Liam Neeson is a talented, Oscar-winning actor, so it may be tempting to believe, just because he relentlessly dominates the weak and foolish in cinema, that he is not actually a true badass in real life. But don't you believe it. Did you know that, before becoming a professional actor, Neeson was an amateur boxer, and operated a forklift at the Guinness brewery? And that he hand-raised an entire wolf pack singlehandedly and trained them to become his personal army of the night? Also, that I probably made that last one up?

Regardless, it wouldn't even be possible to play this many completely badass characters in this wide array of scenarios without some of that same intensity bleeding its way into the man's own personality. That's my theory, anyway...