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Sir
Sam Neill
KNZMOBE
Neill in December 2022
Born
Nigel John Dermot Neill

(1947-09-14)14 September 1947(age 76)
Omagh,County Tyrone,Northern Ireland
Citizenship
  • New Zealand
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
[1][2]
Education
OccupationActor
Years active1970–present
Spouse
Noriko Watanabe
​
​
(m.1989;sep.2017)​
Children4

Sir Nigel John Dermot"Sam"NeillKNZMOBE(born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. Neill's 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.[3][4]

Born inOmaghinCounty Tyrone,Northern Ireland,Neill moved toChristchurchwith his family in 1954.[5]He first achieved recognition with his appearance in the 1977 filmSleeping Dogs,which he followed with leading roles inMy Brilliant Career(1979),Omen III: The Final Conflict,Possession(both 1981),Evil Angels(also known asA Cry in the Dark) (1988),Dead Calm(1989),The Hunt For Red October(1990),The Piano(1993) andIn the Mouth of Madness(1994). He came to international prominence asDr. Alan GrantinJurassic Park(1993),[6]a role that he reprises inJurassic Park III(2001) andJurassic World Dominion(2022).

Outside of film, Neill has appeared in numerous television series in guest and recurring roles, includingReilly, Ace of Spies(1983),The Simpsons(1994),The Tudors(2007),Crusoe(2008–2010),Happy Town(2010),Alcatraz(2012), andRick and Morty(2019), starring asMerlininMerlin(1998)Merlin's Apprentice(2006) and Major Chester Campbell in the first two series ofPeaky Blinders(2013–2014). He has presented and narrated several documentaries.

Neill is the recipient of theAACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role,theLongford Lyell Award,theNew Zealand Film Awardand theLogie Award for Most Outstanding Actor.He also has threeGolden Globeand twoPrimetime Emmy Awardnominations.[7]He won theSilver Logie for Most Popular Actor[8]at the 2023 Logies.

Early life[edit]

Northern Ireland[edit]

Neill was born on 14 September 1947 inOmagh,County Tyrone,Northern Ireland, to Priscilla Beatrice (néeIngham) and Dermot Neill. His father, an army officer, was a second-generation New Zealander, while his mother was English.[9]

His great-grandfather Percival "Percy" Neill leftBelfast,Ireland, and moved toMelbourne,Australia, joining a firm of merchants. Four years later, in 1863, he moved to New Zealand, settling inDunedin.He was the son of a wine merchant importing wine from France.[10][11][12]

At the time of Neill's birth, his father was stationed in Northern Ireland, serving with theRoyal Irish Fusiliers.[13]His father's family owned Neill and Co. (later part of the listed hospitality group Wilson Neill).[14][15]

New Zealand[edit]

In 1954 the Neill family moved toChristchurch,New Zealand, living inCashmere.In Christchurch Sam attended Cashmere Primary School, thenMedbury Schoola private prepatory (prep) school. After a year his parents and younger sister Juliet moved south to his father's home city ofDunedin.They lived atMacandrew Bay,where the kids could roam free in the holidays.[16]

He first took to calling himself "Sam" at school because there were several other students named Nigel, and because he felt the name Nigel was "a little effete for... a New Zealand playground".[17][18][19]

From 1961 he attended theAnglicanboys' boarding and day secondary schoolChrist's CollegeinChristchurch.[20]

He went on to study at theUniversity of Canterbury.He was uncertain about a career, rejecting following his father into the Army or the family firm. He considered law but wasted one year when he failed all four law units.

