Liam Neeson filmography

Liam Neeson filmography

Liam Neeson at TIFF in 2008

Liam Neeson is an Irish actor. Neeson has had an extensive career in film, television and stage. He made his professional acting debut playing Jesus Christ in the film Pilgrim's Progress (1978). That same year he acted in the BBC anthology series Play for Today (1978). A few years later he made his stage debut in the Brian Friel play Translations (1980). He earned notoriety for his early roles as Gawain in the John Boorman medieval fantasy film Excalibur (1981), Charles Churchill in the Roger Donaldson historical drama The Bounty (1984), Father John Fielding in the Roland Joffé religious epic The Mission (1986), a conflicted and caring Christian Brother in the bleak tragic film Lamb (1986), and a charming writer in the Woody Allen romantic comedy-drama Husbands and Wives (1992).

Neeson gained prominence with his first successful lead role in Darkman, and acclaim for his leading role of Oskar Schindler in the Steven Spielberg's holocaust epic drama film Schindler's List (1993). He established himself as a leading man in a string of prestige films playing the title role of the romance drama Ethan Frome (1993), a town doctor in the drama film Nell (1994), the starring role in the historical drama Michael Collins (1996), and Jean Valjean in the costume drama Les Misérables (1998). He expanded his career gaining worldwide attention for his roles in franchise films such as Qui-Gon Jinn in the George Lucas space opera film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul in the Christopher Nolan superhero film Batman Begins (2005), Aslan the Lion in The Chronicles of Narnia series (2005–2010), and Zeus in Clash of the Titans (2010). He also acted in the Martin Scorsese historical epic Gangs of New York (2002), the British romantic comedy Love Actually (2003) and the historical drama Kinsey (2004).

He then established himself as an action star taking the leading role as a father out for vengeance in the action drama Taken (2008) followed by Taken 2 (2012) and Taken 3 (2014). He then starred in several action films such as The Grey (2012), Non-Stop (2013), A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), Run All Night (2015), The Commuter (2018), Cold Pursuit (2019), Honest Thief (2020), Blacklight (2022), and In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023). During this time he took roles in the fantasy drama A Monster Calls (2016), the historical epic Silence (2016), the western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and noir-thriller Widows (2018). He took comedic roles playing John "Hannibal" Smith in the action comedy The A-Team (2010), an outlaw in the western comedy in A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) and a bumbling officer in the crime comedy The Naked Gun (2025).

On stage, he acted in Broadway revivals of the Eugene O'Neill play Anna Christie (1992), the David Hare play The Judas Kiss (1998), and the Arthur Miller play The Crucible (2001). 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."

