Liam John Neeson, commonly known as Liam Neeson, is a famous Irish actor, as well as a voice actor. To the public, Liam Neeson is perhaps best known for his breakthrough role in the historical period drama directed by Steven Spielberg called “Schindler’s List”, where he played the main character. Considered to be among the best films ever made, “Schindler’s List” succeeded in winning numerous awards, as well as grossing over $321 million in the box office. Since then, Neeson has starred in such popular films as “Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace”, “Clash of the Titans” with Gemma Arterton, “Michael Collins” starring Aidan Quinn, and “Les Miserables” with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway to name a few. For his contributions to the film industry, Liam Neeson was won a Performing Arts Award, Freedom of the Borough Award, and become an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), bestowed upon him by Queen Elizabeth II.
Liam Neeson Net Worth $75 Million
A well-known actor, how rich is Liam Neeson? According to sources, in 2012 his salary from “Taken 2” amounted to $10 million, while his overall earnings that year were $20 million. In 2013, he signed a deal to reprise his role in “Taken 3”, for which he received $20 million. In regards to his overall wealth, Liam Neeson’s net worth is estimated to be $75 million, most of which he has accumulated due to his acting career. Among his many valuable assets is a house in Millbrook, which cost him $3.7 million.
Liam Neeson was born in 1952, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, where he studied at Queen’s University Belfast. While at the university, Neeson showed exceptional skills in football, as a result of which he was offered a possibility to play for Bohemian F.C. Neeson played one game for the team, before he left after failing to secure a contract. When he left the university, Neeson took up various jobs, which ranged from working at the “Guinness Brewery” to being a truck driver.
Neeson was noticed by John Boorman, who invited him to join the cast on his film called “Excalibur”. After that, Neeson received several other film roles, the most known being in Roger Donaldson’s “The Bounty” starring Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins and Laurence Olivier, and “The Mission” with Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons and Aidan Quinn. More recently, in 2012, he starred in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises”, played a character in “Battleship” with Taylor Kitsch and Rihanna, as well as “Taken 2”. Currently, Liam Neeson is filming for an upcoming horror film entitled “A Monster Calls” with Felicity Jones and Lewis MacDougall, which is scheduled to be released in 2016. He also appears in two other upcoming films, namely “Ted 2” and “Entourage”.
In regards to his personal life, he had been dating Helen Mirren before he met Natasha Richardson. The couple married in 1994 and lived together until 2009, when Richardson passed away due to an injury she suffered after a skiing accident. Neeson and Richardson had two children together.
