8.0
8.0
Inside The Living Daylights
2000
as Self (archival footage)
Sam Neill
Also known as: Nigel John Dermot Neill
Acting
Born:September 14, 1947(age 78)
Birthplace:Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
Nationality:New Zealand
Education:University of Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington, Medbury School, Christ's College, Christchurch
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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.
Notable Works
The Magic PuddingPeter RabbitJurassic Park
Filmography (147 movies)
8.0
8.0
Jurassic Park
1993
as Grant
7.7
7.7
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016
as Hec
7.6
7.6
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Jefferson
7.6
7.6
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
2016
as Narrator (voice)
7.6
7.6
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Actor Odin
7.5
7.5
The French Revolution
1989
as Marquis de Lafayette
7.4
7.4
Dean Spanley
2008
as Dean Spanley
7.4
7.4
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
2006
as Self
7.4
7.4
The Piano
1993
as Alisdair Stewart
7.4
7.4
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
7.3
7.3
Possession
1981
as Mark
7.3
7.3
Bicentennial Man
1999
as Sir
7.3
7.3
Ride Like a Girl
2019
as Paddy Payne
7.2
7.2
The Vow
2012
as Bill Thornton
7.2
7.2
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
as John Trent
7.2
7.2
Stiff
2004
Producer
7.2
7.2
Forgotten Silver
1997
as Self
7.1
7.1
Gallipoli
2005
as Narrator
7.1
7.1
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021
as Tommy Brock (voice)
7.0
7.0
Voice Activated
2022
as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
7.0
7.0
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
2022
as Self
7.0
7.0
Shadow of China
1990
as TV Reporter
7.0
7.0
The Making of Daybreakers
2010
as Self
7.0
7.0
SuperCroc
2001
as narrator
7.0
7.0
Strong Medicine
1986
as Vince Lord
7.0
7.0
The City of No
1971
7.0
7.0
Hunt's Duffer
1973
as Bradley
7.0
7.0
Jessica
2004
as Richard Runche
7.0
7.0
Family Pictures
1993
as David Eberlin
7.0
7.0
The Brush-Off
2004
Producer
6.9
6.9
The Horse Whisperer
1998
as Robert MacLean
6.8
6.8
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Allomere (voice)
6.8
6.8
Scarygirl
2023
as Dr. Maybee (voice)
6.8
6.8
One Against the Wind
1991
as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
6.7
6.7
Blackbird
2019
as Tom
6.7
6.7
Evil Angels
1988
as Michael Chamberlain
6.7
6.7
Escape Plan
2013
as Dr. Kyrie
6.7
6.7
Until the End of the World
1991
as Eugene Fitzpatrick
6.7
6.7
Peter Rabbit
2018
as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
6.7
6.7
The Dish
2000
as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
6.6
6.6
Jurassic World Dominion
2022
as Alan Grant
6.6
6.6
The Hunter
2011
as Jack Mindy
6.6
6.6
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
as Self
6.6
6.6
Sweet Country
2018
as Fred Smith
6.6
6.6
Event Horizon
1997
as Weir
6.6
6.6
Dead Calm
1989
as John Ingram
6.6
6.6
Tommy's Honour
2017
as Alexander Boothby
6.5
6.5
The Zookeeper
2001
as Ludovic
6.5
6.5
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
2021
as Frankie Scales (voice)
6.5
6.5
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
2020
as Narrator (voice)
6.5
6.5
The Portable Door
2023
as Dennis Tanner
6.4
6.4
The Commuter
2018
as Captain Hawthorne
6.4
6.4
Robbery Under Arms
1985
as Capt. Starlight
6.4
6.4
Skin
2008
as Abraham Laing
6.3
6.3
Ivanhoe
1982
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
6.3
6.3
Iron Road
2009
as Alfred Nichol
6.3
6.3
Rams
2020
as Colin
6.3
6.3
The Daughter
2015
as Walter
6.3
6.3
Daybreakers
2010
as Charles Bromley
6.2
6.2
A Long Way Down
2014
as Chris Crichton
6.2
6.2
Wimbledon
2004
as Dennis Bradbury
6.2
6.2
Jurassic Park III
2001
as Dr. Alan Grant
6.2
6.2
T. REX
2024
as Narrator
6.1
6.1
My Brilliant Career
1979
as Harry Beecham
6.1
6.1
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
1997
as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
6.0
6.0
Restoration
1995
as King Charles II
6.0
6.0
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
2020
as Narrator (voice)
6.0
6.0
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Prime Minister Gibson
6.0
6.0
Attack Force Z
1982
as Sergeant Costello
6.0
6.0
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Country Girls
1984
as Mr. Gentleman
6.0
6.0
In Her Skin
2009
as Mr. Reid
5.9
5.9
The Jungle Book
1994
as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
5.9
5.9
Assassin Club
2023
as Caldwell
5.9
5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as David Jenkins
5.8
5.8
Death in Brunswick
1991
as Carl
5.8
5.8
The Final Conflict
1981
as Damien Thorn
5.8
5.8
Little Fish
2005
as The Jockey
5.8
5.8
Backtrack
2015
as Duncan Stewart
5.7
5.7
Plenty
1985
as Lazar
5.7
5.7
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013
as Otto Luger
5.7
5.7
Bring Him to Me
2023
as Frank
5.7
5.7
Yes
2005
as Anthony
5.6
5.6
Country Life
1994
as Dr. Max Askey
5.6
5.6
Sleeping Dogs
1977
as Smith
5.6
5.6
Sirens
1994
as Norman Lindsay
5.6
5.6
The Revengers' Comedies
1998
as Henry Bell
5.5
5.5
Ice
2011
as Anthony Kavanagh
5.5
5.5
Children of the Revolution
1996
as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
5.5
5.5
Voyage of the Nautilus
2006
as Hubert Wilkins
5.5
5.5
Dirty Deeds
2002
as Ray
5.5
5.5
Enigma
1982
as Dimitri Vasilikov
5.5
5.5
Irresistible
2006
as Craig
5.5
5.5
Angel
2007
as Théo
5.3
5.3
Palm Beach
2019
as Leo
5.1
5.1
The Magic Pudding
2000
as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
5.0
5.0
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
1995
Director
5.0
5.0
The Blood of Others
1984
as Bergman
5.0
5.0
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
2013
as Self
5.0
5.0
The Rainbow Warrior
1997
as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
4.9
4.9
Framed
2002
as Eddie Meyers
4.8
4.8
Victory
1996
as Mr. Jones
4.8
4.8
Submerged
2001
as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
4.8
4.8
The Dragon Pearl
2011
as Chris Chase
4.6
4.6
Under the Mountain
2009
as Mr. Jones
4.6
4.6
MindGamers
2015
as Kreutz
4.6
4.6
The Good Wife
1987
as Neville Gifford
4.4
4.4
Perfect Strangers
2003
as Man
4.3
4.3
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
as Self
4.0
4.0
The Journalist
1979
as Rex
3.9
3.9
From a Far Country
1981
as Marian
3.4
3.4
Fever
1991
as Elliot
3.3
3.3
My Mother Frank
2000
as Professor Mortlock
3.3
3.3
United Passions
2014
as Joao Havelange
3.2
3.2
For Love Alone
1986
as James Quick
3.0
3.0
Hostage
1992
as John Rennie
3.0
3.0
The Show Must Go On
2019
as Self
1.0
1.0
The Ordained
2013
as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
The Last Resort
TBA
as Gerard
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
2015
as Self
Just Out Of Reach
1979
as Mike
Mystery Ride
TBA
as Duncan Connelly
The Man in the Hat
2009
as Reader of Correspondence
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
2005
as Self
Landfall
1975
as Eric
Split Enz: Spellbound
1993
as Narrator
Architect Athfield
1977
Director
Question of Faith
1988
as Oscar Ogg
Surf Sail
1978
Director
Four Shorts on Architecture
1975
Director
The Water Cycle
1972
Ashes
1975
as Priest
Numero Bruno
2000
as Self
Cowboys of Culture
1990
as Self
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
2004
as Self
The Making Of Jurassic Park III
2001
as Self
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
Colin McCahon: I Am
2004
as Narrator
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self
Inside 'The Piano'
1993
as Self
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
as Narrator
But Also John Clarke
2025
as Self
New Country - New People
1978
Director
Flare - A Ski Trip
1977
Director
On the Road with Red Mole
1979
Writer
Phone
1974
Writer
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