There are other screen tough guys, ones who are better trained in stunts or more at ease looking like Rambo. Some of them are more pumped, some have more pithy one-liners, and others are more prolific. But in terms of over-60 stoic masculinity, Liam Neeson currently stands alone. He’s taken the gravitas and depth he cultivated as an Oscar-Nominated Serious Actor and used it to make a late-act career switch as AARP’s favorite action hero all the more ridiculous. All in all it’s so far been an unpredictable career for Neeson who has played Oskar Schindler and has been up for Academy Awards–to action badass proving that 60 is more than just his age–it’s the minimum requirement of bad guys he must take out in these films during this career renaissance of his.
