Sam Neill
Birthday: 1947-09-14
Birthplace: Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill, KNZM OBE (born September 14, 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.
Credits
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The Guinea Pig Club | Charles Overton | |
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Mystery Ride | Duncan Connelly | |
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2023-11-02 | Bring Him to Me | Frank |
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2023-10-05 | Scarygirl | Dr. Maybee (voice) |
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2023-03-23 | The Portable Door | Dennis Tanner |
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2023-02-24 | Assassin Club | Caldwell |
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2022-07-06 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Actor Odin |
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2022-06-01 | Jurassic World Dominion | Alan Grant |
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2021-03-25 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Tommy Brock (voice) |
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2021-02-04 | Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal | Frankie Scales (voice) |
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2020-10-15 | Rams | Colin |
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2019-09-26 | Ride Like a Girl | Paddy Payne |
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2019-09-06 | Blackbird | Tom |
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2019-08-08 | Palm Beach | Leo |
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2018-02-07 | Peter Rabbit | Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice) |
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2018-01-25 | Sweet Country | Fred Smith |
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2018-01-11 | The Commuter | Captain Hawthorne |
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2017-10-02 | Thor: Ragnarok | Actor Odin |
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2017-07-07 | Tommy's Honour | Alexander Boothby |
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2016-03-31 | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Hec |
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2015-10-09 | The Daughter | Walter |
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2015-10-04 | MindGamers | Kreutz |
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2015-07-25 | Backtrack | Duncan Stewart |
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2014-06-19 | United Passions | Joao Havelange |
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2014-03-20 | A Long Way Down | Chris Crichton |
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2013-12-05 | The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box | Otto Luger |
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2013-10-09 | Escape Plan | Dr. Kyrie |
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2013-06-01 | The Ordained | Governor Michael Thomas Riley |
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2012-02-05 | The Vow | Bill Thornton |
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2012-01-16 | Alcatraz | Emerson Hauser |
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2011-10-06 | The Hunter | Jack Mindy |
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2011-03-11 | The Dragon Pearl | Chris Chase |
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2011-01-02 | Ice | Anthony Kavanagh |
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2010-07-10 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Allomere (voice) |
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2010-05-13 | In Her Skin | Mr. Reid |
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2010-01-06 | Daybreakers | Charles Bromley |
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2009-12-10 | Under the Mountain | Mr. Jones |
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2009-06-24 | Iron Road | Alfred Nichol |
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2009-01-01 | The Man in the Hat | Reader of Correspondence |
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2008-12-12 | Dean Spanley | Dean Spanley |
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2008-09-07 | Skin | Abraham Laing |
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2007-02-17 | Angel | Théo |
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2006-04-18 | Irresistible | Craig |
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2006-02-25 | Voyage of the Nautilus | Hubert Wilkins |
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2005-08-05 | Yes | Anthony |
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2005-07-19 | Little Fish | The Jockey |
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2004-09-13 | Wimbledon | Dennis Bradbury |
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2004-07-18 | Jessica | Richard Runche |
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2004-06-19 | Stiff | Lionel Merricks |
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2003-10-09 | Perfect Strangers | Man |
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2002-07-18 | Dirty Deeds | Ray |
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2002-02-13 | Framed | Eddie Meyers |
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2001-11-22 | The Zookeeper | Ludovic |
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2001-10-25 | SuperCroc | narrator |
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2001-07-18 | Jurassic Park III | Dr. Alan Grant |
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2001-05-20 | Submerged | Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen |
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2000-12-14 | The Magic Pudding | Sam Sawnoff (voice) |
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2000-10-19 | The Dish | Cliff Buxton - Dish Master |
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2000-08-16 | My Mother Frank | Professor Mortlock |
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2000-02-13 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Jefferson |
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1999-12-17 | Bicentennial Man | Sir |
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1999-03-17 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Prime Minister Gibson |
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1998-06-09 | The Revengers' Comedies | Henry Bell |
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1998-02-01 | The Horse Whisperer | Robert MacLean |
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1997-08-15 | Event Horizon | Weir |
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1997-07-18 | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lord Friedrich Hoffman |
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1997-03-28 | The Rainbow Warrior | Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith |
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1996-12-26 | Children of the Revolution | David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine' |
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1996-12-13 | Victory | Mr. Jones |
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1995-12-29 | Restoration | King Charles II |
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1995-02-03 | In the Mouth of Madness | John Trent |
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1994-12-23 | The Jungle Book | Colonel Geofferey Brydon |
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1994-10-27 | Country Life | Dr. Max Askey |
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1994-03-04 | Sirens | Norman Lindsay |
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1993-06-11 | Jurassic Park | Grant |
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1993-05-18 | The Piano | Alisdair Stewart |
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1993-03-20 | Family Pictures | David Eberlin |
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1992-05-10 | Hostage | John Rennie |
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1992-02-28 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | David Jenkins |
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1991-12-01 | One Against the Wind | Major James Leggatt, The Guards |
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1991-09-12 | Until the End of the World | Eugene Fitzpatrick |
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1991-05-11 | Fever | Elliot |
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1991-04-24 | Death in Brunswick | Carl |
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1990-05-12 | Shadow of China | TV Reporter |
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1990-03-02 | The Hunt for Red October | Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin |
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1989-05-10 | The French Revolution: Years of Rage | Marquis de Lafayette |
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1989-04-07 | Dead Calm | John Ingram |
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1988-11-03 | Evil Angels | Michael Chamberlain |
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1988-10-06 | Question of Faith | Oscar Ogg |
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1987-05-14 | The Good Wife | Neville Gifford |
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1986-05-22 | For Love Alone | James Quick |
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1986-01-01 | Strong Medicine | Vince Lord |
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1985-09-20 | Plenty | Lazar |
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1985-03-28 | Robbery Under Arms | Capt. Starlight |
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1984-08-25 | The Blood of Others | Bergman |
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1984-04-01 | The Country Girls | Mr. Gentleman |
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1982-10-15 | Enigma | Dimitri Vasilikov |
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1982-06-01 | Attack Force Z | Sergeant Costello |
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1982-02-23 | Ivanhoe | Brian de Bois-Guilbert |
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1981-09-15 | From a Far Country | Marian |
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1981-05-27 | Possession | Mark |
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1981-03-20 | The Final Conflict | Damien Thorn |
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1979-11-15 | The Journalist | Rex |
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1979-10-01 | Just Out Of Reach | Mike |
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1979-08-17 | My Brilliant Career | Harry Beecham |
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1977-10-06 | Sleeping Dogs | Smith |
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1975-03-17 | Ashes | Priest |
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1975-01-01 | Landfall | Eric |
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1973-01-01 | Hunt's Duffer | Bradley |
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1972-09-09 | The Water Cycle | |
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1971-01-01 | The City of No |