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Mark Felt: What brings you back?
Bill Sullivan: Two words: Re. Venge.
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Mark Felt: The White House is packing all its crimes in separate little boxes. Watergate, the spying, the ugliness, the rot. Each thing in a different box so that no one can put it together, so that no one sees it's all connected. And no one will care, but it's all the same big thing.
Sandy Smith: And Watergate? Just the gateway.
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson (Liam Neeson), born in Northern Ireland on June 7, 1952 , is an Irish actor.
In 1981, he performed his first big screen work " Excalibur ". In 1993, Liam was nominated for the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre for his first Broadway drama " Anna Christie " . In 1994, he was nominated as Oscars Best Actor by starring in " Schindler's List " . In 1996, with the role of " Michael Collins " in "Michael Collins", Liam Neeson won the best actor of the Venice International Film Festival . After that, Nissen appeared in " Prequel Trilogy ", " Gangs of New York ", " Love Actually " and other films one after another. In 2008, Liam Neeson starred in the movie " Taken ". In April 2010, he starred in " Clash of the Titans " released in the film, he played the god Zeus in the film.
Early Experience
On June 7, 1952, Liam was born in a small place called Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. His father was a janitor at a local Catholic girls’ school, his mother was a cook, and Liam’s family had 4 children. He was the third child and the only boy in this family of six. Liam’s childhood dream was to be an excellent boxer. In order to make his son’s character look stronger, his parents began to send him to fight club training at the age of 9. Liam was first exposed to acting when he was 11 years old. At that time, the school organized a drama performance, and the teacher strongly recommended him to be the leading actor. However, at that time, Xiao Liam was all focused on his boxing career and did not have much interest in it. But then he accidentally discovered a girl who had been admiring for a long time. Also participate in the performance, so the obscure desire to perform is amplified in the same obscure first love. When he arrived at university, Liam began to work in an amateur theater company. Later, a colleague told him that he could go to the Belfast Opera House to try his luck. At that time, the opera house rehearsed "The Resurrected Man" and it happened to need a big man, so the performance of just two minutes made Liam Neeson's first professional stage appearance. After two years at the Belfast Opera House, Liam joined the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and began a stage performance career for several years. Before the age of 25, Liam worked as a forklift driver at the Guinness Brewery. Later, he had a new goal. Liam studied at St. Mary's Normal College in Belfast for a period of time. He wanted to be a teacher. Until 1981, he was discovered by director John Boorman and performed his first real big screen work "Excalibur"
.
Performing Experience
In 1990, Liam starred in the movie " Transformed Black Man " for the first time.
In 1993, Liam was nominated for the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre for his first Broadway drama "Anna Christie"
.
In 1994, 41-year-old Liam Neeson starred in " Schindler's List " and was nominated as Oscars Best Actor
. Back to the big screen, Neeson and "Anna Christie" performance partner Natasha Richardson once again collaborated in the film "Nell" by Judy Foster. In the next two years, he played roles very close to his hometown, one was the 18th century Scottish Highlander "Rob Roy" and the other was the Irish liberation leader "Michael Collins"
.
In 1996, with the role of the complex and rebellious Irish national hero "Michael Collins" in "Michael Collins", Liam Neeson won the best actor of the year at the Venice International Film Festival. After that, Nissen starred in "Prequel Trilogy", "Gangs of New York", "Love Actually" and other films one after another
.
In 2008, Liam Neeson ushered in another turning point in his career. A movie " Taken " with an investment of only 25 million US dollars promoted him to another tough guy in Hollywood at a height of 1.93 meters. He was 56 years old that year
. On October 17th, he joined the new film "The Journey of Life", which will be officially launched in New York next month
.
On April 9, 2009, it was confirmed to join "Clash of the Titans", and it will start in the UK at the end of April
. On June 11, he joined the new version of "The A-Team" . The film is expected to start shooting at the end of August this year and will be released on June 11 next year
. On July 27th, he confirmed to join "Big C" and will play a non-Western doctor in the play. It will premiere on August 16, 2010
. On August 6, he starred in the new film "Evaporating Man", which will officially start shooting in January next year
; on the 10th, he attended the premiere of the new film "Five Minutes of Heaven"
. On October 5th, joined the new film "The Next Three Days"
.
On March 26, 2010, Liam's thriller "Chloe" was released in the United States
. In April, he starred in "Clash of the Titans" released
in the film, he played the king of Zeus
. On June 3rd, the starring action film "The A-Team" premiered at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, and it was released on June 11
. On September 3, starred in Joe Carnahan 's new film "The Grey", in which Liam fought against the wolves
. On December 8, it was confirmed to return to the sequel "Wrath of the Titans" of "Clash of the Titans" and continue to play Zeus. The film is expected to officially start shooting in March next year
.
On January 7, 2011, "The Chronicles of Narnia 3" in which Liam participated was released in China, and he continued to voice the lion king Aslan
. On February 16, the starring thriller "Unknown" premiered in Los Angeles, California, and the film was released on February 18
. On August 25th, it will return to the "Taken" sequel, and filming will start in October
. On November 14, he made a guest appearance in "Life is too short"
.
On March 29, 2012, it returned to " The Dark Knight Rises "
. In addition, the movie " Wrath of the Titans " starring in the film premiere in London, England
. In April, he starred in "Super Battleship" released
. In May, "Wolf War" starring Liam Neeson was released
. On the 17th, Liam and Olivia Wilde starred in the movie "The Third Man", which played a New York couple
. On October 7th, the starring action film "Taken2" was fully released in the Mainland
. It achieved a global box office of over 100 million U.S. dollars in just three days of its first week of release
. On the 11th, starred in the thriller "Don't Stay"
.
