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.
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 |