Sam Neill
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.
Acted in
T. REX
2024
as Narrator
Apples Never Fall
2024
as Stan Delaney
Bring Him to Me
2023
as Frank
Scarygirl
2023
as Dr. Maybee (voice)
The Portable Door
2023
as Dennis Tanner
Assassin Club
2023
as Caldwell
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Actor Odin
The Twelve
2022
as Brett Colby
The Twelve
2022
as Brett Colby QC
Voice Activated
2022
as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
2022
as Self
Jurassic World Dominion
2022
as Alan Grant
Invasion
2021
as Jim Bell Tyson
The Real Hunt for Red October
2021
as Self
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
2021
as Self
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021
as Tommy Brock (voice)
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
2021
as Frankie Scales (voice)
Rams
2020
as Colin
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self
The Show Must Go On
2019
as Self
Ride Like a Girl
2019
as Paddy Payne
Blackbird
2019
as Tom
Palm Beach
2019
as Leo
Flack
2019
as Duncan Paulson
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
2018
as Self - Host
Peter Rabbit
2018
as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
Sweet Country
2018
as Fred Smith
The Commuter
2018
as Captain Hawthorne
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Actor Odin
Get Krack!n
2017
as Self
Tommy's Honour
2017
as Alexander Boothby
House of Bond
2017
as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
as Self
Tutankhamun
2016
as Lord Carnarvon
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
2016
as Narrator (voice)
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016
as Hec
And Then There Were None
2015
as General John MacArthur
The Daughter
2015
as Walter
MindGamers
2015
as Kreutz
Backtrack
2015
as Duncan Stewart
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
2015
as Self
The Dovekeepers
2015
House of Hancock
2015
as Lang Hancock
United Passions
2014
as Joao Havelange
Old School
2014
as Ted McCabe
A Long Way Down
2014
as Chris Crichton
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
2013
as Self
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013
as Otto Luger
Rick and Morty
2013
as Monogatron Leader (voice)
Escape Plan
2013
as Dr. Kyrie
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
2013
as Self
Peaky Blinders
2013
as C.I. Chester Campbell
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Major Chester Campbell
The Ordained
2013
as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
Harry
2013
as DSS Jim Stockton
The Vow
2012
as Bill Thornton
Alcatraz
2012
as Emerson Hauser
Alcatraz
2012
as Emerson Hauser
The Hunter
2011
as Jack Mindy
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
as Self
The Dragon Pearl
2011
as Chris Chase
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
as Self
Ice
2011
as Anthony Kavanagh
Ice
2011
as Anthony Kavanagh
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Allomere (voice)
The Making of Daybreakers
2010
as Self
Happy Town
2010
as Merritt Grieves
Daybreakers
2010
as Charles Bromley
Under the Mountain
2009
as Mr. Jones
Iron Road
2009
as Alfred Nichol
Iron Road
2009
as Alfred Nichol
In Her Skin
2009
as Mr. Reid
The Man in the Hat
2009
as Reader of Correspondence
Dean Spanley
2008
as Dean Spanley
Crusoe
2008
as Jeremiah Blackthorn
Skin
2008
as Abraham Laing
The Pixar Story
2007
as Alan Grant (archive footage)
The Tudors
2007
as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Angel
2007
as Théo
Two Twisted
2006
as Mick
Irresistible
2006
as Craig
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
2006
as Self
Merlin's Apprentice
2006
as Merlin
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
as Self
Voyage of the Nautilus
2006
as Hubert Wilkins
The Triangle
2005
The Triangle
2005
as Eric Benerall
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
2005
as Governor Arthur Phillip
Yes
2005
as Anthony
Little Fish
2005
as The Jockey
To the Ends of the Earth
2005
as Mr. Prettiman
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
2005
as Self
Gallipoli
2005
as Narrator
Colin McCahon: I Am
2004
as Narrator
Wimbledon
2004
as Dennis Bradbury
Jessica
2004
as Richard Runche
