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:
- 112
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 2021-03-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Tommy Brock (voice) | 2021-03-25 |
| Movie | Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal | Frankie Scales (voice) | 2021-02-04 |
| Movie | Palm Beach | Leo | 2019-08-08 |
| Movie | The Commuter | Captain Hawthorne | 2018-01-11 |
| Movie | Peter Rabbit | Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice) | 2018-02-07 |
| Movie | Sweet Country | Fred Smith | 2018-01-25 |
| Movie | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self | 2017-03-09 |
| Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Actor Odin | 2017-10-02 |
| Movie | Tommy's Honour | Alexander Boothby | 2017-07-07 |
| Movie | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Hec Faulkner | 2016-03-31 |
| Movie | The Mummy of Tutankhamun | Lord Carnarvon | 2016-11-07 |
| Series | The Dovekeepers | 2015-03-31 | |
| Movie | MindGamers | Kreutz | 2015-10-04 |
| Movie | Backtrack | Duncan Stewart | 2015-07-25 |
| Series | And Then There Were None | General John MacArthur | 2015-12-26 |
| Movie | The Daughter | Walter | 2015-10-09 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Escape Plan | Dr. Kyrie | 2013-10-09 |
| Series | Peaky Blinders | C.I. Chester Campbell | 2013-09-12 |
| Movie | The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box | Otto Luger | 2013-12-05 |
| Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
| Series | Alcatraz | Emerson Hauser | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | The Vow | Bill Thornton | 2012-02-05 |
| 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 | Under the Mountain | Mr. Jones | 2009-12-10 |
| Movie | In Her Skin | Mr. Reid | 2009-03-13 |
| Movie | Iron Road | Alfred Nichol | 2009-06-24 |
| Series | Crusoe | Jeremiah Blackthorn | 2008-10-04 |
| Movie | Dean Spanley | Dean Spanley | 2008-12-12 |
| Series | The Tudors | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | 2007-04-01 |
| Movie | Angel | Théo | 2007-02-17 |
| 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' | Self | 2006-04-18 |
| Series | Merlin's Apprentice | Merlin | 2006-04-14 |
| Movie | Irresistible | Craig | 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 |
| Series | The Triangle | Eric Benerall | 2005-12-05 |
| Movie | Yes | Anthony | 2005-08-05 |
| 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 | Dirty Deeds | Ray | 2002-07-18 |
| Movie | Framed | Eddie Meyers | 2002-02-13 |
| 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 |
| Series | Richard & Judy | Unknown | 2001-11-26 |
| Movie | SuperCroc | narrator | 2001-10-25 |
| Movie | The Zookeeper | Ludovic | 2001-11-22 |
| Movie | Forgotten Silver | Himself | 2000-02-23 |
| 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 | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lord Friedrich Hoffman | 1997-07-18 |
| Movie | Event Horizon | Weir | 1997-08-15 |
| Movie | Victory | Mr. Jones | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | Children of the Revolution | David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine' | 1996-12-26 |
| Movie | Restoration | King Charles II | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | In the Mouth of Madness | John Trent | 1995-02-03 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Jurassic Park' | Self / Alan Grant | 1995-04-23 |
| Movie | Country Life | Dr. Max Askey | 1994-10-27 |
| Movie | Sirens | Norman Lindsay | 1994-03-04 |
| Movie | The Jungle Book | Colonel Geofferey Brydon | 1994-12-23 |
| Movie | Family Pictures | David Eberlin | 1993-03-20 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Warrior | Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith | 1993-05-22 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park | Grant | 1993-06-11 |
| 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 | The Hunt for Red October | Captain 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 | Robbery Under Arms | Capt. Starlight | 1985-03-28 |
| Movie | Plenty | Lazar | 1985-09-20 |
| 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 |
| 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 |