Ned Liebl, the youngest of eight children born to Edmund, a doctor, and Patricia, a nurse, in Madison, Wisconsin. His comfort in front of the camera began at an early age as he was the frequent subject of the family's 8mm home movies. At the age of nine, he created and starred in his first fictional film, an 8mm film titled "Ned's War".
Ned's first stage performance was at the age of nine in a children's theater production of "Bye Bye Birdie", where he played the role of Albert, which was originated on Broadway by his future friend and mentor, Charles Nelson Reilly. He also started playing the piano and composing at an early age, creating his first composition at the age of seven.
However, athletics would soon dominate his youth, as he excelled in hockey, football, and baseball. In college, Ned reconnected with his love for acting and music, playing drums and singing in the indie-band, "True Vine Holiness", and joining the Ark Repertory Theatre, where he worked alongside future stars Joan Cusack and Chris Farley.
Ned also received a degree in physics and a minor in history at the University of Wisconsin, but acting remained his paramount passion. He went on to perform with Chris Farley and his brothers Kevin and John in the improvisational troupe "Mixed Nuts" and was then cast in his first professional play, "Without Pity".
After several other theater productions, Ned moved to New York to further his dramatic studies, where he met Charles Nelson Reilly and Julie Harris, who would later recommend him to producer Marvin Worth to play James Dean in "The James Dean Story". However, shortly after Ned came out to Los Angeles, Marvin Worth passed away, and the project was shelved.
Undeterred, Ned continued to pursue his artistic passions, composing and sculpting. While studying figure sculpting with renowned sculptor Robert Cunningham at Santa Monica College, he acquired a key to the piano practice rooms. After sculpting class, he would slip into an open piano room and over the course of a year, he composed and recorded his epic piano sonata "Life".
Ned's career continued to flourish, starring in the award-winning short film "Limb from Limb" and the improv mockumentary "The Sheboygan Improv Festival" alongside David Spade. In 2005, he made his television debut as the star of the television drama "Guilty or Innocent?", and in 2010, he made his studio feature film debut as Saint, a vigilante priest, in Sony Pictures' film "Cross", alongside Michael Clarke Duncan and Danny Trejo.
