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Name
Sam Neill

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1947-09-14

Deathday
2026-07-13 (79 years old)

Place of Birth
Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK

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 followed with leading roles in My Brilliant Career (1979), Omen III: The Final Conflict, Possession (both 1981), Evil Angels (1988), Dead Calm (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Piano (1993), and In the Mouth of Madness (1994). He came to international prominence as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park (1993), reprising the role in Jurassic Park III (2001) and Dominion (2022).

Outside of film, Neill appeared in numerous television series in guest and recurring roles, including Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983), The Simpsons (1994), The Tudors (2007), Crusoe (2008–2010), Happy Town (2010), Alcatraz (2012), and Rick and Morty (2019). He also starred as the titular character in Merlin (1998) and Merlin's Apprentice (2006), and as Major Chester Campbell in the first two series of Peaky Blinders (2013–2014). He has presented and narrated several documentaries.

Neill received the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Longford Lyell Award, the New Zealand Film Award, and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. He also had three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy nominations. He won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor at the 2023 Logies.

Neill passed away at age 78 on 13 July 2026, in Sydney, Australia. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that he remained cancer free.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2001 Jurassic Park III as Dr. Alan Grant
1998 The Horse Whisperer as Robert MacLean
1998 The Revengers' Comedies as Henry Bell
1993 The Piano as Alisdair Stewart
1990 The Hunt for Red October as Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
1999 Bicentennial Man as Sir
1991 Until the End of the World as Eugene Fitzpatrick
1995 In the Mouth of Madness as John Trent
1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man as David Jenkins
1994 The Jungle Book as Colonel Geofferey Brydon
2023 Assassin Club as Caldwell
1981 The Final Conflict as Damien Thorn
1989 The French Revolution as Marquis de Lafayette
1989 Dead Calm as John Ingram
1982 Enigma as Dimitri Vasilikov
1984 The Blood of Others as Bergman
2000 The Dish as Cliff Buxton - Dish Master
1981 Possession as Mark
2011 Ice as Anthony Kavanagh
2002 Dirty Deeds as Ray
2007 Angel as Théo
2004 Wimbledon as Dennis Bradbury
1997 Event Horizon as Weir
2005 Yes as Anthony
1997 Forgotten Silver as Self
1997 Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Lord Friedrich Hoffman
2000 The Magic Pudding as Sam Sawnoff (voice)
2009 Under the Mountain as Mr. Jones
1996 Children of the Revolution as David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'
1994 Sirens as Norman Lindsay
2005 Little Fish as The Jockey
1988 Evil Angels as Michael Chamberlain
1995 Restoration as King Charles II
1985 Plenty as Lazar
2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Allomere (voice)
2003 Perfect Strangers as Man
2002 Framed as Eddie Meyers
2009 Skin as Abraham Laing
1982 Attack Force Z as Sergeant Costello
1977 Sleeping Dogs as Smith
1991 Death in Brunswick as Carl
1991 One Against the Wind as Major James Leggatt, The Guards
1996 Victory as Mr. Jones
1979 My Brilliant Career as Harry Beecham
2009 In Her Skin as Mr. Reid
1982 Ivanhoe as Brian de Bois-Guilbert
2005 Gallipoli as Narrator
2008 Dean Spanley as Dean Spanley
2006 Irresistible as Craig
2010 Daybreakers as Charles Bromley
2023 Bring Him to Me as Frank
2011 The Hunter as Jack Mindy
2012 The Vow as Bill Thornton
1985 Robbery Under Arms as Capt. Starlight
1995 The Making of 'Jurassic Park' as Self / Alan Grant
1971 The City of No as The neighbour
1973 Hunt's Duffer as Bradley
1987 The Good Wife as Neville Gifford
2013 Escape Plan as Dr. Kyrie
2014 A Long Way Down as Chris Crichton
1994 Country Life as Dr. Max Askey
2000 Numero Bruno as Self
2009 Iron Road as Alfred Nichol
1981 From a Far Country as Marian
2004 Stiff as Lionel Merricks
2004 The Making of Sleeping Dogs as Self
2000 My Mother Frank as Professor Mortlock
2001 Submerged as Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen
2000 Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Jefferson
2001 The Zookeeper as Ludovic
2013 The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box as Otto Luger
2022 Voice Activated as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
2007 The Pixar Story as Alan Grant (archive footage)
2022 Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World as Self
1990 Cowboys of Culture as Self
2001 The Making Of Jurassic Park III as Self
1986 For Love Alone as James Quick
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder as Actor Odin
2014 United Passions as Joao Havelange
1990 Shadow of China as TV Reporter
1997 The Rainbow Warrior as Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith
2023 Scarygirl as Dr. Maybee (voice)
1994 Fever as Elliot
1992 Hostage as John Rennie
2006 Voyage of the Nautilus as Hubert Wilkins
2015 Backtrack as Duncan Stewart
2015 The Daughter as Walter
2015 Why Anzac with Sam Neill as Self
2018 Peter Rabbit as Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)
2021 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway as Tommy Brock (voice)
2015 MindGamers as Kreutz
1993 Jurassic Park as Grant
2004 Jessica as Richard Runche
2009 The Man in the Hat as Reader of Correspondence
2013 The Ordained as Governor Michael Thomas Riley
2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople as Hec
1979 The Journalist as Rex
1979 Just Out Of Reach as Mike
2017 Tommy's Honour as Alexander Boothby
1986 Strong Medicine as Vince Lord
2016 New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands as Narrator (voice)
2018 The Commuter as Captain Hawthorne
2001 SuperCroc as narrator
2024 T. REX as Self - Narrator (voice)
2000 Inside The Living Daylights as Self (archival footage)
2017 Thor: Ragnarok as Actor Odin
2017 David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
2006 The Making of 'Event Horizon' as Self
2018 Sweet Country as Fred Smith
2006 Working with a Master: John Carpenter as Self
2019 Ride Like a Girl as Paddy Payne
1999 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Prime Minister Gibson
1983 The Country Girls as Mr. Gentleman
Soon Mystery Ride as Duncan Connelly
2005 New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English as Self
2019 Blackbird as Tom
2010 The Making of Daybreakers as Self
2011 Return to Jurassic Park as Self
2019 The Show Must Go On as Self
2020 Rams as Colin
2019 Palm Beach as Leo
2022 Jurassic World Dominion as Alan Grant
1975 Landfall as Eric
2020 Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story as Narrator (voice)
2020 Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker as Narrator (voice)
1993 Split Enz: Spellbound as Narrator
2013 River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand as Self
1977 Architect Athfield as Narrator
1988 Question of Faith as Oscar Ogg
2021 Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal as Frankie Scales (voice)
1995 Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill as Narrator / Host
1975 Ashes as Priest
1972 The Water Cycle as Hydro enthusiast
1978 Surf Sail as Narrator (voice)
1975 Four Shorts on Architecture as Narrator (voice)
2011 The Dragon Pearl as Chris Chase
2023 The Portable Door as Dennis Tanner
2004 Colin McCahon: I Am as Narrator
1994 Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self
1993 Inside 'The Piano' as Self
2008 Verity Lambert: Drama Queen as Narrator
2027 Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
Soon The Last Resort as Gerard
2025 Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke as Self
2026 The Fox as The Magpie (voice)
2015 Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill as God

