Sam Neill

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1947-09-14 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK

Also Known As 山姆·尼尔, 萨姆·尼尔, سم نیل, Nigel Neill

Sam Neill

Biography

Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill, KNZM OBE (born 14 September 1947) is an Ireland-born New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. 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. He also portayed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey on Showtime's The Tudors.

Known For

Actor

Mystery Ride

as Duncan Connelly

The Guinea Pig Club

as Charles Overton

UNTAMED

as Paul Souter

2024
T. REX

as Narrator

2024
The Assembly

as Self

2024
Apples Never Fall

as Stan Delaney

2023
2023
Scarygirl

as Dr. Maybee (voice)

2023
The Portable Door

as Dennis Tanner

2023
Assassin Club

as Caldwell

2022
2022
Voice Activated

as Audiobook Narrator (voice)

2022
2022
The Twelve

as Brett Colby

2022
The Twelve

as Brett Colby QC

2021
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

as Tommy Brock (voice)

2021
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal

as Frankie Scales (voice)

2021
Invasion

as Jim Bell Tyson

2020
Rams

as Colin

2020
2020
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker

as Narrator (voice)

2019
Ride Like a Girl

as Paddy Payne

2019
Blackbird

as Tom

2019
Palm Beach

as Leo

2019
Flack

as Duncan Paulson

2018
Peter Rabbit

as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)

2018
Sweet Country

as Fred Smith

2018
The Commuter

as Captain Hawthorne

2017
Thor: Ragnarok

as Actor Odin

2017
Tommy's Honour

as Alexander Boothby

2017
Get Krack!n

as Self

2017
House of Bond

as Roland “Tiny” Rowland

2016
Tutankhamun

as Lord Carnarvon

2015
The Daughter

as Walter

2015
MindGamers

as Kreutz

2015
Backtrack

as Duncan Stewart

2015
And Then There Were None

as General John MacArthur

2015
House of Hancock

as Lang Hancock

2014
United Passions

as Joao Havelange

2014
A Long Way Down

as Chris Crichton

2014
Old School

as Ted McCabe

2013
Escape Plan

as Dr. Kyrie

2013
The Ordained

as Governor Michael Thomas Riley

2013
Rick and Morty

as Monogatron Leader (voice)

2013
Peaky Blinders

as C.I. Chester Campbell

2013
Peaky Blinders

as Major Chester Campbell

2013
Harry

as DSS Jim Stockton

2012
The Vow

as Bill Thornton

2012
Alcatraz

as Emerson Hauser

2012
Alcatraz

as Emerson Hauser

2011
The Hunter

as Jack Mindy

2011
The Dragon Pearl

as Chris Chase

2011
Ice

as Anthony Kavanagh

2011
Ice

as Anthony Kavanagh

2010
Daybreakers

as Charles Bromley

2010
Happy Town

as Merritt Grieves

2009
Under the Mountain

as Mr. Jones

2009
Iron Road

as Alfred Nichol

2009
In Her Skin

as Mr. Reid

2009
The Man in the Hat

as Reader of Correspondence

2009
Iron Road

as Alfred Nichol

2008
Dean Spanley

as Dean Spanley

2008
Skin

as Abraham Laing

2008
Crusoe

as Jeremiah Blackthorn

2007
The Pixar Story

as Alan Grant (archive footage)

2007
Angel

as Théo

2007
The Tudors

as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

2006
Irresistible

as Craig

2006
Voyage of the Nautilus

as Hubert Wilkins

2006
Two Twisted

as Mick

2006
2005
Yes

as Anthony

2005
Little Fish

as The Jockey

2005
Gallipoli

as Narrator

2005
The Triangle

as Eric Benerall

2005
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

as Governor Arthur Phillip

2005
To the Ends of the Earth

as Mr. Prettiman

2004
2004
Wimbledon

as Dennis Bradbury

2004
Jessica

as Richard Runche

2004
Stiff

as Lionel Merricks

2002
2002
Framed

as Eddie Meyers

2002
Doctor Zhivago

as Victor Komarovsky

2001
The Zookeeper

as Ludovic

2001
SuperCroc

as narrator

2001
Jurassic Park III

as Dr. Alan Grant

2001
Submerged

as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen

2001
2001
Space

as Himself

2000
The Magic Pudding

as Sam Sawnoff (voice)

2000
The Dish

as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master

2000
Inside The Living Daylights

as Self (archival footage)

2000
My Mother Frank

as Professor Mortlock

2000
2000
Numero Bruno

as Self

2000
1999
1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

as Prime Minister Gibson

1999
Rove

as Self

1998
1998
The Horse Whisperer

as Robert MacLean

1998
The Games

as Citytrans World CEO

1998
Merlin

as Merlin

1997
Forgotten Silver

as Himself

1997
1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror

as Lord Friedrich Hoffman

1997
The Rainbow Warrior

as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith

1996
Children of the Revolution

as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'

1996
Victory

as Mr. Jones

1996
In Cold Blood

as Agent Alvin Dewey

1996
1995
Restoration

as King Charles II

1995
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'

as Self / Alan Grant

1995
1994
The Jungle Book

as Colonel Geofferey Brydon

1994
Country Life

as Dr. Max Askey

1994
Sirens

as Norman Lindsay

1993
1993
Jurassic Park

as Grant

1993
The Piano

as Alisdair Stewart

1993
Family Pictures

as David Eberlin

1992
Hostage

as John Rennie

1992
1991
One Against the Wind

as Major James Leggatt, The Guards

1991
Until the End of the World

as Eugene Fitzpatrick

1991
Fever

as Elliot

1991
1990
Shadow of China

as TV Reporter

1990
The Hunt for Red October

as Captain Borodin

1990
1989
The french revolution: Years of rage

as Marquis de Lafayette

1989
The french revolution: Years of hope

as Marquis de Lafayette

1989
Dead Calm

as John Ingram

1989
The Simpsons

as Molloy (voice)

1988
Evil Angels

as Michael Chamberlain

1988
Question of Faith

as Oscar Ogg

1987
The Good Wife

as Neville Gifford

1987
Amerika

as Colonel Andrei Denisov

1986
For Love Alone

as James Quick

1986
Strong Medicine

as Vince Lord

1986
Strong Medicine

as Vince Lord

1985
Plenty

as Lazar

1985
Robbery Under Arms

as Capt. Starlight

1985
Kane & Abel

as William Lowell Kane

1984
1984
The Country Girls

as Mr. Gentleman

1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies

as Sidney Reilly

1982
Enigma

as Dimitri Vasilikov

1982
Attack Force Z

as Sergeant Costello

1982
Ivanhoe

as Brian de Bois-Guilbert

1981
1981
Possession

as Mark

1981
1980
Lucinda Brayford

as Tony Duff

1979
1979
1979
My Brilliant Career

as Harry Beecham

1978
Surf Sail

as Narrator (voice)

1977
Sleeping Dogs

as Smith

1977
Architect Athfield

as Narrator

1977
The Governor

as Colonial Bachelor

1976
The Sullivans

as Ben Dawson

1975
Four Shorts on Architecture

as Narrator (voice)

1975
Ashes

as Priest

1975
Landfall

as Eric

1973
Hunt's Duffer

as Bradley

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as British Flier

Director

2004
The Brush-Off

as Director

1978
Surf Sail

as Director

1978
1977
Flare - A Ski Trip

as Director

1977
Architect Athfield

as Director

1974
Phone

as Director

Editor

1974
Phone

as Editor

1973
The Sealhunters

as Editor

Producer

2004
Stiff

as Producer

2004
The Brush-Off

as Producer