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Sam Neill

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Sir

Sam Neill

KNZM OBE
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Neill in 2017
Born
Nigel John Dermot Neill

(1947-09-14) 14 September 1947 (age 75)
Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Citizenship
  • New Zealand
  • United Kingdom
EducationChrist's College, Christchurch
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active1970–present
Spouse
Noriko Watanabe
​
​
(m. 1989; sep. 2017)​
Children4

Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill KNZM OBE (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. Neill's 53-year 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.[1][2]

Born in Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, Neill moved to Christchurch with his family in 1954.[3] He first achieved recognition with his appearance in the 1977 film Sleeping Dogs, which he followed with leading roles in My Brilliant Career (1979), Omen III: The Final Conflict, Possession (both 1981), 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),[4] a role that he reprises in Jurassic Park III (2001) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022).

Outside of film, Neill has appeared in numerous television series, including Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983), The Simpsons (1994), Merlin (1998), The Tudors (2007), Crusoe (2008–2010), Happy Town (2010), Alcatraz (2012), Peaky Blinders (2013–2014), and Rick and Morty (2019). He has presented and narrated several documentaries. In 2021, he had a one-episode role on the Apple TV+ sci-fi series Invasion.

Neill is the recipient of 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.[5]

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Christchurch

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Evil Angels (film)

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Dead Calm (film)

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In the Mouth of Madness

In the Mouth of Madness

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AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

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Early life

Northern Ireland

Neill was born on 14 September 1947 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to Priscilla Beatrice (née Ingham) and Dermot Neill. His father, an army officer, was a second-generation New Zealander, while his mother was English.[6] His great-grandfather Percival “Percy” Neill left Belfast, in Ireland, for Melbourne joining a firm of merchants. Four years later he moved to New Zealand in 1863, settling in Dunedin. He was the son of a wine merchant importing wine from France.[7][8][9]

At the time of Neill's birth, his father was stationed in Northern Ireland, serving with the Royal Irish Fusiliers.[10] His father's family owned Neill and Co. (later part of the listed hospitality group Wilson Neill).[11][12] Neill identifies primarily as a New Zealander.[13]

New Zealand

In 1954, Neill moved with his family to New Zealand, where he attended the Anglican boys' boarding school Christ's College, Christchurch. He went on to study English literature at the University of Canterbury, where he had his first exposure to acting. He moved to Wellington to continue his tertiary education at Victoria University, where he graduated with a BA in English literature.

In 2004, on the Australian talk show Enough Rope, interviewer Andrew Denton briefly touched on the topic of Neill's stuttering. He recalled how deeply it had affected him in his life, and as a result he often found himself "hoping that people wouldn't talk to [him]" so he would not have to answer. He also stated, "I kind of outgrew it. I can still ... you can still detect me as a stammerer."[14]

He first took to calling himself "Sam" at school because there were several other students named Nigel, and because he felt the name Nigel was "a little effete for ... a New Zealand playground".[14][15][16]

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Omagh

Omagh is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. Northern Ireland's capital city, Belfast, is 68 miles (109.5 km) to the east of Omagh, and Derry is 34 miles (55 km) to the north.

County Tyrone

County Tyrone

County Tyrone is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retains a strong identity in popular culture.

Belfast

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Melbourne

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Royal Irish Fusiliers

Royal Irish Fusiliers

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English literature

English literature

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Stuttering

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Acting career

New Zealand

Stills from Landfall – A Film About Ourselves (1974)
Stills from Landfall – A Film About Ourselves (1974)

Neil's first film was a New Zealand television film The City of No (1971). He followed it with a short, The Water Cycle (1972) and the television film Hunt's Duffer (1973). Neill wrote and directed a film for the New Zealand National Film Unit, Telephone Etiquette (1974). He also appeared in Landfall (1975).

Neill's breakthrough performance in New Zealand was the film Sleeping Dogs (1977), the first local film to be widely screened abroad.

Australia

Neill went to Australia where he had a guest role on the TV show The Sullivans. He was the romantic male lead in My Brilliant Career (1979), opposite Judy Davis, which was a big international success.