He was in several plays; eg as Theseus inA Midsummer Night’s Dreamone of the Shakespeare productions byNgaio Marshfor the Canterbury University Drama Society. He acted in a production of ‘‘Marat/Sade’’ byMervyn Thompson,and when another actor dropped out of a Wellington season, he replaced him as Jacques Roux, a role he played ‘’frothing and raving in a straitjacket’’.[21]

The play was staged atDownstage Theatre.Sam had ‘’the time of my life’’ and saw that the arts and drama were ‘’part of the fabric of the city ‘’ unlike Christchurch or Dunedin He transferred from theUniversity of CanterburytoVictoria University of Wellingtonto finish his BA degree with a philosophy unit; and passed the ‘’logic’’ paper with some last-minute coaching byJohn Clarke.He played ‘’Macbeth’’ in a university production directed byPhillip Mann.Then he joined Downstage as a professional paid actor, paid thirtyfive dollars a week; plus food from the kitchen left over from the meal served to the audience before the show.[22]

In 2004, on the Australian talk showEnough Rope,interviewerAndrew Dentonbriefly touched on the topic of Neill'sstuttering.He recalled how deeply it had affected him in his life and, as a result, he often found himself "hoping that people wouldn't talk to [him]" so he would not have to answer. He also stated, "I kind of outgrew it. I can still... you can still detect me as a stammerer."[17]

Acting career[edit]

New Zealand[edit]

Stills fromLandfall – A Film About Ourselves(1974)

Neill's first film was a New Zealand television filmThe City of No(1971). He followed it with a short,The Water Cycle(1972) and the television filmHunt's Duffer(1973). Neill wrote and directed a film for the New ZealandNational Film Unit,Telephone Etiquette(1974). He also appeared inLandfall(1975).[23]

Neill's breakthrough performance in New Zealand was the filmSleeping Dogs(1977), the first local film to be widely screened abroad.

Australia[edit]

Neill went to Australia where he had a guest role on the TV showThe Sullivans.He was the romantic male lead inMy Brilliant Career(1979), oppositeJudy Davis,which was a big international success.

He made some Australian films that were less widely seen:The Journalist(1979),Just Out of Reach(1979) andAttack Force Z(1981), and appeared in television productions such asYoung RamsayandLucinda Brayford.

International career[edit]

Neill at the2008 Toronto International Film Festival

In 1981, he won his first big international role, asDamien Thorn,son of the devil, inOmen III: The Final Conflict;[24]also in that year, he played an outstanding main role inAndrzej Żuławski's cult filmPossession.[24]

The 1982 film ofIvanhoemade Neill a local celebrity in Sweden, where it has been aired onSVTevery New Years Day for 40 years.[25]

He was one of the leading candidates to succeedRoger Moorein the role ofJames Bond,but lost out toTimothy Dalton.Among his many Australian roles is playingMichael ChamberlaininEvil Angels(1988) (released asA Cry in the Darkoutside of Australia and New Zealand),[26]a film about the case ofAzaria Chamberlain.

Neill has played heroes and occasionally villains in a succession of film and television dramas and comedies. In the UK, he won early fame and wasGolden Globenominated after portraying real-life spy, Sidney Reilly, in the mini-seriesReilly, Ace of Spies(1983). An early American starring role was in 1987'sAmerika,playing a senior KGB officer leading the occupation and division of a defeated United States. His leading and co-starring roles in films include the thrillerDead Calm(1989),[24]the two-part historical epicLa Révolution française(1989) (asMarquis de Lafayette),The Hunt for Red October(1990),Death in Brunswick(1990)[24](in which he was re-teamed with old friendJohn Clarke),Jurassic Park(1993),Sirens(1994),The Jungle Book(1994),John Carpenter'sIn the Mouth of Madness(1995),Event Horizon(1997),Bicentennial Man(1999), the comedyThe Dish(2000),[24]andJurassic Park III(2001).

Neill has occasionally acted in New Zealand films, includingThe Piano(1993),Perfect Strangers(2003),Under the Mountain(2009), andHunt for the Wilderpeople(2016). He returned to directing in 1995 with the documentaryCinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill(1995) which he wrote and directed with Judy Rymer.

In 1993, he co-starred withAnne ArcherinQuestion of Faith,an independent drama based on a true story about one woman's fight to beat cancer and have a baby. In 2000, he provided the voice of Sam Sawnoff inThe Magic Pudding.In 2001, he hosted and narrated a documentary series for the BBC entitledSpace(Hyperspacein the United States).

He portrayed theeponymous wizardinMerlin(1998), a miniseries based on the legends ofKing Arthur.He reprised his role in the sequel,Merlin's Apprentice(2006).

Neill starred in the historical dramaThe Tudors,playingCardinal Thomas Wolsey."I have to say I really enjoyed makingThe Tudors",he said,[27]"It was six months with a character that I found immensely intriguing, with a cast that I liked very much and with a story I found very compelling. It has elements that are hard to beat: revenge and betrayal, lust and treason, all the things that make for good stories."[27]

Neill at Burghound Asia in Singapore in 2011

He acted in the short-lived Fox TV seriesAlcatraz(2012) as Emerson Hauser. He played the role of Otto Luger in the fantasy adventure filmThe Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box[28](2014). He had a role in the BBC seriesPeaky Blinders,set in post-World War I Birmingham. He played the role of Chief Inspector Chester Campbell, a sadistic corrupt policeman, who came to clean up the town onChurchill'sorders. In the 2015BBCTV miniseriesAnd Then There Were None,based onAgatha Christie's thriller, he played the role of General MacArthur.

In 2016, he starred in the New Zealand-made film,Hunt for the Wilderpeople,directed byTaika Waititi,as well as the ITV miniseriesTutankhamun.In 2017, Neill appeared in a scene in Waititi's fantasy sequelThor: Ragnarok,in which he portrays an actor playingOdin(as depicted byAnthony Hopkins), alongsideLuke HemsworthandMatt Damonas actors playingThorandLoki,respectively. He portrays the same actor inThor: Love and Thunderin 2022.

In 2018, he portrayed Mr. McGregor and also provided the voice ofTommy Brock,inPeter Rabbit.In 2019, he was cast for the role of Denis Goldberg inEscape from Pretoria;however, the role was subsequently recast withIan Hart.In late 2019, he was announced to reprise his character of Dr. Alan Grant inJurassic World Dominion,which released in July 2022.[29]

In 2022, Neill appeared in the Foxtel legal dramaThe Twelveas Brett Colby. When the series was renewed for series 2 Neill would reprise the role of Colby being the only member of the original season 1 cast to do so.[30]

Personal life[edit]

In 1980, Neill met actressLisa Harrowwhile filmingOmen III: The Final Conflict(1981) and they have a son.[31]Neill subsequently married make-up artist Noriko Watanabe in 1989 and they have one daughter together. He also adopted Watanabe's daughter from her first marriage.[32][33]Neill separated from Watanabe in 2017,[34][35]and as of early 2018 was reportedly dating Australian political journalistLaura Tingle.[36][37]

In his early twenties, Neill fathered a son who was placed for adoption. They reunited in 1994.[38]

Neill lives inAlexandra, New Zealand,South Island, and owns a winery calledTwo Paddocks,consisting of a vineyard atGibbstonand two nearAlexandra,all in theCentral Otago wine region.[39]His avocation is running Two Paddocks. "I'd like the vineyard to support me but I'm afraid it is the other way round. It is not a very economic business", said Neill,[27]"It is a ridiculously time- and money-consuming business. I would not do it if it was not so satisfying and fun, and it gets me pissed once in a while."[27]He enjoys sharing his exploits on the farm through social media.[40]He names his farm animals after film-industry colleagues.[41]

Neill supports theNew Zealand Labour Party[42]and theAustralian Labor Party.He has been a member of the Equity New Zealand trade union since 1979.[43]

In March 2023, Neill revealed that he had been undergoing chemotherapy since March 2022 after being diagnosed with stage 3angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma,a type of blood cancer, following swollen glands that were first noticed during publicity forJurassic World Dominion.[44]He stated that the cancer is in remission, but he will require monthly chemotherapy for the rest of his life.[45][44]

Neill used his year away from work while undergoing his cancer treatment to write a memoir,Did I Ever Tell You This?,published in March 2023.[46][44]

Honours and awards[edit]

Neill was appointed anOfficer of the Order of the British Empirein the1991 Queen's Birthday Honours,for services as an actor.[47]In the2007 New Year Honours,he was appointed aDistinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit(DCNZM).[48]When knighthoods were returned to theNew Zealand royal honours systemin 2009, those with DCNZM or higher honours were given the option of converting them into knighthoods. Neill chose not to do this, saying the title of Sir was "just far too grand, by far".[49]However, in June 2022, he accepted redesignation as aKnight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,granting him the titleSir.[50]

