Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
7 6月 1952 (74)
Place of birth
Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Also known as
Lijam Nison · William John Neeson · William John Neeson OBE
Biography
William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an Irish actor. He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and educated at Saint Patrick's College, Ballymena Technical College and Queen's University Belfast. He moved to Dublin after university to further his acting career, joining the renowned Abbey Theatre. In the early 1990s, he moved again to the United States, where the wide acclaim for his performance in Schindler's List led to more high-profile work. He is widowed and lives in New York with his two sons. He has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe Awards. He has starred in a number of notable roles including Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, Michael Collins in Michael Collins, Peyton Westlake in Darkman, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey, Ras Al Ghul in Batman Begins and the voice of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. He has also starred in several other notable films, from major Hollywood studio releases (ie. Excalibur, The Dead Pool, Nell, Rob Roy, The Haunting, Love Actually, Kingdom of Heaven, Taken, Clash of the Titans, The A-Team, Unknown) to smaller arthouse films (ie. Deception, Breakfast on Pluto, Chloe).
代表作
0.0
Film
The Mongoose
Ryan 'Fang' Flanagan
2026
8.3
Film
The Fix
Larry
2026
7.1
Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Aslan (voice)
2005
8.6
Film
Schindler's List
Oskar Schindler
1993
6.3
Film
Ted 2
Customer
2015
7.7
Film
Batman Begins
Ducard
2005
7.1
Film
Kingdom of Heaven
Godfrey de Ibelin
2005
6.4
Film
The Naked Gun
Frank Drebin Jr.
2025
6.3
Film
Taken 3
Bryan Mills
2014
6.2
Film
Ice Road: Vengeance
Mike McCann
2025
7.4
Film
Taken
Bryan Mills
2008
7.4
Film
The Lego Movie
Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
2014
5.9
Film
Battleship
Admiral Shane
2012
5.9
Film
Under Suspicion
Tony Aaron
1991
5.9
Film
Clash of the Titans
Zeus
2010
6.6
Film
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Qui-Gon Jinn
1999
6.8
Film
Cold Storage
Robert Quinn
2026
7.1
Film
Love Actually
Daniel
2003
5.9
Film
Men in Black: International
Agent High T
2019
6.3
Film
After.Life
Eliot Deacon
2009
6.4
Film
Taken 2
Bryan Mills
2012
6.4
Film
The A-Team
Hannibal
2010
6.6
Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Aslan (voice)
2008
6.3
Film
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Matthew Scudder
2014
7.1
Film
The Next Three Days
Damon
2010
6.4
Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Aslan (voice)
2010
7.0
Film
Excalibur
Gawain
1981
6.6
Film
The Grey
John Ottway
2012
5.8
Film
Wrath of the Titans
Zeus
2012
7.3
Film
Gangs of New York
'Priest' Vallon
2002
6.6
Film
K-19: The Widowmaker
Mikhail Polenin
2002
6.4
Film
Darkman
Peyton Westlake / Darkman
1990
7.7
Series
Liberty's Kids
John Paul Jones (voice)
2002–2003
6.5
Film
Retribution
Matt Turner
2023
7.9
Series
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Qui-Gon Jinn
2022
6.1
Film
Chloe
David Stewart
2010
5.9
Film
Absolution
Thug
2024
7.3
Film
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
Self
2001
6.4
Film
The Commuter
Michael MacCauley
2018
6.5
Film
Shining Through
Franze-Otto Dietrich
1992
6.4
Film
Run All Night
Jimmy Conlon
2015
5.9
Film
Cold Pursuit
Nels Coxman
2019
6.4
Film
Seraphim Falls
Carver
2007
7.6
Series
A Woman of Substance
Blackie O'Neill
1985
7.2
Film
Breakfast on Pluto
Father Liam
2005
5.9
Film
Next of Kin
Briar Gates
1989
7.1
Film
Silence
Ferreira
2016
6.0
Film
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Clinch
2014
6.8
Film
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
2022
7.0
Film
Husbands and Wives
Michael Gates
1992
6.0
Film
Khumba
Phango (voice)
2013
7.3
Film
A Monster Calls
The Monster (voice)
2016
6.7
Film
Unknown
Dr. Martin Harris
2011
6.6
Film
Kinsey
Alfred Kinsey
2004
6.8
Film
Non-Stop
Bill Marks
2014
6.7
Film
Rob Roy
Robert Roy MacGregor
1995
5.8
Film
Leap of Faith
Sheriff Will Braverman
1992
5.9
Film
Before and After
Ben Ryan
1996
8.0
Film
The Path to Redemption
Self
2006
5.8
Film
Operation Chromite
Douglas MacArthur
2016
6.7
Film
Memory
Alex Lewis
2022
6.2
Film
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Mark Felt
2017
5.9
Film
Third Person
Michael
2014
6.1
Film
Blacklight
Travis Block
2022
5.5
Film
The Haunting
Dr. David Marrow
1999
6.8
Film
The Ice Road
Mike McCann
2021
6.5
Film
Widows
Harry Rawlings
2018
6.8
Film
The Marksman
Jim
2021
6.1
Film
Krull
Kegan
1983
6.5
Film
Honest Thief
Tom Dolan
2020
7.3
Series
If Tomorrow Comes
André Trignant
1986
6.5
Film
Nell
Dr. Lovell
1994
8.0
Film
How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story
Narrator (voice)
2016
6.3
Film
The Dead Pool
Peter Swan
1988
5.4
Film
The Other Man
Peter
2008
7.4
Film
The Mission
Father John Fielding
1986
5.2
Film
Gun Shy
Charles Mayough
2000
6.1
Film
Five Minutes of Heaven
Alistair Little
2009
7.7
Series
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
2022
7.0
Film
The Endurance
Narrator (voice)
2000
7.2
Film
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
1998
5.9
Film
The Nut Job
Raccoon (voice)
2014
6.4
Film
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Finbar Murphy
2023
6.8
Film
The Bounty
Charles Churchill
1984
5.6
Film
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome
1993
5.7
Film
Marlowe
Philip Marlowe
2023
4.4
Series
Hold the Dream
Blackie O'Neill
1987
6.0
Film
Made in Italy
Robert
2020
0.0
Film
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
Danny
0.0
Film
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Self (archive footage)
2018
5.7
Film
Lamb
Michael Lamb
1986
5.6
Film
Wildcat
Father Flynn
2024
5.3
Film
Bonnie
Self
2022
8.0
Series
Evolution
Narrator
2001
6.8
Film
Ordinary Love
Tom
2019
7.0
Film
Red Nose Day Actually
Daniel
2017
0.0
Film
Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical Corruption Exposed
Narrator (voice)
2026
5.0
Film
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actor
2019
7.4
Series
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Self - Narrator
2000
5.0
Series
1916
Narrator
2016
6.0
Film
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
2019
5.9
Film
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
Narrator
2019
5.0
Series
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History
Self - Narrator
2018
6.0
Film
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
Self
2017
7.0
Film
Karenina & I
Leo Tolstoy
2017
7.0
Film
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Narrator
2025
8.0
Film
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
4.6
Film
Love Thy Nature
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
5.0
Film
Ireland
2022
Acting credits 109 titles
Plague of Corruption: 80 Years of Pharmaceutical Corruption Exposed
as Narrator (voice)
0.0
2026
The Mongoose
as Ryan 'Fang' Flanagan
0.0
2026
The Fix
as Larry
8.3
2026
Cold Storage
as Robert Quinn
6.8
2026
The Naked Gun
as Frank Drebin Jr.
