Want people to buy your product? Hire Liam Neeson.

Liam Neeson has a very particular set of skills — and no, this time we're not talking about his penchant for playing the toughest middle-aged man in the movie business.

A new survey from Nielsen, which studied the effectiveness of celebrity endorsements in commercials, found that when it comes to choosing a famous face to endorse a product, the Irishman was a solid bet:

[The survey] looked at celebrities who made commercials during the first three months of the year and ranked them with a calculation that takes into account likability, public awareness, influence and other factors. Its first "N-Scores" were released Tuesday. Neeson and Pierce Brosnan had identical scores of 94, although Neeson was judged to have a greater influence in getting products sold. [Associated Press]

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