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Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson
William John Neeson was born in in Ireland on the 7th June 1952. He 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' Theatre and made his professional acting debut in the play "The Risen People". After two years, Neeson moved to Dublin's Abbey Theatre where he performed the classics. It was here that he was spotted and cast for the film Excalibur. 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 (1987). Neeson did not play the lead in a movie until he appeared in Darkman (1990). Good performances in Leap Of Faith (1992) and Husbands And Wives (1992) led to Neeson being picked for the role of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993). For this role, Neeson was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe. In 1993, he made his Broadway debut in "Anna Christie" in which he co-starred with Natasha Richardson. 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 (1994). In the next 2 years, Neeson played characters close to his roots when he was the eighteenth century Scottish Highlander Rob Roy (1995) and the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins (1996).

In his career's recent years, Neeson has very often Taken roles in which he is a mentor/trainer/father figure to a younger man, as in, for example, Batman Begins (2005), Kingdom Of Heaven (2005), Gangs Of New York (2002), and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). His character often must die early in the movie and/or the student's life so that the young man can apply the Neeson character's lessons to his own ongoing struggle. More recently Liam Neeson has starred in films such as; Five Minutes of Heaven, The Other Man, The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian and Taken.

Quotes;
I never did think of myself as handsome--terribly attractive, yes, but not handsome.

I think I realized there were two communities in Northern Ireland when I was about nine or 10, not because there was any trouble but because in certain years my parents would keep us indoors on the 12th of July. I couldn't figure that out, because all my mates were out dancing in the streets and I wanted to go out and join them. So it was then that I sensed a "them and us" attitude.

No, I don't get obsessed with acting. Because in the past when I have got obsessed about it, it really got in the way of the creative process. I've learned to hang the character on the coat-peg at the end of the day, and when I leave in the morning I pick it up again. And I had to work at that because the other way lies a strange sort of madness.

Laid-back? My wife said that? Well, I guess I am. It takes a lot to get me riled.




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  • Liam Neeson won't be back for Taken 3 - 5 October 2012
    -Liam Neeson won't be back as action man Bryan Mills in a third Taken movie - because the first sequel's director can't imagine there's anywhere for his kidnap expert character to go.-The Irish actor originally signed on to play Mills in Taken because he was intrigue


  • Liam Neeson based Taken hero on real-life weapons expert - 3 October 2012
    -Liam Neeson based his action hero character in the Taken movies on the real-life weapons expert who helped train him for The A-Team.-The Irishman admits he was left stunned by the adviser - because he'd disappear for days to fight terrorists and then return to the s


  • Neeson hopes sons shun showbiz - 6 April 2012
    -Liam Neeson hopes his children decide against a career in acting, as he is convinced they would be under extra pressure because of their famous parents.-The A-Team star has two sons by his late actress wife Natasha Richardson, and he is eager for them to pursue a ca

Liam Neeson - what members say


  • Michael Collins
  • Michael Collins review by from LONDON
    Rated - 4.0 stars 8 November 2004
    ...Liam Neeson is brilliant, this movie captures the struggle for independence and the subsequent civil war beautifully....one to watch over again...   Read customer review
  • Les Miserables
  • Les Miserables review by A customer from Suffolk, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Not for fans of the musical 16 April 2004
    ... and there were some fantastic performances from Uma Thurman, Geoffrey Rush and Liam Neeson. The film is much darker and grittier than the musical, making it I suppose muc...   Read customer review
  • Schindler's List
  • Schindler's List review by from Cardiff, Wales
    Rated - 5.0 stars exceptional!!, left me speechless! 30 March 2005
    ...This is perhaps the best of Liam Neeson,he just makes you forget he is Liam, you think about him as Schindler. The way his character metamorphoses from an opportunist busi...   Read customer review

Liam Neeson - filmography


  • Taken 2 on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Rade Sherbedgia,  Famke Janssen
    Director: Oliver Megaton,  Olivier Megaton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bryan Mills, the retired CIA agent with a particular set of skills stopped at nothing to save his daughter Kim from Albanian kidnappers. When the father of one of the kidnappers swears revenge, and takes Bryan and his wife hostage during their family vacation in Istanbul, Bryan enlists Kim to help ..read more »
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  • The Secret Policeman's Ball 2012 on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Russell Brand,  Eddie Izzard,  Jon Stewart
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Coverage of The Secret Policeman's Ball 2012 which was held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York and featured some of the biggest names in British and American comedy. Dating back to 1979, The Secret Policeman's Ball has continued over the years to bring together the best minds of comedy in an ..read more »
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  • Battleship - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Brooklyn Decker,  Alexander Skarsgard
    Director: Peter Berg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Liam Neeson stars in this sci-fi action blockbuster based loosely on the classic board game. When US Navy personnel are confronted by an unknown alien structure during war-game trials, they quickly realise the enormity of the threat facing them. As the aliens unleash a terrifying barrage of ..read more »
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  • Coral Reef Adventure - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Liam Neeson
    Director: Greg MacGilivray
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Liam Neeson narrates this documentary from director Greg MacGillivray, exploring the various coral reefs beneath the surface of the ocean. The film follows husband and wife team, Howard and Michele Hall, as they travel across the South Pacific examining the state of the world's oceans and how the ..read more »
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  • Unknown on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Diane Kruger,  January Jones
    Director: Jaume Collet-Serra,  Simon Brand
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 61,036 members
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  • Life's Too Short on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Jo Enright,  Liam Neeson,  Les Dennis
    Director: Stephen Merchant,  Ricky Gervais
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The entire first series of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's mockumentary comedy following the life of dwarf actor Warwick Davis. Faced with mounting tax bills and a soon-to-come divorce settlement, Warwick chooses to resurrect his failing career by inviting the cameras in to record every aspect ..read more »
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  • Clash of the Titans on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sam Worthington,  Liam Neeson,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Louis Leterrier
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In "Clash of the Titans," the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful ..read more »
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  • The Next Three Days on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Russell Crowe,  Elizabeth Banks,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Paul Haggis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Life seems perfect for John Brennan (Russell Crowe) until his wife, Lara (Elizabeth Banks) is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means ..read more »
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  • Clash of the Titans - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Alexa Davalos,  Liam Neeson,  Sam Worthington
    Director: Louis Leterrier
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Big-budget adventure remake based loosely on the Greek myth of Perseus, who is played here by Sam Worthington. Perseus is the son of the King of the Gods, Zeus (Liam Neeson), but is raised as a man. When Hades (Ralph Fiennes), the God of the underworld, threatens to seize power from Zeus, Perseus ..read more »
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  • The Wildest Dream on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Conrad Anker,  Hugh Dancy,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Anthony Geffen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.
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  • Chloe on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Nina Dobrev,  Amanda Seyfried,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Atom Egoyan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Catherine and David, she a doctor, he a professor, are at first glance the perfect couple. Happily married with a talented teenage son, they appear to have an idyllic life. But when David misses a flight and his surprise birthday party, Catherine's long simmering suspicions rise to the surface. ..read more »
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  • Chloe - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Max Thieriot,  Mishu Vellani
    Director: Atom Egoyan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Erotic psychodrama directed by Atom Egoyan, based on Anne Fontaine's 2003 film 'Nathalie'. Amanda Seyfried stars as Chloe, a young prostitute who is hired by gynaecologist Catherine (Julianne Moore) to test the loyalty of her husband David (Liam Neeson), whom she suspects of infidelity. Desire and ..read more »
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  • After.Life on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Justin Long,  Christina Ricci
    Director: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After a horrific car accident, Anna wakes up to find the local funeral director Eliot Deacon preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn't believe she's dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances that she is merely in transition to ..read more »
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  • Ponyo on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Yuria Nara,  Noah Cyrus
    Director: Hayao Miyazaki
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Animated adventure by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's story 'The Little Mermaid'. When a feisty baby goldfish/mermaid called Ponyo (voiced by Noah Lindsey Cyrus) runs away from her home in the sea, she ..read more »
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  • Ponyo - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Yuria Nara,  Noah Cyrus
    Director: Hayao Miyazaki
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Animated adventure by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's story 'The Little Mermaid'. When a feisty baby goldfish/mermaid called Ponyo (voiced by Noah Lindsey Cyrus) runs away from her home in the sea, she ..read more »
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  • The Other Man on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Abigail Canton,  Amanda Drew
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After many years of marriage a man's wife dies. Shortly afterwards, a letter arrives for her from another man. Obsessed with finding out the truth, the husband writes back, impersonating his dead wife. Soon he discovers a love which he cannot understand.
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  • Taken - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Gerard Watkins,  Leland Orser,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Pierre Morel
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Fast-paced, violent revenge thriller written and produced by Luc Besson ('Leon', 'Nikita', 'Taxi'). Liam Neeson stars as Bryan, a former CIA secret agent living in the US who is obliged to resurrect the skills he learned in his old job after his estranged 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) is ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 28,613 members
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  • Seraphim Falls - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Ed Lauter,  Liam Neeson,  James Jordan
    Director: David Von Ancken
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Western starring Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan. The American Civil War has ended but Colonel Morsman Carver (Neeson) is on one final mission: to kill Gideon (Brosnan) no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes them both far from the comforts ..read more »
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  • Trumbo on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Joan Allen,  Brian Dennehy,  Michael Douglas
    Director: Peter Askin
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    "Trumbo" is the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Focusing on the writer's own indelible words, the film features performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and, archival and ..read more »
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  • Seraphim Falls on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Liam Neeson,  Anjelica Huston
    Director: David Von Ancken
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    After the end of the US Civil War, a battle rages on between two veterans, Gideon (Brosnan) and Carver (Neeson), who has mounted a posse to apprehend his foe. As the chase drags on, it becomes clear that both are equally damned...
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  • Xavier - Missionary And Saint on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Liam Neeson
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Actor Liam Neeson narrates this documentary look at the life of Saint Xavier, a 16th-century missionary who founded the Jesuit order and is said to have converted more people to Christianity than anyone other than St. Paul. Xavier's inspirational life and works are detailed through interviews with ..read more »
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  • Batman Begins - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Katie Holmes,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The fifth outing in the 'Batman' movie franchise explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight ..read more »
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  • Kingdom Of Heaven on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Orlando Bloom,  Jeremy Irons,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Epic adventure about a common man who finds himself thrust into a decades-long war. Orlando Bloom plays a humble blacksmith who discovers that he is the son of a knght, and travels to the Holy Land to fight in the crusades. A stranger in a strange land, he serves a doomed King, falls in love with ..read more »
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  • Kingdom Of Heaven - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Orlando Bloom,  Jeremy Irons,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ridley Scott's epic adventure about a common man who finds himself thrust into a decades-long war. Orlando Bloom plays a humble blacksmith who discovers that he is the son of a knght, and travels to the Holy Land to fight in the crusades. A stranger in a strange land, he serves a doomed King, falls ..read more »
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  • Batman Begins on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Katie Holmes,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The tale finds the disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne, in the wake of his parents' murder, traveling the world to seek the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his ..read more »
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  • Breakfast On Pluto on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Bryan Ferry,  Stephen Rea
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Comedy set in the 1970s. The film follows the exploits of Patrick Braden (Cillian Murphy), an endearing, but deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very early age that he is different, Patrick survives this harsh environment with the aid of his ..read more »
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  • Patrick on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Gabriel Byrne,  John Clancy
    Director: Pamela Mason Wagner
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The story of the real St. Patrick is part adventure tale and part spiritual awakening, with the future Saint rising from slave to liberator, learning to forgive and ultimately love his enemies, taking up a cause no one believed in, and finally lighting a fire that kept western civilization alive. ..read more »
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  • Kinsey on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Julianne Nicholson,  Peter Sarsgaard,  Dylan Baker
