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Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill is a Northern Irish-born New Zealand actor, writer, producer, director, and winemaker.
Birth Name
Nigel Neill
Born
Sunday, 14 September 1947
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Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Apples Never Fall | Stan Delaney / Stan | 2024 |
Bring Him to Me | Frank | 2023 |
Scarygirl | Dr. Maybee (voice) / Dr. Maybee | 2023 |
The Portable Door | Dennis Tanner | 2023 |
Assassin Club | Caldwell | 2023 |
Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
Thor: Love and Thunder | Actor Odin | 2022 |
The Twelve | Brett Colby QC | 2022 |
Jurassic World Dominion | Alan Grant / Dr. Alan Grant | 2022 |
Invasion | Jim Bell Tyson | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Apples Never Fall | Stan Delaney / Stan | 2024 |
Bring Him to Me | Frank | 2023 |
Scarygirl | Dr. Maybee (voice) / Dr. Maybee | 2023 |
The Portable Door | Dennis Tanner | 2023 |
Assassin Club | Caldwell | 2023 |
Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
Thor: Love and Thunder | Actor Odin | 2022 |
The Twelve | Brett Colby QC | 2022 |
Jurassic World Dominion | Alan Grant / Dr. Alan Grant | 2022 |
Invasion | Jim Bell Tyson | 2021 |
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Tommy Brock (voice) / Tommy Brock | 2021 |
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal | Frankie Scales (voice) / Frankie Scales | 2021 |
Rams | Colin | 2020 |
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story | Self - Narrator | 2020 |
Ride Like a Girl | Paddy Payne | 2019 |
Blackbird | Paul / Tom | 2019 |
Palm Beach | Leo | 2019 |
Flack | Duncan Paulson | 2019 |
The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill | Self - Presenter | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Peter Rabbit | Tommy Brock / Old Mr. McGregor / Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice) | 2018 |
Sweet Country | Fred Smith | 2018 |
The Commuter | Captain Hawthorne | 2018 |
Thor: Ragnarok | Actor Odin | 2017 |
Spielberg | Self - Segment "Jurassic Park" | 2017 |
Get Krack!n | Self | 2017 |
House of Bond | Tiny Rowland | 2017 |
Tommy's Honour | Alexander Boothby | 2017 |
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self | 2017 |
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self | 2017 |
Tutankhamun | Lord Carnarvon | 2016 |
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
The Daughter | Walter | 2016 |
Backtrack | Duncan Stewart | 2016 |
Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Hec / Hec Faulkner | 2016 |
And Then There Were None | General John MacArthur | 2015 |
MindGamers | Kreutz | 2015 |
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering | Self | 2015 |
The Dovekeepers | Josephus | 2015 |
House of Hancock | Lang Hancock | 2015 |
United Passions | Joao Havelange | 2014 |
Old School | Ted McCabe | 2014 |
Short Poppies | Mr. Neal | 2014 |
A Long Way Down | Chris / Chris Crichton | 2014 |
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box | Otto Luger | 2013 |
Rick and Morty | Monogatron Leader | 2013 |
Have You Been Paying Attention? | Self | 2013 |
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery | Self | 2013 |
Peaky Blinders | Major Chester Campbell / Inspector Chester Campbell / C.I. Chester Campbell | 2013 |
Escape Plan | Dr. Kyrie | 2013 |
Harry | DSS Jim Stockton | 2013 |
The Living Room | Self | 2012 |
The Vow | Bill Thornton | 2012 |
Alcatraz | Emerson Hauser | 2012 |
The Hunter | Jack / Jack Mindy | 2011 |
The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Self - Interviewee | 2011 |
Buck | Robert MacLean | 2011 |
The Dragon Pearl | Chris Chase | 2011 |
Ice | Anthony Kavanagh | 2011 |
Rake | Dr. Bruce Chandler | 2010 |
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape | Self | 2010 |
Kids React | Self | 2010 |
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Allomere / Allomere (voice) | 2010 |
Happy Town | Merritt Grieves | 2010 |
Under the Mountain | Mr. Jones | 2009 |
Daybreakers | Charles Bromley | 2009 |
Iron Road | Alfred Nichol | 2009 |
In Her Skin | David Reid / Mr. Reid | 2009 |
Dean Spanley | Dean Spanley | 2008 |
Skin | Abraham Laing | 2008 |
Crusoe | Jeremiah Blackthorn | 2008 |
5 Second Movies | Grant | 2008 |
The Tudors | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey / Cardinal Woolsey | 2007 |
Angel | Théo | 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
Two Twisted | Mick | 2006 |
The Making of 'Event Horizon' | Self | 2006 |
Irresistible | Craig | 2006 |
Merlin's Apprentice | Merlin | 2006 |
The Triangle | Eric Benerall | 2005 |
