He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and educated at Saint Patrick's College, Ballymena Technical College and Queen's University Belfast. He moved to Dublin after university to further his acting career, joining the renowned Abbey Theatre. In the early 1990s, he moved again to the United States, where the wide acclaim for his performance in Schindler's List led to more high-profile work. He is widowed and lives in New York with his two sons.
An Irish actor who has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe Awards. He has starred in a number of notable roles including Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, Michael Collins in Michael Collins, Peyton Westlake in Darkman, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey, Ras Al Ghul in Batman Begins and the voice of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. He has also starred in several other notable films, from major Hollywood studio releases (ie. Excalibur, The Dead Pool, Nell, Rob Roy, The Haunting, Love Actually, Kingdom of Heaven, Taken, Clash of the Titans, The A-Team, Unknown) to smaller arthouse films (ie. Deception, Breakfast on Pluto, Chloe).
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Venice International Film Festival
Golden Lion
Known For
Silence
(2016)
Ferreira
Batman Begins
(2005)
Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul
Taken 3
(2014)
Bryan Mills
The Grey
(2012)
John Ottway
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(2005)
Aslan (voice)
Love Actually
(2003)
Daniel
Battleship
(2012)
Admiral Shane
Retribution
(2023)
Matt Turner
Taken
(2008)
Bryan Mills
Taken 2
(2012)
Bryan Mills
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(2019)
Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
Schindler's List
(1993)
Oskar Schindler
Ted 2
(2015)
Customer
Excalibur
(1981)
Gawain
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Ra's al Ghul
Memory
(2022)
Alex Lewis
Full Filmography
Acting
Pilgrim's Progress
(1978)
Evangelist / Mr. Goodwill / Mr. Interpreter / Jesus Christ
Dinner at The Sporting Club
(1978)
Dermot
The Last Window Cleaner
(1979)
Himself
Christiana
(1979)
Excalibur
(1981)
Gawain
Nailed
(1981)
Young Catholic
Krull
(1983)
Kegan
Across the Water
(1983)
Martin
The Bounty
(1984)
Charles Churchill
An Audience with Mel Brooks
(1984)
Self (uncredited)
Arthur the King
(1985)
Grak
The Innocent
(1985)
John Carns
The Mission
(1986)
Father John Fielding
Lamb
(1986)
Michael Lamb
Duet for One
(1986)
Totter
The Delta Force
(1986)
Delta Force Member (uncredited)
Suspect
(1987)
Carl Wayne Anderson
A Prayer for the Dying
(1987)
Liam Docherty
Sworn to Silence
(1987)
Vincent Cauley
The Dead Pool
(1988)
Peter Swan
High Spirits
(1988)
Martin Brogan
Satisfaction
(1988)
Martin Falcon
The Good Mother
(1988)
Leo Cutter
Sweet As You Are
(1988)
Martin Perry
Next of Kin
(1989)
Briar Gates
Darkman
(1990)
Peyton Westlake / Darkman
The Big Man
(1990)
Danny Scoular
Under Suspicion
(1991)
Tony Aaron
Revolver
(1991)
Man
Shining Through
(1992)
Franze-Otto Dietrich
Leap of Faith
(1992)
Sheriff Will Braverman
Husbands and Wives
(1992)
Michael Gates
Ruby Cairo
(1992)
Fergus Lamb
Schindler's List
(1993)
Oskar Schindler
Ethan Frome
(1993)
Ethan Frome
Nell
(1994)
Dr. Lovell
Rob Roy
(1995)
Robert Roy MacGregor
Lumière and Company
(1995)
Miss Sarajevo
(1995)
Himself
Michael Collins
(1996)
Michael Collins
Before and After
(1996)
Ben Ryan
Les Misérables
(1998)
Jean Valjean
Everest
(1998)
Narrator
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(1999)
Qui-Gon Jinn
The Haunting
(1999)
Dr. David Marrow
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
(2000)
Narrator (voice)
Gun Shy
(2000)
Charles Mayough
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
(2000)
Narrator
Inside The Space Station
(2000)
Himself - Narrator
Journey into Amazing Caves
(2001)
Narrator (voice)
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
(2001)
Self
The Mind's Big Bang
(2001)
Self
Gangs of New York
(2002)
"Priest" Vallon
K-19: The Widowmaker
(2002)
Mikhail Polenin
Love Actually
(2003)
Daniel
Coral Reef Adventure
(2003)
Narrator (voice)
Martin Luther
(2003)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York
(2003)
Self
Kinsey
(2004)
Alfred Kinsey
Patrick
(2004)
Narrator
The Story of Star Wars
(2004)
Qui-Gon Jinn (archive footage)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
(2004)
Self
Batman Begins
(2005)
Henri Ducard / Ra's al Ghul
