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Sam Neill
Born · September 14, 1947 (77 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
Bio
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.
T. REX
Narrator
7.0
2024
The Portable Door
Dennis Tanner
6.5
2023
Jurassic World Dominion
Alan Grant
6.7
2022
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
Frankie Scales (voice)
6.5
2021
Rams
Colin
6.4
2020
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
Narrator (voice)
6.5
2020
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
Narrator (voice)
6.0
2020
The Show Must Go On
Self
3.0
2019
Ride Like a Girl
Paddy Payne
7.3
2019
Blackbird
Tom
6.8
2019
Palm Beach
Leo
5.3
2019
Sweet Country
Fred Smith
6.6
2018
The Commuter
Captain Hawthorne
6.4
2018
Thor: Ragnarok
Actor Odin
7.6
2017
Get Krack!n
Self · (1 episode)
6.1
2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
3.8
2017
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
Narrator (voice)
7.7
2016
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
Self
5.0
2013
The Dragon Pearl
Chris Chase
4.8
2011
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
6.6
2011
The Making of Daybreakers
Self
7.0
2010
The Tudors
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey · (10 episodes)
7.8
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
7.2
2007
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Self
7.4
2006
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Self
6.0
2006
The Triangle
(1 episode)
6.2
2005
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
Self
0.0
2005
Colin McCahon: I Am
Narrator
0.0
2004
Doctor Zhivago
Victor Komarovsky · (3 episodes)
6.6
2002
Richard & Judy
Self · (1 episode)
3.1
2001
SuperCroc
narrator
6.0
2001
Inside The Living Daylights
Self (archival footage)
8.0
2000
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Prime Minister Gibson
5.9
1999
The Games
Citytrans World CEO · (1 episode)
7.0
1998
The Country Girls
Mr. Gentleman
0.0
1984
Mystery Ride
Duncan Connelly
0.0
The Guinea Pig Club
Charles Overton
10.0
The Assembly
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2024
Apples Never Fall
Stan Delaney · (7 episodes)
6.3
2024
Bring Him to Me
Frank
5.8
2023
Scarygirl
Dr. Maybee (voice)
7.0
2023
Assassin Club
Caldwell
6.0
2023
Thor: Love and Thunder
Actor Odin
6.4
2022
The Twelve
Brett Colby · (10 episodes)
8.0
2022
The Twelve
Brett Colby QC · (18 episodes)
8.0
2022
Voice Activated
Audiobook Narrator (voice)
7.0
2022
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Self
6.3
2022
Invasion
Jim Bell Tyson · (1 episode)
7.2
2021
Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story
Self - Host · (3 episodes)
5.0
2021
The Real Hunt for Red October
Self · (2 episodes)
5.5
2021
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
Self · (1 episode)
1.0
2021
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Tommy Brock (voice)
7.1
2021
The Movies That Made Us
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
2019
Flack
Duncan Paulson · (2 episodes)
7.0
2019
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
Self - Host · (6 episodes)
7.0
2018
Anika Moa Unleashed
Self · (13 episodes)
3.0
2018
Peter Rabbit
Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
6.7
2018
Tommy's Honour
Alexander Boothby
6.8
2017
House of Bond
Roland “Tiny” Rowland · (2 episodes)
4.0
2017
Tutankhamun
Lord Carnarvon · (4 episodes)
6.5
2016
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
9.2
2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hec
7.7
2016
And Then There Were None
General John MacArthur · (3 episodes)
7.6
2015
The Daughter
Walter
6.4
2015
MindGamers
Kreutz
4.4
2015
Backtrack
Duncan Stewart
5.8
2015
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
Self
0.0
2015
The Dovekeepers
(2 episodes)
5.6
2015
House of Hancock
Lang Hancock · (2 episodes)
6.7
2015
United Passions
Joao Havelange
3.3
2014
Old School
Ted McCabe · (8 episodes)
8.1
2014
A Long Way Down
Chris Crichton
6.2
2014
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
Otto Luger
5.6
2013
Rick and Morty
Monogatron Leader (voice) · (1 episode)
8.7
2013
Escape Plan
Dr. Kyrie
6.7
2013
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2013
Peaky Blinders
C.I. Chester Campbell · (6 episodes)
8.5
2013
Peaky Blinders
Major Chester Campbell · (6 episodes)
8.5
2013
The Ordained
Governor Michael Thomas Riley
0.0
2013
Harry
DSS Jim Stockton · (6 episodes)
6.5
2013
The Vow
Bill Thornton
7.2
2012
Alcatraz
Emerson Hauser
0.0
2012
Alcatraz
Emerson Hauser · (13 episodes)
6.4
2012
The Hunter
Jack Mindy
6.6
2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · (1 episode)
7.6
2011
Ice
Anthony Kavanagh
5.6
2011
Ice
Anthony Kavanagh · (2 episodes)
10.0
2011
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Allomere (voice)
6.8
2010
Happy Town
Merritt Grieves · (8 episodes)
5.9
2010
Daybreakers
Charles Bromley
6.3
2010
Under the Mountain
Mr. Jones
4.5
2009
Iron Road
Alfred Nichol · (2 episodes)
8.7
2009
Iron Road
Alfred Nichol
6.3
2009
