Quick Facts
- NAME: William Neeson
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor
- BIRTH DATE: June 07, 1952 (Age: 59)
- EDUCATION: Queen's University of Belfast
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Ballymena, Ireland
- ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini
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Liam Neeson is an Irish actor known for his strong leading-man roles and for his role as Qui-Gon Jinn in the three prequels to Star Wars.
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Synopsis
After 15 years of acting, Liam Neeson landed the lead in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List in 1993, for which he was nominated for an Oscar and which cemented his status of leading man. After a slew of memorable roles, in 1999, Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the eagerly awaited prequel to the Star Wars trilogy of 1977–83, was released, and his move to the mainstream was complete.
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In recent years motion picture audiences had become accustomed to seeing Irish-born actor Liam Neeson portray strong leading men—the Holocaust hero Oskar Schindler in
Neeson, born William Neeson on June 7, 1952, in Ballymena, N.Ire., was an accomplished boxer in his early years. He abandoned that activity, however, and entered Queen's University of Belfast with the intention of studying physics and computer science. After a year he left college and worked as a forklift driver for a time, but he then began studying to become a teacher. He also took drama classes, and in 1976 he joined Belfast's Lyric Players Theatre. Two years later Neeson joined the prestigious Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and in 1979 he made his motion picture debut in
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