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