Liam Neeson was raised Catholic and was named Liam after a local priest. Liam Neeson admitted that he once thought of changing his religion to Islam.
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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).

In 2017, Liam Neeson was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 74 in the list of 200 Most Influential Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs Worldwide.
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Liam Neeson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000. He received his second Tony Award nomination for his performance in the 2002 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.
Liam Neeson starred as Oscar Wilde in David Hare’s The Judas Kiss in 1998. Neeson made a voice cameo as Qui-Gon in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
Liam Neeson appeared as Qui-Gon in the final episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), appearing as a force ghost to Obi-Wan, in an uncredited cameo.


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