Liam Neeson says he's done dating, 15 years after the death of his wife Natasha Richardson

• Liam Neeson precocious revealed he's done pinch dating.
• Neeson was joined to Natasha Richardson until her decease successful 2009.
• The character suggested he whitethorn besides beryllium done pinch action roles, though he's made akin comments before.

Liam Neeson isn't willing successful uncovering a caller romanticist partner.

In a caller interview pinch People Magazine, published Wednesday, nan 72-year-old "Love Actually" prima was asked whether he's presently dating. "No, successful a word. I'm past each that," he said.

Neeson, who stars successful nan upcoming movie "Absolution," was antecedently joined to chap character Natasha Richardson. The 2 were joined from 1994 until Richardson's decease astatine 45 successful 2009 aft a caput wounded arsenic a consequence of a skiing accident. They had 2 sons together: Micheál, now 29 and an actor, and Daniel, now 28 and nan laminitis of a tequila brand.

After Richardson's death, Neeson dated Freya St. Johnston, a PR executive based successful nan UK, for 2 years. The 2 reportedly divided successful 2012. Neeson hasn't publically dated anyone since then, though he did say he was making love personification "incredibly famous" backmost successful 2016. (Neeson's rep soon aft changeable down nan ensuing speculation astir who that mightiness be, saying that nan character had conscionable been joking pinch nan journalist.)

In 2022, Neeson said successful an question and reply connected nan Australian greeting show "Sunrise" that he "fell successful love" pinch a female who was taken while shooting his movie "Blacklight" successful Melbourne.

"I loved Melbourne, I loved our Australian crew," Neeson said. "Fantastic workers. Every section was superb but they were their ain people."

The "Taken" star continued,"They had a awesome consciousness of humor. I made a mates of pals and fell successful emotion erstwhile there, but she was taken."

These days, Neeson told People successful his caller interview, nan character prefers to prioritize spending clip pinch his 2 sons and relaxing during his disconnected days erstwhile he's not filming a movie (in summation to "Absolution," he's besides successful nan upcoming "Naked Gun" reboot alongside Pamela Anderson). Neeson revealed he's an avid scholar pinch a peculiar affinity for Nordic noir and enigma novels by nan American crime writer Patricia Cornwell.

Elsewhere successful his question and reply pinch People, Neeson suggested he whitethorn person moved past thing else: his action career. When asked whether he was intending to extremity taking connected starring roles that required tons of stunts, nan character admitted that he mightiness beryllium done by "the extremity of adjacent year."

The beloved revenge thriller "Taken" was a box-office smash that reinvigorated Neeson's profession and kicked disconnected his 2nd enactment arsenic an action prima successful his mid-50s erstwhile nan first movie was released successful 2008. But according to Neeson, he's simply starting to consciousness excessively aged for these types of roles.

"I'm 72 — it has to extremity astatine immoderate stage," Neeson told People. "You can't fool audiences."

Then again, Neeson did opportunity thing akin backmost successful 2019, truthful don't count him retired conscionable yet.