LIAM NEESON has twice been nominated for Tony Awards; first for his Broadway debut in 1993 in the Roundabout Theater’s revival of Eugene O’Neill’s 1921 drama “Anna Christie;” and second in March of 2002, for his Broadway role as John Proctor in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” opposite KINSEY castmate Laura Linney. For his critically acclaimed performance in SCHINDLER’S LIST, Liam Neeson earned Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.
Neeson’s recent film roles include joining the ensemble cast of LOVE ACTUALLY (also with Linney), starring in Martin Scorsese’s epic GANGS OF NEW YORK, and with Harrison Ford in the nuclear submarine film K-19, directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Other roles include GUN SHY, opposite Sandra Bullock; the role of a Master Jedi in STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE; and starring in the screen adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic LES MISERABLES playing Jean Valjean. In 1996, Neeson starred as the Irish hero in Neil Jordan’s MICHAEL COLLINS, for which he received Best Actor honors at the Venice Film Festival, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor, and London’s prestigious Evening Standard Award for Best Actor.
The Irish-born actor joined the prestigious Lyric Players Theatre in Belfast in 1976, making his professional acting debut in Joseph Plunkett’s “The Risen People.” After two years with the Lyric Players he joined the famed repertory company of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
In 1980, John Boorman spotted him playing Lennie in a stage production of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” and cast him in EXCALIBUR, the epic saga of the Arturian legend. Since then, Neeson has appeared in more than 30 films, playing a wide range of characters. These include: Dino De Laurentis’ epic remake of THE BOUNTY opposite Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins; the critically acclaimed LAMB, for which he received an Evening Standard Drama Award nomination for his haunting portrayal of a priest tormented by doubts; Andrei Konchalovsky’s DUET FOR ONE with Julie Andrews; A PRAYER FOR THE DYING, opposite Mickey Rourke and Bob Hoskins; Roland Joffe’s THE MISSION, opposite Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons; the court-room drama SUSPECT with Cher; THE GOOD MOTHER with Diane Keaton; Sam Raimi’s fantasy-thriller DARKMAN; and David Leland’s boxing drama CROSSING THE LINE. Subsequent films include Woody Allen’s HUSBANDS AND WIVES, BEFORE AND AFTER with Meryl Streep and ROB ROY with Jessica Lange.
Neeson’s passion for the classics was again rewarded critically in the PBS American Playhouse production of Edith Wharton’s “Ethan Frome.” Neeson’s theatre work also includes the critically acclaimed Oscar Wilde in David Hare’s “The Judas Kiss,” which opened in London’s West End, and subsequently on Broadway in 1998.
Neeson will next be seen in Ridley Scott’s Crusade epic THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN with Orlando Bloom, and Christopher Nolan’s BATMAN BEGINS with Christian Bale.
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