Film

Liam Neeson filmography

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1978</td><td>Pilgrim's Progress</td><td>Evangelist / Jesus Christ</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>Christiana</td><td>Greatheart</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>Excalibur</td><td>Gawain</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td>Krull</td><td>Kegan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td>The Bounty</td><td>Charles Churchill</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>Lamb</td><td>Michael Lamb</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Innocent</td><td>John Carns</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>The Mission</td><td>Father John Fielding</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Duet for One</td><td>Totter</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>Suspect</td><td>Carl Anderson</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>A Prayer for the Dying</td><td>Liam Docherty</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>Satisfaction</td><td>Martin Falcon</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>High Spirits</td><td>Martin Brogan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Dead Pool</td><td>Peter Swan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Good Mother</td><td>Leo Cutter</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td>Next of Kin</td><td>Briar Gates</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>Darkman</td><td>Peyton Westlake / Darkman</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Big Man</td><td>Danny Scoulars</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>Under Suspicion</td><td>Tony Aaron</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>Shining Through</td><td>Franz-Otto Dietrich</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Husbands and Wives</td><td>Michael Gates</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Leap of Faith</td><td>Sheriff Will Braverman</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>Ethan Frome</td><td>Ethan Frome</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ruby Cairo</td><td>Dr. Fergus Lamb</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Schindler's List</td><td>Oskar Schindler</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>Nell</td><td>Dr. Jerome 'Jerry' Lovell</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>Rob Roy</td><td>Rob Roy MacGregor</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>Before and After</td><td>Ben Ryan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Michael Collins</td><td>Michael Collins</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>Les Misérables</td><td>Jean Valjean</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace</td><td>Qui-Gon Jinn</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Haunting</td><td>Dr. David Marrow</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>Gun Shy</td><td>DEA Agent Charlie Mayough</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>K-19: The Widowmaker</td><td>Captain Mikhail Polenin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gangs of New York</td><td>'Priest' Vallon</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones</td><td>Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)</td><td>Cameo appearance</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>Love Actually</td><td>Daniel</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>Kinsey</td><td>Alfred Kinsey</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>Kingdom of Heaven</td><td>Godfrey of Ibelin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Batman Begins</td><td>Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Breakfast on Pluto</td><td>Father Liam</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</td><td>Aslan (voice)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>Seraphim Falls</td><td>Colonel Morsman Carver</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian</td><td>Aslan (voice)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Other Man</td><td>Peter</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Taken</td><td>Bryan Mills</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>Five Minutes of Heaven</td><td>Alistair Little</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ponyo</td><td>Fujimoto (voice)</td><td>English dub</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>After.Life</td><td>Eliot Deacon</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chloe</td><td>David Stewart</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>Clash of the Titans</td><td>Zeus</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The A-Team</td><td>John "Hannibal" Smith</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader</td><td>Aslan (voice)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Next Three Days</td><td>Damon Pennington</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Unknown</td><td>Dr. Martin Harris</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>The Grey</td><td>John Ottway</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wrath of the Titans</td><td>Zeus</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Battleship</td><td>Admiral Terrance Shane</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Dark Knight Rises</td><td>Ra's al Ghul</td><td>Cameo appearance</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Taken 2</td><td>Bryan Mills</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>Third Person</td><td>Michael Leary</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Khumba</td><td>Phango (voice)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues</td><td>History Channel Reporter</td><td>Cameo appearance</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>The Nut Job</td><td>Raccoon (voice)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Lego Movie</td><td>Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voices)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Prophet</td><td>Mustafa (voice)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Non-Stop</td><td>Bill Marks</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>A Million Ways to Die in the West</td><td>Clinch Leatherwood</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>A Walk Among the Tombstones</td><td>Matthew Scudder</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Taken 3</td><td>Bryan Mills</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Run All Night</td><td>Jimmy 'The Gravedigger' Conlon</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Entourage</td><td>Himself</td><td>Cameo appearance</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ted 2</td><td>Customer</td><td>Cameo appearance</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>A Christmas Star</td><td>Narrator / Radio DJ</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Operation Chromite</td><td>Douglas MacArthur</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>A Monster Calls</td><td>Monster / Conor's Grandfather (voices)</td><td>Also motion capture</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Silence</td><td>Cristóvão Ferreira</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature</td><td>Raccoon (voice)</td><td>Scenes deleted</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House</td><td>Mark Felt</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Daddy's Home 2</td><td>Actor In Missile Tow (voice)</td><td>Cameo appearance</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>The Commuter</td><td>Michael McCauley</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Ballad of Buster Scruggs</td><td>Impresario</td><td>Segment: "Meal Ticket"</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Widows</td><td>Harry Rawlings</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>Cold Pursuit</td><td>Nelson 'Nels' Coxman</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Men in Black: International</td><td>High T</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ordinary Love</td><td>Tom Thompson</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker</td><td>Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)</td><td>Cameo appearance</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>Made in Italy</td><td>Robert Foster</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Honest Thief</td><td>Tom Carter / Tom Dolan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>The Marksman</td><td>Jim Hanson</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Ice Road</td><td>Mike McCann</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>Blacklight</td><td>Travis Block</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Memory</td><td>Alex Lewis</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Marlowe</td><td>Philip Marlowe</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>Retribution</td><td>Matt Turner</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>In the Land of Saints and Sinners</td><td>Finbar Murphy</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wildcat</td><td>Father Flynn</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Absolution</td><td>Thug</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td>Ice Road: Vengeance</td><td>Mike McCann</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Naked Gun</td><td>Frank Drebin Jr.</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2026</td><td>Cold Storage</td><td>Robert Quinn</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4 Kids Walk Into a Bank †</td><td>Danny</td><td>Post-production</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hotel Tehran †</td><td>Larry</td><td>Post-production</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>TBA</td><td>The Mongoose †</td><td>Ryan "Fang" Flanagan</td><td>Post-production</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Television

Liam Neeson filmography

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1978</td><td>Play for Today</td><td>Dermont</td><td>Episode: "Dinner at the Sporting Club"</td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>Ulster in Focus</td><td>Himself</td><td>Episode: "Trains"</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>BBC2 Playhouse</td><td>Blacksmith</td><td>Episode: "My Dear Palestrina"</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>Miami Vice</td><td>Sean Carroon</td><td>Episode: "When Irish Eyes Are Crying"</td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td>Screen Two</td><td>Martin Perry</td><td>Episode: "Sweet as You Are"</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>Liberty's Kids</td><td>John Paul Jones (voice)</td><td>Episode: "Not Yet Begun to Fight"</td></tr><tr><td>2004–14</td><td>Saturday Night Live</td><td>Himself</td><td>3 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>The Simpsons</td><td>Father Sean (voice)</td><td>Episode: "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star"</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>The Big C</td><td>Bee Man</td><td>Episode: "Everything That Rises Must Converge"</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Life's Too Short</td><td>Himself</td><td>Episode # 1.1</td></tr><tr><td>2011–14</td><td>Star Wars: The Clone Wars</td><td>Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)</td><td>3 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Rev.</td><td>God</td><td>Episode # 3.5</td></tr><tr><td>2014–15</td><td>Family Guy</td><td>Himself (voice)</td><td>Episodes: "Brian's a Bad Father", "Fighting Irish"</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Inside Amy Schumer</td><td>Himself</td><td>Episode: "Welcome to the Gun Show"</td></tr><tr><td>Dream Corp, LLC</td><td>Devil Demon</td><td>Voice; Episode: "The Leak"</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>The Orville</td><td>Jahavus Dorahl</td><td>Episode: "If the Stars Should Appear"</td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>Derry Girls</td><td>Chief Constable Byers</td><td>2 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>Atlanta</td><td>Himself</td><td>Episode: "New Jazz"</td></tr><tr><td>Tales of the Jedi</td><td>Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)</td><td>Episode: "The Sith Lord"</td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</td><td>Narrator (voice)</td><td>Episode: "The Indict-Mare Before Christmas"</td></tr></tbody></table>

