Quick Facts Liam Neeson

  • NameLiam Neeson
  • Birth NameLiam John Neeson
  • Nick NameLiam, Neeson, Will
  • FatherBernard Neeson
  • MotherKatherine Brown
  • NationalityBritish
  • ReligionRoman Catholic
  • EthnicityWhite
  • ProfessionActor
  • Net Worth$ 75 million
  • SalaryN/A
  • Eye ColorBlue
  • Body MeasurementsN/A
  • Shoe SIze12 (US)
  • Weight in KG102 kg
  • MarriedYes
  • Married toNatasha Richardson
  • Children1
  • EducationQueen's University Belfast
  • AwardsIrish Film & Television Academy for Best Actor
  • MoviesTed 2
  • SistersJoely Richardson

Well recently in 2019, Liam Neeson made headlines for giving a controversial interview, published by The Independent. You must have known and heard a lot about him, but let’s get to know more deeply about his personal life.

Liam Neeson is an actor from Northern Ireland, widely famous for portraying the role of ‘Oskar Schindler’, in the movie, Schindler’s List which earned him an Academy Award and an Oscar nomination. In addition, he has portrayed in dozens of award-winning movies.

As of 2019, Liam Neeson enjoys an impressive net worth of over $85 million. Further, he has made a stupendous fortune from his professional acting career. Without any ado, let’s get to know more about Neeson’s Biography, net worth, salary, married life, ex-wife, wife, children, cars, houses, career, controversy, and many more interesting facts! 

What is the Net Worth of Liam Neeson in 2019?

As per the sources of 2019, Liam Neeson has an estimated net worth of over $85 million. No doubt, he earned a huge sum of money from his acting career.

He has featured in several movies and TV series through which he obtains a decent sum of money. You’d be shocked to know, how rapidly has Neeson’s net worth grown in these years. As per the sources, his earnings in 2008 was $5 million which rise up to $20 million in 2012 and $32 million in 2013. Impressive isn’t it?

Now let’s take a look at some of Liam Neeson’s blockbuster movies  which have collected the heaviest earnings in Box-Office collections since 1993:

Liam Neeson’s MoviesLiam Neeson’s SalaryBox-office collections
Schindler’s List (1993)$1.5 million$322.1 million
Nell (1994)$500,000$106.7 million
Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace (1999)$2.5 million$1.027 billion
Gangs of New York (2002)$2 million$193.8 million
Batman Begins (2005)$2 million$375.2 million
Taken (2008)$5 million$226.8 million
Clash of the Titans (2010)$5 million$493.2 million
Battleship (2012)$10 million$303 million
The Dark Knight Rises$2 million$1.085 billion
Non-Stop (2014)$20 million$222.8 million
Taken 3 (2014)$20 million$326.4 million

Now, we know, Neeson has a pretty successful career and most of his movies have collected huge collections. Hence, we can say that Neeson enjoys his life lavishly.

Also, let’s know about Liam Neeson’s properties, he owns a wonderful house in Millbrook, New York. The massive house is spread on a vast parcel of land. It is surrounded by a lot of greenery and even has massive open green spaces.

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One of the main features of the property is a tennis court. The price tag of the house is $3.71 million. Also, he owns another luxurious house in France, whose price is reported to be $2.5 million.

One of the Top 100 Movies Stars, Liam Neeson’s salary and incomes has allowed the actor to be able to take care of his passion for luxury cars. The multi-millionaire actor owns a number of luxury sedans and sports cars. Ferrari F430 and Bentley are a couple of cars in his impressive car collection.

Liam Neeson Controversy (2019)

Recently, the actor faced backlash after racially charged comments he made. In an interview with The Independent, he said he thought about looking for a black person to kill after someone closely related to him was raped.

She handled the situation of the rape in the most extraordinary way. But my immediate reaction was… I asked, did she know who it was? No. What color were they? She said it was a black person. I went up and down areas with a [crowbar], hoping I’d be approached by somebody – I’m ashamed to say that – and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some [Neeson gestures air quotes with his fingers] ‘black bastard’ would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him.

