Micheál Richardson

Neeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, to the Irish actor Liam Neeson and English actress Natasha Richardson, in 1995.^[1] He comes from the Redgrave family; a long line of actors on his mother's side, being the grandson of actress Vanessa Redgrave and filmmaker Tony Richardson. He is the great-grandson of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, nephew of Joely Richardson, grandnephew of actress Lynn Redgrave and actor Corin Redgrave,^[2] and first cousin once removed of Jemma Redgrave.

After appearing in Brady Corbet's 2018 film Vox Lux,^[3] Richardson played his father's character's son in Cold Pursuit (2019), a remake of the 2014 Norwegian crime thriller In Order of Disappearance.^[4]

Neeson appeared alongside his father again in Made in Italy (2020), a film about grief and familial relationships. Both were touched by the script by James D’Arcy and the parallels with their own experiences with grief.^[5][6]

In 2021, Neeson played the lead role in the Sophie Lane Curtis film On Our Way^[7] and was attached to The Rising: 1916,^[8][9] a film about the Easter Rising being developed by co-writers Kevin McCann and Colin Broderick.^[10][11][12]

In 2022, Neeson was cast in a voice-over role for Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi as the young Qui-Gon Jinn, the role his father Liam originally played in Episode I – The Phantom Menace.^[13]

Neeson took his mother's surname in 2018, nine years after her accidental death, in order to honour her and her side of the family.^[14]