Cold Storage: Liam Neeson on his new sci-fi thriller and working with Stranger Things' Joe Keery

The 73-year-old Irish actor plays a bioterror operative in his latest outing that also stars Georgina Campbell and Lesley Manville

Liam Neeson in Cold Storage: 'I read from page one to the end in one sitting.'

There are few genres that Liam Neeson hasn’t explored in his nearly 50-year career in film and television. The 73-year-old Northern Irish actor has taken on a number of iconic roles, including Oskar Schindler in Schindler’s List, a performance that earned him an Academy Award nomination and the title role in Michael Collins.

In his 50s, his career took an unexpected turn when he reinvented himself as an action star, leading films such as the Taken franchise, Unknown and Non-Stop.His latest film, Cold Storage, sees him play Robert Quinn, a grizzled bioterror operative tasked with containing a parasitic fungus leaking from an abandoned military base.