Sam Neill
September 14, 1947 (77 years old) in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
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 · 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
- 2021 · The Real Hunt for Red October as Self
- 2018 · Anika Moa Unleashed as Self
- 2017 · Get Krack!n as Self
- 2017 · Tommy's Honour as Alexander Boothby
- 2015 · MindGamers as Kreutz
- 2015 · The Dovekeepers as
- 2015 · House of Hancock as Lang Hancock
- 2013 · The Ordained as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
- 2013 · Harry as DSS Jim Stockton
- 2011 · Ice as Anthony Kavanagh
- 2010 · Happy Town as Merritt Grieves
- 2009 · Iron Road as Alfred Nichol
- 2009 · Iron Road as Alfred Nichol
- 2008 · Skin as Abraham Laing
- 2006 · Two Twisted as Mick
- 2006 · The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
- 2005 · Yes as Anthony
- 2004 · Jessica as
- 2004 · Stiff as Lionel Merricks
- 2003 · Perfect Strangers as Man
- 2002 · Dirty Deeds as Ray
- 2002 · Framed as Eddie Meyers
- 2001 · The Zookeeper as Ludovic
- 2001 · Space as Himself
- 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 · My Mother Frank as Professor Mortlock
- 2000 · Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Jefferson
- 1999 · Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Prime Minister Gibson
- 1998 · The Revengers' Comedies as Henry Bell
- 1997 · Forgotten Silver as Himself
- 1996 · Children of the Revolution as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
- 1996 · Victory as Mr. Jones
- 1995 · The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Alan Grant
- 1994 · Country Life as Dr. Max Askey
- 1993 · Family Pictures as David Eberlin
- 1992 · Hostage as John Rennie
- 1991 · Fever as Elliot
- 1991 · Death in Brunswick as Carl
- 1989 · The french revolution: Years of hope as Marquis de Lafayette
- 1987 · The Good Wife as Neville Gifford
- 1985 · Plenty as Lazar
- 1984 · The Blood of Others as Bergman
- 1981 · From a Far Country as Marian
- 1977 · Sleeping Dogs as Smith
- 1977 · The Governor as Colonial Bachelor
- Future · UNTAMED as Paul Souter
- Future · The Guinea Pig Club as Charles Overton
- 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)
- 2021 · Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal as Frankie Scales (voice)
- 2020 · Rams as Colin
- 2020 · Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Palm Beach as Leo
- 2019 · Flack as Duncan Paulson
- 2018 · The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook as Self - Host
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Backtrack as Duncan Stewart
- 2015 · Why Anzac with Sam Neill as Self
- 2014 · United Passions as Joao Havelange
- 2014 · Old School as Ted McCabe
- 2014 · A Long Way Down as Chris Crichton
- 2013 · River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand as Self
- 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
- 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 · 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 · The Making of Daybreakers as Self
- 2010 · Daybreakers as Charles Bromley
- 2009 · Under the Mountain as Mr. Jones
- 2009 · In Her Skin as Mr. Reid
- 2009 · The Man in the Hat as Reader of Correspondence
- 2008 · Dean Spanley as Dean Spanley
- 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 · Irresistible as Craig
- 2006 · Merlin's Apprentice as Merlin
- 2006 · Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
- 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 · 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 · Jessica as Richard Runche
- 2004 · The Making of Sleeping Dogs as Self
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Victor Komarovsky
- 2001 · The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III' as Self
- 2001 · Richard & Judy as Self
- 2001 · SuperCroc as narrator
- 2000 · The Dish as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
- 2000 · Inside The Living Daylights as Self (archival footage)
- 2000 · Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Jefferson
- 2000 · Numero Bruno as Self
- 1999 · Bicentennial Man as Sir
- 1999 · Rove as Self
- 1998 · The Games as Citytrans World CEO
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Split Enz: Spellbound as Narrator
- 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
- 1990 · Shadow of China as TV Reporter
- 1990 · The Hunt for Red October as Captain Borodin
- 1990 · Cowboys of Culture as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Molloy (voice)
- 1989 · The french revolution: Years of rage as Marquis de Lafayette
- 1989 · Dead Calm as John Ingram
- 1988 · Evil Angels as Michael Chamberlain
- 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
- 1986 · Strong Medicine as Vince Lord
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 1971 · The City of No as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as British Flier
- Future · Mystery Ride as Duncan Connelly