Sam Neill
Biography
Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill (September 14, 1947 – July 13, 2026) was a New Zealand actor. His career 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 (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 Dominion (2022). Outside of film, Neill 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 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 received 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 had three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy nominations. He won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor at the 2023 Logies. Neill passed away at age 78 on 13 July 2026, in Sydney, Australia. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that he remained cancer free. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Neill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Simpsons
1989
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Rick and Morty
2013
Peaky Blinders
2013
Peaky Blinders
2013
The Sullivans
1976
The Tudors
2007
Australian Story
1996
Richard & Judy
2001
Film '72
1971
Invasion
2021
Filmography
The Simpsons
as Molloy (voice) · 1989
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
Rick and Morty
as Monogatron Leader (voice) · 2013
Peaky Blinders
as C.I. Chester Campbell · 2013
Peaky Blinders
as Major Chester Campbell · 2013
The Sullivans
as Ben Dawson · 1976
The Tudors
as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey · 2007
Australian Story
as Self · 1996
Richard & Judy
as Self · 2001
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Invasion
as Jim Bell Tyson · 2021
Thor: Ragnarok
as Actor Odin · 2017
Jurassic World Dominion
as Alan Grant · 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Actor Odin · 2022
Jurassic Park
as Grant · 1993
Escape Plan
as Dr. Kyrie · 2013
UNTAMED
as Paul Souter · 2025
The Commuter
as Captain Hawthorne · 2018
The Hunt for Red October
as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin · 1990
The Movies That Made Us
as Self · 2019
Flack
as Duncan Paulson · 2019
Alcatraz
as Emerson Hauser · 2012
And Then There Were None
as General John MacArthur · 2015
Peter Rabbit
as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice) · 2018
Rove
as Self · 1999
Bicentennial Man
as Sir · 1999
Event Horizon
as Weir · 1997
The Triangle
· 2005
The Triangle
as Eric Benerall · 2005
Possession
as Mark · 1981
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Sidney Reilly · 1983
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
as Tommy Brock (voice) · 2021
The Horse Whisperer
as Robert MacLean · 1998
Merlin
as Merlin · 1998
The Piano
as Alisdair Stewart · 1993
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Allomere (voice) · 2010
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
as Hec · 2016
The Jungle Book
as Colonel Geofferey Brydon · 1994
The Vow
as Bill Thornton · 2012
The Twelve
as Brett Colby · 2022
In the Mouth of Madness
as John Trent · 1995
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self · 2011
Happy Town
as Merritt Grieves · 2010
Daybreakers
as Charles Bromley · 2010
Crusoe
as Jeremiah Blackthorn · 2008
The Final Conflict
as Damien Thorn · 1981
Apples Never Fall
as Stan Delaney · 2024
Old School
as Ted McCabe · 2014
The Assembly
as Self · 2024
The Pixar Story
as Alan Grant (archive footage) · 2007
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as British Flier · 1951
Doctor Zhivago
as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky · 2002
Kane & Abel
as William Lowell Kane · 1985
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
as Self · 2013
A Long Way Down
as Chris Crichton · 2014
To the Ends of the Earth
as Mr. Prettiman · 2005
Amerika
as Colonel Andrei Denisov · 1987
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as David Jenkins · 1992
Dead Calm
as John Ingram · 1989
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
as Lord Friedrich Hoffman · 1997
Blackbird
as Tom · 2019
Assassin Club
as Caldwell · 2023
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
· 2027
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
as Governor Arthur Phillip · 2005
Sirens
as Norman Lindsay · 1994
In Cold Blood
as Agent Alvin Dewey · 1996
The Games
as Citytrans World CEO · 1998
The Portable Door
as Dennis Tanner · 2023
Until the End of the World
as Eugene Fitzpatrick · 1991
Harry
as DSS Jim Stockton · 2013
Ride Like a Girl
as Paddy Payne · 2019
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
as Otto Luger · 2013
Bring Him to Me
as Frank · 2023
Wimbledon
as Dennis Bradbury · 2004
Architect Athfield
as Narrator · 1977
The Hunter
as Jack Mindy · 2011
Merlin's Apprentice
as Merlin · 2006
Tutankhamun
as Lord Carnarvon · 2016
Scarygirl
as Dr. Maybee (voice) · 2023
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
as Self - Host · 2018
The Legend of Zelda
· 2027
Anika Moa Unleashed
as Self · 2018
The Dovekeepers
· 2015
Evil Angels
as Michael Chamberlain · 1988
Strong Medicine
as Vince Lord · 1986
Two Twisted
as Mick · 2006
Restoration
as King Charles II · 1995
Family Pictures
as David Eberlin · 1993
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
as Frankie Scales (voice) · 2021
Ice
as Anthony Kavanagh · 2011
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Jefferson · 2000
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
