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Milestones
- 2005: Cast opposite Orlando Bloom in Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven"
- 2004: Starred in the film "Kinsey" as Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Lead Actor (Drama)
- 2003: Cast in the romantic comedy "Love Actually" the directorial debut of screenwriter Richard Curtis
- 2002: Appeared in the highly anticipated Martin Scorsese film "Gangs of New York"
- 2002: Appeared with Harrison Ford in the submarine thriller "K19: The Widowmaker"
- 2002: Returned to Broadway in "The Crucible" opposite Laura Linney
- 2002: Received an Order of the British Empire Award from Queen Elizabeth for his stage and screen career
- 2001: Narrated the documentaries "Journey Into Amazing Caves" and "The Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure"
- 1999: Had featured role as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in "Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace"
- 1999: Portrayed a professor who conducts psychological experiments in Jan De Bont's remake of "The Haunting"
- 1998: Returned to Broadway playing Oscar Wilde in David Hare's drama "The Judas Kiss"
- 1998: Starred as Jean Valjean in Bille August's adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic tale of injustice "Les Miserables"
- 1996: Had a featured role as a father whose teenaged son in charged with murder in "Before and After", co-starring with Meryl Streep and Edward Furlong
- 1996: Starred as the title revolutionary in Neil Jordan's controversial film "Michael Collins", co-starring Julia Roberts and Aidan Quinn
- 1995: Played title role in the Scotland set historical adventure "Rob Roy"
- 1994: Co-starred with Natasha Richardson and Jodie Foster in "Nell"
- 1993: Had title role in "Ethan Frome", John Madden's adaptation of Edith Wharton's tale of doomed romance
- 1993: Breakthrough screen role as Oskar Schindler in "Schindler's List"; received a Best Actor Oscar nomination
- 1992: Broadway debut in a critically-acclaimed perfomance in "Anna Christie" opposite Natasha Richardson
- 1992: Featured in the World War II romance "Shining Through" and Woody Allen's "Husbands and Wives"
- 1990: Made feature starring debut as the titular tortured antihero of "Darkman"
- 1988: Had featured roles in "The Good Mother" and "The Dead Pool"
- 1987: Featured as a deaf-mute man falsely accused of murder and defended by Cher in "Suspect"
- 1987: Moved to L.A.
- 1986: Was a guest star on the "Miami Vice" third season opener, playing an IRA operative; reprised role of Blackie O'Neill in the syndicated miniseries sequel "Hold That Dream"
- 1984: Co-starred as Blackie O'Neill in the syndicated miniseries "A Woman of Substance"
- 1984: US TV debut, the CBS miniseries "Ellis Island"
- 1981: Feature film debut, as Sir Gawain in Boorman's "Excalibur"
- 1980: Played Lenny in the Abbey Theatre production of "Of Mice and Men"; spotted by director John Boorman who later cast the actor in "Excalibur"
- 1979: Made educational film debut as Jesus Christ in a film based on John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progess" for evangelical Bible students in Ireland (date approximate)
- 1978: Joined the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
- 1978: Moved to Dublin (date approximate)
- 1976: Made professional stage debut in "The Risen People" at Lyric Player's Theatre, Belfast
- From 1976 to 1978: Stayed with the Lyric Players' Theatre repertory company for two years (date approximate)
- 1970: Quit boxing as a middleweight, at age 17 or 18 following a blackout after a bout (date approximate)
- 1967: Had his nose broken during a childhood boxing match; had nose set on-site by his trainer (date approximate)
- 1961: At age nine, joined a boxing team run by a priest
- ---: Will star as as mentor Henri Ducard in the fifth Batman film, known as "Batman Begins" (lensed 2004)
- Grew up in Ballymena, Northern Ireland
- Drove a forklift for a brewery
- British TV debut, "Merlin and the Sword"
- Planned to become a teacher, then an architect before answering an ad placed by the Lyric Players' Theatre in Belfast
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