Sam Neill
New Zealand actor (1947-2026) · New Zealand · Actors · Died at 78 · also United Kingdom · also Ireland
Sam Neill is read about 9,753 times a day, in 68 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Dr. Alan Grant made dinosaurs feel possible - not the CGI, the man squinting at them.
A life in dates
UNTAMEDSeries, Paul Souter2023
Assassin ClubFilm, Caldwell2022Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of MeritAward
The TwelveSeries, 2022Brett Colby2021
Peter Rabbit 2: The RunawayFilm, Tommy Brock (voice)2019Sitges Grand Honorary AwardAward
FlackSeries, 2019Duncan Paulson2018
Peter RabbitFilm, Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)2016
Hunt for the WilderpeopleFilm, Hec2014
A Long Way DownFilm, Chris Crichton2013
Peaky BlindersSeries, C.I. Chester Campbell2012
The VowFilm, Bill Thornton2011
The Story of Film: An OdysseySeries2010
DaybreakersFilm, Charles Bromley2007Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of MeritAward2002Honorary DegreeAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of CanterburyAward
Doctor ZhivagoSeries, 2002Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky2001
Jurassic Park IIIFilm, Dr. Alan Grant1999
RoveSeries1998
The Horse WhispererFilm, Robert MacLean1996
Australian StorySeries1995
In the Mouth of MadnessFilm, John Trent1993
Jurassic ParkFilm, Grant1991Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward
Until the End of the WorldFilm, 1991Eugene Fitzpatrick1989AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleAward
Dead CalmFilm, 1989John Ingram1983
Reilly: Ace of SpiesSeries, Sidney Reilly1981
PossessionFilm, Mark1971Film '72Series1947Born14 September 1947Also in Deutsch
Photos 4
Filmography 40
TDThe Portable DoorACAssassin Club
TTThor: Love and Thunder
JDJurassic World DominionPRPeter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
RGRide Like a Girl
BLBlackbird
TCThe CommuterPRPeter Rabbit
SCSweet Country
TRThor: RagnarokHWHunt for the Wilderpeople
BABacktrackADA Long Way Down
EPEscape Plan
TBThe Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas BoxTVThe Vow
THThe Hunter
RPReturn to Jurassic Park
LHLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleDADaybreakers
TSThe Pixar Story
WIWimbledonJIJurassic Park III
BMBicentennial ManTWThe Horse Whisperer
EHEvent Horizon
STSnow White: A Tale of TerrorIMIn the Mouth of Madness
TBThe Jungle Book
SISirensJPJurassic Park
TPThe Piano
MMMemoirs of an Invisible ManUWUntil the End of the World
TOThe Hunt for Red OctoberDCDead Calm
EAEvil AngelsPOPossession
TCThe Final Conflict227 credits on file
Television 24
UNUNTAMED
AFApples Never FallTTThe Twelve
INInvasion
TSThe Kelly Clarkson Show
TUThe Movies That Made UsFLFlack
ANAnd Then There Were None
RMRick and MortyPBPeaky Blinders
ALAlcatrazTOThe Story of Film: An Odyssey
TSThe Graham Norton Show
TTThe Tudors
TTThe TriangleDZDoctor Zhivago
RJRichard & JudyRORove
MEMerlinASAustralian Story
TSThe SimpsonsRSReilly: Ace of Spies
TSThe SullivansAwards
About this person
Born in Northern Ireland in 1947, Neill moved to New Zealand at seven and emerged as a screen presence in 1977's Sleeping Dogs. Through the 1980s he toggled between Australian cinema (My Brilliant Career, Evil Angels) and genre work that leaned dark - The Final Conflict, Possession, later In the Mouth of Madness and Event Horizon. Jurassic Park in 1993 made him a global figure, the paleontologist who sold wonder better than the effects did. He returned to that franchise twice, in 2001 and 2022, while building a television career that pulled Emmy and Golden Globe nods for Merlin, Reilly Ace of Spies, and appearances in The Tudors and Peaky Blinders. Hunt for the Wilderpeople in 2016 reminded people he could do warmth as well as unease. He died in July 2026, three months shy of seventy-nine.
In common with Sam
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