Sir 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.
142 movies · 60 shows
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
2025·9.0
T. REX
2024·6.2
Bring Him to Me
2023·5.7
Scarygirl
2023·6.9
The Portable Door
2023·6.5
Assassin Club
2023·6.0
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022·6.4
Voice Activated
2022·7.0
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
2022·7.0
Jurassic World Dominion
2022·6.6
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021·7.0
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
2021·6.4
Rams
2020·6.3
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
2020·6.5
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
2020·6.0
The Show Must Go On
2019·3.0
Ride Like a Girl
2019·7.3
Blackbird
2019·6.8
Palm Beach
2019·5.3
Peter Rabbit
2018·6.7
Sweet Country
2018·6.6
The Commuter
2018·6.4
Thor: Ragnarok
2017·7.6
Tommy's Honour
2017·6.6
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017·4.6
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
2016·7.7
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016·7.6
The Daughter
2015·6.3
MindGamers
2015·4.7
Backtrack
2015·5.7
Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill
2015·9.0
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
2015·0.0
United Passions
2014·3.5
A Long Way Down
2014·6.2
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
2013·5.0
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013·5.7
Escape Plan
2013·6.7
The Ordained
2013·1.0
The Vow
2012·7.2
The Hunter
2011·6.7
The Dragon Pearl
2011·4.6
Return to Jurassic Park
2011·6.6
Ice
2011·5.5
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010·6.8
The Making of Daybreakers
2010·7.0
Daybreakers
2010·6.3
Under the Mountain
2009·4.5
Skin
2009·6.4
Iron Road
2009·6.3
In Her Skin
2009·6.0
The Man in the Hat
2009·0.0
Dean Spanley
2008·7.4
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008·0.0
The Pixar Story
2007·7.5
Angel
2007·5.5
Irresistible
2006·5.5
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
2006·7.4
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006·6.0
Voyage of the Nautilus
2006·5.5
Yes
2005·5.9
Little Fish
2005·5.8
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
2005·0.0
Gallipoli
2005·7.1
Colin McCahon: I Am
2004·9.0
Wimbledon
2004·6.2
Jessica
2004·7.0
Stiff
2004·7.9
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
2004·0.0
Perfect Strangers
2003·4.6
Dirty Deeds
2002·5.5
Framed
2002·5.3
The Making Of Jurassic Park III
2001·5.0
The Zookeeper
2001·6.6
SuperCroc
2001·7.7
Jurassic Park III
2001·6.2
Submerged
2001·5.6
The Magic Pudding
2000·5.2
The Dish
2000·6.8
Inside The Living Daylights
2000·8.0
My Mother Frank
2000·5.0
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000·8.0
Numero Bruno
2000·9.0
Bicentennial Man
1999·7.3
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999·6.2
The Revengers' Comedies
1998·5.8
The Horse Whisperer
1998·6.9
Forgotten Silver
1997·7.2
Event Horizon
1997·6.6
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
1997·6.1
The Rainbow Warrior
1997·5.4
Children of the Revolution
1996·5.6
Victory
1996·5.2
Restoration
1995·6.1
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
1995·5.7
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995·7.3
In the Mouth of Madness
1995·7.2
The Jungle Book
1994·6.0
Country Life
1994·6.1
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994·9.0
Sirens
1994·5.6
Split Enz: Spellbound
1993·0.0
Jurassic Park
1993·8.0
The Piano
1993·7.4
Inside 'The Piano'
1993·0.0
Hostage
1992·3.8
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992·5.9
One Against the Wind
1991·7.1
Until the End of the World
1991·6.7
Fever
1991·3.9
Death in Brunswick
1991·6.1
Shadow of China
1990·7.7
The Hunt for Red October
1990·7.4
Cowboys of Culture
1990·0.0
The French Revolution
1989·7.5
Dead Calm
1989·6.6
Evil Angels
1988·6.8
Question of Faith
1988·9.0
The Good Wife
1987·5.1
For Love Alone
1986·3.7
Strong Medicine
1986·8.0
Plenty
1985·5.7
Robbery Under Arms
1985·6.5
The Blood of Others
1984·5.3
The Country Girls
1983·7.0
Enigma
1982·5.6
Attack Force Z
1982·5.9
Ivanhoe
1982·6.4
From a Far Country
1981·4.6
Possession
1981·7.3
The Final Conflict
1981·5.8
The Journalist
1979·4.8
Just Out Of Reach
1979·7.0
My Brilliant Career
1979·6.2
Surf Sail
1978·10.0
Sleeping Dogs
1978·5.6
Architect Athfield
1977·10.0
Four Shorts on Architecture
1975·9.0
Ashes
1975·8.0
Landfall
1975·10.0
Hunt's Duffer
1973·7.0
The Water Cycle
1972·0.0
The City of No
1971·7.0