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 leading roles in My Brilliant Career (1979), Omen III: The Final Conflict, Possession (both 1981), Evil Angels (also known as A Cry in the Dark) (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 Jurassic World Dominion (2022). Outside of film, Neill has 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 Merlin 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 receives 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 has three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor at the 2023 Logies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Neill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Simpsons

Rick and Morty

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Invasion

The Tudors

All Movies (146)

• Godzilla x Kong: Supernova2027
• The Fox2026 · as The Magpie (voice)
• Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke2025 · as Self
• T. REX2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Bring Him to Me2023 · as Frank
• Scarygirl2023 · as Dr. Maybee (voice)
• The Portable Door2023 · as Dennis Tanner
• Assassin Club2023 · as Caldwell
• Thor: Love and Thunder2022 · as Actor Odin
• Voice Activated2022 · as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
• Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World2022 · as Self
• Jurassic World Dominion2022 · as Alan Grant
• Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway2021 · as Tommy Brock (voice)
• Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal2021 · as Frankie Scales (voice)
• Rams2020 · as Colin
• Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story2020 · as Narrator (voice)
• Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker2020 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Show Must Go On2019 · as Self
• Ride Like a Girl2019 · as Paddy Payne
• Blackbird2019 · as Tom
• Palm Beach2019 · as Leo
• Peter Rabbit2018 · as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
• Sweet Country2018 · as Fred Smith
• The Commuter2018 · as Captain Hawthorne
• Thor: Ragnarok2017 · as Actor Odin
• Tommy's Honour2017 · as Alexander Boothby
• David Stratton: A Cinematic Life2017 · as Self
• New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople2016 · as Hec
• The Daughter2015 · as Walter
• MindGamers2015 · as Kreutz
• Backtrack2015 · as Duncan Stewart
• Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill2015 · as God
• Why Anzac with Sam Neill2015 · as Self
• United Passions2014 · as Joao Havelange
• A Long Way Down2014 · as Chris Crichton
• River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand2013 · as Self
• The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box2013 · as Otto Luger
• Escape Plan2013 · as Dr. Kyrie
• The Ordained2013 · as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
• The Vow2012 · as Bill Thornton
• The Hunter2011 · as Jack Mindy
• The Dragon Pearl2011 · as Chris Chase
• Return to Jurassic Park2011 · as Self
• Ice2011 · as Anthony Kavanagh
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole2010 · as Allomere (voice)
• The Making of Daybreakers2010 · as Self
• Daybreakers2010 · as Charles Bromley
• Under the Mountain2009 · as Mr. Jones
• Skin2009 · as Abraham Laing
• Iron Road2009 · as Alfred Nichol
• In Her Skin2009 · as Mr. Reid
• The Man in the Hat2009 · as Reader of Correspondence
• Dean Spanley2008 · as Dean Spanley
• Verity Lambert: Drama Queen2008 · as Narrator
• The Pixar Story2007 · as Alan Grant (archive footage)
• Angel2007 · as Théo
• Irresistible2006 · as Craig
• The Making of 'Event Horizon'2006 · as Self
• Working with a Master: John Carpenter2006 · as Self
• Voyage of the Nautilus2006 · as Hubert Wilkins
• Yes2005 · as Anthony
• Little Fish2005 · as The Jockey
• New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English2005 · as Self
• Gallipoli2005 · as Narrator
• Colin McCahon: I Am2004 · as Narrator
• Wimbledon2004 · as Dennis Bradbury
• Jessica2004 · as Richard Runche
• Stiff2004 · as Lionel Merricks
• The Making of Sleeping Dogs2004 · as Self
• Perfect Strangers2003 · as Man
• Dirty Deeds2002 · as Ray
• Framed2002 · as Eddie Meyers
• The Making Of Jurassic Park III2001 · as Self
• The Zookeeper2001 · as Ludovic
• SuperCroc2001 · as narrator
• Jurassic Park III2001 · as Dr. Alan Grant
• Submerged2001 · as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
• The Magic Pudding2000 · as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
• The Dish2000 · as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
• Inside The Living Daylights2000 · as Self (archival footage)
• My Mother Frank2000 · as Professor Mortlock
• Sally Hemings: An American Scandal2000 · as Thomas Jefferson
• Numero Bruno2000 · as Self
• Bicentennial Man1999 · as Sir
• Molokai: The Story of Father Damien1999 · as Prime Minister Gibson
• The Revengers' Comedies1998 · as Henry Bell
• The Horse Whisperer1998 · as Robert MacLean
• Forgotten Silver1997 · as Self
• Event Horizon1997 · as Weir
• Snow White: A Tale of Terror1997 · as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
• The Rainbow Warrior1997 · as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
• Children of the Revolution1996 · as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
• Victory1996 · as Mr. Jones
• Restoration1995 · as King Charles II
• Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill1995 · as Narrator / Host
• The Making of 'Jurassic Park'1995 · as Self / Alan Grant
• In the Mouth of Madness1995 · as John Trent
• The Jungle Book1994 · as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
• Fever1994 · as Elliot
• Country Life1994 · as Dr. Max Askey
• Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects1994 · as Self
• Sirens1994 · as Norman Lindsay
• Split Enz: Spellbound1993 · as Narrator
• Jurassic Park1993 · as Grant
• The Piano1993 · as Alisdair Stewart
• Inside 'The Piano'1993 · as Self
• Hostage1992 · as John Rennie
• Memoirs of an Invisible Man1992 · as David Jenkins
• One Against the Wind1991 · as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
• Until the End of the World1991 · as Eugene Fitzpatrick
• Death in Brunswick1991 · as Carl
• Shadow of China1990 · as TV Reporter
• The Hunt for Red October1990 · as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
• Cowboys of Culture1990 · as Self
• The French Revolution1989 · as Marquis de Lafayette
• Dead Calm1989 · as John Ingram
• Evil Angels1988 · as Michael Chamberlain
• Question of Faith1988 · as Oscar Ogg
• The Good Wife1987 · as Neville Gifford
• For Love Alone1986 · as James Quick
• Strong Medicine1986 · as Vince Lord
• Plenty1985 · as Lazar
• Robbery Under Arms1985 · as Capt. Starlight
• The Blood of Others1984 · as Bergman
• The Country Girls1983 · as Mr. Gentleman
• Enigma1982 · as Dimitri Vasilikov
• Attack Force Z1982 · as Sergeant Costello
• Ivanhoe1982 · as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
• From a Far Country1981 · as Marian
• Possession1981 · as Mark
• The Final Conflict1981 · as Damien Thorn
• The Journalist1979 · as Rex
• Just Out Of Reach1979 · as Mike
• My Brilliant Career1979 · as Harry Beecham
• Surf Sail1978 · as Narrator (voice)
• Sleeping Dogs1977 · as Smith
• Architect Athfield1977 · as Narrator
• Four Shorts on Architecture1975 · as Narrator (voice)
• Ashes1975 · as Priest
• Landfall1975 · as Eric
• Hunt's Duffer1973 · as Bradley
• The Water Cycle1972
• The City of No1971
• Mystery Ride— · as Duncan Connelly
• The Last Resort— · as Gerard

