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Liam Neeson (born 7 June, 1952) is a Northern
Ireland|Northern Irish actor.

He was born William John Neeson and raised
Catholic in overwhelmingly Protestant and Unionist
Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (home
of Ian Paisley). He was a former youth boxing
champion and stands 6'4". He has made numerous
films and a hit single, and has been called the
world's most attractive man. High-profile
appearances include the lead roles in Schindler's
List, Rob Roy and Michael Collins (with fellow
Irish actor Aidan Quinn), Star Wars: Episode
I|Star Wars: the Phantom Menace as Qui-Gon Jinn,
and in Batman Begins (starring Christian Bale) as
Henri Ducard.

Neeson was nominated for the Academy Award for
Best Actor for Schindler's List in 1993, but lost
to Tom Hanks' performance in Philadelphia
(film)|Philadelphia. He was named an Officer of
the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth
II in her New Year's Honours List, 1999.

He has been married to Natasha Richardson,
daughter of Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave,
since 3 July 1994, and is the father of two sons,
Michéal and Daniel, who are being raised
Catholic. The family home is in exurban Millbrook,
New York, where his visiting grandmother-in-law,
Lady Rachel Kempson Redgrave died in 2003 of a
stroke.

His next film will be directed by Steven Spielberg
and have him star as Abraham Lincoln. There have
been rumors that Neeson will play Pope John Paul
II in a CBS mini-series. CBS has confirmed that
Neeson is in talks.

He voiced the role of a kindly priest on The
Simpsons who converts (at least temporarily) Bart
and Homer, who reveals: "Once you go Vatican, you
never go back again".

==Filmography==
{| prettytable
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Year !! Film !! Role
|-
| 2005 in film|2005 || The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe || Aslan
(voice)
|-
| 2005 in film|2005 || Kingdom of Heaven
(movie)|Kingdom of Heaven || Godfrey of Ibelin
|-
| 2005 in film|2005 || Batman Begins              
 || Henri Ducard
|-
| 2005 in television|2005 ||
The_Father%2C_The_Son%2C_and_The_Holy_Guest_Star|T
he Simpsons || Father Sean
|-
| 2004 in film|2004 || Kinsey (movie)|Kinsey      
 || Alfred Kinsey
|-
| 2003 in film|2003 || Love Actually              
 || Daniel
|-
| 2002 in film|2002 || K-19: The Widowmaker       
 || Mikhail Polenin
|-
| 2002 in film|2002 || Gangs of New York          
 || 'Priest' Vallon
|-
| 1999 in film|1999 || Star Wars Episode I: The
Phantom Menace|Star Wars: Episode I || Qui-Gon
Jinn
|-
| 1999 in film|1999 || The Haunting|The Haunting
|| Dr. David Marrow
|-
| 1998 in film|1998 || Les Misérables (1998
movie)|Les Misérables || Jean Valjean
|-
| 1996 in film|1996 || Michael Collins
(movie)|Michael Collins     || Michael Collins
(Irish leader)|Michael Collins
|-
| 1995 in film|1995 || Rob Roy (film)|Rob Roy     
 || Robert Roy MacGregor
|-
| 1994 in film|1994 || Nell                       
 || Dr. Jerome 'Jerry' Lovell
|-
| 1993 in film|1993 || Schindler's List           
 || Oskar Schindler
|-
| 1992 in film|1992 || Leap of Faith (film)|Leap
of Faith                || Will
|-
| 1991 in film|1991 || Under Suspicion (1991
film)|Under Suspicion || Tony Aaron
|-
| 1990 in film|1990 || Darkman                    
 || Darkman/Peyton Westlake
|-
| 1988 in film|1988 || The Dead Pool              
 || Peter Swan
|-
| 1986 in film|1986 || The Mission (movie)|The
Mission         || Fielding
|-
| 1984 in film|1984 || Ellis Island (TV)|Ellis
Island           || Kevin Murray
|-
| 1984 in film|1984 || The Bounty || Mutiny on the
Bounty (history)|Charles Churchill
|-
| 1983 in film|1983 || Krull                      
 || Kegan
|-
| 1981 in film|1981 || Excalibur (movie)|Excalibur
 || Gawaine
|}

== External links ==
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