He made some Australian films that were less widely seen: The Journalist (1979), Just Out of Reach (1979) and Attack Force Z (1981), and appeared in television productions such as Young Ramsay and Lucinda Brayford.

International career

Neill at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Neill at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

In 1981, he won his first big international role, as Damien Thorn, son of the devil, in Omen III: The Final Conflict;[17] also in that year, he played an outstanding main role in Andrzej Żuławski's cult film Possession.[17]

The 1982 film of Ivanhoe made Neill a local celebrity in Sweden, where it has been aired on SVT every New Years Day for 40 years.[18]

He was one of the leading candidates to succeed Roger Moore in the role of James Bond, but lost out to Timothy Dalton. Among his many Australian roles is playing Michael Chamberlain in Evil Angels (1988) (released as A Cry in the Dark outside of Australia and New Zealand),[19] a film about the case of Azaria Chamberlain.

Neill has played heroes and occasionally villains in a succession of film and television dramas and comedies. In the UK, he won early fame and was Golden Globe nominated after portraying real-life spy, Sidney Reilly, in the mini-series Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983). An early American starring role was in 1987's Amerika, playing a senior KGB officer leading the occupation and division of a defeated United States. His leading and co-starring roles in films include the thriller Dead Calm (1989),[17] the two-part historical epic La Révolution française (1989) (as Marquis de Lafayette), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Death in Brunswick (1990),[17] Jurassic Park (1993), Sirens (1994), The Jungle Book (1994), John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1995), Event Horizon (1997), Bicentennial Man (1999), the comedy The Dish (2000),[17] and Jurassic Park III (2001).

Neill has occasionally acted in New Zealand films, including The Piano (1993), Perfect Strangers (2003), Under the Mountain (2009), and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016). He returned to directing in 1995 with the documentary Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995) which he wrote and directed with Judy Rymer.

In 1993, he co-starred with Anne Archer in Question of Faith, an independent drama based on a true story about one woman's fight to beat cancer and have a baby. In 2000, he provided the voice of Sam Sawnoff in The Magic Pudding. In 2001, he hosted and narrated a documentary series for the BBC entitled Space (Hyperspace in the United States).

He portrayed the eponymous wizard in Merlin (1998), a miniseries based on the legends of King Arthur. He reprised his role in the sequel, Merlin's Apprentice (2006).

Neill starred in the historical drama The Tudors, playing Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. "I have to say I really enjoyed making The Tudors", he said,[20] "It was six months with a character that I found immensely intriguing, with a cast that I liked very much and with a story I found very compelling. It has elements that are hard to beat: revenge and betrayal, lust and treason, all the things that make for good stories."[20]

Neill at Burghound Asia in Singapore in 2011
Neill at Burghound Asia in Singapore in 2011

He acted in the short-lived Fox TV series Alcatraz (2012) as Emerson Hauser. He played the role of Otto Luger in the fantasy adventure film The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box[21] (2014). He had a role in the BBC series Peaky Blinders, set in post-World War I Birmingham. He played the role of Chief Inspector Chester Campbell, a sadistic corrupt policeman, who came to clean up the town on Churchill's orders. In the 2015 BBC TV miniseries And Then There Were None, based on Agatha Christie's thriller, he played the role of General MacArthur.

In 2016, he starred in the New Zealand-made film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, directed by Taika Waititi, as well as the ITV miniseries Tutankhamun. In 2017, Neill appeared in a scene in Waititi's fantasy sequel Thor: Ragnarok, in which he portrays an actor playing Odin (as depicted by Anthony Hopkins), alongside Luke Hemsworth and Matt Damon as actors playing Thor and Loki, respectively. He portrays the same actor in Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022.

In 2018, he portrayed Mr. McGregor and also provided the voice of Tommy Brock, in Peter Rabbit. In 2019, he was cast for the role of Denis Goldberg in Escape from Pretoria; however, the role was subsequently recast with Ian Hart. In late 2019, he was announced to reprise his character of Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic World Dominion, which released in July 2022.

