KINSEY is written and directed by Bill Condon and stars Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, John Lithgow, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt and Dylan Baker. Gail Mutrux is the producer, with Michael Kuhn, Francis Ford Coppola, Bobby Rock and Kirk D'Amico serving as executive producers. Richard Guay is the co-producer.
LIAM NEESON (Alfred Kinsey)
Liam Neeson has twice been nominated for Tony Awards; first for his Broadway debut in 1993 in the Roundabout Theater's revival of Eugene O'Neill's 1921 drama "Anna Christie;" and second in March of 2002, for his Broadway role as John Proctor in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," opposite KINSEY castmate Laura Linney. For his critically acclaimed performance in SCHINDLER'S LIST, Liam Neeson earned Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.
Neeson's recent film roles include joining the ensemble cast of LOVE ACTUALLY (also with Linney), starring in Martin Scorsese's epic GANGS OF NEW YORK, and with Harrison Ford in the nuclear submarine film K-19, directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Other roles include GUN SHY, opposite Sandra Bullock; the role of a Master Jedi in STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE; and starring in the screen adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic LES MISERABLES playing Jean Valjean. In 1996, Neeson starred as the Irish hero in Neil Jordan's MICHAEL COLLINS, for which he received Best Actor honors at the Venice Film Festival, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor, and London's prestigious Evening Standard Award for Best Actor.
The Irish-born actor joined the prestigious Lyric Players Theatre in Belfast in 1976, making his professional acting debut in Joseph Plunkett's "The Risen People." After two years with the Lyric Players he joined the famed repertory company of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.
In 1980, John Boorman spotted him playing Lennie in a stage production of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" and cast him in EXCALIBUR, the epic saga of the Arturian legend. Since then, Neeson has appeared in more than 30 films, playing a wide range of characters. These include: Dino De Laurentis' epic remake of THE BOUNTY opposite Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins; the critically acclaimed LAMB, for which he received an Evening Standard Drama Award nomination for his haunting portrayal of a priest tormented by doubts; Andrei Konchalovsky's DUET FOR ONE with Julie Andrews; A PRAYER FOR THE DYING, opposite Mickey Rourke and Bob Hoskins; Roland Joffe's THE MISSION, opposite Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons; the court-room drama SUSPECT with Cher; THE GOOD MOTHER with Diane Keaton; Sam Raimi's fantasy-thriller DARKMAN; and David Leland's boxing drama CROSSING THE LINE. Subsequent films include Woody Allen's HUSBANDS AND WIVES, BEFORE AND AFTER with Meryl Streep and ROB ROY with Jessica Lange.
Neeson's passion for the classics was again rewarded critically in the PBS American Playhouse production of Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome." Neeson's theatre work also includes the critically acclaimed Oscar Wilde in David Hare's "The Judas Kiss," which opened in London's West End, and subsequently on Broadway in 1998.
Neeson will next be seen in Ridley Scott's Crusade epic THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN with Orlando Bloom, and Christopher Nolan's BATMAN BEGINS with Christian Bale.
LAURA LINNEY (Clara McMillen)
For her starring role in Kenneth Lonergan's YOU CAN COUNT ON ME, Laura Linney was awarded Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics and earned nominations for an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Independent Spirit Award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama from The British Academy of Film and Television Arts for her role in last year's MYSTIC RIVER, directed by Clint Eastwood. She was Tony-nominated for her Broadway role opposite Liam Neeson in Richard Eyre's "The Crucible." Linney also won an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role in Showtime's "Wild Iris" and is currently nominated for an Emmy for Best Outstanding Guest Actress for her 2004 performance on the NBC hit comedy "Frasier."
Linney was recently seen in the ensemble romantic comedy LOVE ACTUALLY, written and directed by Richard Curtis. In addition to KINSEY she will soon be seen in P.S., and is presently filming THE SQUID AND THE WHALE and was most recent seen on Broadway in. "Sight Unseen", a reprisal of a role she played 12 years ago.
The critically acclaimed film, THE TRUMAN SHOW, directed by Peter Weir, gave Linney a chance to shine as she co-starred opposite Jim Carrey. Her first starring film role - the jungle action picture CONGO. Linney starred opposite Clint Eastwood in ABSOLUTE POWER, directed by Eastwood and based on the best-selling novel by David Baldacci. Previously, she garnered critical acclaim for her role opposite Richard Gere in the hit suspense thriller PRIMAL FEAR, directed by Gregory Hoblit.
Linney's other screen credits include supporting roles in Edith Wharton's turn-of-the-century novel THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, LORENZO'S OIL, DAVE, SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER, A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES and THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE.
Linney's television appearances include the leading role of Mary Ann Singleton in PBS's award-winning "Tales of the City," and Showtime's "More Tales of the City." She starred opposite Joanne Woodward in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of "Blind Spot" and opposite Steven Weber in "Love Letters" directed by Stanley Donen.
Theatre credits for Linney, a graduate of the Juilliard School and an accomplished theatre actress, include roles in the Broadway presentations of "Six Degrees of Separation;" "The Seagull;" "Hedda Gabler," for which she won a 1994 Calloway Award; Phillip Barry's "Holiday," a comedy of manners, opposite Tony Goldwyn; John Guare's "Landscape of the Body" at the Yale Repertory Theatre; Gerald Gutierrez's "Honour" on Broadway and "Sight Unseen," for which she earned a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk nomination.
