Sam Neill
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-09-14
Place of Birth
Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
Sam Neill
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 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.
Also Known For
Jurassic Park III
Jul 18, 2001
The Horse Whisperer
Feb 01, 1998
The Revengers' Comedies
Jun 09, 1998
The Piano
May 18, 1993
The Hunt for Red October
Mar 02, 1990
Bicentennial Man
Dec 17, 1999
Until the End of the World
Sep 12, 1991
In the Mouth of Madness
Feb 03, 1995
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Feb 28, 1992
The Jungle Book
Dec 23, 1994
Assassin Club
Feb 24, 2023
The Final Conflict
Mar 20, 1981
The French Revolution
May 10, 1989
Dead Calm
Apr 07, 1989
Enigma
Oct 15, 1982
The Blood of Others
Aug 25, 1984
The Dish
Oct 19, 2000
Possession
May 27, 1981
Ice
Jan 02, 2011
Dirty Deeds
Jul 18, 2002
Angel
Feb 17, 2007
Wimbledon
Sep 13, 2004
Event Horizon
Aug 15, 1997
Yes
Aug 05, 2005
Forgotten Silver
Oct 03, 1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Jul 18, 1997
The Magic Pudding
Dec 14, 2000
Under the Mountain
Dec 10, 2009
Children of the Revolution
Dec 26, 1996
Sirens
Mar 04, 1994
Little Fish
Jul 19, 2005
Evil Angels
Nov 03, 1988
Restoration
Dec 29, 1995
Plenty
Sep 20, 1985
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Jul 10, 2010
Perfect Strangers
Oct 09, 2003
Framed
Feb 13, 2002
Skin
Jul 24, 2009
Attack Force Z
Jun 01, 1982
Sleeping Dogs
Oct 06, 1977
Death in Brunswick
Apr 24, 1991
One Against the Wind
Dec 01, 1991
Victory
Dec 13, 1996
My Brilliant Career
Aug 17, 1979
In Her Skin
Mar 14, 2009
Ivanhoe
Feb 23, 1982
Gallipoli
Mar 18, 2005
Dean Spanley
Dec 12, 2008
Irresistible
Apr 18, 2006
Daybreakers
Jan 06, 2010
Bring Him to Me
Nov 02, 2023
The Hunter
Oct 06, 2011
The Vow
Feb 05, 2012
Robbery Under Arms
Mar 28, 1985
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Apr 23, 1995
The City of No
Jan 01, 1971
Hunt's Duffer
Jan 01, 1973
The Good Wife
May 14, 1987
Escape Plan
Oct 09, 2013
A Long Way Down
Mar 20, 2014
Country Life
Oct 27, 1994
Numero Bruno
Jan 01, 2000
Iron Road
Jun 24, 2009
From a Far Country
Sep 15, 1981
Stiff
Jun 19, 2004
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
Mar 24, 2004
My Mother Frank
Aug 16, 2000
Submerged
May 20, 2001
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Feb 13, 2000
The Zookeeper
Nov 22, 2001
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
Dec 05, 2013
Voice Activated
Jun 15, 2022
The Pixar Story
Aug 28, 2007
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Jun 04, 2022
Cowboys of Culture
Jan 01, 1990
The Making Of Jurassic Park III
Dec 11, 2001
For Love Alone
May 22, 1986
Thor: Love and Thunder
Jul 06, 2022
United Passions
Jun 19, 2014
Shadow of China
May 12, 1990
The Rainbow Warrior
Mar 28, 1997
Scarygirl
Oct 05, 2023
Fever
May 11, 1991
Hostage
May 10, 1992
Voyage of the Nautilus
Feb 25, 2006
Backtrack
Jul 25, 2015
The Daughter
Oct 09, 2015
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
Apr 21, 2015
Peter Rabbit
Feb 07, 2018
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Mar 25, 2021
MindGamers
Oct 04, 2015
Jurassic Park
Jun 11, 1993
Jessica
Jul 18, 2004
The Man in the Hat
Jan 01, 2009
The Ordained
Jun 01, 2013
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Jan 22, 2016
The Journalist
Nov 15, 1979
Just Out Of Reach
Oct 01, 1979
Tommy's Honour
Jul 07, 2017
Strong Medicine
Jan 01, 1986
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
Jul 19, 2016
The Commuter
Jan 11, 2018
SuperCroc
Oct 25, 2001
T. REX
Jun 21, 2024
Inside The Living Daylights
Oct 17, 2000
Thor: Ragnarok
Oct 02, 2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Mar 09, 2017