Neill was awarded an honoraryDoctor of Lettersdegree by theUniversity of Canterburyin 2002.[51]Neill was awarded the 2019 Equity New Zealand Lifetime achievement award, celebrating his distinguished performance career, as well as his leadership and mentoring towards others in the acting industry.[52]In 2020, he received anArts Foundation of New ZealandIcon Award, limited to 20 living people.[53]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1975 Landfall Eric
Ashes Priest
1977 Sleeping Dogs Smith
1979 Just Out of Reach Mike
The Journalist Rex
My Brilliant Career Harry Beecham
1981 Omen III: The Final Conflict Damien Thorn
Possession Mark
From a Far Country Marian
1982 Attack Force Z Sergeant D. J. (Danny) Costello
Enigma Dimitri Vasilikov
1984 The Blood of Others Bergman
The Country Girls Mr Gentleman
1985 Robbery Under Arms Captain Starlight
Plenty Lazar
1986 For Love Alone James Quick
1987 The Umbrella Woman Neville Gifford
1988 Leap of Faith Oscar Ogg Also known asQuestion of Faith
1988 Evil Angels Michael Chamberlain Won –AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Also known asA Cry in the Dark

1989 Dead Calm John Ingram
La Révolution française Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
1990 The Hunt for Red October First Officer Vasily Borodin
Shadow of China TV reporter Credited as John Dermot
1991 Death in Brunswick Carl 'Cookie' Fitzgerald Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Until the End of the World Eugene Fitzpatrick
1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man David Jenkins Nominated –Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Hostage John Rennie
1993 The Piano Alisdair Stewart Nominated –AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Jurassic Park Dr. Alan Grant
Sirens Norman Lindsay
1994 Country Life Dr. Max Askey
The Jungle Book Colonel Geofferey Brydon
In the Mouth of Madness John Trent
1995 Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill Narrator
Restoration King Charles II
1996 Children of the Revolution Nine
Victory Mr. Jones
1997 Event Horizon Dr. William Weir
Snow White: A Tale of Terror Lord Fredrick Hoffman
1998 The Horse Whisperer Robert MacLean
Sweet Revenge Henry Bell
1999 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien Walter Murray Gibson
Bicentennial Man 'Sir' Richard Martin
2000 My Mother Frank Professor Mortlock Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Dish Cliff Buxton
The Magic Pudding Sam Sawnoff Voice
2001 Jurassic Park III Dr. Alan Grant
The Zookeeper Ludovic Won – Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2002 Dirty Deeds Ray
Leunig Animated Narrator
2003 Perfect Strangers The Man
2004 Yes Anthony
Wimbledon Dennis Bradbury
2005 Gallipoli Narrator Voice
Little Fish The Jockey
2006 Irresistible Craig
2007 Angel Théo
2008 Dean Spanley Dean Spanley
Skin Abraham Laing
2009 In Her Skin Mr. Reid
Iron Road Alfred Nichol
Under the Mountain Mr. Jones
Daybreakers Charles Bromley
2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Allomere Voice
2011 The Dragon Pearl Chris Chase
The Hunter Jack Mindy Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2012 The Vow Bill Thornton
2013 Escape Plan Dr. Kyrie
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box Otto Luger
2014 United Passions João Havelange
A Long Way Down Minister Crichton Jess's father
2015 Backtrack Duncan Stewart
The Daughter Walter Finch Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Uncle Hec
Tommy's Honour Alexander Boothby
2017 MindGamers Kreutz
Sweet Country Fred Smith
Thor: Ragnarok OdinActor Cameo
2018 The Commuter Captain David Hawthorne
Peter Rabbit Mr. McGregor
Tommy Brock (voice)
2019 Palm Beach Leo
Blackbird Paul
Ride Like a Girl Paddy Payne
Take Home Pay Wedding Planner Cameo
2020 Rams Colin
2021 Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal Frankie Scales Voice
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Tommy Brock Voice
2022 Jurassic World Dominion Dr. Alan Grant
Thor: Love and Thunder Odin Actor
2023 The Portable Door[54] Dennis Tanner
Assassin Club Jonathan Caldwell
Scarygirl Dr. Maybee
Bring Him to Me Frank McCarthy

