Sam Neill
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Biography
Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill (September 14, 1947 – July 13, 2026) was a New Zealand actor. His career included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an 'international leading man', he is regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. Born in Northern Ireland to an English mother and New Zealand father, Neill moved to Christchurch with his family in 1954. He first achieved recognition with his appearance in the film Sleeping Dogs (1977), which he followe...
Known For
Filmography
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
2027
The Legend of Zelda
2027
The Fox
2026
as The Magpie (voice)
Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke
2025
as Self
UNTAMED
2025
as Paul Souter
T. REX
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Apples Never Fall
2024
as Stan Delaney
The Assembly
2024
as Self
Assassin Club
2023
as Caldwell
Bring Him to Me
2023
as Frank
Scarygirl
2023
as Dr. Maybee (voice)
The Portable Door
2023
as Dennis Tanner
Voice Activated
2022
as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
2022
as Self
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Actor Odin
Jurassic World Dominion
2022
as Alan Grant
The Twelve
2022
as Brett Colby
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
2021
as Tommy Brock (voice)
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal
2021
as Frankie Scales (voice)
Invasion
2021
as Jim Bell Tyson
Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story
2021
as Self - Host
The Real Hunt for Red October
2021
as Self
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
2021
as Self
Rams
2020
as Colin
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story
2020
as Self - Narrator
Ride Like a Girl
2019
as Paddy Payne
Blackbird
2019
as Tom
The Show Must Go On
2019
as Self
Palm Beach
2019
as Leo
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self
Flack
2019
as Duncan Paulson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Peter Rabbit
2018
as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
The Commuter
2018
as Captain Hawthorne
Sweet Country
2018
as Fred Smith
Anika Moa Unleashed
2018
as Self
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
2018
as Self - Host
Tommy's Honour
2017
as Alexander Boothby
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Actor Odin
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
as Self
Get Krack!n
2017
as Self
House of Bond
2017
as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016
as Hec
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
2016
as Narrator (voice)
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Tutankhamun
2016
as Lord Carnarvon
Backtrack
2015
as Duncan Stewart
The Daughter
2015
as Walter
Why Anzac with Sam Neill
2015
as Self
MindGamers
2015
as Kreutz
Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill
2015
as God
And Then There Were None
2015
as General John MacArthur
House of Hancock
2015
as Lang Hancock
The Dovekeepers
2015
A Long Way Down
2014
as Chris Crichton
United Passions
2014
as Joao Havelange
Old School
2014
as Ted McCabe
Escape Plan
2013
as Dr. Kyrie
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013
as Otto Luger
The Ordained
2013
as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand
2013
as Self
Harry
2013
as DSS Jim Stockton
Rick and Morty
2013
as Monogatron Leader (voice)
Peaky Blinders
2013
as C.I. Chester Campbell
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
2013
as Self
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Major Chester Campbell
The Vow
2012
as Bill Thornton
Alcatraz
2012
as Emerson Hauser
Ice
2011
as Anthony Kavanagh
The Hunter
2011
as Jack Mindy
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
as Self
The Dragon Pearl
2011
as Chris Chase
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
as Self
Ice
2011
as Anthony Kavanagh
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Allomere (voice)
Daybreakers
2010
as Charles Bromley
The Making of Daybreakers
2010
as Self
Happy Town
2010
as Merritt Grieves
Under the Mountain
2009
as Mr. Jones
Skin
2009
as Abraham Laing
In Her Skin
2009
as Mr. Reid
Iron Road
2009
as Alfred Nichol
The Man in the Hat
2009
as Reader of Correspondence
Iron Road
2009
as Alfred Nichol
Dean Spanley
2008
as Dean Spanley
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
as Narrator
Crusoe
2008
as Jeremiah Blackthorn
Angel
2007
as Théo
The Pixar Story
2007
as Alan Grant (archive footage)
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Tudors
2007
as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Irresistible
2006
as Craig
Voyage of the Nautilus
2006
as Hubert Wilkins
The Making of 'Event Horizon'
2006
as Self
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
as Self
Merlin's Apprentice
2006
as Merlin
Two Twisted
2006
as Mick
Yes
2005
as Anthony
Little Fish
2005
as The Jockey
Gallipoli
2005
as Narrator
New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English
2005
as Self
The Triangle
2005
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
2005
as Governor Arthur Phillip
To the Ends of the Earth
2005
as Mr. Prettiman
The Triangle
2005
as Eric Benerall
Wimbledon
2004
as Dennis Bradbury
Stiff
2004
as Lionel Merricks
The Making of Sleeping Dogs
2004
as Self
Jessica
2004
as Richard Runche
Colin McCahon: I Am
2004
as Narrator
Jessica
2004
Perfect Strangers
2003
as Man
Dirty Deeds
2002
as Ray
Framed
2002
as Eddie Meyers
Doctor Zhivago
2002
as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky
Jurassic Park III
2001
as Dr. Alan Grant
Submerged
2001
as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
The Zookeeper
2001
as Ludovic
The Making Of Jurassic Park III
2001
as Self
SuperCroc
2001
as narrator
Richard & Judy
2001
as Self
Space
2001
as Himself
The Dish
2000
as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
The Magic Pudding
2000
as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
Numero Bruno
2000
as Self
My Mother Frank
2000
as Professor Mortlock
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Jefferson
Inside The Living Daylights
2000
as Self (archival footage)
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Jefferson
Bicentennial Man
1999
as Sir
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Prime Minister Gibson
Rove
1999
as Self
The Horse Whisperer
1998
as Robert MacLean
The Revengers' Comedies
1998
as Henry Bell
The Games
1998
as Citytrans World CEO
Merlin
1998
as Merlin
Event Horizon
1997
as Weir
Forgotten Silver
1997
as Self
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
Australian Story
1996
as Self
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
as John Trent
Restoration
1995
as King Charles II
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
1995
as Self / Alan Grant
Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
1995
as Narrator / Host
The Jungle Book
1994
as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
Sirens
1994
as Norman Lindsay
Country Life
1994
as Dr. Max Askey
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self
The Piano
1993
as Alisdair Stewart
Jurassic Park
1993
as Grant
Split Enz: Spellbound
1993
as Narrator
Inside 'The Piano'
1993
as Self
Family Pictures
1993
as David Eberlin
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as David Jenkins
Hostage
1992
as John Rennie
Until the End of the World
1991
as Eugene Fitzpatrick
Death in Brunswick
1991
as Carl
One Against the Wind
1991
as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
Fever
1991
as Elliot
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
Cowboys of Culture
1990
as Self
Shadow of China
1990
as TV Reporter
The French Revolution
1989
as Marquis de Lafayette
Dead Calm
1989
as John Ingram
The Simpsons
1989
as Molloy (voice)
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
Plenty
1985
as Lazar
Robbery Under Arms
1985
as Capt. Starlight
Kane & Abel
1985
as William Lowell Kane
The Blood of Others
1984
as Bergman
The Country Girls
1983
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
The Final Conflict
1981
as Damien Thorn
Possession
1981
as Mark
From a Far Country
1981
as Marian
Lucinda Brayford
1980
as Tony Duff
My Brilliant Career
1979
as Harry Beecham
The Journalist
1979
as Rex
Just Out Of Reach
1979
as Mike
Sleeping Dogs
1978
as Smith
Surf Sail
1978
as Narrator (voice)
Architect Athfield
1977
as Narrator
The Governor
1977
as Colonial Bachelor
The Sullivans
1976
as Ben Dawson
Landfall
1975
as Eric
Ashes
1975
as Priest
Four Shorts on Architecture
1975
as Narrator (voice)
Hunt's Duffer
1973
as Bradley
The Water Cycle
1972
as Hydro enthusiast
The City of No
1971
as The neighbour
Film '72
1971
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as British Flier