Liam Neeson

William John 'Liam' Neeson (born June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is an Oscar-nominated Northern Irish actor.

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 enrolled in the 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 Oskar Schindler in the 1993 film Schindler's List, the Star Wars prequel trilogy as Qui-Gon Jin, 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. He has also played real-life characters, including Michael Collins and Alfred Kinsey. He will be starring as Abraham Lincoln in a biographical film Lincoln due for release in 2011. He also be starred in the Studio Ghibli anime movie Ponyo On the Cliff By the Sea, where he provided the voice for Ponyo's father.

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 model 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."