Neeson later appeared on Good Morning America to explain his incendiary comments. “I’m not racist,” Neeson said. “This was nearly 40 years ago.”

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As a result, in the wake of actor Liam Neeson’s comments about considering a racially-motivated revenge attack, the red carpet event for his new movie, “Cold Pursuit,” was suddenly canceled. However, he attended the movie’s premiere.

Liam Neeson Early life and Education

Liam Neeson was born as Liam John Neeson on 7th June 1952 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was born to parents, Katherine “Kitty” Neeson and Bernard “Barney” Neeson and grew up along with his siblings in County Antrim.

Neeson started learning boxing at the All Saints Youth Club at the age of 9 and later became Ulster’s amateur senior boxing champion. At the age of 11, he grew up getting more interested in acting and started performing in several stages. He enrolls at Queen’s University Belfast as a student of physics and computer science.

Liam Neeson Career

Initially, Liam Neeson portrayed in several stage production and in TV series for several years. He rose to prominence after featuring in the movie Schindler’s List as Oskar Schindler, in 1993, which earned him an Academy Award. His performance in the documentaries films such as Journey into Amazing Caves and The Endurance: Shackleton’ Legendary Antarctic Adventure earned him wide recognition and fame.

Neeson successful movies include The Commuter, Ted 2, Taken franchises, Non-Stop, The Grey, The A-Team, After Life, Home, Gangs of New York, The Big Man, Suspect, etc. He also featured in TV series such as The Orville, Rev, Life’s Too Short, Patrick, Evolution, Miami Vice, Arthur the King, etc.

Besides acting, Liam Neeson has also a voice in video games such as Batman Begin as Henri Ducard in 2005, Fallout 3 as James in 2008 and in Lego Dimension as Bad Cop in 2015.

Liam Neeson Awards and Achievement

Liam outstanding performance won the heart of millions of people as well as earned several awards and honors. Among all his awards and nomination here are some of them:

  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association as Best Actor in 2004.
  • Irish Film & Television Academy as Best Actor in  
  • Evening Standard British Film Awards as Best Actor in 1996.
  • Chicago Film Critics Association as Best Actor in 1993.

Moreover, he also received the “Freedom of the Town of Ballymena” by the Ballymena Borough Council in 2000, and was also honored with the Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Award by the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) at the Mansion House, Dublin, with Irish President Michael D. Higgins presenting the award on 9th April 2016.

Neeson was also appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in her 2000 New Year Honors, awarded an honorary doctorate by Queen’s University, Belfast. He 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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Additionally, The American Ireland Fund had also honored him with their Performing Arts Award for the great distinction he has brought to Ireland at their 2008 Dinner Gala in New York City.

Liam Neeson Personal Life, Relationship, Affairs and Wife’s Death

In early 1980, Liam was deeply in love with an actress, Helen Mirren. The couple dated for a long time and they used to live together. Later, Liam Neeson married to an actress, Natasha Richardson on 3rd July 1994. The couple met each other while performing in a revival of the play Anna Christie on Broadway in 1993.

Neeson and wife Natasha welcomed their first child, Micheal Richard Antonio, on 22nd June 1995 in Dublin and their second son, Daniel Jack, on 27th August 1996 in New York City.

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In 1998, Daily Mirror state that Liam and Richardson’s marital relationship was at the edge of divorce due to which Daily Mirror had to pay $85,370 as libel damages.

Later, the couple donated all those money to victims of the Omagh bombing in August 1998. On 18th March 2009, Natasha Richardson suffered from several head injuries in a skiing accident at the Mont Tremblant Resort in Quebec, Canada. Due to severe head injuries, she died and her all body organs were donated.

Liam Neeson Age, Height, Weight

  • Age: 66 years as of 2019
  • Birthplace: Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • Star Sign: Gemini
  • Net worth: $85 million
  • Height: 6 feet 3 inches (1.93m)
  • Weight: 96 kgs ( 211.6 lbs)
  • Eye color: Blue
  • Hair color: Light Brown
  • Recently in 2019, he was backlashed by the racial comments he made in an interview

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