Sam Neill
2 FOLLOWERS • 55 CREDITS • SEP 14, 1947 • 77
Biography
Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill, KNZM OBE (born 14 September 1947) is an Ireland-born New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation.
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. He also portayed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey on Showtime's The Tudors.
Known For
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Graham Norton Show
Rick and Morty
The Simpsons
Invasion
Flack
The Movies That Made Us
The Triangle
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Ragnarok
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
The Dovekeepers
And Then There Were None
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Peter Rabbit
The Commuter
The Real Hunt for Red October
Bring Him to Me
Escape Plan
A Long Way Down
Assassin Club
Merlin's Apprentice
Jurassic World Dominion
The Tudors
The Jungle Book
Peaky Blinders
The Hunt for Red October
Return to Jurassic Park
Sweet Country
The Vow
Bicentennial Man
Sirens
The Piano
Wimbledon
One Against the Wind
Event Horizon
UNTAMED
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Dead Calm
Daybreakers
The Twelve
Question of Faith
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Crusoe
Fever
Apples Never Fall
The Revengers' Comedies
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
In Cold Blood
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Merlin
Kane & Abel
In the Mouth of Madness
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