Liam Neeson

William John 'Liam' Neeson OBE (born June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is an Oscar-nominated Northern Irish actor who provided the voice for James in Fallout 3.

Early Life
He is the son of Katherine "Kitty" (née Brown), a cook, and Barnard "Barney" Neeson, a caretaker at the local Catholic girls' primary school. Before his acting career, he had worked as a fork-lift driver at a Guinness factory, and a truck driver. He even spent a short amount of time playing for Bohemians, a professional Irish football club, due to prowess in football while he was enrolled in college.

Career
In his first film appearance, he starred as Jesus Christ in the religious film Pilgrim's Progress directed by Ken Anderson. His movie and TV roles include Dr. Peyton Westlake in "Darkman", Oskar Schindler in the 1993 film Schindler's List, the Star Wars prequel trilogy as Qui-Gon Jin, in Kingdom of Heaven as Godfrey, The Chronicles of Narnia where he voiced Aslan and Batman Begins as Ra's al Ghul. In the 2007 movie, Taken, he plays a retired Central Intelligence Agency agent who travels to Europe to save his daughter from kidnappers, with the intetion of selling his daughter. He has also played real-life characters, including Michael Collins, Alfred Kinsey and Oskar Schindler. He was starred as John "Hannibal" Smith in the A-Team movie released on June 11, 2010. He will also be starring as Abraham Lincoln in a biographical film Lincoln due for release in 2011.

Fallout Series Participation
Neeson was the voice actor for the Lone Wanderer's Father, James. Being in a main role in Fallout 3, Neeson recorded a considerable amount of dialogue for the game. The game designers intended the character of James to be very similar to the stance, behaviors and traits of Neeson (even the model is similar to an extent). "It’s been a pleasure bringing the father to life and working with the wonderfully talented people at Bethesda on Fallout 3", said Neeson. “I hope the fans of the franchise and the game will be excited by the results."