    Director: Bill Condon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The life story of Alfred Kinsey, a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and journey into the mystery of human behavior. In 1948, Kinsey irrevocably changed American culture and created a media sensation with his book "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male." Using the technique ..read more »
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  • Love Actually - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Liam Neeson,  Colin Firth
    Director: Richard Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Richard Curtis (writer of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Notting Hill') turns his hand to directing with this British rom-com. Eight stories involving the love lives of more than a dozen characters are brought together over one Christmas and climax on Christmas Eve; from the recent widower ..read more »
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  • Love Actually on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Joanna Page,  Lucia Moniz,  a
    Director: Richard Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Richard Curtis (writer of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Notting Hill') turns his hand to directing with this British rom-com. Eight stories involving the love lives of more than a dozen characters are brought together over one Christmas and climax on Christmas Eve; from the recent widower ..read more »
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  • K-19: The Widowmaker on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Peter Sarsgaard,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    It is 1961 and Captain Alexi Vostrikov (Harrison Ford) has just taken over command of the USSR's first nuclear submarine, K-19, from Captain Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson), who has been demoted to executive officer after stating that the vessel was not yet ready. His fears are justified when various ..read more »
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  • Gangs Of New York on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  John C. Reilly,  Brendan Gleeson
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In 1860's lower Manhattan, the Five Points section is a dark, teeming corner of the city known for vice and chaos. Into this frontier of lawlessness arrives the young Irish American, Amsterdam Vallon. Amsterdam is the orphaned son of the slain Priest Vallon--once chief warrior of the Dead Rabbits ..read more »
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  • Gun Shy on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Mary McCormack,  Sandra Bullock
    Director: Eric Blakeney
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Undercover DEA agent Charlie (Liam Neeson) is traumatised after a violent drugs bust, and joins a self-help therapy group in order to get through his final assignment - a money-laundering scam between small-time Mafioso Fulvio Nestra (Oliver Platt), drug baron Fidel Vaillar (José Zuniga) and dealer ..read more »
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  • The Haunting on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Catherine Zeta Jones,  Bruce Dern
    Director: Jan De Bont
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Jan De Bont directs this remake of the 1963 classic. Dr David Marrow (Liam Neeson) lures three subjects to a haunted house by advertising for volunteers for a study on insomnia. These unfortunate subjects are Theo (Catherine Zeta Jones), Nell (Lili Taylor) and Luke (Owen Wilson). Once in the house, ..read more »
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  • Les Miserables (1998)
    Starring: Bill Thurman,  Liam Neeson,  Claire Danes
    Director: Bille August
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In nineteenth century France, convict Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson) is paroled after nineteen years' hard labour in prison. He assumes a new identity, becoming a prosperous factory owner, but he is pursued by Javert (Geoffrey Rush), formerly a guard at Valjean's prison, who is obsessed with exposing ..read more »
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  • Les Miserables - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Bill Thurman,  Liam Neeson,  Claire Danes
    Director: Bille August
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In nineteenth century France, convict Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson) is paroled after nineteen years' hard labour in prison. He assumes a new identity, becoming a prosperous factory owner, but he is pursued by Javert (Geoffrey Rush), formerly a guard at Valjean's prison, who is obsessed with exposing ..read more »
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  • Everest - IMAX (1996)
    Starring: Liam Neeson
    Director: David Breashears,  Stephen Judson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Originally produced for IMAX theaters, this documentary (with some re-creations), focuses on an expedition which set out to climb the famed mountain in the spring of 1996.
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  • Before And After (1996)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Liam Neeson,  Edward Furlong
    Director: Barbet Schroeder
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The idyllic life of Carolyn and Ben Ryan (Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson) is shattered in an instant when the girlfriend of their teenage son, Jacob (Edward Furlong), is found brutally murdered. Jacob was the last person to see her alive, and he quickly becomes the prime suspect in the case. Worse ..read more »
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  • Michael Collins on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Alan Rickman,  Liam Neeson,  Aidan Quinn
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The rise and fall of one of the most important and controversial figures in Ireland's struggle for independence is chronicled in this biographical drama. In 1916, the British government ruled Ireland with a firm and cruel hand, as they had for 700 years. When a group of Irish rebels staged a six-..read more »
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  • Rob Roy - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Jessica Lange,  John Hurt
    Director: Michael Caton-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Updated version of the 1952 classic period drama, set in the 18th Century. The Scottish hero Rob Roy (Liam Neeson) borrows money from the powerful Marquess of Montrose (John Hurt) in order to provide for his MacGregor clan. However, Montrose's evil henchman Cunningham (Tim Roth) has other ideas and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 14 members
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  • Rob Roy (1995)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Jessica Lange,  John Hurt
    Director: Michael Caton-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Updated version of the 1952 classic period drama, set in the 18th Century. The Scottish hero Rob Roy (Liam Neeson) borrows money from the powerful Marquess of Montrose (John Hurt) in order to provide for his MacGregor clan. However, Montrose's evil henchman Cunningham (Tim Roth) has other ideas and ..read more »
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  • Out of Ireland (1995)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Gabriel Byrne,  Brenda Fricker
    Director: Paul Wagner
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Documentary following eight Irish immigrants as they leave behind disease and starvation to head for a better life in the United States of America. The story is narrated by Kelly McGillis and Aidan Quinn and features the voice talent of actors such as Liam Neeson, Brenda Fricker and Gabriel Byrne.
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  • Nell on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Natasha Richardson,  Richard Libertini
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A woman is brought to civilization after spending her life in the wilds in this drama. Dr. Jerome Lovell (Liam Neeson) happens upon a shack deep in the woods, where he discovers a strange woman who appears to be about 30, speaking an incomprehensible language. The woman, named Nell (Jodie Foster), ..read more »
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  • Schindler's List on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Ralph Fiennes,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power. He starts a company to make cookware and utensils, using flattery and bribes to win military contracts,..read more »
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  • Ethan Frome (1993)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Patricia Arquette,  Joan Allen
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on the novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, it is about a husband and wife (Ethan and Zeena), who need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who joins them is a beautiful, spirited person. She and Ethan fall in love much to ..read more »
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  • Ruby Cairo (1993)
    Starring: Andie MacDowell,  Liam Neeson,  Viggo Mortensen
    Director: Graeme Clifford
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Bessie Faro's husband Johnny dies in a plane crash in Veracruz, Mexico, she finds that his air cargo business is deeply in the red. When she visits the airline's terminal in Veracruz, she discovers her husband was pumping large amounts of money into bank accounts all over the world.
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  • Husbands And Wives on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sydney Pollack,  Liam Neeson,  Lysette Anthony
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One of Woody Allen's most seemingly biographical films, Husbands and Wives opens with upper-middle class Manhattan couple Sally (Judy Davis) and Jack (Sydney Pollack) announcing to their best friends, the Roths, that they are splitting up. Gabe Roth (Allen) and his wife Judy (Mia Farrow) are taken ..read more »
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  • Leap Of Faith on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Lukas Haas,  Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Director: Richard Pearce
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Con-artist tent-show preacher Jonas Nightengale (Steve Martin) and his huge entourage roll up in the town of rustwater - which has been plagued by drought - and decide to put on a show. The desperation of the townsfolk is cynically exploited by Jonas, until miracles actually begin taking place. ..read more »
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  • Shining Through on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Joely Richardson,  Liam Neeson,  Melanie Griffith
    Director: David Seltzer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    During World War Two, Aryan-looking Jew Linda (Melanie Griffith) gets a job in the American War Department, thanks to her fluent German. Her boss (Michael Douglas) is a top lawyer and secret agent. She begins an affair with him, and when his contact inside Nazi Germany is killed, Linda persuades ..read more »
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  • Under Suspicion on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Kenneth Cranham,  Maggie O'Neill
    Director: Simon Moore
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In 1959 Brighton, disgraced cop turned P.I. Tony Aaron falsifies adulteries for use as evidence in divorce cases. His wife pretends to be painter Carlo Stasio's lover but the pair are killed in a hotel room. The most likely suspects are Angeline, Stasio's mistress who is set to inherit his house ..read more »
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  • Darkman on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Larry Drake,  Frances McDormand
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) works feverishly to perfect his latest invention -- artificial skin that could be used to treat burn victims. Peyton himself falls victim to an explosion when one of Julie's crooked clients sends his ..read more »
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  • The Big Man on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Joanne Whalley,  Ian Bannen
    Director: David Leland
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Liam Neeson plays an unemployed Scottish miner who trains for a one-off bare-knuckle fist fight to bring in some money for his family, despite the disapproval of his wife (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer). As the fight date approaches 'The Big Man' discovers that the fight is corrupt but the money keeps him ..read more »
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  • Next Of Kin (1989)
    Starring: Helen Hunt,  Liam Neeson,  Andreas Katsulas
    Director: John Irvin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 193 members
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  • The Dead Pool - Blu-ray (1988)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Patricia Clarkson,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Buddy Van Horn
