Sam Neill
Year Title Role
1975 Landfall Eric
1975 Ashes Priest
1977 Sleeping Dogs Smith
1979 Just Out of Reach Mike
1979 The Journalist Rex
1979 My Brilliant Career Harry Beecham
1981 Omen III : The Final Conflict Damien Thorn
1981 Possession Mark
1981 From a Far Country [ it ] Marian
1982 Ivanhoe Brian de Bois-Guilbert
1982 Attack Force Z Sergeant D. J . ( Danny ) Costello
1982 Enigma Dimitri Vasilikov
1984 The Blood of Others Bergman
1984 The Country Girls Mr Gentleman
1985 Robbery Under Arms Captain Starlight
1985 Plenty Lazar
1986 For Love Alone James Quick
1987 The Umbrella Woman Neville Gifford
1988 Evil Angels Michael Chamberlain
1989 Dead Calm John Ingram
Filmography -- Film
Nigel John Dermot Neill DCNZM OBE (born 14 September 1947), known professionally as Sam Neill, is a Northern Irish-born New Zealand actor, writer, producer, and director. By family tradition, he enjoys an avocation as vigneron. Born in Omagh, Northern Ireland, he moved to Christchurch, New Zealand, with his family in 1954. Neill first achieved recognition with his appearance in the 1977 film Sleeping Dogs, which he followed with leading roles in My Brilliant Career (1979), Omen III: The Final Conflict, Possession (both 1981), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Dead Calm (1989), and The Piano (1993). He came to international prominence as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park (1993). Outside of film, Neill has appeared in numerous television series, including Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983), Merlin (1998), The Tudors (2007), Crusoe (2008-2010), Happy Town (2010), Alcatraz (2012), Peaky Blinders (2013-2014) and Rick & Morty (2019). He has also presented and narrated several documentaries. Neill is the recipient of the Longford Lyell Award and the New Zealand Film Award and also the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. He has three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He lives in Queenstown and has three children and one stepchild.