Liam Neeson mulls end of career

LOS ANGELES — With a decade-plus with action films as his calling card, Liam Neeson says he may be aging out of the genre — but he has said that before.

After breaking into the film industry nearly half a century ago, the Northern Ireland-born actor found his stride with “Taken,” a 2009 revenge drama about a former government agent who must rescue his kidnapped daughter. Since then, he has kept largely to action cinema, where he sensed his performances most resonated with viewers.

“It just seemed to have touched something in the psychic nerve of moviegoing audiences,” Neeson told People in an interview published Wednesday.

However, at 72, the “Schindler’s List” star anticipates his “set of skills” may soon be limited.

“It has to stop at some stage,” Neeson said, adding that while he still performs his own fight scenes, his longtime collaborator Mark Vanselow subs in for the more intricate stunt work. “You can’t fool audiences. I don’t want Mark to be fighting my fight scenes for me.”

Neeson added that he sees himself quitting action by the end of 2025.

But that’s a familiar monologue for the Oscar winner, who told Entertainment Tonight in 2021 that he would do a “couple [action films] in the pipeline and, then I think that will probably be it.”