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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).
In 1935, drifter Henry Stauf commits murder, a descent into darkness. Haunted by a vision, he carves a doll, bartering it for survival. Visions of toys continue, and Stauf becomes a successful toymaker. He builds a mansion, fulfilling another vision. However, children with his toys fall ill, die. Stauf vanishes into his mansion. Present day, "Ego" awakens in the deserted mansion. Ghostly visions reveal a night after the deaths: six guests arrive, invited by Stauf. His puzzles instruct them to bring an uninvited guest, a boy named Tad. Elinor and Hamilton seek to help Tad, while others hunt him for a reward. Stauf's machinations turn the guests against each other. Julia, the last survivor, finds Tad, but Stauf, a grotesque creature, awaits. He needs Tad's soul to complete a pact with an evil force. Julia dies, Tad trapped. Ego, the spirit of Tad, relives this eternally, a purgatory. Now, he can intervene. He helps Tad escape. Stauf, denied the soul, is consumed by the evil entity. Grateful, Tad thanks Ego, who steps into a sphere of light and vanishes.