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2008 Toronto International Film Festival

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Damien Thorn

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Ivanhoe (1982 film)

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James Bond

James Bond

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Personal life

In 1980, Neill met actress Lisa Harrow while filming Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) and the two have a son.[22] Neill subsequently married make-up artist Noriko Watanabe in 1989 and they have one daughter together. He also adopted Watanabe's daughter from her first marriage.[23][24] Neill separated from Watanabe in 2017,[25][26] and as of early 2018 was reportedly dating Australian political journalist Laura Tingle.[27][28]

In his early twenties, Neill fathered a son who was placed for adoption. They reunited in 1994.[29]

Neill lives in Alexandra, New Zealand, South Island, and owns a winery called Two Paddocks, consisting of a vineyard at Gibbston and two near Alexandra, all in the Central Otago wine region.[30] His avocation is running Two Paddocks. "I'd like the vineyard to support me but I'm afraid it is the other way round. It is not a very economic business", said Neill,[20] "It is a ridiculously time- and money-consuming business. I would not do it if it was not so satisfying and fun, and it gets me pissed once in a while."[20] He enjoys sharing his exploits on the farm through social media.[31] He names his farm animals after film-industry colleagues.[32]

Neill supports the New Zealand Labour Party[33] and the Australian Labor Party. He has been a member of the Equity New Zealand trade union since 1979.[34]

In March 2023, Neill revealed that he had been undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with stage 3 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, following swollen glands that were first noticed during publicity for Jurassic World Dominion. The cancer is in remission according to Neill, but he will require ongoing chemotherapy for the rest of his life.[35]

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Lisa Harrow

Lisa Harrow

Lisa Harrow is a New Zealand RADA-trained actress, noted for her roles in British theatre, films and television. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Nancy Astor in the British BBC television drama, Nancy Astor.

Omen III: The Final Conflict

Omen III: The Final Conflict

Omen III: The Final Conflict is a 1981 supernatural horror film directed by Graham Baker. It is the third installment in The Omen series. Starring Sam Neill, Lisa Harrow and Rossano Brazzi, the film tells the progression of the now adult Damien Thorn to a position of earthly power, set against the countdown to the Second Coming and attempts of a group of priests to kill the Antichrist. Richard Donner, director of the first Omen film, returns as executive producer. The film was released in theatres on March 20, 1981.

Laura Tingle

Laura Tingle

Laura Margaret Tingle is an Australian journalist and author.

Alexandra, New Zealand

Alexandra, New Zealand

Alexandra is a town in the Central Otago district of the South Island of New Zealand. It is on the banks of the Clutha River, on State Highway 8, 188 kilometres (117 mi) by road from Dunedin and 33 kilometres (21 mi) south of Cromwell. The nearest towns to Alexandra via state highway 8 are Clyde seven kilometers to the northwest and Roxburgh forty kilometers to the south. State highway 85 also connects Alexandra to Omakau, Lauder, Oturehua, Ranfurly and on to Palmerston on the East Otago coast.

Two Paddocks

Two Paddocks

Two Paddocks is a wine producer based in Central Otago, New Zealand. It is owned and operated by actor Sam Neill.

Gibbston

Gibbston

Gibbston is a community in the Wakatipu Basin in the Otago region of the South Island, New Zealand. Through the valley runs the Kawarau River which forms the Kawarau Gorge.

Central Otago wine region

Central Otago wine region

The Central Otago wine region is a geographical indication in New Zealand's South Island, and the world's southernmost commercial wine growing region. While Central Otago is best known for Pinot Noir, many white wine varieties are also popular.

New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Labour Party, or simply Labour, is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers describe Labour as social-democratic and pragmatic in practice. The party participates in the international Progressive Alliance. It is one of two major political parties in New Zealand, alongside its traditional rival, the National Party.

Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma

Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma

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Honours and awards

Neill was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services as an actor.[36] In the 2007 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DCNZM).[37] When knighthoods were returned to the New Zealand royal honours system in 2009, those with DCNZM or higher honours were given the option of converting them into knighthoods. Neill chose not to do this, saying the title of Sir was "just far too grand, by far".[38] However, in June 2022, he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, granting him the title Sir.[39]

Neill was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Canterbury in 2002.[40] Neill was awarded the 2019 Equity New Zealand Lifetime achievement award, celebrating his distinguished performance career, as well as his leadership and mentoring towards others in the acting industry.[41] In 2020, he received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Award, limited to 20 living people.[42]

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1991 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

1991 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

The 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 15 June 1991.