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Apr 18, 2006
Sweet Country
Jan 25, 2018
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Mar 28, 2006
Ride Like a Girl
Sep 26, 2019
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Mar 17, 1999
The Country Girls
Apr 01, 1984
Mystery Ride
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
May 25, 2005
Blackbird
Sep 06, 2019
The Making of Daybreakers
May 11, 2010
Return to Jurassic Park
Feb 05, 2011
The Show Must Go On
Oct 08, 2019
Rams
Oct 15, 2020
Palm Beach
Aug 08, 2019
Jurassic World Dominion
Jun 01, 2022
Landfall
Jan 01, 1975
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
Sep 27, 2020
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
Jan 04, 2020
Split Enz: Spellbound
Jul 08, 1993
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
Dec 25, 2013
Architect Athfield
Jan 01, 1977
Question of Faith
Oct 06, 1988
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
Feb 04, 2021
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
Oct 10, 1995
Ashes
Mar 17, 1975
The Water Cycle
Sep 09, 1972
Surf Sail
Sep 04, 1978
Four Shorts on Architecture
Oct 10, 1975
The Dragon Pearl
Mar 11, 2011
The Portable Door
Mar 23, 2023
Colin McCahon: I Am
Sep 18, 2004
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
May 22, 1994
Inside 'The Piano'
Jan 01, 1993
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Apr 05, 2008
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
Mar 25, 2027
The Last Resort
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
Sep 04, 2025
The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer
The Fox
Oct 19, 2025
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
The Games
Aug 17, 1998
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
The Tudors
Apr 01, 2007
Richard & Judy
Nov 26, 2001
Get Krack!n
Aug 30, 2017
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
The Triangle
Dec 05, 2005
Amerika
Feb 15, 1987
Doctor Zhivago
Nov 24, 2002
Harry
May 08, 2013
Happy Town
Apr 28, 2010
Merlin's Apprentice
Apr 14, 2006
Space
Jul 22, 2001
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
Oct 30, 2005
Jessica
Jul 18, 2004
Rick and Morty
Dec 02, 2013
Kane & Abel
Nov 17, 1985
In Cold Blood
Nov 24, 1996
Alcatraz
Jan 16, 2012
The Movies That Made Us
Nov 29, 2019
To the Ends of the Earth
Jul 06, 2005
Merlin
Apr 26, 1998
Peaky Blinders
Sep 12, 2013
Crusoe
Oct 17, 2008
Old School
May 23, 2014
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Sep 03, 2011
Australian Story
May 29, 1996
And Then There Were None
Dec 26, 2015
Ice
Jan 02, 2011
Invasion
Oct 21, 2021
Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story
Sep 16, 2021
Rove
Sep 22, 1999
House of Hancock
Feb 08, 2015
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
Jul 19, 2016
Tutankhamun
Oct 16, 2016
House of Bond
Apr 24, 2017
The Governor
Oct 06, 1977
Two Twisted
Aug 14, 2006
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Sep 05, 1983
The Triangle
Dec 05, 2005
The Twelve
Jun 21, 2022
The Real Hunt for Red October
Jun 13, 2021
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
May 31, 2021
The Dovekeepers
Mar 31, 2015
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
Sep 18, 2013
Flack
Feb 21, 2019
Peaky Blinders
Sep 12, 2013
The Sullivans
Nov 15, 1976
Anika Moa Unleashed
Mar 28, 2018
Iron Road
Aug 09, 2009
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
Aug 27, 2018
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
UNTAMED
Jul 17, 2025
Apples Never Fall
Mar 14, 2024
Lucinda Brayford
Jun 15, 1980
Strong Medicine
Apr 26, 1986
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Feb 13, 2000
The Assembly
Aug 20, 2024
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
Sep 27, 2020
