Sam Neill
Birthday
1947/09/14 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
Also know as
山姆·尼尔, 萨姆·尼尔, سم نیل, Nigel Neill, 山姆·尼爾, Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill
Biography
Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. His career has 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 le...Read more
Acting
(2001) Jurassic Park III
as Dr. Alan Grant
(1998) The Horse Whisperer
as Robert MacLean
(1998) The Revengers' Comedies
as Henry Bell
(1993) The Piano
as Alisdair Stewart
(1990) The Hunt for Red October
as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
(1999) Bicentennial Man
as Sir
(1991) Until the End of the World
as Eugene Fitzpatrick
(1995) In the Mouth of Madness
as John Trent
(1992) Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as David Jenkins
(1994) The Jungle Book
as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
(2023) Assassin Club
as Caldwell
(1981) The Final Conflict
as Damien Thorn
(1989) The French Revolution
as Marquis de Lafayette
(1989) Dead Calm
as John Ingram
(1982) Enigma
as Dimitri Vasilikov
(1984) The Blood of Others
as Bergman
(2000) The Dish
as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
(1981) Possession
as Mark
(2011) Ice
as Anthony Kavanagh
(2002) Dirty Deeds
as Ray
(2007) Angel
as Théo
(2004) Wimbledon
as Dennis Bradbury
(1997) Event Horizon
as Weir
(2005) Yes
as Anthony
(1997) Forgotten Silver
as Self
(1997) Snow White: A Tale of Terror
as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
(2000) The Magic Pudding
as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
(2009) Under the Mountain
as Mr. Jones
(1996) Children of the Revolution
as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
(1994) Sirens
as Norman Lindsay
(2005) Little Fish
as The Jockey
(1988) Evil Angels
as Michael Chamberlain
(1995) Restoration
as King Charles II
(1985) Plenty
as Lazar
(2010) Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Allomere (voice)
(2003) Perfect Strangers
as Man
(2002) Framed
as Eddie Meyers
(2008) Skin
as Abraham Laing
(1982) Attack Force Z
as Sergeant Costello
(1977) Sleeping Dogs
as Smith
(1991) Death in Brunswick
as Carl
(1991) One Against the Wind
as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
(1996) Victory
as Mr. Jones
(1979) My Brilliant Career
as Harry Beecham
(2009) In Her Skin
as Mr. Reid
(1982) Ivanhoe
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
(2005) Gallipoli
as Narrator
(2008) Dean Spanley
as Dean Spanley
(2006) Irresistible
as Craig
(2010) Daybreakers
as Charles Bromley
(2023) Bring Him to Me
as Frank
(2011) The Hunter
as Jack Mindy
(2012) The Vow
as Bill Thornton
(1985) Robbery Under Arms
as Capt. Starlight
(1995) The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
as Self / Alan Grant
(1971) The City of No
as ---
(1973) Hunt's Duffer
as Bradley
(1987) The Good Wife
as Neville Gifford
(2013) Escape Plan
as Dr. Kyrie
(2014) A Long Way Down
as Chris Crichton
(1994) Country Life
as Dr. Max Askey
(2000) Numero Bruno
as Self
(2009) Iron Road
as Alfred Nichol
(1981) From a Far Country
as Marian
(2004) Stiff
as Lionel Merricks
(2004) The Making of Sleeping Dogs
as Self
(2000) My Mother Frank
as Professor Mortlock
(2001) Submerged
as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
(2000) Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Jefferson
(2001) The Zookeeper
as Ludovic
(2013) The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
as Otto Luger
(2022) Voice Activated
as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
(2007) The Pixar Story
as Alan Grant (archive footage)
(2022) Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
as Self
(1990) Cowboys of Culture
as Self
(2001) The Making Of Jurassic Park III
as Self
(1986) For Love Alone
as James Quick
(2022) Thor: Love and Thunder
as Actor Odin
(2014) United Passions
as Joao Havelange
(1990) Shadow of China
as TV Reporter
(1997) The Rainbow Warrior
as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
(2023) Scarygirl
as Dr. Maybee (voice)
(1991) Fever
as Elliot
(1992) Hostage
as John Rennie
(2006) Voyage of the Nautilus
as Hubert Wilkins
(2015) Backtrack
as Duncan Stewart
(2015) The Daughter
as Walter
(2015) Why Anzac with Sam Neill
as Self
(2018) Peter Rabbit
as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
(2021) Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
as Tommy Brock (voice)
(2015) MindGamers
as Kreutz
(1993) Jurassic Park
as Grant
(2004) Jessica
as Richard Runche
(2009) The Man in the Hat
as Reader of Correspondence
(2013) The Ordained
as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
(2016) Hunt for the Wilderpeople
as Hec
(1979) Just Out Of Reach
as Mike
(1979) The Journalist
as Rex
(2017) Tommy's Honour
as Alexander Boothby
(1986) Strong Medicine
as Vince Lord
(2016) New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
as Narrator (voice)
(2018) The Commuter
as Captain Hawthorne
(2001) SuperCroc
as narrator
(2024) T. REX
as Narrator
(2000) Inside The Living Daylights
as Self (archival footage)
(2017) Thor: Ragnarok
as Actor Odin
(2017) David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
as Self
(2006) The Making of 'Event Horizon'
as Self
(2018) Sweet Country
as Fred Smith
(2006) Working with a Master: John Carpenter
as Self
(2019) Ride Like a Girl
as Paddy Payne
(1999) Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Prime Minister Gibson
(1984) The Country Girls
as Mr. Gentleman
Mystery Ride
as Duncan Connelly
(2005) New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
as Self
(2019) Blackbird
as Tom
(2010) The Making of Daybreakers
as Self
(2011) Return to Jurassic Park
as Self
(2019) The Show Must Go On
as Self
(2020) Rams
as Colin
(2019) Palm Beach
as Leo
(2022) Jurassic World Dominion
as Alan Grant
(1975) Landfall
as Eric
(2020) Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
as Narrator (voice)
(2020) Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
as Narrator (voice)
(1993) Split Enz: Spellbound
as Narrator
(2013) River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
as Self
(1977) Architect Athfield
as Narrator
(1988) Question of Faith
as Oscar Ogg
(2021) Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
as Frankie Scales (voice)
(1995) Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
as Narrator / Host
(1975) Ashes
as Priest
(1972) The Water Cycle
as ---
(1978) Surf Sail
as Narrator (voice)
(1975) Four Shorts on Architecture
as Narrator (voice)
(2011) The Dragon Pearl
as Chris Chase
(2023) The Portable Door
as Dennis Tanner
(2004) Colin McCahon: I Am
as Narrator
(1994) Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
as Self
(1993) Inside 'The Piano'
as Self
(2008) Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
as Narrator
(2027) Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
as ---
The Last Resort
as Gerard
(2025) Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
as Self
(1989) The Simpsons
as Molloy (voice)
(1998) The Games
as Citytrans World CEO
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(2007) The Tudors
as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
(2001) Richard & Judy
as Self
(2017) Get Krack!n
as Self
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as British Flier
(2005) The Triangle
as ---
(1987) Amerika
as Colonel Andrei Denisov
(2002) Doctor Zhivago
as Victor Komarovsky
(2013) Harry
as DSS Jim Stockton
(2010) Happy Town
as Merritt Grieves
(2006) Merlin's Apprentice
as Merlin
(2001) Space
as Himself
(2005) The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
as Governor Arthur Phillip
(2004) Jessica
as ---
(2013) Rick and Morty
as Monogatron Leader (voice)
(1985) Kane & Abel
as William Lowell Kane
(1996) In Cold Blood
as Agent Alvin Dewey
(2012) Alcatraz
as Emerson Hauser
(2019) The Movies That Made Us
as Self
(2005) To the Ends of the Earth
as Mr. Prettiman
(1998) Merlin
as Merlin
(2013) Peaky Blinders
as C.I. Chester Campbell
(2008) Crusoe
as Jeremiah Blackthorn
(2014) Old School
as Ted McCabe
(2011) The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
(1996) Australian Story
as Self
(2015) And Then There Were None
as General John MacArthur
(2011) Ice
as Anthony Kavanagh
(2021) Invasion
as Jim Bell Tyson
(2021) Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story
as Self - Host
(1999) Rove
as Self
(2015) House of Hancock
as Lang Hancock
(2016) New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
as Narrator (voice)
(2016) Tutankhamun
as Lord Carnarvon
(2017) House of Bond
as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
(1977) The Governor
as Colonial Bachelor
(2006) Two Twisted
as Mick
(1983) Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Sidney Reilly
(2005) The Triangle
as Eric Benerall
(2022) The Twelve
as Brett Colby
(2021) The Real Hunt for Red October
as Self
(2021) Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
as Self
(2015) The Dovekeepers
as ---
(2013) Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
as Self
(2019) Flack
as Duncan Paulson
(2013) Peaky Blinders
as Major Chester Campbell
(1976) The Sullivans
as Ben Dawson
(2018) Anika Moa Unleashed
as Self
(2009) Iron Road
as Alfred Nichol
(2018) The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
as Self - Host
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
(2025) UNTAMED
as Paul Souter
(2024) Apples Never Fall
as Stan Delaney
(1980) Lucinda Brayford
as Tony Duff
(1986) Strong Medicine
as Vince Lord
(2000) Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Jefferson
(2024) The Assembly
as Self
(2020) Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
as Self - Narrator
(1993) Family Pictures
as David Eberlin