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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.

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2027 Godzilla x Kong: Supernova

2025 The Guinea Pig Club as Charles Overton

2025 Mystery Ride as Duncan Connelly

2024 T. REX as Narrator

2023 Bring Him to Me as Frank

2023 Scarygirl as Dr. Maybee (voice)

2023 The Portable Door as Dennis Tanner

2023 Assassin Club as Caldwell

2022 Thor: Love and Thunder as Actor Odin

2022 Voice Activated as Audiobook Narrator (voice)

2022 Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World as Self

2022 Jurassic World Dominion as Alan Grant

2021 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway as Tommy Brock (voice)

2021 Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal as Frankie Scales (voice)

2020 Rams as Colin

2020 Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story as Narrator (voice)

2020 Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker as Narrator (voice)

2019 The Show Must Go On as Self

2019 Ride Like a Girl as Paddy Payne

2019 Blackbird as Tom

2019 Palm Beach as Leo

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 David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self

2016 New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands as Narrator (voice)

2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople as Hec

2015 The Daughter as Walter

2015 MindGamers as Kreutz

2015 Backtrack as Duncan Stewart

2015 Why Anzac with Sam Neill as Self

2014 United Passions as Joao Havelange

2014 A Long Way Down as Chris Crichton

2013 River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand as Self

2013 The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box as Otto Luger

2013 Escape Plan as Dr. Kyrie

2013 The Ordained as Governor Michael Thomas Riley

2012 The Vow as Bill Thornton

2012 Alcatraz as Emerson Hauser

2011 The Hunter as Jack Mindy

2011 The Dragon Pearl as Chris Chase

2011 Return to Jurassic Park as Self

2011 Ice as Anthony Kavanagh

2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Allomere (voice)

2010 The Making of Daybreakers as Self

2010 Daybreakers as Charles Bromley

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

2008 Dean Spanley as Dean Spanley

2008 Skin as Abraham Laing

2008 Verity Lambert: Drama Queen as Narrator

2007 The Pixar Story as Alan Grant (archive footage)

2007 Angel as Théo

2006 The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self

2006 Irresistible as Craig

2006 Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self

2006 Voyage of the Nautilus as Hubert Wilkins

2005 Yes as Anthony

2005 Little Fish as The Jockey

2005 New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English as Self

2005 Gallipoli as Narrator

2004 Colin McCahon: I Am as Narrator

2004 Wimbledon as Dennis Bradbury

2004 The Brush-Off Producer, Director

2004 Jessica as Richard Runche

2004 Stiff as Lionel Merricks Producer

2004 The Making of Sleeping Dogs as Self

2003 Perfect Strangers as Man

2002 Dirty Deeds as Ray

2002 Framed as Eddie Meyers

2001 The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III' as Self

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

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 Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Jefferson

2000 Numero Bruno as Self

1999 Bicentennial Man as Sir

1999 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Prime Minister Gibson

1998 The Revengers' Comedies as Henry Bell

1998 The Horse Whisperer as Robert MacLean

1997 Forgotten Silver as Self

1997 Event Horizon as Weir

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

1995 Restoration as King Charles II

1995 Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill as Narrator / Host Director, Writer

1995 The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Alan Grant

1995 In the Mouth of Madness as John Trent

1994 The Jungle Book as Colonel Geofferey Brydon

1994 Country Life as Dr. Max Askey

1994 Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self

1994 Sirens as Norman Lindsay

1993 Split Enz: Spellbound as Narrator

1993 Jurassic Park as Grant

1993 The Piano as Alisdair Stewart

1993 Family Pictures as David Eberlin

1993 Inside 'The Piano' as Self

1992 Hostage as John Rennie

1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man as David Jenkins

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 Death in Brunswick as Carl

1990 Shadow of China as TV Reporter

1990 The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin

1990 Cowboys of Culture as Self

1989 The French Revolution as Marquis de Lafayette

1989 Dead Calm as John Ingram

1988 Evil Angels as Michael Chamberlain

1988 Question of Faith as Oscar Ogg

1987 The Good Wife as Neville Gifford

1986 For Love Alone as James Quick

1986 Strong Medicine as Vince Lord

1985 Plenty as Lazar

1985 Robbery Under Arms as Capt. Starlight

1984 The Blood of Others as Bergman

1984 The Country Girls as Mr. Gentleman

1982 Enigma as Dimitri Vasilikov

1982 Attack Force Z as Sergeant Costello

1982 Ivanhoe as Brian de Bois-Guilbert

1981 From a Far Country as Marian

1981 Possession as Mark

1981 The Final Conflict as Damien Thorn

1979 The Journalist as Rex

1979 Just Out Of Reach as Mike

1979 My Brilliant Career as Harry Beecham

1979 On the Road with Red Mole Director, Writer

1978 Surf Sail as Narrator (voice) Director

1978 New Country - New People Director

1977 Flare - A Ski Trip Director

1977 Sleeping Dogs as Smith

1977 Architect Athfield as Narrator Director

1975 Four Shorts on Architecture as Narrator (voice) Director, Writer, Editor

1975 Ashes as Priest

1975 Landfall as Eric

1974 Phone Director, Writer, Editor

1973 The Sealhunters Editor

1973 Hunt's Duffer as Bradley

1972 The Water Cycle

1971 The City of No

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