Profile of Liam Neeson on Famous Like Me

Liam Neeson, OBE (born 7 June 1952) is an Oscar nominated Irish actor. Neeson has made numerous films, and is an internationally recognized figure. He has been called the world's most attractive man

He was born William John Neeson and raised Roman Catholic in overwhelmingly Protestant and Unionist Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (home of Ian Paisley). He was a former youth boxing champion and stands 6'4".

High-profile appearances include the lead roles in Schindler's List, Rob Roy and Michael Collins (with fellow Irish actor Aidan Quinn), Star Wars: the Phantom Menace as Qui-Gon Jinn, and in Batman Begins (starring Christian Bale) as Henri Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul.

Neeson was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Schindler's List in 1993, but Tom Hanks won the award that year for his performance in Philadelphia. Neeson was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in her New Year's Honours List, 1999.

He has been married to actress Natasha Richardson, since 3 July 1994. They have two sons, Michéal and Daniel, who are being raised Catholic. The family home is in exurban Millbrook, New York, where his visiting grandmother-in-law, Lady Rachel Kempson, died in 2003 of a stroke.

His next film will be directed by Steven Spielberg and have him star as Abraham Lincoln. There have been rumors that Neeson will play Pope John Paul II in a CBS mini-series. CBS has confirmed that Neeson is interested in the role.

He voiced the role of a kindly priest on The Simpsons who converts Bart and Homer to Catholicism, and who reveals: "Once you go Vatican, you never go back again".

Filmography

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