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1979–1980 The Sullivans Ben Dawson Episodes 519–558
1980 Lucinda Brayford Tony Duff Four-partminiseries
ABC Television,Melbourne Australia
1982 Ivanhoe Brian de Bois-Guilbert Television film
1983 Reilly, Ace of Spies Sidney Reilly 12 episodes
Nominated –Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
1985 Kane & Abel William Lowell Kane Miniseries
1986 Strong Medicine Vince Lord Television film
1987 Amerika Colonel Andrei Denisov Miniseries
1991 Fever Eliott Television film
One Against the Wind Sergeant James Liggett Television film
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
1993 Family Pictures David Eberlin Television film
The Rainbow Warrior Alan Galbraith Television film
1994 The Simpsons Molloy Voice, episode: "Homer the Vigilante"
1995 Forgotten Silver Himself Television film
1996 In Cold Blood AgentAlvin Dewey Miniseries
1998 Merlin Merlin Miniseries
Nominated –Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
The Games Citytrans CEO Episode: "Transport"
2000 Sally Hemings:An American Scandal Thomas Jefferson Miniseries
2001 Space Himself Documentary series
Submerged Lt. Cmdr.Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen Television film
2002 Doctor Zhivago Victor Komarovsky Miniseries
Framed Eddie Meyers Television film
2004 Stiff Lionel Merricks Television film
Jessica Richard Runche Miniseries
Logie Awardfor Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated –AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama
2005 The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant GovernorArthur Phillip Miniseries
To the Ends of the Earth Mr. Prettiman Miniseries
The Triangle Eric Benerall Miniseries
Nominated –Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
2006 Merlin's Apprentice Merlin Miniseries
Two Twisted Mick Episode: "Von Stauffenberg's Stamp"
2007 The Tudors CardinalThomas Wolsey 10 episodes
Nominated –Gemini Awardfor Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series
Nominated –Monte-Carlo Television FestivalAward for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
2008–2010 Crusoe Jeremiah Blackthorn 14 episodes
2009 Happy Town Merritt Grieves 8 episodes
bro'Town Himself Voice, episode: "To Sam with Love"
2010 Rake Dr. Bruce Chandler Episode: "R v Chandler"
2011 Ice Anthony Kavanagh Miniseries
2012 Alcatraz[55] Emerson Hauser 13 episodes
2013 Harry Jim "Stocks" Stockton Miniseries
2013–2014 Peaky Blinders Major Chester Campbell 12 episodes
2014 Old School[56] Ted Macabe 8 episodes
House of Hancock[57] Lang Hancock Miniseries
2015 And Then There Were None General John Gordon MacArthur Miniseries
2016 Why Anzac with Sam Neill Himself Documentary, wrote and produced
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands Narrator Documentary series, 3 episodes
Nominated –Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator
Tutankhamun[58] Lord Carnavon Miniseries
Country Calendar Himself Episode: "Film Noir"
2017 Get Krack!n Himself Season 1, Episode 1
2018 The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill[59] Himself Documentary series, 6 episodes (known asCaptain Cook's Pacific with Sam Neillin the UK)[60]
2019 Rick and Morty[61] Monogatron Leader Voice, episode: "The Old Man and the Seat"
2020 Flack Duncan Paulson Season 2
2021 Invasion[62] Sheriff John Bell Tyson Season 1, Episode 1
2022– The Twelve[63][64] Brett Colby SC Main role
2024 Apples Never Fall[65] Stan Delaney Miniseries

Video games[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Lego Jurassic World Alan Grant Archive Audio from the films.
2018 Jurassic World Evolution Voice role,Return to Jurassic ParkExpansion
2021 Jurassic World Evolution 2 Voice role,Biosyn Dominionexpansion

Books[edit]

  • Neill, Sam (2023).Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir.London: Michael Joseph Ltd.ISBN9780241648988.OCLC1356450549.
  • Neill, Sam (2023).Did I Ever Tell You This?: A Memoir.Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company.ISBN9781922790309.(Australian edition)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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