Liam John Neeson, OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) (born 7 June 1952) is an Irish (Irish people) actor, who has been nominated for an Oscar (Academy Award), Golden Globe and a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts).

He has starred in a number of notable roles including Oskar Schindler in Schindlers List, Michael Collins (Michael Collins (Irish leader)) in Michael Collins (Michael Collins (film)), Jean Valjean in Les Mis�rables (Les Mis�rables (1998 film)), Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey (Kinsey (film)), and the voice of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia (film series)) film series. He has also starred in several other blockbusters (Blockbuster (entertainment)), including The Dead Pool, Darkman, Rob Roy (Rob Roy (film)), Kingdom of Heaven (Kingdom of Heaven (film)), Batman Begins, Taken (Taken (film)) and Love, Actually. He will play John "Hannibal" Smith in the upcoming 2010 A-Team movie (The A-Team (film)).

He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, and educated there and at Queens 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 America, where the wide acclaim for his performance in Schindlers List led to more high-profile work. He is widowed and lives in New York with his two sons.