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Godzilla x Kong: Supernova brings back Dan Stevens alongside Alycia Debnam-Carey and Sam Neill, with a US date of 26 March 2027.
Sam Neill biography
Sam Neill was a New Zealand actor, born on 14 September 1947 in Omagh, who died on 13 July 2026.
Sam Neill's screen career began in 1971 with City of No, playing "A Neighbour".
Sam Neill appeared in 101 films and 55 television or streaming titles between 1971 and 2025.
Sam Neill is remembered for Jurassic Park, Jurassic World Dominion, The Legend of Zelda, Jurassic Park III.
Honours include Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit and honorary degree.
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- Born
- 14 September 1947
- Died
- 13 July 2026 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Omagh
- Work
- Winegrower, Film actor, Television actor, Film director, Director
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1969 to 2026
- Known for
- Jurassic Park, Jurassic World Dominion, The Legend of Zelda, Jurassic Park III, Ride Like a Girl, The Piano
- Awards
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- honorary degree
- AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Sitges Grand Honorary Award
Sam Neill filmography
104 films and 55 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Legend of Zelda | Upcoming | ||
| 2027 | The Last Resort | Gerard | Upcoming | |
| 2027 | Godzilla x Kong: Supernova | Upcoming | ||
| 2025 | The Fox | The Magpie | Voice | |
| 2023 | The Portable Door | Dennis Tanner | ||
| 2023 | Scarygirl | Dr. Maybee | Voice | |
| 2023 | Bring Him to Me | Frank McCarthy | ||
| 2023 | Assassin Club | Jonathan Caldwell | ||
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Odin Actor | Cameo | |
| 2022 | Jurassic World Dominion | Dr. Alan Grant | ||
| 2021 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Tommy Brock | Voice | |
| 2021 | Jurassic World Evolution 2 | Dr. Alan Grant | Voice role; Biosyn Dominion expansion | |
| 2021 | Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal | Frankie Scales | Voice | |
| 2020 | Rams | Colin | ||
| 2020 | The Tales from Sanctuary City | English | ||
| 2019 | Ride Like a Girl | Paddy Payne | Nominated , AFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 2019 | Palm Beach | Leo | ||
| 2019 | Blackbird | Paul | ||
| 2019 | Take Home Pay | Wedding Planner | Cameo | |
| 2018 | Peter Rabbit | Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock | Voice (for character Tommy Brock) | |
| 2018 | The Commuter | Captain David Hawthorne | ||
| 2018 | Jurassic World Evolution | Dr. Alan Grant | Voice role; Return to Jurassic Park expansion | |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok | Odin Actor | Cameo | |
| 2017 | Sweet Country | Fred Smith | ||
| 2016 | Tommy's Honour | Alexander Boothby |
Show all 104 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Uncle Hec | ||
| 2015 | MindGamers | Kreutz | ||
| 2015 | The Daughter | Walter Finch | Nominated , AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| 2015 | Backtrack | Duncan Stewart | ||
| 2015 | Lego Jurassic World | Dr. Alan Grant | Archive audio from the films | |
| 2014 | United Passions | João Havelange | ||
| 2014 | A Long Way Down | Minister Crichton | ||
| 2013 | The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box | Otto Luger | ||
| 2013 | Escape Plan | Dr. Kyrie | ||
| 2012 | The Vow | Bill Thornton | ||
| 2011 | The Hunter | Jack Mindy | Nominated , AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| 2011 | The Dragon Pearl | Chris Chase | ||
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Allomere | Voice | |
| 2009 | Daybreakers | Charles Bromley | ||
| 2009 | Under the Mountain | Mr. Jones | ||
| 2009 | In Her Skin | Mr. Reid | ||
| 2008 | Skin | Abraham Laing | ||
| 2008 | Dean Spanley | Dean Spanley | ||
| 2007 | Angel | Théo | ||
| 2006 | Irresistible | Craig | ||
| 2005 | Little Fish | The Jockey | ||
| 2005 | Gallipoli | Narrator | Voice; documentary | |
| 2004 | Wimbledon | Dennis Bradbury | ||
| 2004 | Yes | Anthony | ||
| 2004 | Colin McCahon: I Am | Colin McCahon | Voice; documentary | |
| 2003 | Perfect Strangers | The Man | ||
| 2002 | Dirty Deeds | Ray | ||
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Dr. Alan Grant | ||
| 2001 | The Zookeeper | Ludovic | ||
| 2000 | My Mother Frank | Professor Mortlock | Nominated , AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| 2000 | The Dish | Cliff Buxton | ||
| 2000 | The Magic Pudding | Sam Sawnoff | Voice | |
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | 'Sir' Richard Martin | ||
| 1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Walter Murray Gibson | ||
| 1998 | The Horse Whisperer | Robert MacLean | ||
| 1998 | Sweet Revenge | Henry Bell | ||
| 1997 | Event Horizon | Dr. William Weir | ||
| 1997 | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lord Fredrick Hoffman | ||
| 1996 | Victory | Mr. Jones | ||
| 1996 | Children of the Revolution | Nine | ||
| 1995 | Restoration | King Charles II | ||
| 1995 | Forgotten Silver | English | ||
| 1995 | Cinema of Unease | English | ||
| 1995 | Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill | Narrator | Voice; documentary; also writer and director | |
| 1994 | Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book | English | ||
