Provided are a polarizer and a liquid crystal display (LCD) in which wire grid polarizers are formed on a thin film transistor substrate and a color filter substrate, respectively, so that it is possible to reduce fabrication cost and the number of processes and decrease the thickness of the LCD. An LCD includes a thin film transistor substrate, a color filter substrate opposite to the thin film transistor substrate, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the thin film transistor substrate and the color filter substrate. In the LCD, wire grid polarizing patterns are formed on the thin film transistor substrate and the color filter substrate, respectively.