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    The fifth film in the 'Dity Harry' series. Notorious hard man Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is unhappy when he becomes the target of macabre interest when his name appears on an anonymous hit list - not that he minds being singled out by killers, just that he doesn't like appearing on a list ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 637 members
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  • The Dead Pool (1988)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Patricia Clarkson,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Buddy Van Horn
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    The fifth film in the 'Dity Harry' series. Notorious hard man Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is unhappy when he becomes the target of macabre interest when his name appears on an anonymous hit list - not that he minds being singled out by killers, just that he doesn't like appearing on a list ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 4,485 members
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  • High Spirits on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Daryl Hannah,  Peter O'Toole,  Steve Guttenburg
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The owner of an Irish castle finds himself in debt and decides to get his staff to dress up in white sheets in order to scare the guests and hopefully attract tourists. Events take an unexpected turn when real ghosts joins in the proceedings.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,008 members
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  • Satisfaction on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Britta Phillips,  Scott Coffey
    Director: Joan Freeman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Teen pop group Mystery have got themselves a gig playing a bar at a coastal resort for the duration of the summer. As chance would have it, this leads to real opportunity to make it big with a tour of Europe. But lead singer Jennie (Justine Bateman) has fallen head over heels in love with bar ..read more »
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  • Suspect on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Cher,  Joe Mantegna
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When homeless deaf-mute Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson) is arrested on a murder charge, Kathleen Riley (Cher) is the lawyer assigned to defend him. She begins searching for the real murderer and receives help from an unlikely source - a jury member named Eddie Sanger (Dennis Quaid) who has discovered ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 770 members
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  • A Prayer For The Dying on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Sammi Davis,  Liam Neeson,  Camille Coduri
    Director: Mike Hodges
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An IRA hitman (Mickey Rourke), sick of killing innocent people, escapes to England and contacts a big time criminal (Alan Bates), who says he will help him on the condition that he commits one more murder. He carries out the execution, but is seen by an ex-SAS priest (Bob Hoskins). Rourke falls in ..read more »
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  • Miami Vice - Series 3 (6 discs) on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Steve Buscemi,  Bill Paxton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All 24 episodes from the third season of the detective show set against the seamy and steamy Miami underworld of criminals, drug dealers and lowlifes, created by Michael Mann and starring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as Detectives Sonny Crocket and Rico Tubbs. Episodes are: 'When Irish ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 183 members
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  • Lamb (1985)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Hugh O'Conor,  Ian Bannen
    Director: Colin Gregg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Idealistic young priest Michael Lamb (Liam Neeson) is struggling with his faith following the death of his father. When 10-year-old epileptic Owen (Hugh O'Conor) is dumped at the remand home where Michael teaches, he begins to regress under the brutal regime of head priest Brother Benedict (Ian ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 239 members
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  • The Bounty on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Anthony Hopkins,  Bernard Hill
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A revisionist remake of the famous maritime story. Captain William Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) is in charge of the Bounty as it endures a long and harrowing voyage across the South Seas. When the ship reaches Tahiti, and the crew go to shore in search of breadfruit, they soon become used to the island ..read more »
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  • Excalibur on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Nigel Terry,  Liam Neeson,  Helen Mirren
    Director: John Boorman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    John Boorman directed this gloriously savage interpretation of Arthurian legend loosely based on Thomas Malory's novel Le Morte d'Arthur. By turns gleaming and filthy, tender and bloody, the film is a visually stunning epic which is never less than compelling. Nigel Terry is perfectly cast as ..read more »
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Liam Neeson facts

5 most recent films

Lego - The Piece of Resistance - 4.0 stars
Taken 2 - 3.5 stars
Wrath of the Titans - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Taken 2 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2012 - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Batman Begins - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Schindler's List - 4.0 stars
Taken - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Taken - 4.0 stars
Star Wars - The Complete Saga - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Out of Ireland - 3 stars
Ruby Cairo - 2.0 stars
Everest - 2.0 stars
Patrick - 2.5 stars
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2012 - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ralph Fiennes - 8 times - show films
Georgie Henley - 8 times - show films
Skandar Keynes - 8 times - show films
Don Johnson - 7 times - show films
Danny Huston - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Andrew Adamson - 10 times - show films
none - 9 times - show films
Louis Leterrier - 4 times - show films
George Lucas - 4 times - show films
Christopher Nolan - 4 times - show films