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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:
153
First Appeared:
In the movie The Guinea Pig Club
Latest Project:
Movie Scarygirl 2023-10-05
Known For
Poster of House of Bond
Poster of The Dovekeepers
Poster of Two Twisted
Poster of Reilly: Ace of Spies
Filmography
Movie The Guinea Pig Club Charles Overton 2025
Movie Mystery Ride Duncan Connelly 2025
Movie Scarygirl Dr. Maybee (voice) 2023-10-05
Movie Assassin Club Caldwell 2023-02-24
Movie The Portable Door Dennis Tanner 2023-03-23
Movie Jurassic World Dominion Dr. Alan Grant 2022-06-01
Movie Thor: Love and Thunder Actor Odin 2022-07-06
Series The Twelve Brett Colby 2022-06-21
Movie Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Tommy Brock (voice) 2021-03-25
Series The Real Hunt for Red October Self 2021-06-13
Series Invasion Jim Bell Tyson 2021-10-21
Movie Escape from Pretoria Denis Goldberg 2020-03-06
Movie Rams Colin 2020-10-15
Movie Ride Like a Girl Paddy Payne 2019-09-26
Movie Palm Beach Leo 2019-08-08
Movie Blackbird Tom 2019-09-06
Movie The Show Must Go On Self 2019-10-08
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 David Stratton: A Cinematic Life Self 2017-03-09
Movie Tommy's Honour Alexander Boothby 2017-07-07
Movie Thor: Ragnarok Actor Odin 2017-10-02
Series House of Bond Roland “Tiny” Rowland 2017-04-24
Series Tutankhamun Lord Carnarvon 2016-10-16
Movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople Hec Faulkner 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 The Dovekeepers 2015-03-31
Series House of Hancock Lang Hancock 2015-02-08
Movie Why Anzac with Sam Neill Self 2015-04-21
Movie Backtrack Duncan Stewart 2015-07-25
Series And Then There Were None General John MacArthur 2015-12-26
Movie MindGamers Kreutz 2015-10-04
Movie The Daughter Walter 2015-10-09
Series Old School Ted McCabe 2014-05-23
Movie A Long Way Down Chris Crichton 2014-03-20
Movie United Passions Joao Havelange 2014-06-19
Series Harry DSS Jim Stockton 2013-05-08
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 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 The Dragon Pearl Chris Chase 2011-03-11
Movie Return to Jurassic Park Self 2011-02-05
Movie The Hunter Jack Mindy 2011-10-06
Movie Daybreakers Charles Bromley 2010-01-06
Series Happy Town Merritt Grieves 2010-04-28
Movie The Making of Daybreakers Self 2010-05-11
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
Movie Dean Spanley Dean Spanley 2008-12-12
Series Crusoe Jeremiah Blackthorn 2008-10-17
Movie Skin Abraham Laing 2008-09-07
Movie The Pixar Story Alan Grant (archive footage) 2007-08-28
Series The Tudors Cardinal Thomas Wolsey 2007-04-01
Movie Angel Théo 2007-02-17
Movie Voyage of the Nautilus Hubert Wilkins 2006-02-25
Series Two Twisted Mick 2006-08-14
Movie Working with a Master: John Carpenter Self 2006-03-28
Movie Irresistible Craig 2006-04-18
Movie The Making of 'Event Horizon' Self 2006-04-18
Series Merlin's Apprentice Merlin 2006-04-14
Movie Gallipoli Narrator 2005-03-18
Movie New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English Self 2005-05-25
Series The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant Governor Arthur Phillip 2005-10-30
Series The Triangle Eric Benerall 2005-12-05
Movie Yes Anthony 2005-08-05
Movie Little Fish The Jockey 2005-07-19
Series To the Ends of the Earth Mr. Prettiman 2005-07-06
Movie Stiff Lionel Merricks 2004-06-19
Movie Jessica Richard Runche 2004-07-18
Movie Wimbledon Dennis Bradbury 2004-09-13
Series Jessica 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 The Zookeeper Ludovic 2001-09-13
Series Richard & Judy Unknown 2001-11-26
Movie The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III' Self 2001-12-11
Movie SuperCroc narrator 2001-10-25
Movie Sally Hemings: An American Scandal Thomas Jefferson 2000-02-13
Movie My Mother Frank Professor Mortlock 2000-08-16
Movie The Magic Pudding Sam Sawnoff (voice) 2000-12-14
Movie The Dish Cliff Buxton - Dish Master 2000-10-19
Movie Forgotten Silver Himself 2000-02-23
Series Rove Himself 1999-09-22
Movie Bicentennial Man Sir 1999-12-17
Movie Molokai: The Story of Father Damien Prime Minister Gibson 1999-03-17
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 Snow White: A Tale of Terror Lord Friedrich Hoffman 1997-07-18
Movie Event Horizon Weir 1997-08-15
Series In Cold Blood Agent Alvin Dewey 1996-11-24
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 The Jungle Book Colonel Geofferey Brydon 1994-12-23
Movie Country Life Dr. Max Askey 1994-10-27
Movie Sirens Norman Lindsay 1994-03-04
Movie Family Pictures David Eberlin 1993-03-20
Movie The Rainbow Warrior Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith 1993-05-22
Movie Jurassic Park Dr. Alan Grant 1993-06-11
Movie The Piano Alisdair Stewart 1993-05-19
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 The Hunt for Red October Captain 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
Movie Plenty Lazar 1985-09-20
Series Kane & Abel William Lowell Kane 1985-11-17
Movie Robbery Under Arms Capt. Starlight 1985-03-28
Movie The Blood of Others Bergman 1984-05-02
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