Sam Neill

ActorProducerDirectorWriterEditor Sep 14 (age 78) Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK 1951–2027 (76 year career)

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Biography

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 le…

Known For

Film

Peaky Blinders

C.I. Chester Campbell

Film

Jurassic Park

Grant

Film

Thor: Ragnarok

Actor Odin

Film

The Hunt for Red October

Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin

Film

Bicentennial Man

Sir

Film

The Vow

Bill Thornton

Film

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Hec

Film

Jurassic World Dominion

Alan Grant

Filmography

Acting (205)

Movies (145)

Godzilla x Kong: Supernova

2027 Upcoming

Mar 25

The Fox

2026

as The Magpie (voice)

Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke

as Self

T. REX

as Narrator

Assassin Club

as Caldwell

Scarygirl

as Dr. Maybee (voice)

The Portable Door

as Dennis Tanner

Bring Him to Me

as Frank

Jurassic World Dominion

2022

as Alan Grant

6.6

Thor: Love and Thunder

2022

as Actor Odin

6.4

Voice Activated

2022

as Audiobook Narrator (voice)

7.0

Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World

2022

as Self

7.0

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

2021

as Tommy Brock (voice)

7.0

Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal

2021

as Frankie Scales (voice)

6.4

Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story

2020

as Narrator (voice)

6.5

Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker

as Narrator (voice)

Rams

as Colin

Blackbird

as Tom

Ride Like a Girl

as Paddy Payne

Palm Beach

as Leo

The Show Must Go On

as Self

The Commuter

as Captain Hawthorne

Peter Rabbit

as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)

Sweet Country

as Fred Smith

Thor: Ragnarok

as Actor Odin

Tommy's Honour

as Alexander Boothby

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

2017

as Self

4.3

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

2016

as Hec

7.6

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

2016

as Narrator (voice)

7.8

Why Anzac with Sam Neill

2015

as Self

MindGamers

as Kreutz

Backtrack

as Duncan Stewart

The Daughter

as Walter

United Passions

as Joao Havelange

A Long Way Down

as Chris Crichton

Escape Plan

as Dr. Kyrie

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

2013

as Otto Luger

5.7

The Ordained

2013

as Governor Michael Thomas Riley

1.0

River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand

as Self

The Vow

as Bill Thornton

Ice

as Anthony Kavanagh

The Dragon Pearl

as Chris Chase

The Hunter

as Jack Mindy

Return to Jurassic Park

as Self

Daybreakers

as Charles Bromley

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

2010

as Allomere (voice)

6.8

The Making of Daybreakers

2010

as Self

7.0

The Man in the Hat

2009

as Reader of Correspondence

In Her Skin

as Mr. Reid

Iron Road

as Alfred Nichol

Under the Mountain

as Mr. Jones

Skin

as Abraham Laing

Dean Spanley

as Dean Spanley

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

2008

as Narrator

The Pixar Story

2007

as Alan Grant (archive footage)

Angel

as Théo

Irresistible

as Craig

Voyage of the Nautilus

2006

as Hubert Wilkins

5.5

The Making of 'Event Horizon'

2006

as Self

7.4

Working with a Master: John Carpenter

2006

as Self

6.0

New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English

2005

as Self

Yes

as Anthony

Little Fish

as The Jockey

Gallipoli

as Narrator

Colin McCahon: I Am

as Narrator

Wimbledon

2004

as Dennis Bradbury

6.2

The Making of Sleeping Dogs

2004

as Self

Jessica

as Richard Runche

Stiff

as Lionel Merricks

Perfect Strangers

as Man

Dirty Deeds

as Ray

Framed

as Eddie Meyers

Submerged

as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen

5.1

The Making Of Jurassic Park III

2001

as Self

Jurassic Park III

as Dr. Alan Grant

SuperCroc

as narrator

The Zookeeper

as Ludovic

The Magic Pudding

as Sam Sawnoff (voice)

5.1

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

2000

as Thomas Jefferson

7.6

The Dish

2000

as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master

6.7

Numero Bruno

2000

as Self

My Mother Frank

2000

as Professor Mortlock

3.3

Inside The Living Daylights

2000

as Self (archival footage)

8.0

Bicentennial Man

1999

as Sir

7.3

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

1999

as Prime Minister Gibson

6.0

The Horse Whisperer

1998

as Robert MacLean

6.9

The Revengers' Comedies

as Henry Bell

Event Horizon

as Weir

Forgotten Silver

as Self

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

1997

as Lord Friedrich Hoffman

6.1

The Rainbow Warrior

1997

as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith

5.0

Victory

1996

as Mr. Jones

4.8

Children of the Revolution

1996

as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'

5.5

In the Mouth of Madness

as John Trent

Restoration

as King Charles II

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

1995

as Self / Alan Grant

7.3

Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill

1995

as Narrator / Host

5.0

The Jungle Book

1994

as Colonel Geofferey Brydon

Sirens

as Norman Lindsay

Country Life

as Dr. Max Askey

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

1994

as Self

Jurassic Park

as Grant

The Piano

as Alisdair Stewart

Split Enz: Spellbound

1993

as Narrator

Inside 'The Piano'

