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Sam Neill
2 FOLLOWERS • 54 CREDITS • SEP 14, 1947 • 76
Biography
Sir Nigel John Dermot 'Sam' Neill, KNZM OBE (born 14 September 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
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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The Graham Norton Show
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Rick and Morty
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vHqeLzYl3dEAutojCO26g0LIkom.jpg)
The Simpsons
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i2bW3nZE8iThEgqNYjaxAz3qZoo.jpg)
Flack
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The Movies That Made Us
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Thor: Love and Thunder
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Thor: Ragnarok
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The Dovekeepers
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Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
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And Then There Were None
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Peter Rabbit
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eSszZGCKzOiAl0SBdOXHleu5e6A.jpg)
The Real Hunt for Red October
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rDeGK6FIUfVcXmuBdEORPAGPMNg.jpg)
The Commuter
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mOASmvCKDOtUtZLxG4er4bDfycq.jpg)
The Triangle
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Escape Plan
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Bring Him to Me
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Merlin's Apprentice
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Assassin Club
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A Long Way Down
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Peaky Blinders
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rYoE6cuup9Ofam6AuYaiJLxF9OO.jpg)
The Jungle Book
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qabVShr1OK7CuYb3E88nVCTBBJn.jpg)
The Tudors
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kAVRgw7GgK1CfYEJq8ME6EvRIgU.jpg)
Jurassic World Dominion
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yVl7zidse4KiWtGMqHFtZCx4X3N.jpg)
The Hunt for Red October
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mPyu59cDdmMDDW9IOtfjVlM0THd.jpg)
Return to Jurassic Park
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qHNjcjKa6VHJsa0Eu0DHl2BaYw3.jpg)
The Vow
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Sweet Country
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rx8RKXn8OtuS6lqloYsjyrGOUp4.jpg)
The Piano
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6VwpWP9iTkODN9Mqa7Ce7zmma6d.jpg)
Wimbledon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wrs23eO0VEWwOQpXoOasMnlW9Y4.jpg)
Bicentennial Man
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bOUDHgOlxANs1KsYZEsLSjZBTkd.jpg)
Sirens
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One Against the Wind
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Question of Faith
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Daybreakers
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/goa4saZkf8r4zmBNgS6IiiPxEEN.jpg)
Apples Never Fall
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6qljuHhS6wWgr1Th2gfvHKnXmVA.jpg)
The Twelve
![](https://images.rivr.app/posters/1000/30492.jpg)
UNTAMED
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Event Horizon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hXpav86ZX5N1YIfVfVtzuZLNrjW.jpg)
Dead Calm
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In Cold Blood
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In the Mouth of Madness
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Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World
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Crusoe
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Kane & Abel
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Fever
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ra2F5ufWFV9qDMcZR1VbCfKZO2Z.jpg)
Merlin
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hkmz9rxgcweizXNElozGeKwmAJE.jpg)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wWFs3pl9gWHYvDElQVB4CB809m9.jpg)
Invasion
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The Revengers' Comedies
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Jurassic Park
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Jurassic Park III
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