Sam Neill
Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill, KNZM OBE (born 14 September 1947) is an Ireland-born New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. He is perhaps best known for his starring role as paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III. He has also had a number of high-profile roles including: the lead in Reilly, Ace of Spies, the adult Damien in Omen III: The Final Conflict, Merlin in the miniseries Merlin, Captain Vasily Borodin in The Hunt for Red October, Lord Friedrich Hoffman in Snow White: A Tale of Terror, and Alisdair Stewart in The Piano. He also portayed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey on Showtime's The Tudors.
Known For
Credits
- 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
- 2021 · Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story as Self - Host
- 2020 · Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Show Must Go On as Self
- 2019 · Palm Beach as Leo
- 2018 · The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook as Self - Host
- 2018 · Anika Moa Unleashed as Self
- 2017 · Get Krack!n as Self
- 2017 · David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- 2016 · Tutankhamun as Lord Carnarvon
- 2015 · The Daughter as Walter
- 2015 · MindGamers as Kreutz
- 2015 · The Dovekeepers as
- 2015 · House of Hancock as Lang Hancock
- 2014 · United Passions as Joao Havelange
- 2013 · River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand as Self
- 2013 · The Ordained as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
- 2011 · The Dragon Pearl as Chris Chase
- 2010 · The Making of Daybreakers as Self
- 2009 · Under the Mountain as Mr. Jones
- 2009 · Iron Road as Alfred Nichol
- 2008 · Dean Spanley as Dean Spanley
- 2008 · Skin as Abraham Laing
- 2006 · The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2005 · Little Fish as The Jockey
- 2005 · New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English as Self
- 2001 · The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III' as Self
- 2001 · Space as Himself
- 2000 · Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Jefferson
- 1999 · Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Prime Minister Gibson
- 1996 · Children of the Revolution as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
- 1996 · Victory as Mr. Jones
- 1995 · Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill as Narrator / Host
- 1991 · Death in Brunswick as Carl
- 1990 · Shadow of China as TV Reporter
- 1989 · The French Revolution as Marquis de Lafayette
- 1988 · Question of Faith as Oscar Ogg
- 1987 · The Good Wife as Neville Gifford
- 1986 · Strong Medicine as Vince Lord
- 1985 · Plenty as Lazar
- 1984 · The Blood of Others as Bergman
- 1981 · From a Far Country as Marian
- 1979 · The Journalist as Rex
- 1979 · My Brilliant Career as Harry Beecham
- 1977 · Sleeping Dogs as Smith
- 1971 · The City of No as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as British Flier
- Future · UNTAMED as Paul Souter
- 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 · The Real Hunt for Red October as Self
- 2021 · Russell Howard Stands Up to the World as Self
- 2021 · Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway as Tommy Brock (voice)
- 2021 · Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal as Frankie Scales (voice)
- 2020 · Rams as Colin
- 2020 · Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us 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 · Sweet Country as Fred Smith
- 2018 · The Commuter as Captain Hawthorne
- 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Actor Odin
- 2017 · Tommy's Honour as Alexander Boothby
- 2017 · House of Bond as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
- 2016 · New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Backtrack as Duncan Stewart
- 2015 · Why Anzac with Sam Neill as Self
- 2014 · Old School as Ted McCabe
- 2014 · A Long Way Down as Chris Crichton
- 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 · Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery as Self
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as C.I. Chester Campbell
- 2013 · Peaky Blinders as Major Chester Campbell
- 2013 · Harry as DSS Jim Stockton
- 2012 · The Vow as Bill Thornton
- 2012 · Alcatraz as Emerson Hauser
- 2012 · Alcatraz as Emerson Hauser
- 2011 · The Hunter as Jack Mindy
- 2011 · The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self
- 2011 · Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- 2011 · Ice as Anthony Kavanagh
- 2011 · Ice as Anthony Kavanagh
- 2010 · Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Allomere (voice)
- 2010 · Happy Town as Merritt Grieves
- 2010 · Daybreakers as Charles Bromley
- 2009 · Iron Road as Alfred Nichol
- 2009 · In Her Skin as Mr. Reid
- 2009 · The Man in the Hat as Reader of Correspondence
- 2008 · Crusoe as Jeremiah Blackthorn
- 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 · Two Twisted as Mick
- 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 · The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant as Governor Arthur Phillip
- 2005 · Yes as Anthony
- 2005 · To the Ends of the Earth as Mr. Prettiman
- 2005 · Gallipoli as Narrator
- 2004 · Wimbledon as Dennis Bradbury
- 2004 · Jessica as
- 2004 · Jessica as Richard Runche
- 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 · The Zookeeper as Ludovic
- 2001 · SuperCroc as narrator
- 2001 · Jurassic Park III as Dr. Alan Grant
- 2001 · Submerged as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
- 2000 · The Magic Pudding as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
- 2000 · The Dish as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
- 2000 · My Mother Frank as Professor Mortlock
- 2000 · Forgotten Silver as Himself
- 2000 · Numero Bruno as Self
- 1999 · Bicentennial Man as Sir
- 1999 · Rove as Self
- 1998 · The Games as Citytrans World CEO
- 1998 · The Revengers' Comedies as Henry Bell
- 1998 · Merlin as Merlin
- 1998 · The Horse Whisperer as Robert MacLean
- 1997 · Event Horizon as Weir
- 1997 · Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
- 1996 · In Cold Blood as Agent Alvin Dewey
- 1996 · Australian Story as Self
- 1995 · Restoration as King Charles II
- 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 · Sirens as Norman Lindsay
- 1993 · Split Enz: Spellbound as Narrator
- 1993 · Jurassic Park as Grant
- 1993 · The Rainbow Warrior as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
- 1993 · The Piano as Alisdair Stewart
- 1993 · Family Pictures as David Eberlin
- 1992 · Hostage as John Rennie
- 1992 · Memoirs of an Invisible Man as David Jenkins
- 1991 · One Against the Wind as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
- 1991 · Until the End of the World as Eugene Fitzpatrick
- 1991 · Fever as Elliot
- 1990 · The Hunt for Red October as Captain Borodin
- 1990 · Cowboys of Culture as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Molloy (voice)
- 1989 · Dead Calm as John Ingram
- 1988 · Evil Angels as Michael Chamberlain
- 1987 · Amerika as Colonel Andrei Denisov
- 1986 · For Love Alone as James Quick
- 1985 · Kane & Abel as William Lowell Kane
- 1985 · Robbery Under Arms as Capt. Starlight
- 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 · Just Out Of Reach as Mike
- 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
- 1973 · Hunt's Duffer as Bradley
- 1972 · The Water Cycle as
- Future · The Guinea Pig Club as Charles Overton
- Future · Mystery Ride as Duncan Connelly