Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
Liam John Neeson, OBE is an actor from Northern Ireland. In 1976, he joined the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast for two years. He then acted in the Arthurian film, Excalibur. Between 1982 and 1987, Neeson starred in five films; most notably alongside Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins in The Bountyand Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons in The Mission. He landed a leading role alongside Patrick Swayze in Next of Kin...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 June 1952
CityBallymena, Northern Ireland
CountryIreland
Well, I think I've made 44 films and only like four times I've played real characters I'm just drawn to people who have a pioneer spirit, this extraordinary energy and commitment to their cause.
There seems to be more opportunities for old guys like me to do a little fighting and running because the lead characters also require a bit of depth and maturity and gravitas that one is likely to acquire doing drama all those years.
I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday.
It is fun to explore these kick-butt characters.
Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.
We're definitely going to do it, ... We've been working on it since November.
It's a simple story, yet with all the complexities of myth. The technology was so understated. I thought he (George Lucas) was an amazing director who had created this totally believable world.
It was quite an intense time in Belfast in 1977 and I remember going to see it in the cinema. It was a very, very dicey area of Belfast. And the cinema was packed. In fact, I had never seen a cinema packed in my life before that -- to see this Episode I. Not Episode I at that time. It was Episode IV. And it was unique. We all got lost in this story for two hours and came back out into the harsh reality of life in Belfast.
I try to stay fit. I try and do something every day but I don't jog. My body hates jogging.
I think there must be some other life forms, even if they're microscopic.
You think your life is going one way and then suddenly, you're on another track.
Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.
I was very slow in maths, geometry I actually enjoyed.
I have often found that no matter where I meet people in the world, there is a path that leads back to Queen's.