Liam Neeson Plans on Potentiassociate Retiring from Action Movies Next Year

Liam Neeson has a cdisadmireful set up to stop starring in action movies at the finish of 2025.

At the commence of his professional acting atgentle, Neeson hugely starred in drama movies such as 1984’s The Bounty, 1986’s The Mission, and 1992’s Husprohibitds and Wives. He geted an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for carry outing Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, which was freed in 1993.

After starring in a handful of blockbusters such as 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace and 2005’s Batman Begins, Neeson carry outed Byran Mills in 2008’s Taken, straightforwarded by Pierre Morel.

The film — which spawned a franchise chaseed by two sequels and a television series featuring Cinhabit Standen — was a huge hit as it altered Neeson into a difficultcore action hero.

“It equitable seemed to have touched someslfinisherg in the psychic nerve of moviegoing audiences,” he tbetter PEOPLE.

Follotriumphg Taken, Neeson persistd to star in a number of aenjoy movies thcdisadmirefulout the years, including 2011’s Ununderstandn, 2014’s Non-Stop, 2015’s Run All Night, 2018’s The Commuter, 2019’s Cbetter Pursuit, 2020’s Honest Thief, 2021’s The Marksman, and more.

Now, Neeson says his time as an action hero may be coming to an finish.

What did Liam Neeson say about retiring from action movies?

“I’m 72 — it has to stop at some stage,” he shelp. “You can’t fool audiences. I don’t want [stunt work collaborator Mark Vanselow] to be combat my fight scenes for me.” 

Neeson shelp that, while he hasn’t firmly pledgeted to any benevolent of set up at this point, he’s watching to step away from action movies in 2025.

“Maybe the finish of next year,” he shelp. “I slfinisherk that’s it.”

Neeson’s next action movie is titled Absolution. Directed by Hans Petter Moland, the film also stars Ron Perlman and Yolonda Ross. It will be freed in United States theaters on November 1, 2024. He’s also been tapped to carry out Frank Drebin Jr. in a novel Naked Gun movie that reachs in August 2025.