Menu All. Sign In. Celebrities I always mix up. List activity. Liam Neeson. Actor Producer Soundtrack Kinsey He was raised in a Catholic household. During his early years, Liam worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an amateur boxer.
He had originally sought a career as a teacher by attending St. Mary's Teaching College, Newcastle. After two years, Neeson moved to Dublin's Abbey Theater where he performed the classics.
It was here that he was spotted by director John Boorman and was cast in the film Excalibur as Sir Gawain, his first high-profile film role. Through the s Neeson appeared in a handful of films and British TV series - including The Bounty , A Woman of Substance , The Mission , and Duet for One - but it was not until he moved to Hollywood to pursue larger roles that he began to get noticed.
His turn as a mute homeless man in Suspect garnered good reviews, as did supporting roles in The Good Mother and High Spirits - though he also starred in the best-to-be-forgotten Satisfaction , which also featured a then-unknown Julia Roberts - but leading man status eluded him until the cult favorite Darkman , directed by Sam Raimi.
Also in , he made his Broadway debut with a Tony-nominated performance in "Anna Christie", in which he co-starred with his future wife Natasha Richardson. The next year, the two also starred opposite Jodie Foster in the movie Nell , and were married in July of that year. Leading roles as the 18th century Scottish Highlander Rob Roy and the Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins followed, and soon Neeson was solidified as one of Hollywood's top leading men.
