Steven Spielberg/Abraham Lincoln Project (2007) (pre-production) Abraham Lincoln
The White Rose (2005) (pre-production)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)(voice)Aslan
The Proposition (2005) (post-production)
Breakfast on Pluto (2005) Father Bernard
Batman Begins (2005) Henri Ducard
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) Godfrey
Kinsey (2004) Alfred Kinsey
Love Actually (2003) Daniel
Gangs of New York (2002) Priest Vallon
"Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776" (2002) TV Series (voice) John Paul Jones
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Mikhail Polenin
"Evolution" (2002) (mini) TV Series Narrator Reflections of Evil (2002) (voice) (uncredited) Oskar Schindler
Martin Luther (2002) (TV) (voice) Narrator
The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000) (TV) Host
Gun Shy (2000) Charles 'Charlie' Mayeaux
The Haunting (1999) Dr. David Marrow
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Qui-Gon Jinn
Les Misérables (1998) Jean Valjean
Michael Collins (1996) Michael Collins
Before and After (1996) Ben Ryan
Rob Roy (1995) Robert Roy MacGregor
Nell (1994) Dr. Jerome 'Jerry' Lovell
Schindler's List (1993) Oskar Schindler
Ruby Cairo (1993) Dr. Fergus Lamb, Feed the World
... aka Deception (USA: video title (recut version))
Ethan Frome (1993) Ethan Frome
Leap of Faith (1992) Will
Husbands and Wives (1992) Michael Gates
Revolver (1992) Man
Shining Through (1992) Franz-Otto Dietrich
Under Suspicion (1991) Tony Aaron
The Big Man (1990) Danny Scoular
... aka Crossing the Line (USA)
Darkman (1990) Peyton Westlake/Darkman
Next of Kin (1989) Briar Gates
High Spirits (1988) Martin Brogan
The Good Mother (1988) Leo Cutter
The Dead Pool (1988) Peter Swan
Satisfaction (1988) Martin Falcon
Suspect (1987) Carl Wayne Anderson
A Prayer for the Dying (1987) Liam Docherty
Sworn to Silence (1987) (TV) Vincent Cauley
Sweet as You Are (1987) (TV) Martin Perry
Duet for One (1986) Totter
Hold the Dream (1986) (TV) Blackie O'Neill
The Mission (1986) Fielding
"If Tomorrow Comes" (1986) (mini) TV Series Insp. André Trignant
Lamb (1986) Michael Lamb
Arthur the King (1985) (TV) Grak
... aka Merlin & the Sword (USA: video title)
The Innocent (1985) John Carns
"Ellis Island" (1984) (mini) TV Series Kevin Murray
The Bounty (1984) Seaman Charles Churchill
Krull (1983) Kegan
... aka Dragons of Krull
... aka Dungeons and Dragons
... aka Krull: Invaders of the Black Fortress
... aka The Dungeons of Krull
"A Woman of Substance" (1983) (mini) TV Series Blackie O'Neill
Excalibur (1981) Gawain
Nailed (1981) Young Catholic
Christiana (1979) Evangelist
Pilgrim's Progress (1979) Evangelist

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