1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Molloy (voice)
1998 The Games ( 1 episode ) as Citytrans World CEO
2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2007 The Tudors ( 10 episodes ) as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
2001 Richard & Judy ( 1 episode ) as Self
2017 Get Krack!n ( 1 episode ) as Self
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as British Flier
1987 Amerika ( 7 episodes ) as Colonel Andrei Denisov
2005 The Triangle ( 1 episode )
2002 Doctor Zhivago ( 3 episodes ) as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky
2013 Harry ( 6 episodes ) as DSS Jim Stockton
2010 Happy Town ( 8 episodes ) as Merritt Grieves
2006 Merlin's Apprentice ( 2 episodes ) as Merlin
2001 Space ( 6 episodes ) as Himself
2005 The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant ( 2 episodes ) as Governor Arthur Phillip
2004 Jessica ( 3 episodes )
2013 Rick and Morty ( 1 episode ) as Monogatron Leader (voice)
1996 In Cold Blood ( 2 episodes ) as Agent Alvin Dewey
2012 Alcatraz ( 13 episodes ) as Emerson Hauser
2019 The Movies That Made Us ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 To the Ends of the Earth ( 3 episodes ) as Mr. Prettiman
2013 Peaky Blinders ( 6 episodes ) as C.I. Chester Campbell
1998 Merlin ( 2 episodes ) as Merlin
2008 Crusoe ( 13 episodes ) as Jeremiah Blackthorn
2014 Old School ( 8 episodes ) as Ted McCabe
2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey ( 1 episode ) as Self
1996 Australian Story ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2015 And Then There Were None ( 3 episodes ) as General John MacArthur
2011 Ice ( 2 episodes ) as Anthony Kavanagh
2021 Invasion ( 1 episode ) as Jim Bell Tyson
2021 Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Host
1999 Rove ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 House of Hancock ( 2 episodes ) as Lang Hancock
2016 New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
2016 Tutankhamun ( 4 episodes ) as Lord Carnarvon
2017 House of Bond ( 2 episodes ) as Roland “Tiny” Rowland
1977 The Governor ( 1 episode ) as Colonial Bachelor
2006 Two Twisted ( 14 episodes ) as Mick
1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies ( 12 episodes ) as Sidney Reilly
2005 The Triangle ( 3 episodes ) as Eric Benerall
2022 The Twelve ( 26 episodes ) as Brett Colby
2021 The Real Hunt for Red October ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2021 Russell Howard Stands Up to the World ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 The Dovekeepers ( 2 episodes )
2013 Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 Flack ( 2 episodes ) as Duncan Paulson
2013 Peaky Blinders ( 6 episodes ) as Major Chester Campbell
1976 The Sullivans ( 40 episodes ) as Ben Dawson
2018 Anika Moa Unleashed ( 13 episodes ) as Self
2009 Iron Road ( 2 episodes ) as Alfred Nichol
2018 The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Host
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2025 UNTAMED ( 6 episodes ) as Paul Souter
2024 Apples Never Fall ( 7 episodes ) as Stan Delaney
1980 Lucinda Brayford ( 4 episodes ) as Tony Duff
1986 Strong Medicine ( 2 episodes ) as Vince Lord
2000 Sally Hemings: An American Scandal ( 2 episodes ) as Thomas Jefferson
2024 The Assembly ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Narrator
1993 Family Pictures ( 2 episodes ) as David Eberlin
1985 Kane & Abel ( 3 episodes ) as William Lowell Kane
1971 Film '72 ( 1 episode ) as Self

Name
Sam Neill

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1947-09-14

Deathday
2026-07-13 (79 years old)

Place of Birth
Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK

Biography

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Known For Acting

Birthday 1947-09-14

Deathday 2026-07-13 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK

Biography

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Name
Sam Neill

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1947-09-14

Deathday
2026-07-13 (79 years old)

Place of Birth
Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK