Acting · Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK · Born September 14, 1947
Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill (September 14, 1947 – July 13, 2026) was a New Zealand actor. His career 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 (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 Dominion (2022). Outside of film, Neill 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 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 received 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 had three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy nominations. He won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor at the 2023 Logies. Neill passed away at age 78 on 13 July 2026, in Sydney, Australia. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that he remained cancer free. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Neill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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MovieThe Fox
2026
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2025
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2024
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MovieT. REX
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
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2024
as Stan Delaney
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2023
as Frank
MovieScarygirl
2023
as Dr. Maybee (voice)
MovieThe Portable Door
2023
as Dennis Tanner
MovieAssassin Club
2023
as Caldwell
MovieThor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Actor Odin
TVThe Twelve
2022
as Brett Colby
MovieVoice Activated
2022
as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
MovieJurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
2022
as Self
MovieJurassic World Dominion
2022
as Alan Grant
TVInvasion
2021
as Jim Bell Tyson
TVTrial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story
2021
as Self - Host
TVThe Real Hunt for Red October
2021
as Self
TVRussell Howard Stands Up to the World
2021
as Self
MoviePeter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021
as Tommy Brock (voice)
MovieDaisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
2021
as Frankie Scales (voice)
MovieRams
2020
as Colin
MovieLindy Chamberlain: The True Story
2020
as Narrator (voice)
TVLindy Chamberlain: The True Story
2020
as Self - Narrator
MovieSea Lions: Life By a Whisker
2020
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self
MovieThe Show Must Go On
2019
as Self
MovieRide Like a Girl
2019
as Paddy Payne
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieBlackbird
2019
as Tom
MoviePalm Beach
2019
as Leo
TVFlack
2019
as Duncan Paulson
TVThe Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
2018
as Self - Host
TVAnika Moa Unleashed
2018
as Self
MoviePeter Rabbit
2018
as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
MovieSweet Country
2018
as Fred Smith
MovieThe Commuter
2018
as Captain Hawthorne
MovieThor: Ragnarok
2017
as Actor Odin
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2017
as Self
MovieTommy's Honour
2017
as Alexander Boothby
TVHouse of Bond
2017
as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
MovieDavid Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
as Self
TVTutankhamun
2016
as Lord Carnarvon
MovieNew Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
2016
as Narrator (voice)
TVNew Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
2016
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHunt for the Wilderpeople
2016
as Hec
TVAnd Then There Were None
2015
as General John MacArthur
MovieThe Daughter
2015
as Walter
MovieMindGamers
2015
as Kreutz
MovieBacktrack
2015
as Duncan Stewart
MovieOdyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill
2015
as God
MovieWhy Anzac with Sam Neill
2015
as Self
TVThe Dovekeepers
2015
TVHouse of Hancock
2015
as Lang Hancock
MovieUnited Passions
2014
as Joao Havelange
TVOld School
2014
as Ted McCabe
MovieA Long Way Down
2014
as Chris Crichton
MovieRiver Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
2013
as Self
MovieThe Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013
as Otto Luger
TVRick and Morty
2013
as Monogatron Leader (voice)
MovieEscape Plan
2013
as Dr. Kyrie
TVJulia Zemiro's Home Delivery
2013
as Self
TVPeaky Blinders
2013
as C.I. Chester Campbell
MovieThe Ordained
2013
as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
TVHarry
2013
as DSS Jim Stockton
MovieThe Vow
2012
as Bill Thornton
TVAlcatraz
2012
as Emerson Hauser
MovieThe Hunter
2011
as Jack Mindy
TVThe Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
as Self
MovieThe Dragon Pearl
2011
as Chris Chase
MovieReturn to Jurassic Park
2011
as Self
MovieIce
2011
as Anthony Kavanagh
TVIce
2011
as Anthony Kavanagh
MovieLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Allomere (voice)
MovieThe Making of Daybreakers
2010
as Self
TVHappy Town
2010
as Merritt Grieves
MovieDaybreakers
2010
as Charles Bromley
MovieUnder the Mountain
2009
as Mr. Jones
TVIron Road
2009
as Alfred Nichol
MovieSkin
2009
as Abraham Laing
MovieIron Road
2009
as Alfred Nichol
MovieIn Her Skin
2009
as Mr. Reid
MovieThe Man in the Hat
2009
as Reader of Correspondence
MovieDean Spanley
2008
as Dean Spanley
TVCrusoe
2008
as Jeremiah Blackthorn
MovieVerity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
as Narrator
MovieThe Pixar Story
2007
as Alan Grant (archive footage)
TVThe Tudors
2007
