Født July 7, 1952 · Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Filmography
| Role | Title | Year | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actor | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 2005 | Aslan |
| Actor | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | 2019 | Qui-Gon Jinn |
| Actor | Batman Begins | 2005 | Ducard |
| Actor | The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | Ra's al Ghul |
| Actor | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 1999 | Qui-Gon Jinn |
| Actor | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | 2008 | Aslan (voice) |
| Actor | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 2010 | Aslan |
| Actor | Men in Black: International | 2019 | Agent High T |
| Actor | Schindler's List | 1993 | Oskar Schindler |
| Actor | Love Actually | 2003 | Daniel |
| Actor | Ted 2 | 2015 | Customer |
| Actor | The Huntsman: Winter's War | 2016 | Narrator |
| Actor | Taken | 2008 | Bryan Mills |
| Actor | Taken 2 | 2012 | Bryan Mills |
| Actor | Clash of the Titans | 2010 | Zeus |
| Actor | Taken 3 | 2014 | Bryan Mills |
| Actor | The Lego Movie | 2014 | Bad Cop / Good Cop / Pa Cop (voice) |
| Actor | Battleship | 2012 | Admiral Shane |
| Actor | Kingdom of Heaven | 2005 | Godfrey de Ibelin |
| Actor | Wrath of the Titans | 2012 | Zeus |
| Actor | Gangs of New York | 2002 | "Priest" Vallon |
| Actor | A Monster Calls | 2016 | The Monster (voice) |
| Actor | The Commuter | 2018 | Michael MacCauley |
| Actor | The Ice Road | 2021 | Mike |
| Actor | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | 2018 | Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket") |
| Actor | Daddy's Home 2 | 2017 | Himself (voice) |
| Actor | Non-Stop | 2014 | Bill Marks |
| Actor | A Million Ways to Die in the West | 2014 | Clinch |
| Actor | Retribution | 2023 | Matt Turner |
| Actor | Cold Pursuit | 2019 | Nels Coxman |
| Actor | Honest Thief | 2020 | Tom |
| Actor | Unknown | 2011 | Dr. Martin Harris |
| Actor | The A-Team | 2010 | Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith |
| Actor | Memory | 2022 | Alex Lewis |
| Actor | The Grey | 2011 | John Ottway |
| Actor | Chloe | 2009 | David Stewart |
| Actor | Blacklight | 2022 | Travis Block |
| Actor | Silence | 2016 | Cristóvão Ferreira / Sawano Chūan |
| Actor | Widows | 2018 | Harry Rawlings |
| Actor | The Next Three Days | 2010 | Damon |
| Actor | The Marksman | 2021 | Jim Hanson |
| Actor | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | 2013 | History Channel Host |
| Actor | Run All Night | 2015 | Jimmy Conlon |
| Actor | The Nut Job | 2014 | Raccoon |
| Actor | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi’s Return | 2022 | Liam Neeson - Qui-Gon Jinn |
| Actor | The Haunting | 1999 | Dr. David Marrow |
| Actor | A Walk Among the Tombstones | 2014 | Matthew Scudder |
| Actor | Breakfast on Pluto | 2005 | Father Liam |
| Actor | Khumba | 2013 | Phango (voice) |
| Actor | The Mission | 1986 | Fielding |
| Actor | In the Land of Saints and Sinners | 2023 | Finbar Murphy |
| Actor | Entourage | 2015 | Liam Neeson |
| Actor | After.Life | 2009 | Eliot Deacon |
| Actor | Marlowe | 2023 | Philip Marlowe |
| Actor | The Dead Pool | 1988 | Peter Swan |
| Actor | Excalibur | 1981 | Gawain |
| Actor | Les Misérables | 1998 | Jean Valjean |
| Actor | Made in Italy | 2020 | Robert |
| Actor | Darkman | 1990 | Peyton Westlake / Darkman |
| Actor | Third Person | 2013 | Michael |
| Actor | Absolution | 2024 | Thug |
| Actor | K-19: The Widowmaker | 2002 | Mikhail Polenin |
| Actor | Red Nose Day Actually | 2017 | Daniel |
| Actor | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | 2017 | Mark Felt |
| Actor | Nell | 1994 | Dr. Lovell |
| Actor | Rob Roy | 1995 | Robert Roy MacGregor (Rob Roy) |
| Actor | Krull | 1983 | Kegan |
| Actor | Michael Collins | 1996 | Michael Collins |
| Actor | The Bounty | 1984 | Charles Churchill |
| Actor | Ordinary Love | 2019 | Tom |
| Actor | Kinsey | 2004 | Alfred Kinsey |
| Actor | The U.S. and the Holocaust | Voice-over | |
| Actor | Husbands and Wives | 1992 | Michael Gates |
| Actor | Seraphim Falls | 2006 | Carver |
| Actor | Spielberg | 2017 | Himself |
| Actor | Operation Chromite | 2016 | Douglas MacArthur |
| Actor | The Other Man | 2008 | Peter |
| Actor | Before and After | 1996 | Ben Ryan |
| Actor | High Spirits | 1988 | Martin Brogan |
| Actor | Benjamin Franklin (2022) | Voice of Alexander Wedderburn | |
| Actor | The Prophet | 2014 | Mustafa (voice) |
| Actor | Suspect | 1987 | Carl Wayne Anderson |
| Actor | Liberty's Kids | John Paul Jones | |
| Actor | Shining Through | 1992 | Franze-Otto Dietrich |
| Actor | Next of Kin | 1989 | Briar Gates |
| Actor | If Tomorrow Comes | Insp. André Trignant | |
| Actor | A Christmas Star | 2017 | Narrator / Radio DJ |
| Actor | Gun Shy | 2000 | Charles Mayeaux |
| Actor | A Woman of Substance | Blackie O'Neill | |
| Actor | Leap of Faith | 1992 | Sheriff Will Braverman |
| Actor | Five Minutes of Heaven | 2009 | Alistair Little |
| Actor | Everest | 1998 | Narrator |
| Actor | Satisfaction | 1988 | Martin Falcon |
| Actor | The Naked Gun | 2025 | Frank Drebin Jr. |
| Actor | Girl Rising | 2013 | Narrator (voice) |
| Actor | Under Suspicion | 1991 | Tony Aaron |
| Actor | Road | 2014 | Narrator |
| Actor | A Prayer for the Dying | 1987 | Liam Docherty |
| Actor | The Big Man | 1990 | Danny Scoular |
| Actor | The Wildest Dream | 2010 | Narrator |
| Actor | The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition | 2000 | voice |
| Actor | Evolution | Narrator | |
| Actor | Ethan Frome | 1993 | Ethan Frome |
| Actor | Grojband: The Movie | 2023 | Bad Cop |
| Actor | The Good Mother | 1988 | Leo |
| Actor | Lumière and Company | 1995 | Himself |
| Actor | Trumbo | 2007 | Himself |
| Actor | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds Alive on Stage! The New Generation | 2013 | The Journalist |
| Actor | Ruby Cairo | 1993 | Fergus Lamb |
| Actor | Lamb | 1986 | Michael Lamb |
| Actor | Manny | 2014 | Narrator |
| Host | The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine | ||
| Actor | Martin Luther | 2003 | Himself - Narrator (voice) |