Sam Neill
2 FOLLOWERS • 55 CREDITS • SEP 14, 1947 • 77
Biography
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.
Known For
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Graham Norton Show
Rick and Morty
The Simpsons
Flack
The Movies That Made Us
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Ragnarok
The Dovekeepers
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
And Then There Were None
Peter Rabbit
The Triangle
The Real Hunt for Red October
The Commuter
A Long Way Down
Escape Plan
Assassin Club
Bring Him to Me
Merlin's Apprentice
The Jungle Book
Jurassic World Dominion
The Hunt for Red October
Peaky Blinders
The Tudors
Bicentennial Man
The Piano
Sweet Country
Return to Jurassic Park
Wimbledon
Sirens
The Vow
The Twelve
Question of Faith
Daybreakers
One Against the Wind
UNTAMED
Dead Calm
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Event Horizon
The Revengers' Comedies
Jurassic Park III
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Kane & Abel
In the Mouth of Madness
In Cold Blood
Merlin
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
Crusoe
Invasion
Apples Never Fall
Jurassic Park
Fever
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