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.
Known For
Credits
- 2027 · Godzilla x Kong: Supernova as
- 2025 · UNTAMED as Paul Souter
- 2024 · The Assembly as Self
- 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 · The Twelve as Brett Colby QC
- 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 · 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 Self - Narrator
- 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 · Palm Beach as Leo
- 2019 · Flack as Duncan Paulson
- 2018 · The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook as Self - Host
- 2018 · Anika Moa Unleashed as Self
- 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 · Get Krack!n as Self
- 2017 · House of Bond as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
- 2017 · David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- 2016 · Tutankhamun as Lord Carnarvon
- 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 · The Dovekeepers as
- 2015 · House of Hancock as Lang Hancock
- 2014 · United Passions as Joao Havelange
- 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 · The Ordained as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
- 2013 · Harry as DSS Jim Stockton
- 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
- 2011 · Ice as Anthony Kavanagh
- 2010 · Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Allomere (voice)
- 2010 · The Making of Daybreakers as Self
- 2010 · Happy Town as Merritt Grieves
- 2010 · Daybreakers as Charles Bromley
- 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
- 2008 · Crusoe as Jeremiah Blackthorn
- 2008 · Skin as Abraham Laing
- 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 · The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
- 2006 · Merlin's Apprentice as Merlin
- 2005 · The Triangle as
- 2005 · The Triangle as Eric Benerall
- 2005 · The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant as Governor Arthur Phillip
- 2005 · Little Fish as The Jockey
- 2005 · To the Ends of the Earth as Mr. Prettiman
- 2005 · Gallipoli as Narrator
- 2004 · Wimbledon as Dennis Bradbury
- 2004 · Jessica as
- 2004 · Stiff as Lionel Merricks
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Victor Komarovsky
- 2002 · Dirty Deeds as Ray
- 2002 · Framed as Eddie Meyers
- 2001 · The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III' as Self
- 2001 · Richard & Judy as Self
- 2001 · The Zookeeper as Ludovic
- 2001 · Space as Himself
- 2000 · The Magic Pudding as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
- 2000 · The Dish as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
- 2000 · Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Jefferson
- 2000 · Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Jefferson
- 1999 · Bicentennial Man as Sir
- 1999 · Rove as Self
- 1999 · Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Prime Minister Gibson
- 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
- 1997 · The Rainbow Warrior as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
- 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 · 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 · Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self
- 1994 · Sirens as Norman Lindsay
- 1993 · Jurassic Park as Grant
- 1993 · The Piano as Alisdair Stewart
- 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
- 1991 · Death in Brunswick as Carl
- 1990 · The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
- 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
- 1988 · Question of Faith as Oscar Ogg
- 1987 · The Good Wife as Neville Gifford
- 1987 · Amerika as Colonel Andrei Denisov
- 1986 · Strong Medicine as Vince Lord
- 1986 · Strong Medicine as Vince Lord
- 1985 · Kane & Abel as William Lowell Kane
- 1985 · Plenty as Lazar
- 1984 · The Blood of Others as Bergman
- 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 · From a Far Country as Marian
- 1981 · Possession as Mark
- 1981 · The Final Conflict as Damien Thorn
- 1979 · My Brilliant Career as Harry Beecham
- 1977 · Sleeping Dogs as Smith
- 1977 · The Governor as Colonial Bachelor
- 1976 · The Sullivans as Ben Dawson
- Future · The Last Resort as Gerard
- 2022 · Voice Activated as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Show Must Go On as Self
- 2017 · Tommy's Honour as Alexander Boothby
- 2016 · New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Why Anzac with Sam Neill as Self
- 2013 · River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand as Self
- 2009 · The Man in the Hat as Reader of Correspondence
- 2008 · Dean Spanley as Dean Spanley
- 2008 · Verity Lambert: Drama Queen as Narrator
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 2006 · Voyage of the Nautilus as Hubert Wilkins
- 2005 · Yes as Anthony
- 2005 · New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English as Self
- 2004 · Colin McCahon: I Am as Narrator
- 2004 · Jessica as Richard Runche
- 2004 · The Making of Sleeping Dogs as Self
- 2003 · Perfect Strangers as Man
- 2001 · SuperCroc as narrator
- 2001 · Jurassic Park III as Dr. Alan Grant
- 2001 · Submerged as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
- 2000 · Inside The Living Daylights as Self (archival footage)
- 2000 · My Mother Frank as Professor Mortlock
- 2000 · Numero Bruno as Self
- 1997 · Forgotten Silver as Self
- 1995 · Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill as Narrator / Host
- 1994 · Country Life as Dr. Max Askey
- 1993 · Split Enz: Spellbound as Narrator
- 1993 · Family Pictures as David Eberlin
- 1993 · Inside 'The Piano' as Self
- 1992 · Hostage as John Rennie
- 1990 · Shadow of China as TV Reporter
- 1990 · Cowboys of Culture as Self
- 1986 · For Love Alone as James Quick
- 1985 · Robbery Under Arms as Capt. Starlight
- 1984 · The Country Girls as Mr. Gentleman
- 1980 · Lucinda Brayford as Tony Duff
- 1979 · The Journalist as Rex
- Future · Mystery Ride as Duncan Connelly
- 1979 · Just Out Of Reach as Mike
- 1978 · Surf Sail as Narrator (voice)
- 1977 · Architect Athfield as Narrator
- 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
- 1971 · The City of No as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as British Flier