All TV Shows (62)

• UNTAMED2025 · as Paul Souter
• The Assembly2024 · as Self
• Apples Never Fall2024 · as Stan Delaney
• The Twelve2022 · as Brett Colby
• Invasion2021 · as Jim Bell Tyson
• Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story2021 · as Self - Host
• The Real Hunt for Red October2021 · as Self
• Russell Howard Stands Up to the World2021 · as Self
• Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story2020 · as Self - Narrator
• The Movies That Made Us2019 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Flack2019 · as Duncan Paulson
• The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook2018 · as Self - Host
• Anika Moa Unleashed2018 · as Self
• Get Krack!n2017 · as Self
• House of Bond2017 · as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
• Tutankhamun2016 · as Lord Carnarvon
• New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• And Then There Were None2015 · as General John MacArthur
• The Dovekeepers2015
• House of Hancock2015 · as Lang Hancock
• Old School2014 · as Ted McCabe
• Rick and Morty2013 · as Monogatron Leader (voice)
• Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery2013 · as Self
• Peaky Blinders2013 · as C.I. Chester Campbell
• Peaky Blinders2013 · as Major Chester Campbell
• Harry2013 · as DSS Jim Stockton
• Alcatraz2012 · as Emerson Hauser
• The Story of Film: An Odyssey2011 · as Self
• Ice2011 · as Anthony Kavanagh
• Happy Town2010 · as Merritt Grieves
• Iron Road2009 · as Alfred Nichol
• Crusoe2008 · as Jeremiah Blackthorn
• The Tudors2007 · as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Two Twisted2006 · as Mick
• Merlin's Apprentice2006 · as Merlin
• The Triangle2005
• The Triangle2005 · as Eric Benerall
• The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant2005 · as Governor Arthur Phillip
• To the Ends of the Earth2005 · as Mr. Prettiman
• Jessica2004
• Doctor Zhivago2002 · as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky
• Richard & Judy2001 · as Self
• Space2001 · as Himself
• Sally Hemings: An American Scandal2000 · as Thomas Jefferson
• Rove1999 · as Self
• The Games1998 · as Citytrans World CEO
• Merlin1998 · as Merlin
• In Cold Blood1996 · as Agent Alvin Dewey
• Australian Story1996 · as Self
• Family Pictures1993 · as David Eberlin
• The Simpsons1989 · as Molloy (voice)
• Amerika1987 · as Colonel Andrei Denisov
• Strong Medicine1986 · as Vince Lord
• Kane & Abel1985 · as William Lowell Kane
• Reilly: Ace of Spies1983 · as Sidney Reilly
• Lucinda Brayford1980 · as Tony Duff
• The Governor1977 · as Colonial Bachelor
• The Sullivans1976 · as Ben Dawson
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as British Flier