Sam Neill
Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. 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. Most recently he played Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in the Peace Arch Entertainment production for Showtime, The Tudors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Neill licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Sep 14, 1947 In Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 141
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Portable Door 2023-03-23
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Portable Door | Dennis Tanner | 2023-03-23 |
| Movie | Assassin Club | Jonathan Caldwell | 2023-02-24 |
| Movie | Jurassic World Dominion | Dr. Alan Grant | 2022-06-01 |
| Series | The Twelve | Brett Colby | 2022-06-21 |
| Movie | Thor: Love and Thunder | Actor Odin | 2022-07-06 |
| Movie | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Tommy Brock (voice) | 2021-03-25 |
| Series | Invasion | Jim Bell Tyson | 2021-10-21 |
| Movie | Rams | Colin | 2020-10-15 |
| Movie | The Show Must Go On | Himself | 2019-10-08 |
| Movie | Blackbird | Tom | 2019-09-06 |
| Movie | Palm Beach | Leo | 2019-08-08 |
| Movie | Ride Like a Girl | Paddy Payne | 2019-09-26 |
| Movie | The Commuter | Captain Hawthorne | 2018-01-11 |
| Movie | Sweet Country | Fred Smith | 2018-01-25 |
| Movie | Peter Rabbit | Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice) | 2018-02-07 |
| Series | House of Bond | Roland “Tiny” Rowland | 2017-04-24 |
| Movie | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self | 2017-03-09 |
| Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Actor Odin | 2017-10-24 |
| Movie | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Hec Faulkner | 2016-03-31 |
| Series | Tutankhamun | Lord Carnarvon | 2016-10-16 |
| Movie | Why Anzac with Sam Neill | Himself | 2015-04-21 |
| Series | House of Hancock | Lang Hancock | 2015-02-08 |
| Movie | Backtrack | Duncan Stewart | 2015-07-25 |
| Series | The Dovekeepers | 2015-03-31 | |
| Movie | MindGamers | Kreutz | 2015-10-04 |
| Movie | The Daughter | Walter | 2015-10-09 |
| Series | And Then There Were None | General John MacArthur | 2015-12-26 |
| Series | Old School | Ted McCabe | 2014-05-23 |
| Movie | A Long Way Down | Chris Crichton | 2014-03-20 |
| Movie | United Passions | Joao Havelange | 2014-06-19 |
| Series | Harry | DSS Jim Stockton | 2013-05-08 |
| Series | Peaky Blinders | C.I. Chester Campbell | 2013-09-12 |
| Movie | Escape Plan | Dr. Kyrie | 2013-10-09 |
| Movie | The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box | Otto Luger | 2013-12-05 |
| Series | Alcatraz | Emerson Hauser | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | The Vow | Bill Thornton | 2012-02-05 |
| Movie | The Hunter | Jack Mindy | 2011-10-06 |
| Movie | Ice | Anthony Kavanagh | 2011-01-02 |
| Movie | Return to Jurassic Park | Self | 2011-02-05 |
| Movie | The Dragon Pearl | Chris Chase | 2011-03-11 |
| Series | Happy Town | Merritt Grieves | 2010-04-28 |
| Movie | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Allomere (voice) | 2010-07-10 |
| Movie | The Making of Daybreakers | Himself | 2010-05-11 |
| Movie | In Her Skin | Mr. Reid | 2009-03-13 |
| Movie | Iron Road | Alfred Nichol | 2009-06-24 |
| Movie | Under the Mountain | Mr. Jones | 2009-12-10 |
| Series | Iron Road | Alfred Nichol | 2009-08-09 |
| Movie | Daybreakers | Charles Bromley | 2009-10-01 |
| Movie | Skin | Abraham Laing | 2008-09-07 |
| Movie | Dean Spanley | Dean Spanley | 2008-12-12 |
| Series | Crusoe | Jeremiah Blackthorn | 2008-10-17 |
| Movie | Angel | Théo | 2007-02-17 |
| Series | The Tudors | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | 2007-04-01 |
| Movie | The Pixar Story | Alan Grant (archive footage) | 2007-08-28 |
| Movie | Voyage of the Nautilus | Hubert Wilkins | 2006-02-25 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Event Horizon' | 2006-04-18 | |
| Series | Merlin's Apprentice | Merlin | 2006-04-14 |
| Series | Two Twisted | Mick | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Irresistible | Craig | 2006-04-18 |
| Movie | New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English | Self | 2005-05-25 |
| Movie | Gallipoli | Narrator | 2005-03-18 |
| Series | To the Ends of the Earth | Mr. Prettiman | 2005-07-06 |
| Movie | Yes | Anthony | 2005-08-05 |
| Movie | Little Fish | The Jockey | 2005-07-19 |
| Series | The Triangle | Eric Benerall | 2005-12-05 |
| Series | The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant | Governor Arthur Phillip | 2005-10-30 |
| Movie | Stiff | Lionel Merricks | 2004-06-19 |
| Movie | Jessica | Richard Runche | 2004-07-18 |
| Movie | Wimbledon | Dennis Bradbury | 2004-09-13 |
| Series | Jessica | 2004-07-18 | |
| Movie | Perfect Strangers | Man | 2003-10-09 |
| Series | Doctor Zhivago | Victor Komarovsky | 2002-11-24 |
| Movie | Framed | Eddie Meyers | 2002-02-13 |
| Movie | Dirty Deeds | Ray | 2002-07-18 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park III | Dr. Alan Grant | 2001-07-18 |
| Series | Space | Himself | 2001-07-22 |
| Movie | Submerged | Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen | 2001-05-20 |
| Movie | The Zookeeper | Ludovic | 2001-09-13 |
| Series | Richard & Judy | Unknown | 2001-11-26 |
| Movie | SuperCroc | narrator | 2001-10-25 |
| Movie | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Jefferson | 2000-02-13 |
| Movie | Numero Bruno | Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | My Mother Frank | Professor Mortlock | 2000-08-16 |
| Movie | The Dish | Cliff Buxton - Dish Master | 2000-10-19 |
| Movie | The Magic Pudding | Sam Sawnoff (voice) | 2000-12-14 |
| Movie | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Prime Minister Gibson | 1999-03-17 |
| Movie | Bicentennial Man | Sir | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | The Horse Whisperer | Robert MacLean | 1998-02-01 |
| Series | Merlin | Merlin | 1998-04-26 |
| Series | The Games | Unknown | 1998-08-07 |
| Movie | The Revengers' Comedies | Henry Bell | 1998-06-09 |
| Movie | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lord Friedrich Hoffman | 1997-07-18 |
| Movie | Event Horizon | Weir | 1997-08-15 |
| Series | In Cold Blood | Agent Alvin Dewey | 1996-11-24 |
| Movie | Children of the Revolution | David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine' | 1996-12-26 |
| Movie | Victory | Mr. Jones | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | In the Mouth of Madness | John Trent | 1995-02-03 |
| Movie | Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill | Narrator / Host | 1995-10-10 |
| Movie | Restoration | King Charles II | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Forgotten Silver | Himself | 1995-10-28 |
| Movie | Sirens | Norman Lindsay | 1994-03-04 |
| Movie | Country Life | Dr. Max Askey | 1994-10-27 |
| Movie | The Jungle Book | Colonel Geofferey Brydon | 1994-12-23 |
| Movie | Family Pictures | David Eberlin | 1993-03-20 |
| Movie | The Piano | Alisdair Stewart | 1993-05-19 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Warrior | Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith | 1993-05-22 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park | Dr. Alan Grant | 1993-06-11 |
| Movie | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | David Jenkins | 1992-02-28 |
| Movie | Hostage | John Rennie | 1992-05-10 |
| Movie | Fever | Elliot | 1991-05-11 |
| Movie | Death in Brunswick | Carl | 1991-04-24 |
| Movie | Until the End of the World | Eugene Fitzpatrick | 1991-09-12 |
| Movie | One Against the Wind | Major James Leggatt, The Guards | 1991-12-01 |
| Movie | Cowboys of Culture | Self | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hunt for Red October | Captain Vasily Borodin | 1990-03-02 |
| Movie | Dead Calm | John Ingram | 1989-04-07 |
| Movie | The French Revolution | Marquês de Lafayette | 1989-05-10 |
| Movie | Evil Angels | Michael Chamberlain | 1988-11-03 |
| Movie | Question of Faith | Oscar Ogg | 1988-10-06 |
| Series | Amerika | Colonel Andrei Denisov | 1987-02-15 |
| Movie | The Umbrella Woman | Neville Gifford | 1987-05-14 |
| Movie | Strong Medicine | Vince Lord | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | For Love Alone | James Quick | 1986-05-22 |
| Movie | Plenty | Lazar | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Robbery Under Arms | Capt. Starlight | 1985-03-28 |
| Series | Kane & Abel | William Lowell Kane | 1985-11-17 |
| Movie | The Country Girls | Mr. Gentleman | 1984-04-01 |
| Movie | The Blood of Others | Bergman | 1984-05-02 |
| Movie | Enigma | Dimitri Vasilikov | 1983-01-28 |
| Series | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Sidney Reilly | 1983-09-05 |
| Movie | Ivanhoe | Brian de Bois-Guilbert | 1982-02-23 |
| Movie | Attack Force Z | Sergeant Costello | 1982-06-01 |
| Movie | Omen III: The Final Conflict | Damien Thorn | 1981-03-20 |
| Movie | Possession | Mark | 1981-05-27 |
| Movie | From a Far Country | Marian | 1981-09-15 |
| Movie | My Brilliant Career | Harry Beecham | 1979-08-17 |
| Movie | The Journalist | Rex | 1979-11-15 |
| Movie | Just Out Of Reach | Mike | 1979-10-01 |
| Movie | Sleeping Dogs | Smith | 1977-10-06 |
| Series | The Sullivans | 1976-11-15 | |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |