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Sam Neill

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Neill in 2010
BornNigel John Dermot Neill
14 September 1947(1947-09-14)
Omey, Coonty Tyrone, Northren Ireland
Dee'd13 Julie 2026(2026-07-13) (aged 78)
Sydney, New Sooth Wales, Austrailie
Citizenship
  • New Zealand
  • UK
  • Ireland
Eddication
Thrift
  • Actor
  • businessman
Years active1970–2026
Hauf-marrae(s)Noriko Watanabe (m. 1989; sep. 2017)
Bairns4

Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (14 September 1947 – 13 Julie 2026) wis a New Zealand actor an businessman. Kent as a leadin man in film an telly, he haes received nominations fur three Primetime Emmy Awairds an twa Gowden Globe Awairds. He wis appyntit an Officer o the Order o the Breetish Empire in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours, fur services as an actor.

Born in Northren Ireland tae an Inglis mither an a New Zealand faither, Neill flittit tae Christchurch wi his faimily in 1954. He furst achieved recogneetion wi his appearance in the film Sleeping Dogs (1977), follaed bi leadin roles in My Brilliant Career (1979), The Final Conflict (1981), Possession (1981), Evil Angels (1988), Dead Calm (1989), Death in Brunswick (1990), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Piano (1993), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Event Horizon (1997), The Dish (2000), an Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016). He cam tae internaitional prominence as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park (1993), a role he reprised in Jurassic Park III (2001) an Jurassic World Dominion (2022).

On telly, he portrayed Merlin in the miniseries Merlin (1998) an Merlin's Apprentice (2006), the aulder o that earned him nominations fur the Primetime Emmy Awaird an the Gowden Globe Awaird. He wis forby Gowden Globe-nominatit fur pleyin Sidney Reilly in Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983) an a Breetish Officer durin Warld War II in One Against the Wind (1991). He forby pleyed Thomas Wolsey in The Tudors (2007), an as Major Chester Campbell in Peaky Blinders (2013–2014). He is kent fur narratin mony documentary projecks an aa.

Early life

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Nigel John Dermot Neill wis born on 14 September 1947 in Omey, Coonty Tyrone, Northren Ireland, tae an Inglis mither, Priscilla Beatrice Ingham, an a New Zealand faither Dermot Neill.[1] As a result, he held three documentit naitionalities: New Zealand, Northren Ireland, an the Unitit Kinrick.[2][3] His great-grandfaither, Percival "Percy" Neill, the son o a wine merchant wha importit wine frae Fraunce, haed left Bilfawst fur Austrailie, whaur he jyned a firm o merchants in Melbourne, eventually flittin tae New Zealand an settlin in Dunedin in 1863.[4][5][6] At the time o Neill's birth, his faither wis stationed in Northren Ireland, servin as an officer wi the Ryal Erse Fusiliers. His faither's faimily awned Neill and Co., later pairt o the leetit hospitality group Wilson Neill.[7][8]

In 1954, the Neill faimily flittit tae New Zealand an settled in the Christchurch suburb o Cashmere.[9] Neill attendit Cashmere Primary Schuil an Medbury Schuil, a private preparatory schuil.[10] Efter a year, his parents an yunger sister, Juliet, flittit sooth tae his faither's hame ceety o Dunedin. Thay bided at Macandrew Bay, whaur thay wur free tae roam durin the halidays. He begoud cawin himsel "Sam" at schuil acause seevral ither lads wur cried Nigel, an acause he felt the name Nigel wis "a wee effete fur ... a New Zealand pleygroond".[11][12] Frae 1961, he attendit Christ's College, an Anglican lads' boardin an day schuil in Christchurch.[9]

He attendit at the Varsity o Canterbury but wis uncertain aboot a career, decidin nae tae follae his faither intae the airmy or the faimily firm. He considered law, but dwined aw fower units in his furst year.[13] He appeared in seevral varsity productions, includin pleyin Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream, directit bi Ngaio Marsh fur the Canterbury Varsity Drama Society.[14] He actit in a production bi Mervyn Thompson o Marat/Sade, an whan an actor widrew frae a Wellington saison, Neill replaced him as Jacques Roux. The pley wis staged at Downstage Theatre. He descrieved the experience as "the time o [his] life" an observed that the airts wis "pairt o the fabric o the ceety" unlik in Christchurch or Dunedin.

He transferred frae Canterbury tae Victoria Varsity o Wellington fur a year tae complete his Bachelor o Airts,[15] an graduatit frae Victoria Varsity wi a bachelor's degree in Inglis leeteratur in 1970.[16][17] He pleyed Macbeth in a varsity production directit bi Phillip Mann, then jyned Downstage as a professional actor, earnin $35 per week plus leftower fuid frae the kitchen efter the audience dinner.

Career

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1971–1979: Early wirk in New Zealand

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Stills frae Landfall (1974)

Neill's furst film wis a New Zealand telly film The City of No (1971). He follaed it wi a short, The Water Cycle (1972) an the telly film Hunt's Duffer (1973). Neill wrate an directit a film fur the New Zealand Naitional Film Unit, Phone (1974).[18] He kythed in Landfall (1975) an aa.[19] Neill's brakthrou performance in New Zealand wis the film Sleeping Dogs (1977), the furst local film tae be widely screened owerseas.[20]

Neill wint tae Austrailie whaur he haed a guest role on the TV shaw The Sullivans. He wis the romantic male lead in My Brilliant Career (1979), opposite Judy Davis, that wis a muckle internaitional success.[21] He makkit some Australian films that wis less widely seen: The Journalist (1979), Just Out of Reach (1979) an Attack Force Z (1981), an kythed in telly productions sic as Young Ramsay an Lucinda Brayford.

1981–1989: Transeetion tae Hollywood

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In 1981, he wan his furst big internaitional role, as Damien Thorn, son o the deil, in The Final Conflict;[22] forby in that year, he pleyed a main role in Andrzej Żuławski's cult film Possession.[22]

The 1982 film o Ivanhoe makkit Neill a local celebrity in Swaden, whaur it haes been aired on SVT ivery Ne'er's Day fur 40 year.[23]

He wis ane o the leadin candidates tae succeed Roger Moore in the role o James Bond, but lost oot tae Timothy Dalton. Amang his mony Australian roles wis pleyin Michael Chamberlain in Evil Angels (1988) (lowsed as A Cry in the Dark ootside Austrailie an New Zealand),[24] a film aboot the case o Azaria Chamberlain.

Neill at the 2008 Toronto Internaitional Film Fest

Neill pleyed heroes an occasionally veelains in a succession o film an telly dramas an comedies. In the UK, he wan early fame an wis Gowden Globe-nominatit efter portrayin real-life spy, Sidney Reilly, in the miniseries Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983).[25] An early American starnin role wis in 1987's Amerika, pleyin a senior KGB officer leadin the occupation an diveesion o a defeatit Unitit States.[26] His leadin an co-starnin roles in films include the thriller Dead Calm (1989) an the twa-pairt historical epic La Révolution française (1989) as Marquis de Lafayette.[22]

1990–1999: Leadin man roles

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He solidifee'd his leadin man status wi The Hunt for Red October (1990),[22] Death in Brunswick (1990) (in that he wis re-teamed wi auld freend John Clarke), Jurassic Park (1993),[27] Sirens (1994), The Jungle Book (1994), John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (1995), Event Horizon (1997), Bicentennial Man (1999), the comedy The Dish (2000),[22] an Jurassic Park III (2001). Neill occasionally actit in New Zealand films, includin Jane Campion's The Piano (1993),[28] Perfect Strangers (2003),[28] Under the Mountain (2009), an Taika Waititi's Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016).[28] He returned tae directin in 1995 wi the documentary Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995) that he wrate an directit wi Judy Rymer.[29]

In 1993, he co-starned wi Anne Archer in Question of Faith, an independent drama based on a true story aboot ane wumman's fecht tae beat cancer an hae a baby. In 2000, he provided the vyce o Sam Sawnoff in The Magic Pudding. In 2001, he hostit an narratit a documentary series fur the BBC entitled Space (Hyperspace in the Unitit States).[30] He portrayed the eponymous wizard in Merlin (1998), a miniseries based on the legends o Keeng Arthur. He reprised his role in the sequel, Merlin's Apprentice (2006).[1]

