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:
- 165
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Last Resort
- Latest Project:
- Series UNTAMED 2025-07-17
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Mystery Ride | Duncan Connelly | 2026 |
| Movie | The Last Resort | Gerard | 2026 |
| Series | UNTAMED | Paul Souter | 2025-07-17 |
| Series | Apples Never Fall | Stan Delaney | 2024-03-14 |
| Movie | Assassin Club | Caldwell | 2023-02-24 |
| Movie | The Portable Door | Dennis Tanner | 2023-03-23 |
| Movie | Bring Him to Me | Frank | 2023-11-02 |
| Movie | Scarygirl | Dr. Maybee (voice) | 2023-10-05 |
| Movie | Jurassic World Dominion | Alan Grant | 2022-06-01 |
| Movie | Voice Activated | Audiobook Narrator (voice) | 2022-06-15 |
| Series | The Twelve | Brett Colby | 2022-06-21 |
| Movie | Thor: Love and Thunder | Actor Odin | 2022-07-06 |
| Series | Invasion | Jim Bell Tyson | 2021-10-21 |
| Movie | Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal | Frankie Scales (voice) | 2021-02-04 |
| Series | The Real Hunt for Red October | Self | 2021-06-13 |
| Movie | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Tommy Brock (voice) | 2021-03-25 |
| Movie | Escape from Pretoria | Denis Goldberg | 2020-03-06 |
| Movie | Rams | Colin | 2020-10-15 |
| Movie | Palm Beach | Leo | 2019-08-08 |
| Movie | Ride Like a Girl | Paddy Payne | 2019-09-26 |
| Movie | The Show Must Go On | Self | 2019-10-08 |
| Movie | Blackbird | Tom | 2019-09-06 |
| 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 | Tommy's Honour | Alexander Boothby | 2017-07-07 |
| Series | House of Bond | Roland “Tiny” Rowland | 2017-04-24 |
| Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Actor Odin | 2017-10-02 |
| Movie | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Hec | 2016-03-31 |
| Series | New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands | Narrator (voice) | 2016-07-19 |
| Movie | New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands | Narrator (voice) | 2016-07-19 |
| Series | Tutankhamun | Lord Carnarvon | 2016-10-16 |
| Series | House of Hancock | Lang Hancock | 2015-02-08 |
| Series | The Dovekeepers | 2015-03-31 | |
| Movie | Why Anzac with Sam Neill | Self | 2015-04-21 |
| Movie | The Daughter | Walter | 2015-10-09 |
| 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 | A Long Way Down | Chris Crichton | 2014-03-20 |
| Series | Old School | Ted McCabe | 2014-05-23 |
| Movie | United Passions | Joao Havelange | 2014-06-19 |
| Series | Harry | DSS Jim Stockton | 2013-05-08 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Vow | Bill Thornton | 2012-02-05 |
| Series | Alcatraz | Emerson Hauser | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
| Movie | Ice | Anthony Kavanagh | 2011-01-02 |
| Movie | Return to Jurassic Park | Self | 2011-02-05 |
| Movie | The Dragon Pearl | Chris Chase | 2011-03-11 |
| Movie | The Hunter | Jack Mindy | 2011-10-06 |
| Movie | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Allomere (voice) | 2010-07-10 |
| Series | Happy Town | Merritt Grieves | 2010-04-28 |
| Movie | The Making of Daybreakers | Self | 2010-05-11 |
| Movie | Daybreakers | Charles Bromley | 2010-01-06 |
| Movie | Under the Mountain | Mr. Jones | 2009-12-10 |
| Movie | Iron Road | Alfred Nichol | 2009-06-24 |
| Movie | In Her Skin | Mr. Reid | 2009-03-14 |
| Series | Crusoe | Jeremiah Blackthorn | 2008-10-17 |
| Movie | Dean Spanley | Dean Spanley | 2008-12-12 |
| Movie | Skin | Abraham Laing | 2008-09-07 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Voyage of the Nautilus | Hubert Wilkins | 2006-02-25 |
| Movie | Working with a Master: John Carpenter | Self | 2006-03-28 |
| Series | Merlin's Apprentice | Merlin | 2006-04-14 |
| Series | Two Twisted | Mick | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Irresistible | Craig | 2006-04-18 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Event Horizon' | Self | 2006-04-18 |
| Movie | Gallipoli | Narrator | 2005-03-18 |
| Movie | New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English | Self | 2005-05-25 |
| Series | The Triangle | Eric Benerall | 2005-12-05 |
| Movie | Yes | Anthony | 2005-08-05 |
| Series | To the Ends of the Earth | Mr. Prettiman | 2005-07-06 |
| Movie | Little Fish | The Jockey | 2005-07-19 |