In Her Skin
Mr. Reid
6.0
2009
The Man in the Hat
Reader of Correspondence
0.0
2009
Dean Spanley
Dean Spanley
7.5
2008
Crusoe
Jeremiah Blackthorn · (13 episodes)
6.7
2008
Skin
Abraham Laing
6.4
2008
The Pixar Story
Alan Grant (archive footage)
7.5
2007
Angel
Théo
5.5
2007
Two Twisted
Mick · (14 episodes)
6.0
2006
Irresistible
Craig
5.5
2006
Merlin's Apprentice
Merlin · (2 episodes)
4.8
2006
Voyage of the Nautilus
Hubert Wilkins
5.5
2006
The Triangle
Eric Benerall · (3 episodes)
6.2
2005
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
Governor Arthur Phillip · (2 episodes)
7.2
2005
Yes
Anthony
5.8
2005
Little Fish
The Jockey
5.8
2005
To the Ends of the Earth
Mr. Prettiman · (3 episodes)
6.1
2005
Gallipoli
Narrator
7.0
2005
Wimbledon
Dennis Bradbury
6.2
2004
Jessica
Richard Runche
7.0
2004
Jessica
(3 episodes)
5.6
2004
Stiff
Lionel Merricks
7.2
2004
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
Self
0.0
2004
Perfect Strangers
Man
4.2
2003
Dirty Deeds
Ray
5.7
2002
Framed
Eddie Meyers
5.2
2002
The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III'
Self
0.0
2001
The Zookeeper
Ludovic
6.5
2001
Space
Himself · (6 episodes)
7.6
2001
Jurassic Park III
Dr. Alan Grant
6.1
2001
Submerged
Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
4.6
2001
The Magic Pudding
Sam Sawnoff (voice)
5.4
2000
The Dish
Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
6.7
2000
My Mother Frank
Professor Mortlock
4.0
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Thomas Jefferson
7.6
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Thomas Jefferson · (2 episodes)
0.0
2000
Numero Bruno
Self
0.0
2000
Bicentennial Man
Sir
7.3
1999
Rove
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
1999
The Revengers' Comedies
Henry Bell
5.8
1998
Merlin
Merlin · (2 episodes)
6.8
1998
The Horse Whisperer
Robert MacLean
6.9
1998
Forgotten Silver
Himself
7.2
1997
Event Horizon
Weir
6.5
1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Lord Friedrich Hoffman
6.1
1997
The Rainbow Warrior
Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
5.3
1997
Children of the Revolution
David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
5.6
1996
Victory
Mr. Jones
5.1
1996
In Cold Blood
Agent Alvin Dewey · (2 episodes)
6.0
1996
Australian Story
Self · (1 episode)
4.8
1996
Restoration
King Charles II
6.0
1995
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
Narrator / Host
5.0
1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self / Alan Grant
7.1
1995
In the Mouth of Madness
John Trent
7.2
1995
The Jungle Book
Colonel Geofferey Brydon
5.9
1994
Country Life
Dr. Max Askey
6.3
1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Self
0.0
1994
Sirens
Norman Lindsay
5.6
1994
Split Enz: Spellbound
Narrator
0.0
1993
Jurassic Park
Grant
8.0
1993
The Piano
Alisdair Stewart
7.4
1993
Family Pictures
David Eberlin
7.0
1993
Hostage
John Rennie
3.2
1992
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
David Jenkins
5.9
1992
One Against the Wind
Major James Leggatt, The Guards
7.0
1991
Until the End of the World
Eugene Fitzpatrick
6.8
1991
Fever
Elliot
3.6
1991
Death in Brunswick
Carl
6.0
1991
Shadow of China
TV Reporter
7.0
1990
The Hunt for Red October
Captain Borodin
7.4
1990
Cowboys of Culture
Self
0.0
1990
The Simpsons
Molloy (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
The french revolution: Years of rage
Marquis de Lafayette
7.5
1989
The french revolution: Years of hope
Marquis de Lafayette
8.0
1989
Dead Calm
John Ingram
6.6
1989
Evil Angels
Michael Chamberlain
6.7
1988
Question of Faith
Oscar Ogg
0.0
1988
The Good Wife
Neville Gifford
4.8
1987
Amerika
Colonel Andrei Denisov · (7 episodes)
5.4
1987
For Love Alone
James Quick
3.1
1986
Strong Medicine
Vince Lord · (2 episodes)
0.0
1986
Strong Medicine
Vince Lord
7.0
1986
Kane & Abel
William Lowell Kane · (3 episodes)
7.6
1985
Plenty
Lazar
5.7
1985
Robbery Under Arms
Capt. Starlight
6.4
1985
The Blood of Others
Bergman
5.0
1984
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Sidney Reilly · (12 episodes)
7.1
1983
Enigma
Dimitri Vasilikov
5.6
1982
Attack Force Z
Sergeant Costello
6.2
1982
Ivanhoe
Brian de Bois-Guilbert
6.2
1982
From a Far Country
Marian
3.9
1981
Possession
Mark
7.3
1981
The Final Conflict
Damien Thorn
5.8
1981
Lucinda Brayford
Tony Duff · (4 episodes)
0.0
1980
The Journalist
Rex
4.0
1979
Just Out Of Reach
Mike
0.0
1979
My Brilliant Career
Harry Beecham
6.2
1979
Surf Sail
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1978
Sleeping Dogs
Smith
5.7
1977
The Governor
Colonial Bachelor · (1 episode)
0.0
1977
Architect Athfield
Narrator
0.0
1977
The Sullivans
Ben Dawson · (40 episodes)
4.8
1976
Four Shorts on Architecture
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1975
Ashes
Priest
0.0
1975
Landfall
Eric
0.0
1975
Hunt's Duffer
Bradley
7.0
1973
The Water Cycle
0.0
1972
The City of No
7.0
1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
British Flier · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
UNTAMED
Paul Souter · (1 episode)
0.0