Mary Bryant | Governor Arthur Phillip / Governor Phillip | 2005 |
Little Fish | The Jockey | 2005 |
To the Ends of the Earth | Mr. Prettiman | 2005 |
Yes | Anthony | 2005 |
Dancing with the Stars | Self - Audience Member | 2005 |
Gallipoli | Narrator | 2005 |
The Hour | Self | 2005 |
Wimbledon | Dennis Bradbury | 2004 |
Bro'Town | Self | 2004 |
Jessica | Richard Runche | 2004 |
At the Movies | Self | 2004 |
Stiff | Lionel Merricks | 2004 |
Perfect Strangers | The Man / Man | 2003 |
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton | Self | 2003 |
Doctor Zhivago | Victor Komarovsky | 2002 |
Dirty Deeds | Detective Sergeant Ray Murphy / Ray | 2002 |
Framed | Eddie Meyers | 2002 |
SuperCroc | Narrator | 2001 |
The Zookeeper | Ludovic | 2001 |
Hyperspace | Self - Presenter / Himself | 2001 |
Jurassic Park III | Dr. Alan Grant | 2001 |
Submerged | Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen | 2001 |
Beyond Jurassic Park | Self | 2001 |
The Magic Pudding | Sam Sawnoff / Sam Sawnoff (voice) | 2000 |
The Dish | Cliff / Cliff Buxton - Dish Master | 2000 |
My Mother Frank | Professor Mortlock | 2000 |
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Jefferson | 2000 |
Bicentennial Man | Sir | 1999 |
The Martin Short Show | Self | 1999 |
Molokai | Prime Minister Gibson | 1999 |
The Games | Citytrans World CEO | 1998 |
The Revengers' Comedies | Henry Bell | 1998 |
The Horse Whisperer | Robert MacLean | 1998 |
Merlin | Merlin | 1998 |
Event Horizon | Dr. William Weir / Weir | 1997 |
Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Frederick Hoffman / Lord Friedrich Hoffman | 1997 |
Children of the Revolution | David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine' / Nine | 1996 |
Victory | Mr. Jones | 1996 |
In Cold Blood | Agent Alvin Dewey | 1996 |
Australian Story | Self | 1996 |
Restoration | The King / King Charles II | 1995 |
Forgotten Silver | Self - Actor & Director / Himself | 1995 |
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' | Self / Alan Grant | 1995 |
Century of Cinema | Self - Narrator / Host | 1995 |
In the Mouth of Madness | John Trent | 1995 |
Star Trek: Voyager | Dr. William Weir | 1995 |
The Jungle Book | Brydon / Colonel Geofferey Brydon | 1994 |
Country Life | Dr. Max Askey | 1994 |
Sirens | Norman Lindsay | 1994 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
Jurassic Park | Grant | 1993 |
The Rainbow Warrior | Alan Galbraith / Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith | 1993 |
The Piano | Alisdair Stewart | 1993 |
Family Pictures | David Eberlin | 1993 |
Getaway | Dr. Alan Grant | 1992 |
Hostage | John Rennie | 1992 |
Memoirs of an Invisible Man | David Jenkins | 1992 |
One Against the Wind | Major James Leggatt, The Guards | 1991 |
Until the End of the World | Eugene Fitzpatrick | 1991 |
Fever | Elliot / Elliott | 1991 |
Death in Brunswick | Carl / Carl 'Cookie' Fitzgerald | 1991 |
Shadow of China | TV reporter | 1990 |
The Hunt for Red October | Captain Borodin / Vasily Borodin | 1990 |
The Simpsons | Molloy | 1989 |
The French Revolution | Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert Motier, marquis De La Fayette / Marquis de Lafayette | 1989 |
Dead Calm | John Ingram | 1989 |
A Cry in the Dark | Michael / Michael Chamberlain | 1988 |
Leap of Faith | Oscar Ogg | 1988 |
The Good Wife | Neville Gifford | 1987 |
Amerika | Colonel Andrei Denisov | 1987 |
For Love Alone | James Quick | 1986 |
Kane & Abel | William Lowell Kane | 1985 |
Plenty | Lazar | 1985 |
Robbery Under Arms | Capt. Starlight | 1985 |
The Blood of Others | Bergman | 1984 |
Reilly: Ace of Spies | Sidney Reilly | 1983 |
Enigma | Dimitri Vasilikov | 1982 |
Attack Force Z | Sergeant Costello / Sgt. D.J. (Danny) Costello | 1982 |
Ivanhoe | Brian de Bois-Guilbert | 1982 |
From a Far Country | Marian | 1981 |
Possession | Mark | 1981 |
The Final Conflict | Damien Thorn / Damien | 1981 |
The Journalist | Rex | 1979 |
Just Out of Reach | Mike | 1979 |
My Brilliant Career | Harry Beecham | 1979 |
Young Ramsay | Crossland | 1977 |
Sleeping Dogs | Smith | 1977 |
The Sullivans | 1976 | |
Landfall | Eric | 1975 |
Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Brush-Off | 2004 |
Century of Cinema | 1995 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Twelve | 2022 |
The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill | 2018 |
The Brush-Off | 2004 |
Stiff | 2004 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Narrator | Nominated |
1999 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
1998 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
1992 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
1985 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |