William John Neeson OBE (lahir 7 Juni 1952) adalah seorang aktor dari Irlandia Utara. Dia telah menerima beberapa penghargaan sepanjang karirnya, serta nominasi untuk Academy Award, British Academy Film Award, dua Tony Awards, dan tiga Golden Globe Awards. Pada tahun 2020, Neeson terdaftar di nomor 7 dalam daftar The Irish Times dari 50 aktor film terbesar Irlandia.
Pada tahun 1976, Neeson bergabung dengan Lyric Players' Theater di Belfast selama dua tahun. Dia kemudian berakting dalam film Arthurian Excalibur (1981). Dia membintangi lima film antara tahun 1982 dan 1987, terutama The Bounty (1984) dan The Mission (1986). Dia mendapatkan peran utama di Next of Kin (1989) dan menjadi terkenal ketika dia membintangi sebagai Oskar Schindler di Schindler's List (1993). Sejak saat itu ia membintangi film-film yang sangat sukses seperti drama Nell (1994), biografi sejarah Michael Collins (1996), Les Misérables (1998), opera luar angkasa Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), biografi drama Kinsey (2004), film superhero Batman Begins (2005), serial aksi thriller Taken (2008–2014), film survival The Grey (2011), dan epik religi Martin Scorsese Silence (2016). Dia juga mengisi suara Aslan dalam trilogi The Chronicles of Narnia (2005–2010) dan monster tituler di A Monster Calls (2016).
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1978 | Pilgrim's Progress | Evangelist / Jesus Christ |
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| 1979 | Christiana | Greatheart |
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| 1981 | Excalibur | Gawain |
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| 1983 | Krull | Kegan |
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| 1984 | The Bounty | Charles Churchill |
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| 1985 | Lamb | Michael Lamb |
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| The Innocent | John Carns |
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| 1986 | The Delta Force | Delta Force Commando | Uncredited |
| The Mission | Father John Fielding |
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| Duet for One | Totter |
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| 1987 | Suspect | Carl Anderson |
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| A Prayer for the Dying | Liam Docherty |
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| 1988 | Satisfaction | Martin Falcon |
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| High Spirits | Martin Brogan |
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| The Dead Pool | Peter Swan |
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| The Good Mother | Leo Cutter |
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| 1989 | Next of Kin | Briar Gates |
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| 1990 | Darkman | Peyton Westlake / Darkman |
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| The Big Man | Danny Scoulars |
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| 1991 | Under Suspicion | Tony Aaron |
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| 1992 | Shining Through | Franz-Otto Dietrich |
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| Husbands and Wives | Michael Gates |
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| Leap of Faith | Sheriff Will Braverman |
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| 1993 | Ethan Frome | Ethan Frome |
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| Ruby Cairo | Dr. Fergus Lamb |
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| Schindler's List | Oskar Schindler |
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| 1994 | Nell | Dr. Jerome 'Jerry' Lovell |
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| 1995 | Rob Roy | Rob Roy MacGregor |
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| 1996 | Before and After | Ben Ryan |
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| Michael Collins | Michael Collins |
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| 1998 | Everest | Narrator | Voice; Documentary film |
| Les Misérables | Jean Valjean |
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| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Qui-Gon Jinn |
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| The Haunting | Dr. David Marrow |
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| 2000 | Gun Shy | DEA Agent Charlie Mayough |
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| The Endurance | Narrator | Voice; Documentary film | |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) | Uncredited cameo |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | Captain Mikhail Polenin |
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| Gangs of New York | 'Priest' Vallon |
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| 2003 | Love Actually | Daniel |
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| Coral Reef Adventure | Narrator | Voice; Documentary film | |
| 2004 | Kinsey | Alfred Kinsey |
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| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Godfrey of Ibelin |
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| Batman Begins | Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul |
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| Breakfast on Pluto | Father Liam |
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
Aslan (voice) |
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| 2006 | Home | Himself | Documentary film |
| 2007 | Seraphim Falls | Colonel Morsman Carver |
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| 2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Aslan (voice) |
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| The Other Man | Peter |
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| Taken | Bryan Mills |
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| 2009 | Five Minutes of Heaven | Alistair Little |
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| Ponyo | Fujimoto | Voice; English dub | |
| After.Life | Eliot Deacon |
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| Chloe | David Stewart |
