Liam Neeson

Having worked with some of the greatest filmmakers of modern cinema including Steve McQueen, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, Neeson is ...

In modern cinema, it is the action genre that Liam Neeson is best known for, with the 2008 movie Taken being his most celebrated role, both critically and commercially. A passion project for Martin Scorsese, Silence is an epic historical tale that tells the story of two Portuguese Jesuit priests who travel to Japan to find their mentor who is rumoured to have left his faith. A lesser-known film of Steve McQueen’s glittering career that includes the addiction drama Shame, novel adaptation 12 Years a Slave and Irish biopic Hunger, Widows tells the story of four women each riddled with debt who work to forge their own future built on their own terms. Liam Neeson may be a great actor and a fantastic action star, but it’s fair to say that a good handful of his generic adrenaline-fueled genre films haven’t been much good. An acting chameleon who often isn’t given the credit he deserves, the Irish star Liam Neeson is known for his roles in wild action flicks, emotional dramas and even dry comedies. Since then, Neeson has become something of an unlikely action hero, taking his towering physique and no-nonsense attitude to countless genre movies, including the celebrated Taken trilogy.