TV films and miniseries

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1984</td><td>Ellis Island</td><td>Kevin Murray</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td>A Woman of Substance</td><td>Blackie O'Neill</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Merlin and the Sword</td><td>Grak</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>If Tomorrow Comes</td><td>Insp. Andre Trignent</td><td>2 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>Hold the Dream</td><td>Blackie O'Neill</td><td>Episode #1.1</td></tr><tr><td>Sword to Silence</td><td>Vincent Cauley</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Red Nose Day Actually</td><td>Daniel</td><td>Television short film</td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>Obi-Wan Kenobi</td><td>Qui-Gon Jinn</td><td>Episode: "Part VI"</td></tr></tbody></table>

Documentary appearances

Liam Neeson filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1996	The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century	John Lucy / Adolf Hitler (voices)
1998	Everest	Narrator (voice)
2000	The Endurance
Empires: The Greeks
2001	Evolution
2002	Martin Luther
2003	Coral Reef Adventure
2004	Patrick
2006	Home	Himself
2010	The Wildest Dream	Narrator (voice)
2014	Love Thy Nature
Road
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys
2016	1916: The Irish Rebellion
2018	The Last Horsemen of New York	Himself
Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History	Narrator (voice)	6 episodes
2020	The Hunger

Stage appearances

Liam Neeson filmography

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Venue</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1976</td><td>The Risen People</td><td>Big Jim Larkin</td><td>Lyric Theatre, Belfast</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Loves of Cass Maguire</td><td>Dom</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Philadelphia, Here I Come!</td><td>Gareth</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Henry IV, Part 1</td><td>Percy</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>We Do it for Love</td><td>P.H. Pearse, O'Brien, IRA member</td><td>Abbey Theatre, Dublin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Black Man's Country</td><td>Father O'Brien</td><td>Lyric Theatre, Belfast</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Street</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mother Courage and Her Children</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Colleen Bawn</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Plough and the Stars</td><td>Jack Clitheroe</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Rise and Fall of Barney Kerrigan</td><td>Barney Kerrigan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>A Little Night Music</td><td>Bertrand</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1978</td><td>Says I Says He</td><td></td><td>Project Arts Centre, Dublin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Streamers</td><td></td><td>Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td>One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest</td><td></td><td>Gaiety Theatre, Dublin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Aristocrats</td><td>Eamon</td><td>Abbey Theatre, Dublin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Death of Humpty Dumpty</td><td>Gerald Doyle</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Juno and the Paycock</td><td>Irregular</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell</td><td>Roger</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Everyman Playhouse, Cork</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Sea</td><td>Hollarcut</td><td>Abbey Theatre, Dublin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>City Sugar</td><td>Rex</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>Translations</td><td>Doalty</td><td>Field Day Theatre Company, Derry</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Of Mice and Men</td><td>Lennie</td><td>Abbey Theatre, Dublin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Winter's Tale</td><td>Franion</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td>The Informer</td><td>Gypo Nolan</td><td>Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1992–93</td><td>Anna Christie</td><td>Mat Burke</td><td>Criterion Center Stage Right, New York</td><td>Broadway debut</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>The Judas Kiss</td><td>Oscar Wilde</td><td>Broadhurst Theatre, New York</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001–02</td><td>The Crucible</td><td>John Proctor</td><td>The Virginia Theatre, New York</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>The Play What I Wrote</td><td>Mystery Guest Star</td><td>Lyceum Theatre, New York</td><td>Previews</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>Eh Joe</td><td>Joe</td><td>Lincoln Center, New York</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Video games

Liam Neeson filmography

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2005</td><td>Batman Begins</td><td>Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul (voice)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>Fallout 3</td><td>James (voice)</td><td>Also motion capture</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>The Lego Movie Videogame</td><td>Good Cop / Bad Cop (voice)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Lego Dimensions</td><td>Archive audio</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Audiobook narration

Liam Neeson filmography

Year	Book	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	The Polar Express	Narrator	Audio CD only

Discography

Liam Neeson filmography

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Album</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2012</td><td>Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation</td><td>The Journalist</td><td>Spoken words only</td></tr></tbody></table>