Sam Neill
Acting • Born 1947-09-14
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.
Filmography
207 credits
Jurassic Park III
Movie • 2001
Dr. Alan Grant
The Horse Whisperer
Movie • 1998
Robert MacLean
The Revengers' Comedies
Movie • 1998
Henry Bell
The Piano
Movie • 1993
Alisdair Stewart
The Hunt for Red October
Movie • 1990
Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
Bicentennial Man
Movie • 1999
Sir
Until the End of the World
Movie • 1991
Eugene Fitzpatrick
In the Mouth of Madness
Movie • 1995
John Trent
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Movie • 1992
David Jenkins
The Jungle Book
Movie • 1994
Colonel Geofferey Brydon
Assassin Club
Movie • 2023
Caldwell
The Final Conflict
Movie • 1981
Damien Thorn
The French Revolution
Movie • 1989
Marquis de Lafayette
Dead Calm
Movie • 1989
John Ingram
Enigma
Movie • 1982
Dimitri Vasilikov
The Blood of Others
Movie • 1984
Bergman
The Dish
Movie • 2000
Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
Possession
Movie • 1981
Mark
Ice
Movie • 2011
Anthony Kavanagh
Dirty Deeds
Movie • 2002
Ray
Angel
Movie • 2007
Théo
Wimbledon
Movie • 2004
Dennis Bradbury
Event Horizon
Movie • 1997
Weir
Yes
Movie • 2005
Anthony
Forgotten Silver
Movie • 1997
Self
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Movie • 1997
Lord Friedrich Hoffman
The Magic Pudding
Movie • 2000
Sam Sawnoff (voice)
Under the Mountain
Movie • 2009
Mr. Jones
Children of the Revolution
Movie • 1996
David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
Sirens
Movie • 1994
Norman Lindsay
Little Fish
Movie • 2005
The Jockey
Evil Angels
Movie • 1988
Michael Chamberlain
Restoration
Movie • 1995
King Charles II
Plenty
Movie • 1985
Lazar
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Movie • 2010
Allomere (voice)
Perfect Strangers
Movie • 2003
Man
Framed
Movie • 2002
Eddie Meyers
Skin
Movie • 2009
Abraham Laing
Attack Force Z
Movie • 1982
Sergeant Costello
Sleeping Dogs
Movie • 1977
Smith
Death in Brunswick
Movie • 1991
Carl
One Against the Wind
Movie • 1991
Major James Leggatt, The Guards
Victory
Movie • 1996
Mr. Jones
My Brilliant Career
Movie • 1979
Harry Beecham
In Her Skin
Movie • 2009
Mr. Reid
Ivanhoe
Movie • 1982
Brian de Bois-Guilbert
Gallipoli
Movie • 2005
Narrator
Dean Spanley
Movie • 2008
Dean Spanley
Irresistible
Movie • 2006
Craig
Daybreakers
Movie • 2010
Charles Bromley
Bring Him to Me
Movie • 2023
Frank
The Hunter
Movie • 2011
Jack Mindy
The Vow
Movie • 2012
Bill Thornton
Robbery Under Arms
Movie • 1985
Capt. Starlight
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Movie • 1995
Self / Alan Grant
The City of No
Movie • 1971
Hunt's Duffer
Movie • 1973
Bradley
The Good Wife
Movie • 1987
Neville Gifford
Escape Plan
Movie • 2013
Dr. Kyrie
A Long Way Down
Movie • 2014
Chris Crichton
Country Life
Movie • 1994
Dr. Max Askey
Numero Bruno
Movie • 2000
Self
Iron Road
Movie • 2009
Alfred Nichol
From a Far Country
Movie • 1981
Marian
Stiff
Movie • 2004
Lionel Merricks
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
Movie • 2004
Self
My Mother Frank
Movie • 2000
Professor Mortlock
Submerged
Movie • 2001
Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Movie • 2000
Thomas Jefferson
The Zookeeper
Movie • 2001
Ludovic
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
Movie • 2013
Otto Luger
Voice Activated
Movie • 2022
Audiobook Narrator (voice)
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Alan Grant (archive footage)
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Movie • 2022
Self
Cowboys of Culture
Movie • 1990
Self
The Making Of Jurassic Park III
Movie • 2001
Self
For Love Alone
Movie • 1986
James Quick
Thor: Love and Thunder
Movie • 2022
Actor Odin
United Passions
Movie • 2014
Joao Havelange
Shadow of China
Movie • 1990
TV Reporter
The Rainbow Warrior
Movie • 1997
Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
Scarygirl
Movie • 2023
Dr. Maybee (voice)
Fever
Movie • 1991
Elliot
Hostage
Movie • 1992
John Rennie
Voyage of the Nautilus
Movie • 2006
Hubert Wilkins
Backtrack
Movie • 2015
Duncan Stewart
The Daughter
Movie • 2015
Walter
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
Movie • 2015
Self
Peter Rabbit
Movie • 2018
Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Movie • 2021
Tommy Brock (voice)
MindGamers
Movie • 2015
Kreutz
Jurassic Park
Movie • 1993
Grant
Jessica
Movie • 2004
Richard Runche
The Man in the Hat
Movie • 2009
Reader of Correspondence
The Ordained
Movie • 2013
Governor Michael Thomas Riley
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Movie • 2016
Hec
Just Out Of Reach
Movie • 1979
Mike
The Journalist
Movie • 1979
Rex
Tommy's Honour
Movie • 2017
Alexander Boothby
Strong Medicine
Movie • 1986
Vince Lord
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
The Commuter
Movie • 2018
Captain Hawthorne
SuperCroc
Movie • 2001
narrator
T. REX
Movie • 2024
Narrator
Inside The Living Daylights
Movie • 2000
Self (archival footage)
Thor: Ragnarok
Movie • 2017
Actor Odin
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Movie • 2017
Self
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Movie • 2006
Self
Sweet Country
Movie • 2018
Fred Smith
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Movie • 2006
Self
Ride Like a Girl
Movie • 2019
Paddy Payne
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Movie • 1999
Prime Minister Gibson
The Country Girls
Movie • 1984
Mr. Gentleman
Mystery Ride
Movie
Duncan Connelly
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
Movie • 2005
Self
Blackbird
Movie • 2019
Tom
The Making of Daybreakers
Movie • 2010
Self
Return to Jurassic Park
Movie • 2011
Self
The Show Must Go On
Movie • 2019
Self
Rams
Movie • 2020
Colin
Palm Beach
Movie • 2019
Leo
Jurassic World Dominion
Movie • 2022
Alan Grant
Landfall
Movie • 1975
Eric
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Split Enz: Spellbound
Movie • 1993
Narrator
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
Movie • 2013
Self
Architect Athfield
Movie • 1977
Narrator
Question of Faith
Movie • 1988
Oscar Ogg
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
Movie • 2021
Frankie Scales (voice)
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
Movie • 1995
Narrator / Host
Ashes
Movie • 1975
Priest
The Water Cycle
Movie • 1972
Surf Sail
Movie • 1978
Narrator (voice)
Four Shorts on Architecture
Movie • 1975
Narrator (voice)
The Dragon Pearl
Movie • 2011
Chris Chase
The Portable Door
Movie • 2023
Dennis Tanner
Colin McCahon: I Am
Movie • 2004
Narrator
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Movie • 1994
Self
Inside 'The Piano'
Movie • 1993
Self
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Movie • 2008
Narrator
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
Movie • 2027
The Last Resort
Movie
Gerard
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
Movie • 2025
Self
The Fox
Movie • 2025
The Magpie (voice)
Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill
Movie • 2015
God
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Molloy (voice)
The Games
TV • 1998
Citytrans World CEO
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Tudors
TV • 2007
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Richard & Judy
TV • 2001
Self
Get Krack!n
TV • 2017
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
British Flier
Amerika
TV • 1987
Colonel Andrei Denisov
The Triangle
TV • 2005
Doctor Zhivago
TV • 2002
Victor Komarovsky
Harry
TV • 2013
DSS Jim Stockton
Happy Town
TV • 2010
Merritt Grieves
Merlin's Apprentice
TV • 2006
Merlin
Space
TV • 2001
Himself
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
TV • 2005
Governor Arthur Phillip
Jessica
TV • 2004
Rick and Morty
TV • 2013
Monogatron Leader (voice)
Kane & Abel
TV • 1985
William Lowell Kane
In Cold Blood
TV • 1996
Agent Alvin Dewey
Alcatraz
TV • 2012
Emerson Hauser
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self
To the Ends of the Earth
TV • 2005
Mr. Prettiman
Peaky Blinders
TV • 2013
C.I. Chester Campbell
Merlin
TV • 1998
Merlin
Crusoe
TV • 2008
Jeremiah Blackthorn
Old School
TV • 2014
Ted McCabe
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV • 2011
Self
Australian Story
TV • 1996
Self
And Then There Were None
TV • 2015
General John MacArthur
Ice
TV • 2011
Anthony Kavanagh
Invasion
TV • 2021
Jim Bell Tyson
Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story
TV • 2021
Self - Host
Rove
TV • 1999
Self
House of Hancock
TV • 2015
Lang Hancock
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
TV • 2016
Narrator (voice)
Tutankhamun
TV • 2016
Lord Carnarvon
House of Bond
TV • 2017
Roland “Tiny” Rowland
The Governor
TV • 1977
Colonial Bachelor
Two Twisted
TV • 2006
Mick
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV • 1983
Sidney Reilly
The Triangle
TV • 2005
Eric Benerall
The Twelve
TV • 2022
Brett Colby
The Real Hunt for Red October
TV • 2021
Self
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
TV • 2021
Self
The Dovekeepers
TV • 2015
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
TV • 2013
Self
Flack
TV • 2019
Duncan Paulson
Peaky Blinders
TV • 2013
Major Chester Campbell
The Sullivans
TV • 1976
Ben Dawson
Anika Moa Unleashed
TV • 2018
Self
Iron Road
TV • 2009
Alfred Nichol
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
TV • 2018
Self - Host
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
UNTAMED
TV • 2025
Paul Souter
Apples Never Fall
TV • 2024
Stan Delaney
Lucinda Brayford
TV • 1980
Tony Duff
Strong Medicine
TV • 1986
Vince Lord
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
TV • 2000
Thomas Jefferson
The Assembly
TV • 2024
Self
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
TV • 2020
Self - Narrator
Family Pictures
TV • 1993
David Eberlin