Sam Neill
Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he is regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. Born in Northern Ireland to an English mother and New Zealand father, Neill moved to Christchurch with his family in 1954. He first achieved recognition with his appearance in the film Sleeping Dogs (1977), which he followed with leading roles in My Brilliant Career (1979), Omen III: The Final Conflict, Possession (both 1981), Evil Angels (also known as A Cry in the Dark) (1988), Dead Calm (1989), The Hunt For Red October (1990), The Piano (1993), and In the Mouth of Madness (1994). He came to international prominence as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park (1993), reprising the role in Jurassic Park III (2001) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022). Outside of film, Neill has appeared in numerous television series in guest and recurring roles, including Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983), The Simpsons (1994), The Tudors (2007), Crusoe (2008–2010), Happy Town (2010), Alcatraz (2012), and Rick and Morty (2019). He also starred as the titular character Merlin in Merlin (1998) and Merlin's Apprentice (2006) and as Major Chester Campbell in the first two series of Peaky Blinders (2013–2014). He has presented and narrated several documentaries. Neill receives the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Longford Lyell Award, the New Zealand Film Award, and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. He also has three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor at the 2023 Logies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Neill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2027 · Godzilla x Kong: Supernova as
- 2025 · But Also John Clarke as Self
- 2025 · UNTAMED as Paul Souter
- 2024 · The Assembly as Self
- 2021 · The Real Hunt for Red October as Self
- 2021 · Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal as Frankie Scales (voice)
- 2020 · Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Palm Beach as Leo
- 2018 · The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook as Self - Host
- 2018 · Anika Moa Unleashed as Self
- 2018 · Sweet Country as Fred Smith
- 2017 · Get Krack!n as Self
- 2017 · Tommy's Honour as Alexander Boothby
- 2016 · Tutankhamun as Lord Carnarvon
- 2016 · New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · The Dovekeepers as
- 2015 · House of Hancock as Lang Hancock
- 2014 · A Long Way Down as Chris Crichton
- 2013 · River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand as Self
- 2013 · Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery as Self
- 2013 · Harry as DSS Jim Stockton
- 2011 · Ice as Anthony Kavanagh
- 2010 · The Making of Daybreakers as Self
- 2010 · Happy Town as Merritt Grieves
- 2009 · Under the Mountain as Mr. Jones
- 2009 · Iron Road as Alfred Nichol
- 2009 · Iron Road as Alfred Nichol
- 2009 · In Her Skin as Mr. Reid
- 2006 · Two Twisted as Mick
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2005 · The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant as Governor Arthur Phillip
- 2004 · Jessica as Richard Runche
- 2004 · Jessica as
- 2001 · The Making Of Jurassic Park III as Self
- 2001 · The Zookeeper as Ludovic
- 2001 · Space as Himself
- 2001 · Submerged as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
- 2000 · The Dish as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
- 2000 · Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Jefferson
- 1998 · The Games as Citytrans World CEO
- 1997 · The Rainbow Warrior as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
- 1991 · One Against the Wind as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
- 1990 · Shadow of China as TV Reporter
- 1988 · Question of Faith as Oscar Ogg
- 1987 · Amerika as Colonel Andrei Denisov
- 1986 · For Love Alone as James Quick
- 1986 · Strong Medicine as Vince Lord
- 1985 · Kane & Abel as William Lowell Kane
- 1981 · From a Far Country as Marian
- 1977 · Sleeping Dogs as Smith
- Future · The Last Resort as Gerard
- 2024 · T. REX as Narrator
- 2024 · Apples Never Fall as Stan Delaney
- 2023 · Bring Him to Me as Frank
- 2023 · Scarygirl as Dr. Maybee (voice)
- 2023 · The Portable Door as Dennis Tanner
- 2023 · Assassin Club as Caldwell
- 2022 · Thor: Love and Thunder as Actor Odin
- 2022 · The Twelve as Brett Colby
- 2022 · Voice Activated as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World as Self
- 2022 · Jurassic World Dominion as Alan Grant
- 2021 · Invasion as Jim Bell Tyson
- 2021 · Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story as Self - Host
- 2021 · Russell Howard Stands Up to the World as Self
- 2021 · Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway as Tommy Brock (voice)
- 2020 · Rams as Colin
- 2020 · Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story as Self - Narrator
- 2020 · Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self
- 2019 · The Show Must Go On as Self
- 2019 · Ride Like a Girl as Paddy Payne
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Blackbird as Tom
- 2019 · Flack as Duncan Paulson
- 2018 · Peter Rabbit as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
- 2018 · The Commuter as Captain Hawthorne
- 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Actor Odin
- 2017 · House of Bond as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
- 2017 · David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- 2016 · New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Hunt for the Wilderpeople as Hec
