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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).
This non-musical movie version of the third story of Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle concerns Siegfried, the son of Siegmund and Sieglinde, who died giving birth to him. Having been raised by Mime, the brother of the Nibelung dwarf Alberich, Siegfried reforges the shattered remains of his father Siegmund’s sword, Nothung, which he uses to kill Fafner, a giant who has turned himself into a dragon with a magic helmet called the Tarnhelm and is guarding the magic ring, which Alberich had forged years before (along with a hoard of gold and the Tarnhelm). However, upon learning that Mime intends to kill Siegfried and take the ring for himself, the boy kills the dwarf. As the hero who knows no fear, Siegfried is able to penetrate the magic circle of fire surrounding the former Valkyrie Brünnhilde, who had been put to sleep as punishment by her father, Wotan, and can be awakened only by a fearless hero. With a kiss, Siegfried awakens her, and the two fall in love.
