Is Liam Neeson a tough guy in real life? How is Liam Neeson so fit?

Liam Neeson has been described as a very nice and decent man. Despite his onscreen tough guy image, Liam Neeson suffers an intense fear of heights.

Liam Neeson does bodyweight workouts and lightweight training on his own and also goes on power walks as an extra aerobic activity. In 2011, Neeson played himself in BBC2’s Life’s Too Short series.

Liam Neeson rose to prominence portraying Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s holocaust drama Schindler’s List (1993). He also starred in Nell (1994), Rob Roy (1995), Michael Collins (1996), and Les Misérables (1998).

Liam Neeson got his first film experience in 1977, playing Jesus Christ and The Evangelist in the religious film Pilgrim’s Progress (1978). Neeson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000.

In 2009, at a ceremony in New York, Liam Neeson was awarded an honorary doctorate by Queen’s University, Belfast. In 2017, Neeson was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 74 in the list of 200 Most Influential Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs Worldwide.