1993

as Self

Hostage

1992

as John Rennie

3.0

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

as David Jenkins

5.9

Until the End of the World

1991

as Eugene Fitzpatrick

Death in Brunswick

as Carl

One Against the Wind

as Major James Leggatt, The Guards

6.8

Fever

1991

as Elliot

3.4

The Hunt for Red October

1990

as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin

Shadow of China

as TV Reporter

Cowboys of Culture

as Self

Dead Calm

1989

as John Ingram

6.6

The French Revolution

1989

as Marquis de Lafayette

7.5

Question of Faith

1988

as Oscar Ogg

Evil Angels

1988

as Michael Chamberlain

The Good Wife

as Neville Gifford

For Love Alone

as James Quick

Strong Medicine

as Vince Lord

Plenty

as Lazar

Robbery Under Arms

as Capt. Starlight

The Blood of Others

as Bergman

The Country Girls

as Mr. Gentleman

Ivanhoe

as Brian de Bois-Guilbert

Enigma

as Dimitri Vasilikov

Attack Force Z

as Sergeant Costello

Possession

as Mark

The Final Conflict

as Damien Thorn

From a Far Country

as Marian

Just Out Of Reach

as Mike

My Brilliant Career

as Harry Beecham

The Journalist

as Rex

Surf Sail

as Narrator (voice)

Sleeping Dogs

1977

as Smith

5.6

Architect Athfield

1977

as Narrator

Four Shorts on Architecture

1975

as Narrator (voice)

Landfall

1975

as Eric

Ashes

1975

as Priest

Hunt's Duffer

as Bradley

The Water Cycle

The City of No

Mystery Ride

as Duncan Connelly

The Last Resort

as Gerard

Television (60)

UNTAMED

as Paul Souter

Apples Never Fall

as Stan Delaney

The Assembly

as Self

The Twelve

as Brett Colby

Invasion

as Jim Bell Tyson

Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story

2021

as Self - Host

5.0

The Real Hunt for Red October

2021

as Self

5.5

Russell Howard Stands Up to the World

2021

as Self

1.0

Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story

2020

as Self - Narrator

7.0

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

The Movies That Made Us

as Self

Flack

as Duncan Paulson

The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook

as Self - Host

Anika Moa Unleashed

as Self

Get Krack!n

as Self

House of Bond

as Roland “Tiny” Rowland

4.0

Tutankhamun

2016

as Lord Carnarvon

6.4

New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

2016

as Narrator (voice)

9.4

And Then There Were None

2015

as General John MacArthur

The Dovekeepers

House of Hancock

as Lang Hancock

Old School

as Ted McCabe

Peaky Blinders

as C.I. Chester Campbell

8.5

Rick and Morty

2013

as Monogatron Leader (voice)

8.7

Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery

as Self

Harry

as DSS Jim Stockton

Alcatraz

as Emerson Hauser

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

as Self

Ice

as Anthony Kavanagh

Happy Town

as Merritt Grieves

Iron Road

as Alfred Nichol

Crusoe

as Jeremiah Blackthorn

6.8

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Tudors

2007

as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Two Twisted

as Mick

Merlin's Apprentice

as Merlin

The Triangle

as Eric Benerall

The Triangle

To the Ends of the Earth

2005

as Mr. Prettiman

6.0

The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

2005

as Governor Arthur Phillip

Jessica

Doctor Zhivago

as Victor Komarovsky

Richard & Judy

as Self

Space

as Himself

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

as Thomas Jefferson

Rove

as Self

Merlin

as Merlin

The Games

as Citytrans World CEO

Australian Story

as Self

In Cold Blood

as Agent Alvin Dewey

Family Pictures

as David Eberlin

The Simpsons

1989

as Molloy (voice)

8.0

Amerika

1987

as Colonel Andrei Denisov

5.4

Strong Medicine

1986

as Vince Lord

Kane & Abel

1985

as William Lowell Kane

Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Sidney Reilly

Lucinda Brayford

as Tony Duff

The Governor

1977

as Colonial Bachelor

The Sullivans

1976

as Ben Dawson

5.1

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as British Flier

8.6

Crew (18)

Movies (18)

Stiff

Producer

The Brush-Off

Director

The Brush-Off

Producer

Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill

1995

Director

5.0

Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill

1995

Writer

5.0

On the Road with Red Mole

1979

Director

On the Road with Red Mole

1979

Writer

New Country - New People

1978

Director

Surf Sail

1978

Director

Architect Athfield

1977

Director

Flare - A Ski Trip

1977

Director

Four Shorts on Architecture

1975

Director

Four Shorts on Architecture

1975

Editor

Four Shorts on Architecture

1975

Writer

Phone

1974

Director

Phone

1974

Editor

Phone

1974

Writer

The Sealhunters

1973

Editor

5.5