as Narrator (voice) · 2016
Space
as Himself · 2001
Dean Spanley
as Dean Spanley · 2008
Yes
as Anthony · 2005
The French Revolution
as Marquis de Lafayette · 1989
Jessica
· 2004
Attack Force Z
as Sergeant Costello · 1982
Ivanhoe
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert · 1982
Iron Road
as Alfred Nichol · 2009
Backtrack
as Duncan Stewart · 2015
In Her Skin
as Mr. Reid · 2009
The Blood of Others
as Bergman · 1984
The Fox
as The Magpie (voice) · 2026
Sweet Country
as Fred Smith · 2018
Skin
as Abraham Laing · 2009
Ice
as Anthony Kavanagh · 2011
Dirty Deeds
as Ray · 2002
United Passions
as Joao Havelange · 2014
My Brilliant Career
as Harry Beecham · 1979
Lucinda Brayford
as Tony Duff · 1980
The Real Hunt for Red October
as Self · 2021
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
as Self · 2021
Irresistible
as Craig · 2006
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self · 2011
Palm Beach
as Leo · 2019
Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story
as Self - Host · 2021
MindGamers
as Kreutz · 2015
Get Krack!n
as Self · 2017
The Magic Pudding
as Sam Sawnoff (voice) · 2000
Rams
as Colin · 2020
The Governor
as Colonial Bachelor · 1977
House of Hancock
as Lang Hancock · 2015
Angel
as Théo · 2007
The Dish
as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master · 2000
Under the Mountain
as Mr. Jones · 2009
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
as Self · 2025
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Self / Alan Grant · 1995
Hostage
as John Rennie · 1992
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
as Self · 2017
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
as Narrator (voice) · 2020
Enigma
as Dimitri Vasilikov · 1982
Voice Activated
as Audiobook Narrator (voice) · 2022
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
as Narrator · 2008
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Jefferson · 2000
Children of the Revolution
as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine' · 1996
The Daughter
as Walter · 2015
The Making Of Jurassic Park III
as Self · 2001
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
as Self · 2006
Tommy's Honour
as Alexander Boothby · 2017
The Dragon Pearl
as Chris Chase · 2011
Iron Road
as Alfred Nichol · 2009
Plenty
as Lazar · 1985
The Revengers' Comedies
as Henry Bell · 1998
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
as Self · 2022
Framed
as Eddie Meyers · 2002
Fever
as Elliot · 1991
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self · 1994
From a Far Country
as Marian · 1981
One Against the Wind
as Major James Leggatt, The Guards · 1991
SuperCroc
as narrator · 2001
Country Life
as Dr. Max Askey · 1994
The Rainbow Warrior
as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith · 1997
Inside The Living Daylights
as Self (archival footage) · 2000
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Prime Minister Gibson · 1999
The Good Wife
as Neville Gifford · 1987
The Zookeeper
as Ludovic · 2001
Perfect Strangers
as Man · 2003
The Ordained
as Governor Michael Thomas Riley · 2013
Forgotten Silver
as Self · 1997
Little Fish
as The Jockey · 2005
Mystery Ride
as Duncan Connelly
Question of Faith
as Oscar Ogg · 1988
The Show Must Go On
as Self · 2019
Gallipoli
as Narrator · 2005
The Man in the Hat
as Reader of Correspondence · 2009
Death in Brunswick
as Carl · 1991
Submerged
as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen · 2001
Victory
as Mr. Jones · 1996
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
as Self · 2004
Numero Bruno
as Self · 2000
The Making of Daybreakers
as Self · 2010
Ashes
as Priest · 1975
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
as Self · 2006
Jessica
as Richard Runche · 2004
Sleeping Dogs
as Smith · 1978
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
as Narrator (voice) · 2020
House of Bond
as Roland “Tiny” Rowland · 2017
The Last Resort
as Gerard
Inside 'The Piano'
as Self · 1993
Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill
as God · 2015
The City of No
as The neighbour · 1971
Just Out Of Reach
as Mike · 1979
Voyage of the Nautilus
as Hubert Wilkins · 2006
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
as Self · 2005
My Mother Frank
as Professor Mortlock · 2000
Shadow of China
as TV Reporter · 1990
Robbery Under Arms
as Capt. Starlight · 1985
Strong Medicine
as Vince Lord · 1986
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
as Self - Narrator · 2020
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
as Narrator (voice) · 2016
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
as Self · 2015
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
as Self · 2013
Colin McCahon: I Am
as Narrator · 2004
For Love Alone
as James Quick · 1986
The Journalist
as Rex · 1979
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
as Narrator / Host · 1995
Stiff
as Lionel Merricks · 2004
Four Shorts on Architecture
as Narrator (voice) · 1975
Split Enz: Spellbound
as Narrator · 1993
The Water Cycle
as Hydro enthusiast · 1972
T. REX
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2024
The Country Girls
as Mr. Gentleman · 1983
Cowboys of Culture
as Self · 1990
Landfall
as Eric · 1975
Hunt's Duffer
as Bradley · 1973
Jurassic Park III
as Dr. Alan Grant · 2001
Surf Sail
as Narrator (voice) · 1978