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Sam Neill
Born 1947-09-14
📍 Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
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.
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Filmography 201
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
The Fox
as The Magpie (voice)
2026
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
as Self
2025
UNTAMED
as Paul Souter
2025
The Assembly
as Self
2024
T. REX
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Apples Never Fall
as Stan Delaney
2024
Bring Him to Me
as Frank
2023
Scarygirl
as Dr. Maybee (voice)
2023
The Portable Door
as Dennis Tanner
2023
Assassin Club
as Caldwell
2023
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
2022
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)
2021
Rams
as Colin
2020
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
as Self - Narrator
2020
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
as Narrator (voice)
2020
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
2019
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
2018
Thor: Ragnarok
as Actor Odin
2017
Get Krack!n
as Self
2017
Tommy's Honour
as Alexander Boothby
2017
House of Bond
as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
as Self
2017
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
2016
And Then There Were None
as General John MacArthur
2015
The Daughter
as Walter
2015
MindGamers
as Kreutz
2015
Backtrack
as Duncan Stewart
2015
Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill
as God
2015
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
as Self
2015
The Dovekeepers
2015
House of Hancock
as Lang Hancock
2015
United Passions
as Joao Havelange
2014
Old School
as Ted McCabe
2014
A Long Way Down
as Chris Crichton
2014
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
2013
The Ordained
as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
2013
Harry
as DSS Jim Stockton
2013
The Vow
as Bill Thornton
2012
Alcatraz
as Emerson Hauser
2012
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
2011
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
2010
Under the Mountain
as Mr. Jones
2009
Iron Road
as Alfred Nichol
2009
Skin
as Abraham Laing
2009
Iron Road
as Alfred Nichol
2009
In Her Skin
as Mr. Reid
2009
The Man in the Hat
as Reader of Correspondence
2009
Dean Spanley
as Dean Spanley
2008
Crusoe
as Jeremiah Blackthorn
2008
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
as Narrator
2008
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
2007
Two Twisted
as Mick
2006
Irresistible
as Craig
2006
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
as Self
2006
Merlin's Apprentice
as Merlin
2006
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
as Self
2006
The Triangle
2005
The Triangle
as Eric Benerall
2005
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
as Governor Arthur Phillip
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
2005
Wimbledon
as Dennis Bradbury
2004
Jessica
as Richard Runche
2004
Jessica
2004
Stiff
as Lionel Merricks
2004
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
as Self
2004
Perfect Strangers
as Man
2003
Doctor Zhivago
as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky
2002
Dirty Deeds
as Ray
2002
Framed
as Eddie Meyers
2002
The Making Of Jurassic Park III
as Self
2001
Richard & Judy
as Self
2001
The Zookeeper
as Ludovic
2001
SuperCroc
as narrator
2001
Space
as Himself
2001
Jurassic Park III
as Dr. Alan Grant
2001
Submerged
as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
2001
The Magic Pudding
as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
2000
The Dish
as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
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
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Jefferson
2000
Bicentennial Man
as Sir
1999
Rove
as Self
1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Prime Minister Gibson
1999
The Games
as Citytrans World CEO
1998
The Revengers' Comedies
as Henry Bell
1998
Merlin
as Merlin
1998
The Horse Whisperer
as Robert MacLean
1998
Forgotten Silver
as Self
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
1997
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
1996
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
1995
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
1994
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
1993
Hostage
as John Rennie
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as David Jenkins
1992
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
1991
Shadow of China
as TV Reporter
1990
The Hunt for Red October
as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
1990
Cowboys of Culture
as Self
1990
The Simpsons
as Molloy (voice)
1989
The French Revolution
as Marquis de Lafayette
1989
Dead Calm
as John Ingram
1989
Evil Angels
as Michael Chamberlain
1988
Question of Faith
as Oscar Ogg
1988
The Good Wife
as Neville Gifford
1987
Amerika
as Colonel Andrei Denisov
1987
For Love Alone
as James Quick
1986
Strong Medicine
as Vince Lord
1986
Strong Medicine
as Vince Lord
1986
Kane & Abel
as William Lowell Kane
1985
Plenty
as Lazar
1985
Robbery Under Arms
as Capt. Starlight
1985
The Blood of Others
as Bergman
1984
The Country Girls
as Mr. Gentleman
1984
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Sidney Reilly
1983
Enigma
as Dimitri Vasilikov
1982
Attack Force Z
as Sergeant Costello
1982
Ivanhoe
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
1982
From a Far Country
as Marian
1981
Possession
as Mark
1981
The Final Conflict
as Damien Thorn
1981
Lucinda Brayford
as Tony Duff
1980
The Journalist
as Rex
1979
Just Out Of Reach
as Mike
1979
My Brilliant Career
as Harry Beecham
1979
Surf Sail
as Narrator (voice)
1978
Sleeping Dogs
as Smith
1977
Architect Athfield
as Narrator
1977
The Sullivans
as Ben Dawson
1976
Four Shorts on Architecture
as Narrator (voice)
1975
Ashes
as Priest
1975
Landfall
as Eric
1975
Hunt's Duffer
as Bradley
1973
The Water Cycle
1972
The City of No
1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as British Flier
1951