Jessica
2004
Stiff
2004
as Lionel Merricks
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
2004
as Self
Perfect Strangers
2003
as Man
Doctor Zhivago
2002
as Victor Komarovsky
Dirty Deeds
2002
as Ray
Framed
2002
as Eddie Meyers
The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III'
2001
as Self
The Zookeeper
2001
as Ludovic
SuperCroc
2001
as narrator
Space
2001
as Himself
Jurassic Park III
2001
as Dr. Alan Grant
Submerged
2001
as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
The Magic Pudding
2000
as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
The Dish
2000
as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
Inside The Living Daylights
2000
as Self (archival footage)
My Mother Frank
2000
as Professor Mortlock
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Jefferson
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Jefferson
Numero Bruno
2000
as Self
Bicentennial Man
1999
as Sir
Rove
1999
as Self
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Prime Minister Gibson
The Games
1998
as Citytrans World CEO
The Revengers' Comedies
1998
as Henry Bell
Merlin
1998
as Merlin
The Horse Whisperer
1998
as Robert MacLean
Forgotten Silver
1997
as Himself
Event Horizon
1997
as Weir
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
1997
as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
The Rainbow Warrior
1997
as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
Children of the Revolution
1996
as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
Victory
1996
as Mr. Jones
In Cold Blood
1996
as Agent Alvin Dewey
Restoration
1995
as King Charles II
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
1995
as Narrator / Host
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Self / Alan Grant
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
as John Trent
The Jungle Book
1994
as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
Country Life
1994
as Dr. Max Askey
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self
Sirens
1994
as Norman Lindsay
Split Enz: Spellbound
1993
as Narrator
Jurassic Park
1993
as Grant
The Piano
1993
as Alisdair Stewart
Family Pictures
1993
as David Eberlin
Hostage
1992
as John Rennie
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as David Jenkins
One Against the Wind
1991
as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
Until the End of the World
1991
as Eugene Fitzpatrick
Fever
1991
as Elliot
Death in Brunswick
1991
as Carl
Shadow of China
1990
as TV Reporter
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Captain Borodin
Cowboys of Culture
1990
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Molloy (voice)
The french revolution: Years of rage
1989
as Marquis de Lafayette
The french revolution: Years of hope
1989
as Marquis de Lafayette
Dead Calm
1989
as John Ingram
Evil Angels
1988
as Michael Chamberlain
Question of Faith
1988
as Oscar Ogg
The Good Wife
1987
as Neville Gifford
Amerika
1987
as Colonel Andrei Denisov
For Love Alone
1986
as James Quick
Strong Medicine
1986
as Vince Lord
Strong Medicine
1986
as Vince Lord
Kane & Abel
1985
as William Lowell Kane
Plenty
1985
as Lazar
Robbery Under Arms
1985
as Capt. Starlight
The Blood of Others
1984
as Bergman
The Country Girls
1984
as Mr. Gentleman
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Sidney Reilly
Enigma
1982
as Dimitri Vasilikov
Attack Force Z
1982
as Sergeant Costello
Ivanhoe
1982
as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
From a Far Country
1981
as Marian
Possession
1981
as Mark
The Final Conflict
1981
as Damien
Lucinda Brayford
1980
as Tony Duff
The Journalist
1979
as Rex
Just Out Of Reach
1979
as Mike
My Brilliant Career
1979
as Harry Beecham
Surf Sail
1978
as Narrator (voice)
Sleeping Dogs
1977
as Smith
The Governor
1977
as Colonial Bachelor
Architect Athfield
1977
as Narrator
The Sullivans
1976
as Ben Dawson
Four Shorts on Architecture
1975
as Narrator (voice)
Ashes
1975
as Priest
Landfall
1975
as Eric
Hunt's Duffer
1973
as Bradley
The Water Cycle
1972
The City of No
1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as British Flier
The Guinea Pig Club
as Charles Overton
Mystery Ride
as Duncan Connelly
UNTAMED
as Paul Souter