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Sam Neill
2 FOLLOWERS • 54 CREDITS • SEP 14, 1947 • 76
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
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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The Graham Norton Show
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gdIrmf2DdY5mgN6ycVP0XlzKzbE.jpg)
Rick and Morty
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vHqeLzYl3dEAutojCO26g0LIkom.jpg)
The Simpsons
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i2bW3nZE8iThEgqNYjaxAz3qZoo.jpg)
Flack
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1EpwMUmY6BhF1r082c3SYzR1rFP.jpg)
The Movies That Made Us
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Thor: Love and Thunder
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rzRwTcFvttcN1ZpX2xv4j3tSdJu.jpg)
Thor: Ragnarok
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s55x7Q0Yp8jSMWfNlO7XpLK6d0k.jpg)
The Dovekeepers
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cycDz68DtTjJrDJ1fV8EBq2Xdpb.jpg)
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
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And Then There Were None
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zKY2nJPozrItOsSCkjgY7QPkLrE.jpg)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lugOvdaNpbVGQK9TyMRDiUbLtY6.jpg)
Peter Rabbit
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eSszZGCKzOiAl0SBdOXHleu5e6A.jpg)
The Real Hunt for Red October
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rDeGK6FIUfVcXmuBdEORPAGPMNg.jpg)
The Commuter
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mOASmvCKDOtUtZLxG4er4bDfycq.jpg)
The Triangle
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y2d2SBqK33mGOG2CqAYMo3YbWE4.jpg)
Assassin Club
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Escape Plan
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Bring Him to Me
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ibtYPDUQXKK2CIYzMEWgt1VNMlP.jpg)
A Long Way Down
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/axvBaEnhE6KqXmHlFhnKHNnUGi5.jpg)
Merlin's Apprentice
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rYoE6cuup9Ofam6AuYaiJLxF9OO.jpg)
The Jungle Book
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vUUqzWa2LnHIVqkaKVlVGkVcZIW.jpg)
Peaky Blinders
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qabVShr1OK7CuYb3E88nVCTBBJn.jpg)
The Tudors
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yVl7zidse4KiWtGMqHFtZCx4X3N.jpg)
The Hunt for Red October
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kAVRgw7GgK1CfYEJq8ME6EvRIgU.jpg)
Jurassic World Dominion
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qHNjcjKa6VHJsa0Eu0DHl2BaYw3.jpg)
The Vow
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Sirens
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Sweet Country
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rx8RKXn8OtuS6lqloYsjyrGOUp4.jpg)
The Piano
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Wimbledon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wrs23eO0VEWwOQpXoOasMnlW9Y4.jpg)
Bicentennial Man
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mPyu59cDdmMDDW9IOtfjVlM0THd.jpg)
Return to Jurassic Park
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/goa4saZkf8r4zmBNgS6IiiPxEEN.jpg)
Apples Never Fall
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1Skrl0Zev0NYX02V3DLdTqcPs9p.jpg)
One Against the Wind
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cHoeg3gAD5w63Et5DImY1Jb7HaO.jpg)
Event Horizon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6qljuHhS6wWgr1Th2gfvHKnXmVA.jpg)
The Twelve
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hXpav86ZX5N1YIfVfVtzuZLNrjW.jpg)
Dead Calm
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zBoXyG60facluDJExHSZZyW3cpP.jpg)
Question of Faith
![](https://images.rivr.app/posters/1000/30492.jpg)
UNTAMED
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xFZH2l9UOyIclk2ZFWNHQ38B2RP.jpg)
Daybreakers
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Kane & Abel
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tPdsrxdJBBIvJi5rwcnYGUoPAai.jpg)
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ra2F5ufWFV9qDMcZR1VbCfKZO2Z.jpg)
Merlin
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jyHH6hhd5KtHem6d8J8Bsc8OvjB.jpg)
Fever
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Crusoe
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The Revengers' Comedies
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In the Mouth of Madness
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oQXj4NUfS3r3gHXtDOzcJgj1lLc.jpg)
Jurassic Park III
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Invasion
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In Cold Blood
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Jurassic Park
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