Liam Neeson has been part of movies from a variety of genres throughout his acting career.

Neeson continued a streak of success with movies likeRob Roy,Michael Collins, andLes Miserables.

Qui-Gon Jinn was a Jedi Master and mentor to Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Liam Neeson in The Phantom Menace and Taken

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It was he who found a young Anakin Skywalker in Tatooine and believed he was the Chosen One.

Neeson took it a step further in 2005 when he played Henri Ducard/Ras al Ghulin Christopher NolansBatman Begins.

As such,Takens action scenes are faster and more brutal than those in Neesons previous action roles.

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Taken stars Liam Neeson as ex-Green Beret and ex-CIA operative Bryan Mills, who retired from his life of fighting in order to be there for his family. When his teenage daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) travels to Paris and is kidnapped by human traffickers, Mills launches into action, mounting a one-man rescue mission that sees him tear through gangs of European criminals with extreme prejudice in hopes of finding and rescuing Kim before it’s too late.

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