On July 17, 2013, "Forbes" announced the annual income ranking of Hollywood male stars, and Liam Nissen ranked tenth with 32 million US dollars
. On September 9, the starring romance movie "Derailed Fantasy" was released in Canada
. On December 18, the comedy movie "Ace Announcer 2" was released in the United States
.
On January 30, 2014, he returned to " Taken3 " and continued to play the strongest agent dad
. On February 1, joined the new film "Silence" , which was launched in Taiwan in July 2014
. On May 30, the western comedy "A Million Ways to Die in the West" was released in the United States
. On August 19, he joined the children's fantasy film "The Devil's Call", and Liam dubbed the devil in the title
. On September 17, the starring suspense action film " Non-Stop " premiered in Beijing and will land on the big screen in China on September 19
. On the 19th, the suspenseful crime movie " A Walk Among the Tombstones " starring Liam was released in the United States, playing a retired policeman in the film
. On the 25th, he participated in "Teddy Bear 2" and made a cameo appearance
.
On January 9, 2015, the crime action film "Vengeance in the Dark" starring Liam Nissen and Joel Kinnaman was officially announced. The film will be released in North America on April 17
. On March 20th, the action movie " Taken3 " starring Liam Nissen landed in domestic theaters. On the third day of the film's release, the box office exceeded 100 million yuan
. On August 12, Liam Neeson confirmed to star in the Korean war film " Operation Chromite ", and will play the role of General Mike Arthur in the film. He is expected to go to South Korea for shooting in November
. On September 22, starring in the action suspense film "The Commuter"
. On November 5, he played "Felter", in which he played Mark Felt, the former deputy director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation
.
On July 27, 2016, the war movie " Operation Chromite " starring Liam Neeson was released in South Korea. Liam played the commander General MacArthur in the film
. On December 10, the historical film Silence starred by Liam Nissen was screened in New York. The film was released in the United States on January 6, 2017. Liam
played a haggard, thin-looking priest
.
On February 1, 2017, starred in the revenge thriller "Hard Fan"
; on March 3, starred in the movie " Widows ", as the husband of Viola Davis
; on the 24th, Liam Neeson participated in the romance film " Love Actually " the sequel to the movie " Love Actually: red nose day special collection " will premiere on BBC1 March 24
. On April 2, starring in the new version of "Marlow" as the private detective Philip Marlow.
On May 19th, the film " A Monster Calls " in which he participated was released in mainland China
. On September 9, the biopic " Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House " starring Liam Neeson was released in the United States
.
In 2018, starring in the action movie "Honest Thief"
, on January 5th, starring in the thrilling action film "The Commuter" held its world premiere in New York. The film "The Commuter" has landed on the national theaters on January 12
and is expected Introduced to Mainland China in 2018
. On April 12, starring in the romance film "Ordinary People" with Leslie Manville, filming began in Belfast in July
. On May 4, starring in the new film "Charlie Johnson in the Flames of War"
. On the 23rd, he participated in a derivative film of "Men in Black", playing the role of the boss of MIB UK branch
. On October 30th, he starred in the new film "Made in Italy" with his son Michael Richardson. On November 9th, Liam Nissen participated in the action movie " Widows " which was released in the UK
.
In 2019, he starred in the action thriller "The Minuteman"
; on February 22, Liam Neeson starred in the action movie "The Chase" was released in the UK, and Liam played the snowplow driver (hard powder) in the film
.
In 2020, the starring film "Ice Road Rescue"
and the starring film "The Honest Thief" will be released in the United States
.
On January 22, 2021, the starring action film "The Minuteman" (The Minuteman) was released, in which he played Jim Hansen, a Vietnam War veteran who worked with a Mexican gang to protect a young boy
. On June 25, the starring action film "Ice Road Rescue" was launched on Netflix. Liam played the role of a truck driver in the film
and starred in the action film "Memory" in the same year
Personal Life
In 1981, when he starred in his first real movie "Excalibur", Liam captured the heart of the heroine Helen Mirren. This relationship ended in 1985. In 1994, Liam Neeson and his wife Natasha Richardson walked into the marriage hall hand in hand. In March 2009, Natasha accidentally fell on the piste while attending an elementary ski course in Canada, and died a few days later
.
Character Evaluation
Liam Neeson is a man tempered by time. He has a 1.93-meter figure and a calm temperament. However, the melancholy, deep, and occasionally meaningful smile on the corners of his mouth obviously hides too much content
. With a wide range of dramas, he has acted in "Daughter of the Earth", "Schindler's List" and many other business cards, and has been nominated by Oscars and the British Academy of Film Arts. Liam Neeson’s temperament makes him a spokesperson for screen roles such as mentors, fathers, and guides, whether it’s the Jedi in "Star Wars Episode I: Phantom Crisis", the priest Valen in "Gangs of New York", or Godfrey in Kings of Heaven, Henry Ducard in Batman: Hour of War, PhD in Professor Kinsey, Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia, they all Take the responsibility of inspiring the young protagonist. Although he has acted in many action movies, he has not been an action star in the traditional sense. It was not until the age of 55 that he starred in "Taken" to make a successful transition.
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