caption children years_active birth_place relatives name honorific_suffix birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
neeson at the 2012 deauville american film festival 2 1976 -- present ballymena , county antrim , northern ireland vanessa father-in-law -rrb- joely richardson -lrb- sister-in-law -rrb- redgrave -lrb- mother-in-law -rrb- tony richardson -lrb- deceased liam neeson obe 7 june 1952 natasha -rrb- richardson -lrb- 1994 -- 2009 , her death liam neeson deauville 2012 2.jpg liam neeson
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liam neeson

liam john neeson , obe -lrb- born 7 june 1952 -rrb- is an irish actor .
in 1976 , he joined the lyric players ' theatre in belfast for two years .
he then acted in the arthurian film , `` excalibur '' -lrb- 1981 -rrb- .
between 1982 and 1987 , neeson starred in five films ; most notably alongside mel gibson and anthony hopkins in `` the bounty '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- and robert de niro and jeremy irons in `` the mission '' -lrb- 1986 -rrb- .
he rose to prominence when he starred in the title role in steven spielberg 's 1993 oscar winner `` schindler 's list '' .
he has since starred in other successful films , including the title role in the historical biopic `` michael collins '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , the film adaptation of victor hugo 's 1862 novel `` les misérables '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , the epic space opera '' '' as qui-gon jinn -lrb- 1999 -rrb- , the biographical drama `` kinsey '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- , the superhero film `` batman begins '' as ra 's al ghul -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , the action thriller series `` taken '' -lrb- 2008 -- 2014 -rrb- , the fantasy adventure film `` clash of the titans '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , the fantasy films in the `` the chronicles of narnia '' series -lrb- 2005 -- 2010 -rrb- , and the thriller-survival film `` the grey '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- .
he 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 . ''
