Liam Neeson filmography
Appearance
Liam Neeson filmography | ||
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![]() Neeson at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival | ||
Filmography | ||
Feature films | 102 | |
Television series | 31 | |
Video games | 4 |
Liam Neeson is an Irish actor from Northern Ireland. He rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar winner Schindler's List. He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Taken, Michael Collins, Les Misérables, Batman Begins, Kinsey, Clash of the Titans, and The Chronicles of Narnia series.
Neeson has been nominated for a number of awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama. Empire magazine ranked Neeson among both the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" and "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time."[1]
Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1978 | Pilgrim's Progress | Evangelist / Jesus Christ | ||
1981 | Christiana | Greatheart | ||
Excalibur | Gawain | |||
1983 | Krull | Kegan | ||
1984 | The Bounty | Charles Churchill | ||
1985 | Lamb | Michael Lamb | ||
The Innocent | John Carns | |||
1986 | The Mission | Father John Fielding | ||
Duet for One | Totter | |||
1987 | Suspect | Carl Anderson | ||
A Prayer for the Dying | Liam Docherty | |||
1988 | Satisfaction | Martin Falcon | ||
High Spirits | Martin Brogan | |||
The Dead Pool | Peter Swan | |||
The Good Mother | Leo Cutter | |||
1989 | Next of Kin | Briar Gates | ||
1990 | Darkman | Peyton Westlake / Darkman | ||
The Big Man | Danny Scoulars | |||
1991 | Under Suspicion | Tony Aaron | ||
1992 | Shining Through | Franz-Otto Dietrich | ||
Husbands and Wives | Michael Gates | |||
Leap of Faith | Sheriff Will Braverman | |||
1993 | Ethan Frome | Ethan Frome | ||
Ruby Cairo | Dr. Fergus Lamb | |||
Schindler's List | Oskar Schindler | |||
1994 | Nell | Dr. Jerome 'Jerry' Lovell | ||
1995 | Rob Roy | Rob Roy MacGregor | ||
1996 | Before and After | Ben Ryan | ||
Michael Collins | Michael Collins | |||
1998 | Everest | Narrator | Voice; documentary film | |
Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | |||
1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Qui-Gon Jinn | ||
The Haunting | Dr. David Marrow | |||
2000 | Gun Shy | DEA Agent Charlie Mayough | ||
The Endurance | Narrator | Voice; documentary film | ||
2002 | K-19: The Widowmaker | Captain Mikhail Polenin | ||
Gangs of New York | 'Priest' Vallon | |||
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Qui-Gon Jinn | Voice cameo, archival audio | ||
2003 | Love Actually | Daniel | ||
Coral Reef Adventure | Narrator | Voice; documentary film | ||
2004 | Kinsey | Alfred Kinsey | ||
2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Godfrey of Ibelin | ||
Batman Begins | Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul | |||
Breakfast on Pluto | Father Liam | |||
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Aslan | Voice | ||
2006 | Home | Himself | Documentary film | |
2007 | Seraphim Falls | Colonel Morsman Carver | ||
2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Aslan | Voice | |
The Other Man | Peter | |||
Taken | Bryan Mills | |||
2009 | Five Minutes of Heaven | Alistair Little | ||
Ponyo | Fujimoto | Voice; English dub | ||
After.Life | Eliot Deacon | |||
Chloe | David Stewart | |||
2010 | Clash of the Titans | Zeus | ||
The A-Team | John "Hannibal" Smith | |||
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Aslan | Voice | ||
The Next Three Days | Damon Pennington | |||
The Wildest Dream | Narrator | Voice; documentary film | ||
2011 | Unknown | Dr. Martin Harris | ||
2012 | The Grey | John Ottway | ||
Wrath of the Titans | Zeus | |||
Battleship | Admiral Terrance Shane | |||
The Dark Knight Rises | Ra's al Ghul | Cameo | ||
Taken 2 | Bryan Mills | |||
2013 | Third Person | Michael Leary | ||
Khumba | Phango | Voice | ||
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | History Channel Reporter | Cameo | ||
2014 | The Nut Job | Raccoon | Voice | |
The Lego Movie | Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop | |||
The Prophet | Mustafa | |||
Non-Stop | Bill Marks | |||
A Million Ways to Die in the West | Clinch Leatherwood | |||
A Walk Among the Tombstones | Matthew Scudder | |||
Love Thy Nature | Narrator | Voice; Documentary film | ||
Road | Narrator | |||
Taken 3 | Bryan Mills | |||
2015 | Run All Night | Jimmy 'The Gravedigger' Conlon | ||
Entourage | Himself | Cameo | ||
Ted 2 | Customer | |||
A Christmas Star | Narrator / Radio DJ | |||
2016 | Operation Chromite | Douglas MacArthur | ||
A Monster Calls | Monster / Conor's Grandfather |
Voice and motion capture Uncredited photograph cameo |
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Silence | Father Cristóvão Ferreira | |||
2017 | The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature | Raccoon | Voice; deleted scenes | |
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Mark Felt | |||
Daddy's Home 2 | Actor In Missile Tow | Voice; cameo | ||
2018 | The Commuter | Michael McCauley | ||
The Last Horsemen of New York | Himself | Documentary film | ||
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Impresario | Segment: "Meal Ticket" | ||
Widows | Harry Rawlings | |||
2019 | Cold Pursuit | Nelson 'Nels' Coxman | ||
Men in Black: International | High T | [2][3] | ||
Ordinary Love | Tom Thompson | |||
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker | Qui-Gon Jinn | Voice cameo | ||