6.4
2025
Ice Road: Vengeance
as Mike McCann
6.2
2025
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
as Narrator
7.0
2025
Absolution
as Thug
5.9
2024
Wildcat
as Father Flynn
5.6
2024
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
as Finbar Murphy
6.4
2023
Retribution
as Matt Turner
6.5
2023
Marlowe
as Philip Marlowe
5.7
2023
Blacklight
as Travis Block
6.1
2022
Memory
as Alex Lewis
6.7
2022
Ireland
5.0
2022
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
as Qui-Gon Jinn
7.9
2022
Benjamin Franklin
as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)
7.7
2022
Bonnie
as Self
5.3
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
6.8
2022
The Ice Road
as Mike McCann
6.8
2021
The Marksman
as Jim
6.8
2021
Honest Thief
as Tom Dolan
6.5
2020
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
as Self - Narrator (voice)
8.0
2020
Made in Italy
as Robert
6.0
2020
Cold Pursuit
as Nels Coxman
5.9
2019
Ordinary Love
as Tom
6.8
2019
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
as Narrator
5.9
2019
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
6.0
2019
Men in Black: International
as Agent High T
5.9
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actor
5.0
2019
The Commuter
as Michael MacCauley
6.4
2018
Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History
as Self - Narrator
5.0
2018
Widows
as Harry Rawlings
6.5
2018
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage)
0.0
2018
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
as Mark Felt
6.2
2017
Karenina & I
as Leo Tolstoy
7.0
2017
Red Nose Day Actually
as Daniel
7.0
2017
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
as Self
6.0
2017
How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story
as Narrator (voice)
8.0
2016
Love Thy Nature
as Self - Narrator (voice)
4.6
2016
1916
as Narrator
5.0
2016
Operation Chromite
as Douglas MacArthur
5.8
2016
Silence
as Ferreira
7.1
2016
A Monster Calls
as The Monster (voice)
7.3
2016
Run All Night
as Jimmy Conlon
6.4
2015
Ted 2
as Customer
6.3
2015
Non-Stop
as Bill Marks
6.8
2014
Third Person
as Michael
5.9
2014
A Walk Among the Tombstones
as Matthew Scudder
6.3
2014
Taken 3
as Bryan Mills
6.3
2014
The Nut Job
as Raccoon (voice)
5.9
2014
A Million Ways to Die in the West
as Clinch
6.0
2014
The Lego Movie
as Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
7.4
2014
Khumba
as Phango (voice)
6.0
2013
Taken 2
as Bryan Mills
6.4
2012
The Grey
as John Ottway
6.6
2012
Wrath of the Titans
as Zeus
5.8
2012
Battleship
as Admiral Shane
5.9
2012
Unknown
as Dr. Martin Harris
6.7
2011
The A-Team
as Hannibal
6.4
2010
Chloe
as David Stewart
6.1
2010
Clash of the Titans
as Zeus
5.9
2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Aslan (voice)
6.4
2010
The Next Three Days
as Damon
7.1
2010
Five Minutes of Heaven
as Alistair Little
6.1
2009
After.Life
as Eliot Deacon
6.3
2009
Taken
as Bryan Mills
7.4
2008
The Other Man
as Peter
5.4
2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
as Aslan (voice)
6.6
2008
Seraphim Falls
as Carver
6.4
2007
The Path to Redemption
as Self
8.0
2006
Batman Begins
as Ducard
7.7
2005
Breakfast on Pluto
as Father Liam
7.2
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
as Aslan (voice)
7.1
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
as Godfrey de Ibelin
7.1
2005
Kinsey
as Alfred Kinsey
6.6
2004
Love Actually
as Daniel
7.1
2003
K-19: The Widowmaker
as Mikhail Polenin
6.6
2002
Gangs of New York
as 'Priest' Vallon
7.3
2002
Liberty's Kids
as John Paul Jones (voice)
7.7
2002–2003
Evolution
as Narrator
8.0
2001
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
as Self
7.3
2001
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
as Self - Narrator
7.4
2000
Gun Shy
as Charles Mayough
5.2
2000
The Endurance
as Narrator (voice)
7.0
2000
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Qui-Gon Jinn
6.6
1999
The Haunting
as Dr. David Marrow
5.5
1999
Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean
7.2
1998
Before and After
as Ben Ryan
5.9
1996
Rob Roy
as Robert Roy MacGregor
6.7
1995
Nell
as Dr. Lovell
6.5
1994
Ethan Frome
as Ethan Frome
5.6
1993
Schindler's List
as Oskar Schindler
8.6
1993
Shining Through
as Franze-Otto Dietrich
6.5
1992
Leap of Faith
as Sheriff Will Braverman
5.8
1992
Husbands and Wives
as Michael Gates
7.0
1992
Under Suspicion
as Tony Aaron
5.9
1991
Darkman
as Peyton Westlake / Darkman
6.4
1990
Next of Kin
as Briar Gates
5.9
1989
The Dead Pool
as Peter Swan
6.3
1988
Hold the Dream
as Blackie O'Neill
4.4
1987
Lamb
as Michael Lamb
5.7
1986
The Mission
as Father John Fielding
7.4
1986
If Tomorrow Comes
as André Trignant
7.3
1986
A Woman of Substance
as Blackie O'Neill
7.6
1985
The Bounty
as Charles Churchill
6.8
1984
Krull
as Kegan
6.1
1983
Excalibur
as Gawain
7.0
1981
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
as Danny
0.0