| Series | The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant | Governor Arthur Phillip | 2005-10-30 |
| Movie | Stiff | Lionel Merricks | 2004-06-19 |
| Movie | The Making of Sleeping Dogs | Self | 2004-03-24 |
| Series | Jessica | 2004-07-18 | |
| 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 |
| Series | Doctor Zhivago | Victor Komarovsky | 2002-11-24 |
| 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 Making Of Jurassic Park III | Self | 2001-12-11 |
| Movie | The Zookeeper | Ludovic | 2001-11-22 |
| Movie | Numero Bruno | Self | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Jefferson | 2000-02-13 |
| Movie | Inside The Living Daylights | Self (archival footage) | 2000-10-17 |
| Movie | The Magic Pudding | Sam Sawnoff (voice) | 2000-12-14 |
| Movie | The Dish | Cliff Buxton - Dish Master | 2000-10-19 |
| Movie | My Mother Frank | Professor Mortlock | 2000-08-16 |
| Movie | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Prime Minister Gibson | 1999-03-17 |
| Series | Rove | Himself | 1999-09-22 |
| Movie | Bicentennial Man | Sir | 1999-12-17 |
| Series | The Games | Unknown | 1998-08-17 |
| Movie | The Horse Whisperer | Robert MacLean | 1998-02-01 |
| Movie | The Revengers' Comedies | Henry Bell | 1998-06-09 |
| Series | Merlin | Merlin | 1998-04-26 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Warrior | Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith | 1997-03-28 |
| Movie | Forgotten Silver | Self | 1997-10-03 |
| Movie | Event Horizon | Weir | 1997-08-15 |
| Movie | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lord Friedrich Hoffman | 1997-07-18 |
| Series | In Cold Blood | Agent Alvin Dewey | 1996-11-24 |
| Movie | Children of the Revolution | David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine' | 1996-12-26 |
| Movie | Victory | Mr. Jones | 1996-12-13 |
| 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 | Sirens | Norman Lindsay | 1994-03-04 |
| Movie | Country Life | Dr. Max Askey | 1994-10-27 |
| Movie | The Jungle Book | Colonel Geofferey Brydon | 1994-12-23 |
| Movie | Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects | Self | 1994-05-22 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Piano' | Self | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Family Pictures | David Eberlin | 1993-03-21 |
| Movie | The Piano | Alisdair Stewart | 1993-05-18 |
| Movie | Family Pictures | David Eberlin | 1993-03-20 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park | Grant | 1993-06-11 |
| Movie | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | David Jenkins | 1992-02-28 |
| 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 | Cowboys of Culture | Self | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hunt for Red October | Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin | 1990-03-02 |
| Movie | Shadow of China | TV Reporter | 1990-05-12 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | The French Revolution | Marquis de Lafayette | 1989-05-10 |
| Movie | Dead Calm | John Ingram | 1989-04-07 |
| Movie | Evil Angels | Michael Chamberlain | 1988-11-03 |
| Movie | Question of Faith | Oscar Ogg | 1988-10-06 |
| Series | Amerika | Colonel Andrei Denisov | 1987-02-15 |
| Movie | The Good Wife | Neville Gifford | 1987-05-14 |
| Movie | For Love Alone | James Quick | 1986-05-22 |
| Movie | Strong Medicine | Vince Lord | 1986-01-01 |
| Series | Kane & Abel | William Lowell Kane | 1985-11-17 |
| Movie | Plenty | Lazar | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Robbery Under Arms | Capt. Starlight | 1985-03-28 |
| Movie | The Blood of Others | Bergman | 1984-08-25 |
| Movie | The Country Girls | Mr. Gentleman | 1984-04-01 |
| Series | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Sidney Reilly | 1983-09-05 |
| Movie | Enigma | Dimitri Vasilikov | 1982-10-15 |
| 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 | Possession | Mark | 1981-05-27 |
| Movie | From a Far Country | Marian | 1981-09-15 |
| Series | Lucinda Brayford | Tony Duff | 1980-06-15 |
| Movie | Just Out Of Reach | Mike | 1979-10-01 |
| Movie | The Journalist | Rex | 1979-11-15 |
| Movie | My Brilliant Career | Harry Beecham | 1979-08-17 |
| Movie | Sleeping Dogs | Smith | 1977-10-06 |
| Series | The Sullivans | 1976-11-15 | |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |