 Liam Neeson is obviously awesome and his range of roles offers a little something for everyone.
Blood feuds your thing? Try Next of Kin
Like masked avengers? Darkman it is. Up for a haunting cinematic masterpiece? Grab Schindler’s List and some Kleenex. Like terrible horror movies with hot, hot Catherine Zeta-Jones? Watch The Haunting, but it is terrible.
Yes, Liam has had a long career of bringing very diverse characters to life. But his acting career could really be summed up in one, not suitable for children, word: bad-assery.
Need proof?
Briar Gates (Next of Kin) Brother avenging bad-ass.
Darkman Superhero bad-ass.
Rob Roy Bad-ass Scotsman.
Jean Valjean (Les miserables) French bad-ass.
Qui-Gon Jinn (Star Wars: Episode. . .it’s the 4th one) Jedi Master bad-ass.
Priest Vallon (Gangs of New York) Dead at the hands of Bill the Butcher bad-ass.
Ra’s al Ghul (Batman Begins) Supervillain bad-ass.
Bryan Mills (Taken) Throat chopping bad-ass. RENT THIS MOVIE!!!
Zeus (Clash of the Titans 2010) King of the Gods bad-ass.
Col. John “Hannibal” Smith (The A-Team) Soldier of Fortune bad-ass.
Some other reasons we like Liam Neeson:
First job out of college (studied physics and computer science) was as a forklift operator at Guinness.
He was ballsy enough to audition for Fezzik, the giant in The Princess Bride. At a mere 6’4”, Neeson lost the role the Andre the Giant, an actual giant.
He wanted to be in a Star Wars movie so bad, he took the role of Qui-Gon Jinn without even reading the script for Star Wars: Episode. . .the 4th one. That was a mistake, but we like that he likes Star Wars that much.
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