Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor

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2023 Serves as narrator for 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' segment 'The Indict-Mare Before Christmas'
2023 Neeson appears in multiple films including Retribution as Matt Turner, In the Land of Saints and Sinners as Finbar Murphy, and Wildcat as Father Flynn
2022 Appears in multiple television series: plays Chief Constable Byers in 'Derry Girls', voices Qui-Gon Jinn in 'Tales of the Jedi', makes a cameo as Qui-Gon Jinn in 'Obi-Wan Kenobi', and appears as himself in 'Atlanta'
2022 Liam Neeson stars in action thrillers Blacklight as Travis Block and Memory as Alex Lewis
2020 Ranked seventh on The Irish Times list of Ireland's 50 Greatest Film Actors.
June 2020 Neeson's mother, Kitty, passed away. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, he was unable to return to his hometown for her funeral.
2019 Neeson starred in 'Cold Pursuit', appeared in 'Men in Black: International' as High T, and made a voice cameo in 'Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker' as Qui-Gon Jinn
2019 Neeson appears in Men in Black: International as High T and makes a voice cameo as Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
February 2019 The red carpet event for Cold Pursuit was cancelled due to the controversy surrounding Neeson's comments about seeking revenge after his friend's rape.
February 2019 During a press junket for Cold Pursuit, Neeson controversially revealed a decades-old personal story about seeking revenge after a friend's rape, sparking widespread media and public debate about racism and his past violent impulses.
2018 Narrates the documentary series 'Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History' across 6 episodes
January 2018 Neeson was awarded the Distinguished Service for the Irish Abroad Award by Irish President Michael D. Higgins, recognizing his contribution to humanity.
January 2018 Neeson was criticized for comments on Ireland's Late Late Show where he described the Me Too movement as a 'witch hunt'.
2017 Neeson was listed by Richtopia at number 74 in the list of 200 Most Influential Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs Worldwide.
2017 Liam Neeson publicly advocated for integrated education in Northern Ireland, emphasizing the importance of educating Catholic and Protestant children together to move beyond historical divisions.
2017 Appears as Daniel in the television short film 'Red Nose Day Actually'
2016 Reunited with director Martin Scorsese in the drama Silence, starring alongside Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver.
2016 Narrated the RTÉ One three-part documentary on the Easter Rising, 1916.
2016 Narrates the documentary '1916: The Irish Rebellion' across 3 episodes
April 9 2016 Neeson was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Award by the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) at the Mansion House in Dublin, with Irish President Michael D. Higgins presenting the award.
2015 Liam Neeson provided voice work for Good Cop / Bad Cop in Lego Dimensions, using archive audio
2014 Neeson appears as himself in Family Guy, voicing episodes including 'Brian's a Bad Father' and 'Fighting Irish'
2014 Liam Neeson voices multiple characters in animated films including Raccoon in The Nut Job, Bad Cop/Good Cop in The Lego Movie, and Mustafa in The Prophet
February 28 2014 Starred in the action film Non-Stop, playing Bill Marks.
January 28 2013 Neeson received the Freedom of the Borough from Ballymena Borough Council at a ceremony in the town, resolving the earlier controversy.
2012 Starred in Taken 2, a successful sequel to the 2008 blockbuster.
2012 Starred in Joe Carnahan's The Grey, receiving critical acclaim for his performance.
2012 Liam Neeson contributed spoken words to Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation, performing the role of The Journalist
2012 Neeson reprises his role as Zeus in Wrath of the Titans and appears in The Dark Knight Rises as a cameo as Ra's al Ghul, also starring in Taken 2 as Bryan Mills
2011 Starred in the action-thriller Unknown, which began his collaboration with director Jaume Collet-Serra.
2011 Liam Neeson voices Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series across 3 episodes
March 2011 Appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, demonstrating his commitment to humanitarian causes.
2010 Played Zeus in the remake of Clash of the Titans, which grossed $475 million worldwide.
2010 Liam Neeson appears in multiple films including Clash of the Titans as Zeus, The A-Team as John 'Hannibal' Smith, and voices Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
March 26 2010 Starred in Atom Egoyan's erotic thriller Chloe, theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics.

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