2000–2025: Telly wirk an final roles

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Neill starned in the historical drama The Tudors, pleyin Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. "A hae tae say a really enjoyed makin The Tudors", he said,[31] "It wis sax month wi a chairacter that a foond muckly intriguin, wi a cast that a likit gey muckle an wi a story a foond gey compellin. It haes elements that are haurd tae beat: revenge an betrayal, lust an traison, aw the things that mak fur guid stories."[31]

Neill at Burghound Asia in Singapore in 2011

He actit in the short-lived Fox TV series Alcatraz (2012) as Emerson Hauser. He pleyed the role o Otto Luger in the fantasie adventur film The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2014).[32] He haed a role in the BBC series Peaky Blinders, set in post-Warld War I Birmingham. He pleyed the role o Chief Inspector Chester Campbell, a corrupt polisman, wha cam tae clean up the toun on Winston Churchill's orders. In the 2015 BBC miniseries And Then There Were None, based on Agatha Christie's thriller, he pleyed the role o General John MacArthur.[33]

In 2016, he starned in the New Zealand-makkit film Hunt for the Wilderpeople, directit bi Waititi, as weel as the ITV miniseries Tutankhamun. In 2017, Neill kythed in a scene in Waititi's fantasie sequel Thor: Ragnarok, in that he portrays an actor pleyin Odin (as depictit bi Anthony Hopkins), alangside Luke Hemsworth an Matt Damon as actors pleyin Thor an Loki, respectively. He portrays the same actor in Thor: Love and Thunder in 2022.[28]

In 2018, he portrayed Mr. McGregor an provided the vyce o Tommy Brock an aa, in Peter Rabbit. In 2019, he wis cast fur the role o Denis Goldberg in Escape from Pretoria; houiver, the role wis subsequently recast wi Ian Hart. In late 2019, he wis annoonced tae reprise his chairacter o Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic World Dominion, that wis lowsed in Juin 2022.[34]

In 2022, Neill kythed in the Foxtel legal drama The Twelve as Brett Colby. Whan the series wis renewed fur a seicont saison, he wis the anly returnin cast memmer.[35] On 16 September 2024, it wis annoonced that The Twelve haed been renewed fur a thrid saison, wi Neill again returnin.[36] On 6 December 2024, Neill wis annoonced as a nominee fur the 2025 AACTA Awairds fur his role on The Twelve.[37]

On 21 Juin 2024, Neill wis named in the cast fur the Netflix drama Untamed.[38] On 15 Aprile 2025, his castin in Godzilla x Kong: Supernova wis been annoonced.[39] On 16 Mey 2025, Neill wis seen filmin in the Philippines fur the romantic comedy film The Last Resort.[40]

Personal life

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In his early 20s, Neill faithered a son wha wis placed fur adoption, wi whom he later reunitit in 1994.[41] In 1980, Neill met actress Lisa Harrow whiles filmin The Final Conflict (1981), an thay haed a son.[42] He mairit mak-up airtist Noriko Watanabe in 1989, an thay haed ane dochter thegither. He adoptit Watanabe's dochter frae her furst mairiage an aa. Thay separatit in 2017,[43][44] an Neill dated Australian poleetical jurnalist Laura Tingle frae 2018 tae 2021.[45][46][47] As o 2023, he haed aicht grandbairn.[48]

Neill bided in Alexandra, Sooth Island, New Zealand, an awned a winery cried Two Paddocks, consistin o a vineyard at Gibbston an twa near Alexandra, aw in the Central Otago wine region. His avocation wis rinnin Two Paddocks. "A'd lik the vineyard tae support me but a'm afraid it is the ither wey roond. It is nae a gey economic business", said Neill,[31] addin, "It is a ridiculously time- an money-consumin business. A wad nae dae it if it wis nae sae satisfyin an fun, and it gets me pissed ance in a whiles."[31] He enjoyed skarin his ferm exploits on social media.[49] He cried his ferm ainimals efter film industrie colleagues.[50]

He wrate a memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This?, published in Mairch 2023.[51][52]

