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, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 114
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Witches 2024-06-09
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Witches | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-06-09 |
| Movie | Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal | Frankie Scales (voice) | 2021-02-04 |
| Movie | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Tommy Brock (voice) | 2021-03-25 |
| Movie | Palm Beach | Leo | 2019-08-08 |
| Movie | Sweet Country | Fred Smith | 2018-01-25 |
| Movie | The Commuter | Captain Hawthorne | 2018-01-11 |
| Movie | Peter Rabbit | Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice) | 2018-02-07 |
| Movie | Tommy's Honour | Alexander Boothby | 2017-07-07 |
| Movie | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self | 2017-03-09 |
| Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Actor Odin | 2017-10-02 |
| Movie | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Hec | 2016-03-31 |
| Movie | The Mummy of Tutankhamun | Lord Carnarvon | 2016-11-07 |
| Series | The Dovekeepers | 2015-03-31 | |
| Movie | Backtrack | Duncan Stewart | 2015-07-25 |
| Movie | The Daughter | Walter | 2015-10-09 |
| Movie | MindGamers | Kreutz | 2015-10-04 |
| Series | And Then There Were None | General John MacArthur | 2015-12-26 |
| Movie | A Long Way Down | Chris Crichton | 2014-03-20 |
| Movie | United Passions | Joao Havelange | 2014-06-19 |
| Series | Old School | Ted McCabe | 2014-05-23 |
| 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 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
| Movie | The Vow | Bill Thornton | 2012-02-05 |
| Movie | Return to Jurassic Park | Self | 2011-02-05 |
| Movie | Ice | Anthony Kavanagh | 2011-01-02 |
| Movie | The Dragon Pearl | Chris Chase | 2011-03-11 |
| Movie | The Hunter | Jack Mindy | 2011-10-06 |
| Movie | Daybreakers | Charles Bromley | 2010-01-06 |
| Movie | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Allomere (voice) | 2010-07-10 |
| Movie | In Her Skin | Mr. Reid | 2009-03-14 |
| Movie | Under the Mountain | Mr. Jones | 2009-12-10 |
| Movie | Iron Road | Alfred Nichol | 2009-06-24 |
| Series | Crusoe | Jeremiah Blackthorn | 2008-10-04 |
| Movie | Dean Spanley | Dean Spanley | 2008-12-12 |
| Movie | The Pixar Story | Alan Grant (archive footage) | 2007-08-28 |
| Movie | Angel | Théo | 2007-02-17 |
| Series | The Tudors | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | 2007-04-01 |
| Series | Merlin's Apprentice | Merlin | 2006-04-14 |
| Movie | Voyage of the Nautilus | Hubert Wilkins | 2006-02-25 |
| Movie | Irresistible | Craig | 2006-04-18 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Event Horizon' | Self | 2006-04-18 |
| Series | Two Twisted | Mick | 2006-08-14 |
| Series | To the Ends of the Earth | Mr. Prettiman | 2005-07-06 |
| Movie | Gallipoli | Narrator | 2005-03-18 |
| Movie | Little Fish | The Jockey | 2005-07-19 |
| Movie | Yes | Anthony | 2005-08-05 |
| 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 | Wimbledon | Dennis Bradbury | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Jessica | Richard Runche | 2004-07-18 |
| Movie | Perfect Strangers | Man | 2003-10-09 |
| Movie | Framed | Eddie Meyers | 2002-02-13 |
| Movie | Dirty Deeds | Ray | 2002-07-18 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park III | Dr. Alan Grant | 2001-07-18 |
| Movie | Submerged | Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen | 2001-05-20 |
| Series | Space | Himself | 2001-07-22 |
| Movie | SuperCroc | narrator | 2001-10-25 |
| Series | Richard & Judy | Unknown | 2001-11-26 |
| Movie | The Zookeeper | Ludovic | 2001-11-22 |
| Movie | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Jefferson | 2000-02-13 |
| Movie | The Magic Pudding | Sam Sawnoff (voice) | 2000-12-14 |
| Movie | My Mother Frank | Professor Mortlock | 2000-08-16 |
| Series | Rove | Himself | 1999-09-22 |
| Movie | Bicentennial Man | Sir | 1999-12-17 |
| Series | Merlin | Merlin | 1998-04-26 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Warrior | Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith | 1997-03-28 |
| Movie | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lord Friedrich Hoffman | 1997-07-18 |
| Movie | Event Horizon | Weir | 1997-08-15 |
| Movie | Forgotten Silver | Self | 1997-10-03 |
| Movie | Victory | Mr. Jones | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | Children of the Revolution | David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine' | 1996-12-26 |
| Movie | In the Mouth of Madness | John Trent | 1995-02-03 |
| Movie | Restoration | King Charles II | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Jurassic Park' | Self / Alan Grant | 1995-04-23 |
| Movie | Sirens | Norman Lindsay | 1994-03-04 |
| Movie | The Jungle Book | Colonel Geofferey Brydon | 1994-12-23 |
| Movie | Country Life | Dr. Max Askey | 1994-10-27 |
| Movie | Family Pictures | David Eberlin | 1993-03-20 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park | Grant | 1993-06-11 |
| Movie | Hostage | John Rennie | 1992-05-10 |
| Movie | Death in Brunswick | Carl | 1991-04-24 |
| Movie | Fever | Elliot | 1991-05-11 |
| Movie | One Against the Wind | Major James Leggatt, The Guards | 1991-12-01 |
| Movie | Until the End of the World | Eugene Fitzpatrick | 1991-09-12 |
| Movie | The Hunt for Red October | Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin | 1990-03-02 |
| Movie | Shadow of China | TV Reporter | 1990-05-12 |
| Movie | The French Revolution | Marquis de Lafayette | 1989-05-10 |
| Movie | Dead Calm | John Ingram | 1989-04-07 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Evil Angels | Michael Chamberlain | 1988-11-03 |
| Series | Amerika | Colonel Andrei Denisov | 1987-02-15 |
| Movie | The Good Wife | 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 | 1984-08-25 |
| Series | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Sidney Reilly | 1983-09-05 |
| Movie | Attack Force Z | Sergeant Costello | 1982-06-01 |
| Movie | Ivanhoe | Brian de Bois-Guilbert | 1982-02-23 |
| Movie | The Final Conflict | Damien Thorn | 1981-03-20 |
| Movie | From a Far Country | Marian | 1981-09-15 |
| Movie | Possession | Mark | 1981-05-27 |
| Movie | My Brilliant Career | Harry Beecham | 1979-08-17 |
| Movie | Just Out Of Reach | Mike | 1979-10-01 |
| Movie | The Journalist | Rex | 1979-11-15 |
| Series | The Sullivans | 1976-11-15 | |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |