Researching Liam Neeson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 155 people with the Neeson surname? In that year Neeson was ranked number 3424 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Liam means "unwavering protector" and is of Irish origin.
Records of Liam Neeson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Liam Neeson and the Neeson Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 1106 people with the Neeson surname in the UK? Neeson is now ranked number 3009 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received several accolades throughout his career, including nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Tony Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, Neeson was listed at number 7 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's 50 greatest film actors.
In 1976, Neeson joined the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast for two years. He then acted in the Arthurian film Excalibur (1981). He starred in five films between 1982 and 1987, most notably The Bounty (1984) and The Mission (1986). He landed a leading role in Next of Kin (1989) and rose to prominence when he starred as Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List (1993). He has since starred in highly successful films such as the drama Nell (1994), the historical biopic Michael Collins (1996), Les Misérables (1998), the space opera Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), the biographical drama Kinsey (2004), the superhero film Batman Begins (2005), the action thriller series Taken (2008–2014), the survival film The Grey (2011), and Martin Scorsese's religious epic Silence (2016). He also provided the voices of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia trilogy (2005–2010) and the titular monster in A Monster Calls (2016).
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