2007 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

2007 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

The 2007 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2006 and the beginning of 2007. They were announced on 30 December 2006.

New Zealand royal honours system

New Zealand royal honours system

The New Zealand royal honours system, a system of orders, decorations and medals, recognises achievements of, or service by, New Zealanders or others in connection with New Zealand. Until 1975, New Zealand used the British honours system. Since then the country has introduced a number of uniquely New Zealand honours, and as of 2021, only the dynastic British honours continue in active use in New Zealand, with the exception of the Order of the Companions of Honour.

Doctor of Letters

Doctor of Letters

Doctor of Letters is a terminal degree in the humanities that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or equivalent to a higher doctorate, such as the Doctor of Science. It is awarded in many countries by universities and learned bodies in recognition of superior accomplishment in the humanities, original contributions to the creative or cultural arts, or scholarship and other merits. It may be conferred as an earned degree upon the completion of a regular doctoral course of study, usually including the development and defense of an original dissertation, or may be conferred as an earned higher doctorate after the submission and academic evaluation of a portfolio of sustained scholarship, publications, research, or other scientific work of the highest caliber.

University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury

The University of Canterbury (UC) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbury College, the first constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is New Zealand's second-oldest university, after the University of Otago, itself founded four years earlier in 1869.

Arts Foundation of New Zealand

Arts Foundation of New Zealand

'The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Te Tumu Toi is a New Zealand arts organisation that supports artistic excellence and facilitates private philanthropy through raising funds for the arts and allocating it to New Zealand artists.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1975 Landfall Eric
Ashes Priest
1977 Sleeping Dogs Smith
1979 Just Out of Reach Mike
The Journalist Rex
My Brilliant Career Harry Beecham
1981 Omen III: The Final Conflict Damien Thorn
Possession Mark
From a Far Country Marian
1982 Attack Force Z Sergeant D. J. (Danny) Costello
Enigma Dimitri Vasilikov
1984 The Blood of Others Bergman
The Country Girls Mr Gentleman
1985 Robbery Under Arms Captain Starlight
Plenty Lazar
1986 For Love Alone James Quick
1987 The Umbrella Woman Neville Gifford
1988 Evil Angels Michael Chamberlain Won – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Also known as A Cry in the Dark