Poleetics

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In 2016, he creeticised the poleecies o New Sooth Wales Premier Mike Baird on lockoot laws an the ban on grayhoond racin.[53] Neill spak positively aboot the premiership o Jacinda Ardern.[54] He wis a memmer o the Equity New Zealand tred union frae 1979 till his daith in 2026.[55]

In 2025, New Zealand Resoorces Minister Shane Jones cawed Neill "wrang an anti-Kiwi" fur his opposeetion tae an appen-cast gowd mine proposed near Cromwell.[56] Neill supportit the local advocacy group Sustainable Tarras, that organisit events against the minin proposal. He descrieved Santana Minerals' proposal as "ruinous fur the region".[57] Follaein his daith, Neill's freend Roger Donaldson says that online abuise an hostility Neill received, stairtin wi Jones's comments, "teuk its toll" on Neill an mey hae "unnermined his heal in the gey end."[58]

Heal an daith

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In Mairch 2023, Neill revealed that he haed been unnergaein chemotherapy syne Mairch 2022 efter bein diagnosed wi stage 3 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a teep o bluid cancer, follaein swollen glands that wis furst noticed durin publicity fur Jurassic World Dominion.[52] He statit that the cancer wis in remission, but he wad require monthly chemotherapy fur the rest o his life.[59][52] In Aprile 2026, Neill said that, efter his chemotherapy haed stappit wirkin, he unnerwint CAR T-cell therapy as pairt o an Australian clinical trial. He said a recent scan shawed nae cancer in his bouk, an he advocatit wider access tae the treatment fur bluid cancer patients in Austrailie an New Zealand.[60]

Neill dee'd in Sydney, Austrailie on 13 Julie 2026, aged 78. He wis cancer-free at the time o his daith, that his faimily descrieved as "sudden an unexpectit". He haed been experiencin heal problems caused bi a compromised immune seestem an haed pneumonie afore his daith.[1][61]

Actin credits an accolades

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Awairds an nominations received bi Sam Neill
Year Organisations Category Nominatit wirk Result Ref.
1985 Golwen Globes Awairds Best Actor – Miniseries or Telly Film Reilly: Ace of Spies Nominatit [62]
1989 AFI Awairds Best Actor in a Leadin Role Evil Angels / A Cry in the Dark Wan [63]
1991 Death in Brunswick Nominatit [64]
1992 Gowden Globes Awairds Best Actor – Miniseries or Telly Film One Against the Wind Nominatit [62]
1993 AFI Awairds Best Actor in a Supportin Role The Piano Nominatit [65]
American Telly Awairds Best Actor in a Miniseries Family Pictures Nominatit
Saturn Awairds Best Supportin Actor Memoirs of an Invisible Man Nominatit [66]
1998 Onwab Film & Telly Awairds Best Actor in a Motion Pictur or Miniseries Merlin Nominatit
Primetime Emmy Awairds Ootstaundin Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Film Nominatit [67]
Fangoria Chainsaw Awairds Best Actor Event Horizon Nominatit
1999 Gowden Globes Awairds Best Actor – Miniseries or Telly Film Merlin Nominatit [62]
Blockbuster Entertainment Awairds Favourite Supportin Actor – Drama/Romance The Horse Whisperer Nominatit
2000 AFI – Australian Film Institute Best Actor in a Supportin Role My Mother Frank Nominatit
2001 Ft. Lauderdale Internaitional Film Fest Best Actor The Zookeeper Wan
Film Creetics Raing o Austrailie Awairds Best Actor – Male The Dish Nominatit
2004 AFI – Australian Film Institute Best Telefeatur or Mini-Series The Brush-Off Nominatit
Best Direction in Telly Nominatit
Best Leadin Actor in a Telly Drama or Comedy Jessica Nominatit
2005 Logie Awairds TV Week Silver Logie Fur Maist Ootstaundin Actor Wan
Maist Ootstaundin Mini-Series / Telemovie The Brush-Off Nominatit
New Zealand Screen Awairds Performance bi an Actor in a Leadin Role Perfect Strangers Nominatit
Film Creetics Raing o Austrailie Awairds Best Actor in a Supportin Role Little Fish Nominatit
2006 Saturn Awairds Best Supportin Actor on Telly The Triangle Nominatit
2008 Gemini Awairds Best Supportin Actor in a Dramatic Series The Tudors Nominatit
Monte-Carlo TV Fest Ootstaundin Actor – Drama Series Nominatit
2009 Qantas Film an Telly Awairds Best Lead Actor in a Featur Film Dean Spanley Nominatit
2010 Best Supportin Actor in a Featur Film Under the Mountain Nominatit
New Zealand Screen Awairds Best New Zealand Export Wan
2012 Film Creetics Raing o Austrailie Awairds Best Actor – Supportin Role The Hunter Nominatit
AACTA Awairds Best Supportin Actor Nominatit
2016 The Daughter Nominatit
Logie Awairds Maist Ootstaundin Actor House of Hancock Nominatit
Australian Film Convention AIMC Lifetime Achievement Awaird Wan
Film Club's The Lost Weekend Awairds Best Supportin Actor Hunt for the Wilderpeople Wan
2017 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awairds Wan
NCFCA Awards Nominatit
Primetime Emmy Awairds Ootstaundin Narrator New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands Nominatit
Film Creetics Raing o Austrailie Awairds Best Actor – Supportin Role The Daughter Nominatit
AFCA Awairds Best Supportin Actor Wan
2019 Sweet Country Wan
Film Creetics Raing o Austrailie Awairds Best Actor – Supportin Role Nominatit
New Zealand Telly Awairds Best Presenter: Entertainment The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill Wan
AACTA Awairds Longford Lyell Award Wan
The Equity Ensemble Awairds Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Awaird Wan
Sitges – Catalonian Internaitional Film Fest Grand Honorary Awaird Wan
2020 AFCA Awairds Best Supportin Actor Ride Like a Girl Nominatit
AACTA Awairds Best Lead Actor Rams Nominatit
2022 Best Lead Actor In A Drama The Twelve Nominatit
2023 Logie Awairds Maist Ootstaundin Actor Nominatit
TV Week Silver Logie Fur Maist Popular Actor Wan
2025 AACTA Awairds Best Lead Actor In A Drama Nominatit
2025 Logie Awairds Best Lead Actor in a Drama Wan[68]

