Sam Neill

Sam Neill

78 · Born: Sep 14, 1947

Known For

Jurassic ParkJurassic Park
Jurassic Park IIIJurassic Park III
Peaky BlindersPeaky Blinders
Hunt for the WilderpeopleHunt for the Wilderpeople

Personal Details

Official Socials
BornSep 14, 1947 Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
Spouse

  • Noriko Watanabe

    ( Sep 2, 1989 to Dec 31, 1969 )

  • Lisa Harrow

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Parents
  • Priscilla Beatrice Neill (Ingham)
  • Dermot Neill

Biography

Sam Neill, a renowned actor, director, editor, and scriptwriter, was born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to army parents. His mother, Priscilla Beatrice (Ingham),was English-born, while his father, Dermot Neill, hailed from New Zealand.

Career

2025
Untamed
Untamed as Paul Souter
2024
Apples Never Fall
Apples Never Fall as Stan Delaney
2023
Assassin Club
Assassin Club as Caldwell
The Portable Door
The Portable Door as Dennis Tanner
Scarygirl
Scarygirl as Dr. Maybee (voice)
Bring Him to Me
Bring Him to Me as Frank
2022
Jurassic World Dominion
Jurassic World Dominion as Alan Grant
Voice Activated
Voice Activated as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder as Actor Odin
The Twelve
The Twelve as Brett Colby
2021
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal as Frankie Scales (voice)
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway as Tommy Brock (voice)
2020
Rams
Rams as Colin
Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker
Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker as Narrator (voice)
Flack
Flack as Duncan Paulson
2019
Ride Like a Girl
Ride Like a Girl as Paddy Payne
Palm Beach
Palm Beach as Leo
Blackbird
Blackbird as Tom
2018
Peter Rabbit
Peter Rabbit as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
Sweet Country
Sweet Country as Fred Smith
The Commuter
The Commuter as Captain Hawthorne
2017
Tommy's Honour
Tommy's Honour as Alexander Boothby
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok as Actor Odin
House of Bond
House of Bond as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople as Hec
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands as Narrator (voice)
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands as Narrator (voice)
Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun as Lord Carnarvon
2015
MindGamers
MindGamers as Kreutz
The Daughter
The Daughter as Walter
Backtrack
Backtrack as Duncan Stewart
House of Hancock
House of Hancock as Lang Hancock
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None as General John MacArthur
The Dovekeepers
The Dovekeepers
2014
United Passions
United Passions as Joao Havelange
A Long Way Down
A Long Way Down as Chris Crichton
Old School
Old School as Ted McCabe
2013
Escape Plan
Escape Plan as Dr. Kyrie
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box as Otto Luger
Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders as C.I. Chester Campbell
2012
The Vow
The Vow as Bill Thornton
Alcatraz
Alcatraz as Emerson Hauser
2011
The Hunter
The Hunter as Jack Mindy
The Dragon Pearl
The Dragon Pearl as Chris Chase
Ice
Ice as Anthony Kavanagh
Ice
Ice as Anthony Kavanagh
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Allomere (voice)
Happy Town
Happy Town as Merritt Grieves
2009
In Her Skin
In Her Skin as Mr. Reid
Under the Mountain
Under the Mountain as Mr. Jones
Daybreakers
Daybreakers as Charles Bromley
The Man in the Hat
The Man in the Hat as Reader of Correspondence
Iron Road
Iron Road as Alfred Nichol
2008
Skin
Skin as Abraham Laing
Dean Spanley
Dean Spanley as Dean Spanley
Crusoe
Crusoe as Jeremiah Blackthorn
2007
Angel
Angel as Théo
The Pixar Story
The Pixar Story as Alan Grant (archive footage)
The Tudors
The Tudors as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
2006
Voyage of the Nautilus
Voyage of the Nautilus as Hubert Wilkins
Irresistible
Irresistible as Craig
Merlin's Apprentice
Merlin's Apprentice as Merlin
Two Twisted
Two Twisted as Mick
2005
Gelibolu
Gelibolu as Narrator
Yes
Yes as Anthony
Little Fish
Little Fish as The Jockey
To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earth as Mr. Prettiman
Mary Bryant
Mary Bryant as Governor Arthur Phillip
The Triangle
The Triangle as Eric Benerall
2004
Wimbledon
Wimbledon as Dennis Bradbury
Jessica
Jessica as Richard Runche
Stiff
Stiff as Lionel Merricks
2003
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers as Man
2002
Dirty Deeds
Dirty Deeds as Ray
Framed
Framed as Eddie Meyers
Leunig Animated
Leunig Animated as Narrator
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago as Victor Komarovsky
2001
SuperCroc
SuperCroc as narrator