- 2015 · And Then There Were None as General John MacArthur
- 2015 · The Daughter as Walter
- 2015 · MindGamers as Kreutz
- 2015 · Backtrack as Duncan Stewart
- 2015 · Why Anzac with Sam Neill as Self
- 2014 · United Passions as Joao Havelange
- 2014 · Old School as Ted McCabe
- 2013 · The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box as Otto Luger
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Monogatron Leader (voice)
- 2013 · Escape Plan as Dr. Kyrie
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as C.I. Chester Campbell
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as Major Chester Campbell
- 2013 · The Ordained as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
- 2012 · The Vow as Bill Thornton
- 2012 · Alcatraz as Emerson Hauser
- 2011 · The Hunter as Jack Mindy
- 2011 · The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self
- 2011 · The Dragon Pearl as Chris Chase
- 2011 · Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- 2011 · Ice as Anthony Kavanagh
- 2010 · Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Allomere (voice)
- 2010 · Daybreakers as Charles Bromley
- 2009 · The Man in the Hat as Reader of Correspondence
- 2008 · Dean Spanley as Dean Spanley
- 2008 · Crusoe as Jeremiah Blackthorn
- 2008 · Skin as Abraham Laing
- 2008 · Verity Lambert: Drama Queen as Narrator
- 2007 · The Pixar Story as Alan Grant (archive footage)
- 2007 · The Tudors as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Angel as Théo
- 2006 · The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
- 2006 · Irresistible as Craig
- 2006 · Merlin's Apprentice as Merlin
- 2006 · Voyage of the Nautilus as Hubert Wilkins
- 2005 · The Triangle as
- 2005 · The Triangle as Eric Benerall
- 2005 · Yes as Anthony
- 2005 · Little Fish as The Jockey
- 2005 · To the Ends of the Earth as Mr. Prettiman
- 2005 · New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English as Self
- 2005 · Gallipoli as Narrator
- 2004 · Colin McCahon: I Am as Narrator
- 2004 · Wimbledon as Dennis Bradbury
- 2004 · Stiff as Lionel Merricks
- 2004 · The Making of Sleeping Dogs as Self
- 2003 · Perfect Strangers as Man
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Victor Komarovsky
- 2002 · Dirty Deeds as Ray
- 2002 · Framed as Eddie Meyers
- 2001 · Richard & Judy as Self
- 2001 · SuperCroc as narrator
- 2001 · Jurassic Park III as Dr. Alan Grant
- 2000 · The Magic Pudding as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
- 2000 · Inside The Living Daylights as Self (archival footage)
- 2000 · My Mother Frank as Professor Mortlock
- 2000 · Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Jefferson
- 2000 · Numero Bruno as Self
- 1999 · Bicentennial Man as Sir
- 1999 · Rove as Self
- 1999 · Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Prime Minister Gibson
- 1998 · The Revengers' Comedies as Henry Bell
- 1998 · Merlin as Merlin
- 1998 · The Horse Whisperer as Robert MacLean
- 1997 · Forgotten Silver as Self
- 1997 · Event Horizon as Weir
- 1997 · Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
- 1996 · Children of the Revolution as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
- 1996 · Victory as Mr. Jones
- 1996 · In Cold Blood as Agent Alvin Dewey
- 1996 · Australian Story as Self
- 1995 · Restoration as King Charles II
- 1995 · Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill as Narrator / Host
- 1995 · The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Alan Grant
- 1995 · In the Mouth of Madness as John Trent
- 1994 · The Jungle Book as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
- 1994 · Country Life as Dr. Max Askey
- 1994 · Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self
- 1994 · Sirens as Norman Lindsay
- 1993 · Split Enz: Spellbound as Narrator
- 1993 · Jurassic Park as Grant
- 1993 · The Piano as Alisdair Stewart
- 1993 · Family Pictures as David Eberlin
- 1993 · Inside 'The Piano' as Self
- 1992 · Hostage as John Rennie
- 1992 · Memoirs of an Invisible Man as David Jenkins
- 1991 · Until the End of the World as Eugene Fitzpatrick
- 1991 · Fever as Elliot
- 1991 · Death in Brunswick as Carl
- 1990 · The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
- 1990 · Cowboys of Culture as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Molloy (voice)
- 1989 · The French Revolution as Marquis de Lafayette
- 1989 · Dead Calm as John Ingram
- 1988 · Evil Angels as Michael Chamberlain
- 1987 · The Good Wife as Neville Gifford
- 1986 · Strong Medicine as Vince Lord
- 1985 · Plenty as Lazar
- 1985 · Robbery Under Arms as Capt. Starlight
- 1984 · The Blood of Others as Bergman
- 1984 · The Country Girls as Mr. Gentleman
- 1983 · Reilly: Ace of Spies as Sidney Reilly
- 1982 · Enigma as Dimitri Vasilikov
- 1982 · Attack Force Z as Sergeant Costello
- 1982 · Ivanhoe as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
- 1981 · Possession as Mark
- 1981 · The Final Conflict as Damien Thorn
- 1980 · Lucinda Brayford as Tony Duff
- 1979 · The Journalist as Rex
- 1979 · Just Out Of Reach as Mike
- 1979 · My Brilliant Career as Harry Beecham
- 1978 · Surf Sail as Narrator (voice)
- 1977 · The Governor as Colonial Bachelor
- 1977 · Architect Athfield as Narrator
- 1976 · The Sullivans as Ben Dawson
- 1975 · Four Shorts on Architecture as Narrator (voice)
- 1975 · Ashes as Priest
- 1975 · Landfall as Eric
- 1972 · The Water Cycle as
- Future · Mystery Ride as Duncan Connelly
- 1973 · Hunt's Duffer as Bradley
- 1971 · The City of No as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as British Flier
- Future · The Guinea Pig Club as Charles Overton