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Sam Neill
Known for: ActingSir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill (September 14, 1947 – July 13, 2026) was a New Zealand actor. His career 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 (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 Dominion (2022). Outside of film, Neill 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 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 received 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 had three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy nominations. He won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor at the 2023 Logies. Neill passed away at age 78 on 13 July 2026, in Sydney, Australia. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that he remained cancer free. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Neill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography 103
Jurassic World Dominion
as Alan Grant 
Thor: Ragnarok
as Actor Odin 
UNTAMED
as Paul Souter 
Escape Plan
as Dr. Kyrie 
Jurassic Park
as Grant 
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Allomere (voice) 
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
as Tommy Brock (voice) 
Event Horizon
as Weir 
Alcatraz
as Emerson Hauser 
Apples Never Fall
as Stan Delaney 
The Hunt for Red October
as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin 
The Commuter
as Captain Hawthorne 
Peter Rabbit
as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice) 
Bicentennial Man
as Sir 
The Triangle
as Eric Benerall 
Merlin
as Merlin 
Possession
as Mark 
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
as Lord Friedrich Hoffman 
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Sidney Reilly 
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
as Hec 
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
as Frankie Scales (voice) 
The Twelve
as Brett Colby 
Angel
as Théo 
And Then There Were None
as General John MacArthur 
The Jungle Book
as Colonel Geofferey Brydon 
In the Mouth of Madness
as John Trent 
Wimbledon
as Dennis Bradbury 
The Horse Whisperer
as Robert MacLean 
Daybreakers
as Charles Bromley 
Backtrack
as Duncan Stewart 
The Vow
as Bill Thornton 
The Piano
as Alisdair Stewart 
Crusoe
as Jeremiah Blackthorn 
The Portable Door
as Dennis Tanner 
The Final Conflict
as Damien Thorn 
A Long Way Down
as Chris Crichton 
Dean Spanley
as Dean Spanley 
Dead Calm
as John Ingram 
Assassin Club
as Caldwell 
Doctor Zhivago
as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky 
Rams
as Colin 
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as David Jenkins 
Under the Mountain
as Mr. Jones 
In Cold Blood
as Agent Alvin Dewey 
Happy Town
as Merritt Grieves 
To the Ends of the Earth
as Mr. Prettiman 
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
as Governor Arthur Phillip 
Until the End of the World
as Eugene Fitzpatrick 
Family Pictures
as David Eberlin 
Ride Like a Girl
as Paddy Payne 
Evil Angels
as Michael Chamberlain 
Iron Road
as Alfred Nichol 
Ice
as Anthony Kavanagh 
Blackbird
as Tom 
Attack Force Z
as Sergeant Costello 
Merlin's Apprentice
as Merlin 
The Hunter
as Jack Mindy 
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
as Otto Luger 
Sirens
as Norman Lindsay 
Harry
as DSS Jim Stockton 
Bring Him to Me
as Frank 
Ivanhoe
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert 
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Jefferson 
Scarygirl
as Dr. Maybee (voice) 
The French Revolution
as Marquis de Lafayette 
In Her Skin
as Mr. Reid 
Restoration
as King Charles II 
Tutankhamun
as Lord Carnarvon 
The Real Hunt for Red October
as Self 
Strong Medicine
as Vince Lord 
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
as Narrator (voice) 
Sweet Country
as Fred Smith 
My Brilliant Career
as Harry Beecham 
Ice
as Anthony Kavanagh 
The Daughter
as Walter 
Irresistible
as Craig 
The Magic Pudding
as Sam Sawnoff (voice) 
Dirty Deeds
as Ray 
Little Fish
as The Jockey 
The Dish
as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master 
United Passions
as Joao Havelange 
The Revengers' Comedies
as Henry Bell 
Tommy's Honour
as Alexander Boothby 
Skin
as Abraham Laing 
Perfect Strangers
as Man 
Iron Road
as Alfred Nichol 
The Dragon Pearl
as Chris Chase 
Yes
as Anthony 
The Zookeeper
as Ludovic 
Palm Beach
as Leo 
The Good Wife
as Neville Gifford 
Enigma
as Dimitri Vasilikov 
Sleeping Dogs
as Smith 
Death in Brunswick
as Carl 
The Show Must Go On
as Self 
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
as Narrator (voice) 
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Prime Minister Gibson 
Gallipoli
as Narrator 
Victory
as Mr. Jones 
Robbery Under Arms
as Capt. Starlight 
Jurassic Park III
as Dr. Alan Grant