The Zookeeper
The Zookeeper as Ludovic
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic Park III as Dr. Alan Grant
Submerged
Submerged as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
2000
The Dish
The Dish as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
My Mother Frank
My Mother Frank as Professor Mortlock
The Magic Pudding
The Magic Pudding as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Jefferson
1999
Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man as Sir
Molokai
Molokai as Prime Minister Gibson
1998
The Revengers' Comedies
The Revengers' Comedies as Henry Bell
The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer as Robert MacLean
Merlin
Merlin as Merlin
1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
Event Horizon
Event Horizon as Weir
1996
Victory
Victory as Mr. Jones
Children of the Revolution
Children of the Revolution as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood as Agent Alvin Dewey
1995
Century of Cinema
Century of Cinema as Narrator / Host
Restoration
Restoration as King Charles II
In the Mouth of Madness
In the Mouth of Madness as John Trent
1994
El libro de la selva
El libro de la selva as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
Country Life
Country Life as Dr. Max Askey
Sirens
Sirens as Norman Lindsay
1993
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park as Grant
The Piano
The Piano as Alisdair Stewart
Family Pictures
Family Pictures as David Eberlin
The Rainbow Warrior
The Rainbow Warrior as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
1992
Hostage
Hostage as John Rennie
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Memoirs of an Invisible Man as David Jenkins
1991
Until the End of the World
Until the End of the World as Eugene Fitzpatrick
Death in Brunswick
Death in Brunswick as Carl
Fever
Fever as Elliot
One Against the Wind
One Against the Wind as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
1990
The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
Shadow of China
Shadow of China as TV Reporter
1989
Dead Calm
Dead Calm as John Ingram
The French Revolution
The French Revolution as Marquis de Lafayette
1988
A Cry in the Dark
A Cry in the Dark as Michael Chamberlain
Leap of Faith
Leap of Faith as Oscar Ogg
1987
The Good Wife
The Good Wife as Neville Gifford
Amerika
Amerika as Colonel Andrei Denisov
1986
Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine as Vince Lord
For Love Alone
For Love Alone as James Quick
1985
Robbery Under Arms
Robbery Under Arms as Capt. Starlight
Plenty
Plenty as Lazar
Kane & Abel
Kane & Abel as William Lowell Kane
1984
The Blood of Others
The Blood of Others as Bergman
The Country Girls
The Country Girls as Mr. Gentleman
1983
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Reilly: Ace of Spies as Sidney Reilly
1982
Enigma
Enigma as Dimitri Vasilikov
Attack Force Z
Attack Force Z as Sergeant Costello
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
1981
From a Far Country
From a Far Country as Marian
The Final Conflict
The Final Conflict as Damien Thorn
Possession
Possession as Mark
1979
My Brilliant Career
My Brilliant Career as Harry Beecham
The Journalist
The Journalist as Rex
Just Out of Reach
Just Out of Reach as Mike
1977
Architect Athfield
Architect Athfield as Narrator
Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs as Smith
1975
Landfall
Landfall as Eric
2025
But Also John Clarke
But Also John Clarke
2022
From Jurassic Park to Jurassic World: Greatest Moments
From Jurassic Park to Jurassic World: Greatest Moments
2021
The Real Hunt for Red October
The Real Hunt for Red October
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
2020
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Australian Story
Australian Story
2019
The Show Must Go On
The Show Must Go On
2018
The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill
The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill
2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2015
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
2013
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
2011
Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era
Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era
2006
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2004
The Making of 'Sleeping Dogs'
The Making of 'Sleeping Dogs'
2001
Hyperspace
Hyperspace
2000
Forgotten Silver
Forgotten Silver
2004
The Brush-Off
The Brush-Off as Director
1995
Century of Cinema
Century of Cinema as Director, Writer
1979
On the Road with Red Mole
On the Road with Red Mole as Director, Writer
1977
Architect Athfield
Architect Athfield as Director