Sam Neill

RECENT CREDITS
The Hunter (FILM)  Apr. 6, 2012
The Vow (FILM)  Feb. 10, 2012
In Her Skin (FILM)  Feb. 11, 2011
Daybreakers (FILM)  Jan. 8, 2010


HIGHLIGHTS
Was given the nickname "Sam" at school due to the large number of students with his birth name, Nigel.
Made film debut in 1977's Sleeping Dogs, the first New Zealand movie to be released in America.
Was twice considered to play James Bond: first after Roger Moore retired, and again when Timothy Dalton stepped down.
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Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Hunter  2012 -Jack Mindy
Actor
Film


Dean Spanley  2009 -Dean Spanley
Actor
Film


Little Fish  2006 -Brad 'The Jockey' Thompson
Actor
Film


Yes  2005 -Anthony
Actor
Film


Wimbledon  2004 -Dennis Bradbury
Actor
Film


Jurassic Park III  2001 -Alan Grant
Actor
Film


The Dish  2001 -Cliff Buxton
Actor
Film


Bicentennial Man  1999 -Sir
Actor
Film


Memoirs of an Invisible Man  1992 -David Jenkins
Actor
Film


Until the End of the World  1991 -Eugene Fitzpatrick
Actor
Film


The Shadow of China  1991 -TV reporter
Actor
Film


The Hunt for Red October  1990 -Capt. Vasily Borodin
Actor
Film


Dead Calm  1989 -John Ingram
Actor
Film


A Cry in the Dark  1988 -Michael Chamberlain
Actor
Film


The Good Wife  1987 -Neville Gifford
Actor
Film


Possession  1983 -Marc
Actor
Film


Sally Hemings: An American Scandal   -Thomas Jefferson
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Crusoe   -Jeremiah Blackthorn
Actor
TV


Doctor Zhivago   -Komarovsky
Actor
TV


Happy Town   -Merritt Grieves
Actor
TV


Hyperspace  2001
Host
TV
Expand


Kane & Abel   -William Kane
Actor
TV


Merlin's Apprentice   -Merlin
Actor
TV


One Against the Wind   -Maj. Leggatt
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Snow White: A Tale of Terror   -Baron Frederick Hoffman
Actor
TV


Submerged   -Charles 'Swede' Momsen
Actor
TV


Narrator
TV


The Tudors  2007 -Cardinal Wolsey
Actor
TV
Expand


In Her Skin  2011 -David Reid
Actor
Film


Skin  2009 -Abraham Laing
Actor
Film


Angel  2009 -Théo
Actor
Film


Perfect Strangers  2004 -The Man
Actor
Film


Dirty Deeds  2003 -Det.Sgt. Ray Murphy
Actor
Film


The Magic Pudding  2001 -Sam Sawnoff
Voice
Film


Victory  2000 -Mr. Jones
Actor
Film


Molokai: The Story of Father Damien  1999 -Prime Minister Gibson
Actor
Film


The Horse Whisperer  1998 -Robert McLean
Actor
Film


Forgotten Silver  1997 -Himself
Actor
Film


Event Horizon  1997 -Weir
Actor
Film


Children of the Revolution  1997 -David Hoyle (nine)
Actor
Film


Restoration  1995 -Charles II
Actor
Film


Country Life  1995 -Dr. Max Askey
Actor
Film


In the Mouth of Madness  1995 -John Trent
Actor
Film


Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book  1994 -Col. Brydon
Actor
Film


The Piano  1993 -Stewart
Actor
Film


Jurassic Park  1993 -Alan Grant
Actor
Film


Death in Brunswick  1990 -Carl Fitzgerald
Actor
Film


Plenty  1985 -Lazar
Actor
Film


The Country Girls  1983 -Mr. Gentleman
Actor
Film


Attack Force Z  1982 -Sgt. Danny Costello
Actor
Film


My Brilliant Career  1980 -Harry Beecham
Actor
Film


Sleeping Dogs  1977 -Smith
Actor
Film


Snow White: A Tale of Terror   -Lord Hoffman
Actor
Film


Strong Medicine   -Vince
Actor
Film


Submerged   -Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. "Swede" Momsen
Actor
Film


Sweet Revenge   -Henry Bell
Actor
Film


The Blood of Others   -Bergmann
Actor
Film


The Final Conflict   -Damien
Actor
Film


Rainbow Warrior   -Alan Galbraith
Actor
Film


Robbery Under Arms   -Capt. Starlight
Actor
Film


Sirens   -Norman Lindsay
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Director
Film


One Against the Wind   -James Leggatt
Actor
Film


Director
Film


Merlin   -Merlin
Actor
Film


Megaville   -David Jenkins
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


La Revolution Française   -Lafayette
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Leap of Faith   -Oscar
Actor
Film


Amerika   -Colonel Andrei Denisov
Actor
Film


Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Doctor Zhivago   -Victor Komarovsky
Actor
Film


Enigma   -Dimitri Vasilkov
Actor
Film


Family Pictures   -David Eberlin
Actor
Film


Fever  
Actor
Film


For Love Alone   -James Quick
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Ivanhoe   -Brian de Guilbert
Actor
Film


Framed   -Eddie Meyers
Actor
Film


Gallipoli   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Hostage   -John Rennie
Actor
Film


In Cold Blood   -Agent Alvin Dewey
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Journalist   -Rex
Actor
Film


Z Dalekiego Kraju   -Marian
Actor
Film


The Triangle   -Eric Benirall
Actor
Film


The Zookeeper   -Ludovic
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Under the Mountain   -Jones
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


The Vow  2012
Actor
Film


Daybreakers  2010 -Charles Bromley
Actor
Film


Actor
Film




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Highlights

Was given the nickname "Sam" at school due to the large number of students with his birth name, Nigel.
Made film debut in 1977's Sleeping Dogs, the first New Zealand movie to be released in America.
Was twice considered to play James Bond: first after Roger Moore retired, and again when Timothy Dalton stepped down.
Received the Order of the British Empire in 1991.


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