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Liam Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an Irish actor. He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and educated at Saint Patrick's College, Ballymena Technical College and Queen's University Belfast. He moved to Dublin after university to further his acting career, joining the renowned Abbey Theatre. In the early 1990s, he moved again to the United States, where the wide acclaim for his performance in Schindler's List led to more high-profile work. He is widowed and lives in New York with his two sons. He has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe Awards. He has starred in a number of notable roles including Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, Michael Collins in Michael Collins, Peyton Westlake in Darkman, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey, Ras Al Ghul in Batman Begins and the voice of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. He has also starred in several other notable films, from major Hollywood studio releases (ie. Excalibur, The Dead Pool, Nell, Rob Roy, The Haunting, Love Actually, Kingdom of Heaven, Taken, Clash of the Titans, The A-Team, Unknown) to smaller arthouse films (ie. Deception, Breakfast on Pluto, Chloe).
Gears of War is a 2026 American military science fiction action film written and directed by Roland Emmerich and based on the video game franchise of the same name. Produced by Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and distributed by Lionsgate Films, it is the first installment in the Gears of War trilogy, a franchise that is set in the same universe as the games as well as in-between the events of the main games and the RAAM's Shadow DLC. Gears of War features an ensemble cast that includes Sasha Calle, Ian Whyte, Diego Tinoco, Sung Kang, Trevante Rhodes, Emilia Clarke, Chris Pratt, Karl Urban, Cate Blanchett, Liev Schreiber, Jack Quaid, Jason Momoa, Robert Patrick, and Liam Neeson. The film follows Clementine Valera, a stranded and the younger sister of a gear who died one year ago, as she joins the Coalition of Gears and is placed in Delta squad, later going into conflict with the cruel Locust general RAAM in the snowy landscape near Mount Kadar. Gears of War opened in theaters on December 1st, 2026; it received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences who praised the atmosphere, visuals, story, action sequences, Hans Zimmer's musical score, direction, performances (particularly Calle, Whyte, Pratt, and Patrick), and faithfulness to the source material, but critics found the violent content too graphically similar to the games and criticized its long running time. It was also a box-office success, grossing $853 million worldwide. A sequel is in development