2020 | Made in Italy | Robert Foster | ||
Honest Thief | Tom Carter / Tom Dolan | |||
The Hunger | Narrator | Voice; documentary film | ||
2021 | The Marksman | Jim Hanson | ||
The Ice Road | Mike McCann | |||
2022 | Blacklight | Travis Block | ||
Memory | Alex Lewis | |||
Marlowe | Philip Marlowe | |||
2023 | Retribution | Matt Turner | ||
In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Finbar Murphy | |||
Wildcat | Father Flynn | [4] | ||
2025 | The Naked Gun | Frank Drebin Jr. | Post-production | |
TBA | Thug | TBA | Post-production | |
Cold Storage | TBA | Post-production | ||
The Ice Road 2: Road to the Sky | Mike McCann | Post-production |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | Play for Today | Dermont | Episode: "Dinner at the Sporting Club" |
1980 | BBC2 Playhouse | Blacksmith | Episode: "My Dear Palestrina" |
1984 | Ellis Island | Kevin Murray | 3 episodes |
1985 | A Woman of Substance | Blackie O'Neill | |
Merlin and the Sword | Grak | Television film | |
1986 | If Tomorrow Comes | Insp. Andre Trignent | 2 episodes |
Miami Vice | Sean Carroon | Episode: "When Irish Eyes Are Crying" | |
1987 | Hold the Dream | Blackie O'Neill | Episode #1.1 |
Sword to Silence | Vincent Cauley | Television film | |
1988 | Screen Two | Martin Perry | Episode: "Sweet as You Are" |
1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | John Lucy / Adolf Hitler | Voice; 3 episodes |
2000 | Empires: The Greeks | Narrator | |
2001 | Evolution | Voice; 8 episodes | |
2002 | Liberty's Kids | John Paul Jones | Voice; Episode: "Not Yet Begun to Fight" |
Martin Luther | Narrator | Voice; 2 episodes | |
2004 | Patrick | Voice; television documentary | |
2004–14 | Saturday Night Live | Himself | 3 episodes |
2005 | The Simpsons | Father Sean | Voice; Episode: "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star" |
2010 | The Big C | Bee Man | Episode: "Everything That Rises Must Converge" |
2011 | Life's Too Short | Himself | Episode # 1.1 |
2011–14 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Qui-Gon Jinn | Voice; 3 episodes |
2012 | Key & Peele | Himself | Episode # 2.3 |
2014–15 | Family Guy | Voice; Episodes: "Brian's a Bad Father", "Fighting Irish" | |
2014 | Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys | Narrator | Voice; Television documentary |
2016 | 1916: The Irish Rebellion | Voice; 3 episodes | |
Inside Amy Schumer | Himself | Episode: "Welcome to the Gun Show" | |
Dream Corp, LLC | Devil Demon | Voice; Episode: "The Leak" | |
2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Daniel | Television short film |
The Orville | Jahavus Dorahl | Episode: "If the Stars Should Appear" | |
2018 | Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History | Narrator | Documentary; 6 episodes |
2022 | Derry Girls | Chief Constable Byers | 2 episodes |
Obi-Wan Kenobi | Qui-Gon Jinn | Cameo; Episode: "Part VI" | |
Atlanta | Himself | Episode: "New Jazz" | |
Tales of the Jedi | Qui-Gon Jinn | Voice; Episode: "The Sith Lord" | |
2023 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Narrator | Voice; "The Indict-Mare Before Christmas"[5] |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Venue |
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1980 | Translations | Doalty | Field Day Theatre Company, Derry |
1992–93 | Anna Christie | Mat Burke | Roundabout Theatre Company, Broadway |
1998 | The Judas Kiss | Oscar Wilde | Almeida Theatre, London |
2001–02 | The Crucible | John Proctor | The Virginia Theatre, Broadway |
Video games
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2005 | Batman Begins | Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul | Voice | [6] |
2008 | Fallout 3 | James | Voice and motion capture | [7] |
2014 | The Lego Movie Videogame | Good Cop / Bad Cop | Voice | [8] |
2015 | Lego Dimensions |
Audiobook narration
[edit]Year | Book | Role | Notes |
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2009 | The Polar Express | Narrator | Audio CD only |
Discography
[edit]Year | Album | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation[9] | The Journalist | Spoken words only |
References
[edit]- ^ "Empire Magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars 1997". amiannoying.com. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ Chitwood, Adam (5 December 2018). "The 'Men in Black' Reboot Is Titled 'Men in Black International'". Collider. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ Peters, Megan (17 October 2018). "Chris Hemsworth Confirms 'Men in Black' Wraps Filming". Comic Book. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Ethan Hawke Directs Daughter Maya in Wildcat Trailer: 'She's a Force' as Author Flannery O'Connor (Exclusive)". Peoplemag. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "The Indict-Mare Before Christmas" A Late Show Animated Holiday Classic Narrated By Liam Neeson. 21 December 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ Thorsen, Tor (11 February 2005). "Batman Begins film cast joins game". GameSpot. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Gaudiosi, John (8 May 2007). "'Fallout 3' recruits Neeson". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Nowak, Peter (7 February 2014). "Finally, a film tie-in that works: The Lego Movie Videogame". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Morris, Nick (11 April 2013), Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation (Musical, Sci-Fi), retrieved 11 February 2022