1989 Dead Calm John Ingram
La Révolution française Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
1990 The Hunt for Red October Captain Vasily Borodin
Shadow of China TV reporter Credited as John Dermot
1991 Death in Brunswick Carl 'Cookie' Fitzgerald Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Until the End of the World Eugene Fitzpatrick
1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man David Jenkins Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Hostage John Rennie
1993 The Piano Alisdair Stewart Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jurassic Park Dr. Alan Grant
Sirens Norman Lindsay
1994 Country Life Dr. Max Askey
The Jungle Book Colonel Geofferey Brydon
In the Mouth of Madness John Trent
1995 Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill Narrator
Restoration King Charles II
1996 Children of the Revolution Nine
Victory Mr. Jones
1997 Event Horizon Dr. William Weir
Snow White: A Tale of Terror Lord Fredrick Hoffman
1998 The Horse Whisperer Robert MacLean
Sweet Revenge Henry Bell
1999 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien Walter Murray Gibson
Bicentennial Man 'Sir' Richard Martin
2000 My Mother Frank Professor Mortlock Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Dish Cliff Buxton
The Magic Pudding Sam Sawnoff Voice
2001 Jurassic Park III Dr. Alan Grant
The Zookeeper Ludovic Won – Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2002 Dirty Deeds Ray
Leunig Animated Narrator
2003 Perfect Strangers The Man
2004 Yes Anthony
Wimbledon Dennis Bradbury
2005 Gallipoli Narrator Voice
Little Fish The Jockey
2006 Irresistible Craig
2007 Angel Théo
2008 Dean Spanley Dean Spanley
Skin Abraham Laing
2009 In Her Skin Mr. Reid
Iron Road Alfred Nichol
Under the Mountain Mr. Jones
Daybreakers Charles Bromley
2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Allomere Voice
2011 The Dragon Pearl Chris Chase
The Hunter Jack Mindy Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2012 The Vow Bill Thornton
2013 Escape Plan Dr. Kyrie
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box Otto Luger
2014 United Passions João Havelange
A Long Way Down Minister Crichton Jess's father
2015 Backtrack Duncan Stewart
The Daughter Walter Finch Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Uncle Hec
Tommy's Honour Alexander Boothby
2017 MindGamers Kreutz
Sweet Country Fred Smith
Thor: Ragnarok Odin Actor Cameo
2018 The Commuter Captain David Hawthorne
Peter Rabbit Mr. McGregor
Tommy Brock (voice)
2019 Palm Beach Leo
Blackbird Paul
Ride Like a Girl Paddy Payne
Take Home Pay Wedding Planner Cameo
2020 Rams Colin
2021 Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal Frankie Scales
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Tommy Brock Voice
2022 Jurassic World Dominion Dr. Alan Grant
Thor: Love and Thunder Odin Actor
2023 The Portable Door Dennis Tanner
Assassin Club Jonathan Caldwell Post-production
Scarygirl Dr. Maybee Post-production
TBA Bring Him to Me Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1979–1980 The Sullivans Ben Dawson Episodes 519–558
1980 Lucinda Brayford Tony Duff Four-part miniseries
ABC Television, Melbourne Australia
1982 Ivanhoe Brian de Bois-Guilbert Television film
1983 Reilly, Ace of Spies Sidney Reilly 12 episodes
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
1985 Kane & Abel William Lowell Kane
1986 Strong Medicine Vince Lord Television film
1987 Amerika Colonel Andrei Denisov
1991 Fever Eliott Television film
One Against the Wind Sergeant James Liggett Television film
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
1993 Family Pictures David Eberlin
The Rainbow Warrior Alan Galbraith Television film
1994 The Simpsons Molloy Voice, episode: "Homer the Vigilante"
1995 Forgotten Silver Himself Television film
1996 In Cold Blood Agent Alvin Dewey
1998 Merlin Merlin Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
The Games Citytrans CEO Episode: "Transport"
2000 Sally Hemings: An American Scandal Thomas Jefferson
2001 Space Himself Documentary series
Submerged Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen Television film
2002 Doctor Zhivago Victor Komarovsky
Framed Eddie Meyers Television film
2004 Stiff Lionel Merricks Television film
Jessica Richard Runche Television film
Logie Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama
2005 The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant Governor Arthur Phillip 2 episodes
To the Ends of the Earth Mr. Prettiman 3 episodes
The Triangle Eric Benerall 3 episodes
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
2006 Merlin's Apprentice Merlin
Two Twisted Mick Episode: "Von Stauffenberg's Stamp"
2007 The Tudors Cardinal Thomas Wolsey 10 episodes
Nominated – Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series
Nominated – Monte-Carlo Television Festival Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
2008–2010 Crusoe Jeremiah Blackthorn 14 episodes
2009 Happy Town Merritt Grieves 8 episodes
bro'Town Himself Voice, episode: "To Sam with Love"
2010 Rake Dr. Bruce Chandler Episode: "R v Chandler"
2011 Ice Anthony Kavanagh
2012 Alcatraz Emerson Hauser 13 episodes
2013 Harry Jim "Stocks" Stockton
2013–2014 Peaky Blinders Major Chester Campbell 12 episodes
2014 Old School Ted Macabe 8 episodes
House of Hancock Lang Hancock
2015 And Then There Were None General John Gordon MacArthur
2016 Why Anzac with Sam Neill Himself Documentary, wrote and produced
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands Narrator Documentary series, 3 episodes
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator
Tutankhamun Lord Carnavon
Country Calendar Himself Episode: "Film Noir"
2017 Get Krack!n Himself Season 1, Episode 1
2018 The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill[43] Himself Documentary series, 6 episodes (known as Captain Cook's Pacific with Sam Neill in the UK)[44]
2019 Rick and Morty[45] Monogatron Leader Voice, episode: "The Old Man and the Seat"
2020 Flack Duncan Paulson Season 2
2021 Invasion Sheriff John Bell Tyson Season 1, Episode 1
2022 The Twelve Brett Colby SC Main role
TBA Apples Never Fall Stan Delaney Upcoming limited series