Reputation an honours

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Neill's career, that spanned ower five decades, involvit leadin roles in baith independent films an blockbusters. Considered an "internaitional leadin man", he wis regardit as ane o the maist versatile actors o his generation.[69][70] He wis the recipient o the AACTA Awaird fur Best Actor in a Leadin Role, the Longford Lyell Awaird, the New Zealand Film Awaird, an the Logie Awaird fur Maist Ootstaundin Actor. He forby received three Gowden Globe an twa Primetime Emmy Awaird nominations.[71] He wan the Silver Logie fur Maist Popular Actor[72] at the 2023 Logies.

Neill wis appyntit an Officer o the Order o the Breetish Empire in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours, fur services as an actor.[73] In the 2007 Ne'er's Honours, he wis appyntit a Distinguished Companion o the New Zealand Order o Merit (DCNZM).[74] Whan knichthuids wur returned tae the New Zealand ryal honours seestem in 2009, thaim wi DCNZM or heicher honours wis gien the option o convertin thaim intae knichthuids. Houiver, in Juin 2022, he acceptit redesignation as a Knicht Companion o the New Zealand Order o Merit.[75]

Neill wis awairdit an honorary Doctor o Letters degree bi the Varsity o Canterbury in 2002. He wis awairdit the 2019 Equity New Zealand Lifetime achievement awaird, celebratin his distinguished performance career, as weel as his leadership an mentorin towards ithers in the actin industrie.[55] In 2020, he received an Airts Foondation o New Zealand Icon Awaird, an honour limitit tae 20 livin recipients at ony ane time.[76]

Bibliography

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Year Title Publisher Pages Notes
2023 Did I Ever Tell You This? A Memoir Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company

Lunnon: Michael Joseph Ltd.

 400 Booktopia's Tap 10 Favourite Beuks, 2024
2024 Did I Ever Tell You This? A Memoir (fully revised an updatit wi new writin) Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company

Lunndon: Michael Joseph Ltd.

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