Home | Cinema & TV | Liam Neeson To Retire From Action Movies At The End Of 2025 Liam Neeson to retire from action movies at the end of 2025 Neeson has not yet set a specific date for his last action movie role, he did say that it will likely be in 2025. By IANS Published Date - 24 October 2024, 11:58 AM Los Angeles : Hollywood star Liam Neeson , who gained the action icon title with the blockbuster “Taken” franchise, has talked about his retirement from the genre by the end of next year. After his action movie breakthrough in 2008 with “Taken”, Neeson went on to headline many movies in the nail-biting genre.
He was front and center for two “Taken” sequels and also fought like hell in action films such as “Unknown” (2011), “The Grey” (2012), “Non-Stop” (2014), “Run All Night” (2015), “The Commuter” (2018), “The Ice Road” (2021) and more, reports variety.com. Neeson continues to perform his own fight scenes even in his 70s, with a little help from longtime stunt collaborator and friend Mark Vanselow.
“I’m 72 — it has to stop at some stage,” Neeson told people.com. “You can’t fool audiences.
I don’t want Mark to be fighting my fight scenes for me.” Neeson has not yet set a specific date for his last action movie role, he did say that it will likely be in 2025, adding: “Maybe the end of next year. I think that’s it.
” Neeson’s latest action project, “Absolution,” arrives in November and reunites him with his “Cold .