Liam Neeson: biografi og tidlige karriere

Liam Neeson was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. He was named Liam, Irish for William. He was the third child and the only boy out of four sisters, Elizabeth, Bernadette and Rosaline. When he was nine, Neeson began boxing and later became senior boxer. It was at the age of eleven, that Neeson first went on stage. His English teacher gave him the lead role in a school play, which he said yes, because the girl he was in love with was also included as the female lead. After that piece, was he in all school the pieces for the following years. His interesting in acting, and the decision to become an actor was very high. While at university, showed Neeson `s skills as a talented socker forward, which resulted in him being spotted by Bohemian FC manager, Seán Thomas. Neeson went to Dublin for a trial with the club and play short when he came on as a substitute in a match against Shamrock Rovers. Neeson was not offered a contract at the club and it was his only achievement in professional football. After that had left university, Neeson returned to Ballymena and worked in a series of small jobs such as truck driver. He also worked on a teacher-training college in Newcastle for two years before again returning to his hometown. Neeson first film in 1978, where he was instructed to play Jesus Christ and the Evangelist in the religious film, Pil-grim's Progress. After a response from staff on the architects' office, where he worked, Neeson went to audition at the Lyric Players Theater in Belfast and was admitted. After two years there, moved Neeson to Dublin in 1978, after he was offered a role in a play at the Project Arts Center. In 1980, as the film director John Boorman him on stage, as Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men, and offered him the part of Gawain in Arthurian movie, Excalibur. After Excalibur, Neeson moved to London, where he continued to working on the stage with small budget films and TV series. He has lived with actress Helen Mirren at this time that he met working on Excalibur. Between 1982 and 1987, Neeson starred in five films, especially with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins in 1984's The Bounty and Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons in 1986's The Mission. It must then also said that he has been in Batman Begins, where he played, Henri Ducard / Ra 's al Ghul.