Video Games

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Lego Jurassic World Alan Grant Archive Audio from the films.
2019 Jurassic World Evolution Alan Grant Return to Jurassic Park Expansion
2022 Jurassic World Evolution 2 Alan Grant Biosyn Dominion expansion

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Landfall (1975 film)

Landfall (1975 film)

Landfall is a 1975 New Zealand film directed by Paul Maunder. The film was first shown at the 1977 Wellington Film Festival.

Just Out of Reach (film)

Just Out of Reach (film)

Just Out of Reach is a 1979 Australian film starring Lorna Lesley and Sam Neill.

My Brilliant Career (film)

My Brilliant Career (film)

My Brilliant Career is a 1979 Australian period drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong, and starring Judy Davis, Sam Neill, and Wendy Hughes. Based on the 1901 novel of the same name by Miles Franklin, it follows a young woman in rural, late-19th-century Australia whose aspirations to become a writer are impeded first by her social circumstance, and later by a budding romance.

Omen III: The Final Conflict

Omen III: The Final Conflict

Omen III: The Final Conflict is a 1981 supernatural horror film directed by Graham Baker. It is the third installment in The Omen series. Starring Sam Neill, Lisa Harrow and Rossano Brazzi, the film tells the progression of the now adult Damien Thorn to a position of earthly power, set against the countdown to the Second Coming and attempts of a group of priests to kill the Antichrist. Richard Donner, director of the first Omen film, returns as executive producer. The film was released in theatres on March 20, 1981.

Damien Thorn

Damien Thorn

Damien Thorn is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of The Omen franchise. He is the Antichrist and the son of the Devil. The character has been portrayed by Harvey Spencer Stephens, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Sam Neill, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick and Bradley James.

Attack Force Z

Attack Force Z

Attack Force Z is a 1982 Australian-Taiwanese World War II film directed by Tim Burstall. It is loosely based on actual events and was filmed in Taiwan in 1979. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 1981.

Enigma (1982 film)

Enigma (1982 film)

Enigma is a 1982 Anglo-American thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey, and Kevin McNally. Based on Michael Barak's novel Enigma Sacrifice, the film centers on a CIA agent who tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence in order to stop a murderous plot.

For Love Alone

For Love Alone

For Love Alone is a 1986 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace and starring Helen Buday, Hugo Weaving and Sam Neill. The screenplay was written by Wallace, based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Christina Stead. The film marked the screen debut of Naomi Watts. The film was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.

Evil Angels (film)

Evil Angels (film)

Evil Angels is a 1988 Australian drama film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson's 1985 book of the same name. It chronicles the case of Azaria Chamberlain, a nine-week-old baby girl who disappeared from a campground near Ayers Rock in August 1980 and the struggle of her parents, Michael Chamberlain and Lindy Chamberlain, to prove their innocence to a public convinced that they were complicit in her death. Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star as the Chamberlains.

AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. From 1971 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuation of the AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Dead Calm (film)

Dead Calm (film)

Dead Calm is a 1989 Australian psychological thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. The screenplay by Terry Hayes was based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Williams. Filmed around the Great Barrier Reef, the plot focuses on a married couple, who, after tragically losing their son, are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.

La Révolution française (film)

La Révolution française (film)

La Révolution française is a two-part 1989 historical film co-produced by France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The full film runs at 360 minutes, but the edited-for-television version is slightly longer. It purports to tell a faithful and neutral story of the Revolution, from the calling of the Estates-General to the death of Maximilien de Robespierre. The film had a large budget and boasted an international cast. It was shot in French, German and English.

Books

  • Neill, Sam (2023). Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir. London: Michael Joseph Ltd. ISBN 9780241648988. OCLC 1356450549.

Source: "Sam Neill", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 28th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Neill.

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