as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieAngel
2007
as Théo
TVTwo Twisted
2006
as Mick
MovieIrresistible
2006
as Craig
MovieThe Making of 'Event Horizon'
2006
as Self
TVMerlin's Apprentice
2006
as Merlin
MovieWorking with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
as Self
Voyage of the Nautilus
2006
as Hubert Wilkins
TVThe Triangle
2005
TVThe Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
2005
as Governor Arthur Phillip
MovieYes
2005
as Anthony
MovieLittle Fish
2005
as The Jockey
TVTo the Ends of the Earth
2005
as Mr. Prettiman
MovieNew Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
2005
as Self
MovieGallipoli
2005
as Narrator
MovieColin McCahon: I Am
2004
as Narrator
MovieWimbledon
2004
as Dennis Bradbury
MovieJessica
2004
as Richard Runche
TVJessica
2004
MovieStiff
2004
as Lionel Merricks
MovieThe Making of Sleeping Dogs
2004
as Self
MoviePerfect Strangers
2003
as Man
TVDoctor Zhivago
2002
as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky
MovieDirty Deeds
2002
as Ray
MovieFramed
2002
as Eddie Meyers
MovieThe Making Of Jurassic Park III
2001
as Self
TVRichard & Judy
2001
as Self
MovieThe Zookeeper
2001
as Ludovic
MovieSuperCroc
2001
as narrator
TVSpace
2001
as Himself
MovieJurassic Park III
2001
as Dr. Alan Grant
MovieSubmerged
2001
as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
MovieThe Magic Pudding
2000
as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
MovieThe Dish
2000
as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
MovieInside The Living Daylights
2000
as Self (archival footage)
MovieMy Mother Frank
2000
as Professor Mortlock
MovieSally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Jefferson
TVSally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Jefferson
MovieNumero Bruno
2000
as Self
MovieBicentennial Man
1999
as Sir
TVRove
1999
as Self
MovieMolokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Prime Minister Gibson
TVThe Games
1998
as Citytrans World CEO
MovieThe Revengers' Comedies
1998
as Henry Bell
TVMerlin
1998
as Merlin
MovieThe Horse Whisperer
1998
as Robert MacLean
MovieForgotten Silver
1997
as Self
MovieEvent Horizon
1997
as Weir
MovieSnow White: A Tale of Terror
1997
as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
MovieThe Rainbow Warrior
1997
as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
MovieChildren of the Revolution
1996
as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
MovieVictory
1996
as Mr. Jones
TVIn Cold Blood
1996
as Agent Alvin Dewey
TVAustralian Story
1996
as Self
MovieRestoration
1995
as King Charles II
MovieCinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
1995
as Narrator / Host
MovieThe Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Self / Alan Grant
MovieIn the Mouth of Madness
1995
as John Trent
MovieThe Jungle Book
1994
as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
MovieFever
1994
as Elliot
MovieCountry Life
1994
as Dr. Max Askey
MovieMasters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self
MovieSirens
1994
as Norman Lindsay
MovieSplit Enz: Spellbound
1993
as Narrator
MovieJurassic Park
1993
as Grant
MovieThe Piano
1993
as Alisdair Stewart
TVFamily Pictures
1993
as David Eberlin
MovieInside 'The Piano'
1993
as Self
MovieHostage
1992
as John Rennie
MovieMemoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as David Jenkins
MovieOne Against the Wind
1991
as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
MovieUntil the End of the World
1991
as Eugene Fitzpatrick
MovieDeath in Brunswick
1991
as Carl
MovieShadow of China
1990
as TV Reporter
MovieThe Hunt for Red October
1990
as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
MovieCowboys of Culture
1990
as Self
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Molloy (voice)
MovieThe French Revolution
1989
as Marquis de Lafayette
MovieDead Calm
1989
as John Ingram
MovieEvil Angels
1988
as Michael Chamberlain
MovieQuestion of Faith
1988
as Oscar Ogg
MovieThe Good Wife
1987
as Neville Gifford
TVAmerika
1987
as Colonel Andrei Denisov
MovieFor Love Alone
1986
as James Quick
TVStrong Medicine
1986
as Vince Lord
MovieStrong Medicine
1986
as Vince Lord
TVKane & Abel
1985
as William Lowell Kane
MoviePlenty
1985
as Lazar
MovieRobbery Under Arms
1985
as Capt. Starlight
MovieThe Blood of Others
1984
as Bergman
MovieThe Country Girls
1983
as Mr. Gentleman
TVReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Sidney Reilly
MovieEnigma
1982
as Dimitri Vasilikov
MovieAttack Force Z
1982
as Sergeant Costello
MovieIvanhoe
1982
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
MovieFrom a Far Country
1981
as Marian
MoviePossession
1981
as Mark
MovieThe Final Conflict
1981
as Damien Thorn
TVLucinda Brayford
1980
as Tony Duff
MovieThe Journalist
1979
as Rex
MovieJust Out Of Reach
1979
as Mike
MovieMy Brilliant Career
1979
as Harry Beecham
MovieSurf Sail
1978
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSleeping Dogs
1978
as Smith
The Governor
1977
as Colonial Bachelor
MovieArchitect Athfield
1977
as Narrator
TVThe Sullivans
1976
as Ben Dawson
MovieFour Shorts on Architecture
1975
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAshes
1975
as Priest
MovieLandfall
1975
as Eric
MovieHunt's Duffer
1973
as Bradley
MovieThe Water Cycle
1972
as Hydro enthusiast
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieThe City of No
1971
as The neighbour
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as British Flier
Mystery Ride
as Duncan Connelly
The Last Resort
as Gerard
