Liam Neeson
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Liam Neeson (William John "Liam" Neeson OBE, born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland June 7, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. He was raised as a Roman Catholic in the predominantly Protestant and Unionist town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland and later attended Queen's University of Belfast. However, he left the university without graduating. Neeson played Qui-Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace, and his voice can be heard in Attack of the Clones after Anakin Skywalker murders the Tusken Raiders saying "Anakin! Anakin! Noo!". He was slated to be heard in a scene with Yoda in Revenge of the Sith, but it was cut from the final film.
Arguably, Neeson's most famous role is that of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's epic Schindler's List (1993). The role won Neeson an Academy Award nomination. The film itself won both Best Picture and Best Director, and Neeson's co-star, Ralph Fiennes, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
More recently, Neeson voiced the lion Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), an adaptation of the C.S. Lewis children's story. He reprised the role in the sequel, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian(2008).