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| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Zeus |
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| The A-Team | John "Hannibal" Smith |
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
Aslan (voice) |
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| The Next Three Days | Damon Pennington |
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| The Wildest Dream | Narrator | Voice; Documentary film | |
| 2011 | Unknown | Dr. Martin Harris |
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| 2012 | The Grey | John Ottway |
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| Wrath of the Titans | Zeus |
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| Battleship | Admiral Terrance Shane |
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| The Dark Knight Rises | Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul | Cameo | |
| Taken 2 | Bryan Mills |
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| 2013 | Third Person | Michael Leary |
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| Khumba | Phango | Voice | |
| Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | History Channel Reporter | Cameo | |
| 2014 | The Nut Job | Raccoon | Voice |
| The Lego Movie | Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop | Voice | |
| The Prophet | Mustafa | Voice | |
| Non-Stop | Bill Marks |
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| A Million Ways to Die in the West | Clinch Leatherwood |
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| A Walk Among the Tombstones | Matthew Scudder |
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| Love Thy Nature | Narrator | Voice; Documentary film | |
| Road | Narrator | ||
| Taken 3 | Bryan Mills |
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| 2015 | Run All Night | Jimmy 'The Gravedigger' Conlon |
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| Entourage | Himself | Cameo | |
| Ted 2 | Customer | ||
| A Christmas Star | Narrator / Radio DJ | Voice | |
| 2016 | The Huntsman: Winter's War | Narrator | Voice; Uncredited |
| Operation Chromite | Douglas MacArthur |
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| A Monster Calls | Monster / Conor's Grandfather |
Voice; Also Motion capture Uncredited photograph cameo | |
| Silence | Father Cristóvão Ferreira |
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| 2017 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House |
Mark Felt |
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| Daddy's Home 2 | Actor In Missile Tow | Voice; Cameo | |
| 2018 | The Commuter | Michael McCauley |
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| The Last Horsemen of New York | Himself | Documentary Film | |
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Impresario | Segment: "Meal Ticket" | |
| Widows | Harry Rawlings |
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| 2019 | Cold Pursuit | Nelson 'Nels' Coxman |
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| Men in Black: International | High T |
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| Ordinary Love | Tom Thompson |
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| Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker | Qui-Gon Jinn (voice) | Cameo | |
| 2020 | Made in Italy | Robert Foster |
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| Honest Thief | Tom Carter / Tom Dolan |
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| 2021 | The Marksman | Jim Hanson |
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| The Ice Road | Mike McCann |
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| TBA | Blacklight | Travis Block | Post-production |
| TBA | Memory | Alex Lewis | Post-production |
| TBA | Retribution | TBA | Filming |
TelevisionYear |
Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Play for Today | Dermont | Episode: "Dinner at the Sporting Club" |
| 1980 | BBC2 Playhouse | Blacksmith | Episode: "My Dear Palestrina" |
| 1984 | Ellis Island | Kevin Murray | 3 episodes |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance | Blackie O'Neill | 3 episodes |
| Arthur the King | Grak | Television film | |
| 1986 | If Tomorrow Comes | Insp. Andre Trignent | 2 episodes |
| Miami Vice | Sean Carroon | Episode: "When Irish Eyes Are Crying" | |
| 1987 | Hold the Dream | Blackie O'Neill | Episode #1.1 |
| Sworn to Silence | Vincent Cauley | Television film | |
| 1988 | Screen Two | Martin Perry | Episode: "Sweet as You Are" |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | John Lucy / Adolf Hitler | Voice; 3 episodes |
| 2000 | Empires: The Greeks | Narrator | Voice; 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Evolution | Narrator | Voice; 8 episodes |
| 2002 | Liberty's Kids | John Paul Jones | Voice; Episode: "Not Yet Begun to Fight" |
| Martin Luther | Narrator | Voice; 2 Part Documentary film | |
| 2004 | Patrick | Narrator | Voice; Television documentary |
| 2004-14 | Saturday Night Live | Host | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | The Simpsons | Father Sean | Voice; Episode: "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star" |
| 2010 | The Big C | Bee Man | Episode: "Everything That Rises Must Converge" |
| 2011 | Life's Too Short | Himself | Episode # 1.1 |
| 2011-18 | The Graham Norton Show | Himself/Guest | 4 episodes |
| 2011-14 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Qui-Gon Jinn | Voice; 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Key & Peele | Himself | Episode # 2.3 |
| 2014-15 | Family Guy | Himself | Voice; Episodes: "Brian's a Bad Father", "Fighting Irish" |
| 2014 | Rev. | God | Uncredited; Episode #3.5 |
| Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys | Narrator | Voice; Television documentary | |
| 2016 | 1916: The Irish Rebellion | Narrator | Voice; 3 episodes |
| Inside Amy Schumer | Don Cheadle | Episode: "Welcome to the Gun Show" | |
| Dream Corp, LLC | Devil Demon | Voice; Episode: "The Leak" | |
| 2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Daniel | Television short film |
| The Orville | Jahavus Dorahl | Uncredited; Episode: "If the Stars Should Appear" |
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