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(2005)
Aslan (voice)
Breakfast on Pluto
(2005)
Father Liam
Kingdom of Heaven
(2005)
Godfrey de Ibelin
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
(2005)
Self
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
(2006)
Narrator
Sergeant York: Of God and Country
(2006)
Xavier
(2006)
Narrator
Home
(2006)
The Path to Redemption
(2006)
Self
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
(2006)
Self
Seraphim Falls
(2007)
Carver
Trumbo
(2007)
Self
The Birth of Christ
(2007)
Himself - Narrator
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
(2008)
Aslan (voice)
Taken
(2008)
Bryan Mills
The Other Man
(2008)
Peter
After.Life
(2009)
Eliot Deacon
Five Minutes of Heaven
(2009)
Alistair Little
Chloe
(2010)
David Stewart
The Next Three Days
(2010)
Damon
Clash of the Titans
(2010)
Zeus
The Wildest Dream
(2010)
Narrator
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
(2010)
Aslan (voice)
The A-Team
(2010)
John "Hannibal" Smith
Unknown
(2011)
Dr. Martin Harris
A Child's Garden of Poetry
(2011)
Self (voice)
Battleship
(2012)
Admiral Shane
The Dark Knight Rises
(2012)
Ra's al Ghul
Taken 2
(2012)
Bryan Mills
The Grey
(2012)
John Ottway
Wrath of the Titans
(2012)
Zeus
The Secret Policeman's Ball
(2012)
Self
Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine
(2012)
Narrator (voice)
Third Person
(2013)
Michael
Khumba
(2013)
Phango (voice)
Girl Rising
(2013)
Narrator (voice)
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - The New Generation: Alive on Stage!
(2013)
The Journalist
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
(2013)
Himself
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
(2013)
History Channel Host (uncredited)
The Lego Movie
(2014)
Bad Cop/Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice)
A Walk Among the Tombstones
(2014)
Matthew Scudder
Non-Stop
(2014)
Bill Marks
Manny
(2014)
Narrator
The Nut Job
(2014)
Raccoon (voice)
A Million Ways to Die in the West
(2014)
Clinch Leatherwood
Taken 3
(2014)
Bryan Mills
Road
(2014)
Narrator
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys
(2014)
Himself - Narrator
The Prophet
(2014)
Mustafa (voice)
Love Thy Nature
(2014)
Narrator
Run All Night
(2015)
Jimmy Conlon
Entourage
(2015)
Liam Neeson
Ted 2
(2015)
Customer
A Christmas Star
(2015)
Narrator / Radio DJ
Silence
(2016)
Ferreira
The Huntsman: Winter's War
(2016)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Monster Calls
(2016)
The Monster (voice)
Operation Chromite
(2016)
Douglas MacArthur
How to Defuse a Bomb: The Project Children Story
(2016)
Narrator
A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats
(2016)
Himself
For the Love of Spock
(2016)
Leo Cutter (archive footage)
The Last Laugh
(2016)
Self
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
(2017)
Mark Felt
Karenina & I
(2017)
Leo Tolstoy
Red Nose Day Actually
(2017)
Daniel
Daddy's Home 2
(2017)
Liam Neeson (voice) (uncredited)
And the Winner Isn't
(2017)
Self
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America
(2017)
Narrator
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
(2017)
Self
Spielberg
(2017)
Self - Segment "Schindler's List"
The Commuter
(2018)
Michael MacCauley
Widows
(2018)
Harry Rawlings
The Last Horsemen of New York
(2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(2018)
Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
Cold Pursuit
(2019)
Nels Coxman
Men in Black: International
(2019)
Agent High T
Ordinary Love
(2019)
Tom
Lost Lives
(2019)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(2019)
Qui-Gon Jinn (voice)
Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis
(2019)
Narrator
Honest Thief
(2020)
Tom Dolan
Made in Italy
(2020)
Robert
The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine
(2020)
Self - Narrator (voice)
WAMEGO: Addendum
(2020)
The Marksman
(2021)
Jim
The Ice Road
(2021)
Mike McCann
Memory
(2022)
Alex Lewis
Blacklight
(2022)
Travis Block
Bonnie
(2022)
Self
Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman
(2022)
Self
Ireland
(2022)
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
(2022)
Self - Qui-Gon Jinn
Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici
(2022)
Himself
Retribution
(2023)
Matt Turner
Marlowe
(2023)
Philip Marlowe
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
(2023)
Finbar Murphy
Thug
(2024)
Thug
Wildcat
(2024)
Cold Storage
(2025)
Robert Quinn
Untitled Naked Gun Reboot
(2025)
Frank Drebin Jr.
Production