| 1994 | Sirens | Norman Lindsay | ||
| 1994 | In the Mouth of Madness | John Trent | ||
| 1994 | Country Life (film) | English | ||
| 1994 | The Jungle Book | Colonel Geoffrey Brydon | ||
| 1994 | Country Life | Dr. Max Askey | ||
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Dr. Alan Grant | ||
| 1993 | The Piano | Alisdair Stewart | Nominated , AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| 1992 | Hostage | John Rennie | ||
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | David Jenkins | Nominated , Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 1991 | Until the End of the World | Eugene Fitzpatrick | ||
| 1990 | Death in Brunswick | Carl 'Cookie' Fitzgerald | Nominated , AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Captain 2nd rank Vasily Borodin | ||
| 1989 | Dead Calm | John Ingram | ||
| 1989 | La Révolution française | Marquis de Lafayette | ||
| 1989 | Shadow of China | TV reporter | Credited as John Dermot | |
| 1988 | Evil Angels | Michael Chamberlain | Won , AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
| 1988 | Leap of Faith | Oscar Ogg | ||
| 1987 | The Umbrella Woman | Neville Gifford | ||
| 1986 | For Love Alone | James Quick | ||
| 1985 | Plenty | Lazar | ||
| 1985 | Robbery Under Arms | Captain Starlight | ||
| 1983 | The Country Girls | Mr. Gentleman | ||
| 1982 | Enigma | Dimitri Vasilikov | ||
| 1982 | Attack Force Z | Sergeant D.J. "Danny" Costello | ||
| 1981 | From a Far Country | Marian | ||
| 1981 | Possession | Mark | ||
| 1981 | Omen III: The Final Conflict | English | ||
| 1981 | The Final Conflict | Damien Thorn | ||
| 1979 | My Brilliant Career | Harry Beecham | ||
| 1979 | The Journalist | Rex | ||
| 1979 | Just Out of Reach | Mike | ||
| 1977 | Sleeping Dogs | Smith | ||
| 1975 | Landfall | Eric | ||
| 1975 | Ashes | Priest | "Short" |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Untamed | Paul Souter | Main role | |
| 2024 | T. REX | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2024 | Apples Never Fall | Stan Delaney | Miniseries | |
| 2022 | The Twelve | Brett Colby | Main role | |
| 2021 | Invasion | Sheriff Jim Bell Tyson | Episode: "Last Day" | |
| 2020 | Flack | Duncan Paulson | Episode: "Duncan" | |
| 2019 | Rick and Morty | Monogatron Leader | Voice; episode: "The Old Man and the Seat" | |
| 2016 | Tutankhamun | Lord Carnarvon | Miniseries | |
| 2016 | New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands | Narrator | ||
| 2015 | And Then There Were None | General John Gordon MacArthur | Miniseries | |
| 2014 | Short Poppies | Mr. Neal | Episode: Louise Cooper | |
| 2014 | Old School | Ted Macabe | 8 episodes | |
| 2014 | House of Hancock | Lang Hancock | Miniseries | |
| 2013 | The Ordained | Gov. Michael Thomas Riley | Television film | |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Major Chester Campbell | 12 episodes | |
| 2013 | Harry | Jim "Stocks" Stockton | Miniseries | |
| 2012 | Alcatraz | Emerson Hauser | 13 episodes | |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey | English | ||
| 2011 | Ice | Anthony Kavanagh | Miniseries | |
| 2010 | Rake | Dr. Bruce Chandler | Episode: "R v Chandler" | |
| 2010 | Happy Town | Merritt Grieves | 8 episodes | |
| 2009 | Iron Road | Alfred Nichol | Miniseries | |
| 2008 | Crusoe | Jeremiah Blackthorn | 14 episodes | |
| 2007 | The Tudors | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | ||
| 2006 | Merlin's Apprentice | Merlin | Miniseries |
Show all 55 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Two Twisted | Mick | Episode: "Von Stauffenberg's Stamp" | |
| 2005 | The Triangle | Eric Benerall | ||
| 2005 | The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant | Governor Arthur Phillip | Miniseries | |
| 2005 | To the Ends of the Earth | Mr. Prettiman | Miniseries | |
| 2004 | Jessica | Richard Runche | ||
| 2004 | Stiff | Lionel Merricks | Television film | |
| 2002 | Doctor Zhivago | Victor Komarovsky | Miniseries | |
| 2002 | Framed | Eddie Meyers | Television film | |
| 2001 | Submerged | Lt. Cmdr. Charles Momsen | Television film | |
| 2001 | Leunig Animated | Narrator | Voice; 50 episodes | |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Jefferson | Miniseries | |
| 1998 | Merlin | Merlin | ||
| 1998 | The Games | Citytrans CEO | Episode: "Transport" | |
| 1996 | In Cold Blood | Agent Alvin Dewey | Miniseries | |
| 1994 | The Simpsons | Molloy | Voice; episode: "Homer the Vigilante" | |
| 1993 | The Rainbow Warrior | Alan Galbraith | Television film | |
| 1993 | Family Pictures | David Eberlin | Television film | |
| 1991 | Fever | Eliott | Television film | |
| 1991 | One Against the Wind | Major James Leggatt | ||
| 1987 | Amerika | Colonel Andrei Denisov | Miniseries | |
| 1986 | Strong Medicine | Vince Lord | Television film | |
| 1985 | Kane & Abel | |||
| 1985 | Kane and Abel | William Lowell Kane | Miniseries | |
| 1984 | The Blood of Others | Dieter Bergman | Television film | |
| 1983 | Reilly, Ace of Spies | Sidney Reilly | ||
| 1982 | Ivanhoe | Brian de Bois-Guilbert | Television film | |
| 1980 | Lucinda Brayford | Tony Duff | Miniseries | |
| 1979 | The Sullivans | Ben Dawson | 40 episodes | |
| 1973 | Hunt's Duffer | Bradley | Television film | |
| 1971 | City of No | "A Neighbour" | Television film |
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