Birth Name: William Neeson
Birth Date: June 7, 1952
Birthplace: Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Occupation: Actor
Claim to Fame: 1993: As Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's gritty black-and-white Holocaust drama Schindler's List; the part won Neeson an Oscar nomination
Significant Other(s): Helen Mirren, actress; met while filming Excalibur; together 1981-85
Julia Roberts, actress; met while making Satisfaction; together 1988-90
Wife: Natasha Richardson, actress; met when they appeared together on Broadway in Anna Christie; married July 3, 1994
Family: Father: Barney Neeson, custodian; deceased; worked in a boys' primary school
Mother: Kitty Neeson, cook; worked in a girls' grammar school
Sister: Bernadette Neeson
Sister: Has two more
Son: Michael Richard Antonio Neeson; born June 22, 1995; mother, Natasha Richardson
Son: Daniel Jack Neeson; born August 28, 1996; mother, Natasha Richardson
Awards: 1996: Venice Film Festival: Best Actor, Michael Collins
Education: Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland
