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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).
Rise of the Guardians is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated action fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay by David Lindsay-Abaire based on the book series The Guardians of Childhood and the short film The Man in the Moon by William Joyce. It stars Andrew Garfield, Ben Affleck, Tom Hiddleston, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Eckhart And Kyle Chandler. The film tells a story about Guardians Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, The Leprechaun, The Groundhog, Cupid and the Sandman, who enlist Jack Frost to stop the evil Pitch Black and Heat Miser from engulfing the world in darkness in a fight of dreams. The film was released in the United States on November 21, 2012. It grossed $1.026 Billion worldwide against a budget of $145 million. It won the academy award for best picture, best actor for Andrew Garfield And best music from Lorne Balfe. The sequel, Rise Of The Guardians 2 was released on March 26th 2015.
