Deceased

When Did Sam Neill Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 78

Also known as山姆·尼尔, 萨姆·尼尔, سم نیل, Nigel Neill, 山姆·尼爾, Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill, Nigel John Dermot Neill, Nigel James Dermot Samuel NeillGenderMaleNationalityNew ZealandBorn14/09/1947Born inOmagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UKDied13/07/2026Died inSydneyWikidataQ214309 ↗TMDb#4783 ↗

Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill was a New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both independent films and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man," he was regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation.

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Filmography205 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2027	Godzilla x Kong: SupernovaMovie	—	80
2026	The FoxMovie	The Magpie (voice)	79
2025	UNTAMEDSeries	Paul Souter	78
2025	Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John ClarkeMovie	Self	78
2024	Apples Never FallSeries	Stan Delaney	77
2024	The AssemblySeries	Self	77
2024	T. REXMovie	Self - Narrator (voice)	77
2023	Bring Him to MeMovie	Frank	76
2023	The Portable DoorMovie	Dennis Tanner	76
2023	Assassin ClubMovie	Caldwell	76
2023	ScarygirlMovie	Dr. Maybee (voice)	76
2022	Thor: Love and ThunderMovie	Actor Odin	75
2022	Jurassic World DominionMovie	Alan Grant	75
2022	Voice ActivatedMovie	Audiobook Narrator (voice)	75
2022	Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic WorldMovie	Self	75
2022	The TwelveSeries	Brett Colby	75
2021	InvasionSeries	Jim Bell Tyson	74
2021	Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain StorySeries	Self - Host	74
2021	The Real Hunt for Red OctoberSeries	Self	74
2021	Russell Howard Stands Up to the WorldSeries	Self	74
2021	Peter Rabbit 2: The RunawayMovie	Tommy Brock (voice)	74
2021	Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest AnimalMovie	Frankie Scales (voice)	74
2020	Lindy Chamberlain: The True StorySeries	Self - Narrator	73
2020	RamsMovie	Colin	73
2020	Sea Lions: Life By a WhiskerMovie	Narrator (voice)	73
2020	Lindy Chamberlain: The True StoryMovie	Narrator (voice)	73
2019	The Kelly Clarkson ShowSeries	Self	72
2019	Palm BeachMovie	Leo	72
2019	The Movies That Made UsSeries	Self	72
2019	The Show Must Go OnMovie	Self	72
2019	Ride Like a GirlMovie	Paddy Payne	72
2019	BlackbirdMovie	Tom	72
2019	FlackSeries	Duncan Paulson	72
2018	Peter RabbitMovie	Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)	71
2018	The CommuterMovie	Captain Hawthorne	71
2018	Anika Moa UnleashedSeries	Self	71
2018	The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain CookSeries	Self - Host	71
2017	Thor: RagnarokMovie	Actor Odin	70
2017	House of BondSeries	Roland “Tiny” Rowland	70
2017	Tommy's HonourMovie	Alexander Boothby	70
2017	Get Krack!nSeries	Self	70
2017	David Stratton: A Cinematic LifeMovie	Self	70
2016	Hunt for the WilderpeopleMovie	Hec	69
2016	TutankhamunSeries	Lord Carnarvon	69
2016	New Zealand: Earth's Mythical IslandsMovie	Narrator (voice)	69
2016	New Zealand: Earth's Mythical IslandsSeries	Narrator (voice)	69
2015	BacktrackMovie	Duncan Stewart	68
2015	Odyssey sur les traces de Sam NeillMovie	God	68
2015	Why Anzac with Sam NeillMovie	Self	68
2015	And Then There Were NoneSeries	General John MacArthur	68
2015	The DaughterMovie	Walter	68
2015	MindGamersMovie	Kreutz	68
2015	The DovekeepersSeries	—	68
2015	House of HancockSeries	Lang Hancock	68
2014	A Long Way DownMovie	Chris Crichton	67
2014	United PassionsMovie	Joao Havelange	67
2014	Old SchoolSeries	Ted McCabe	67
2013	Peaky BlindersSeries	C.I. Chester Campbell	66
2013	Rick and MortySeries	Monogatron Leader (voice)	66
2013	Escape PlanMovie	Dr. Kyrie	66
2013	The OrdainedMovie	Governor Michael Thomas Riley	66
2013	River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New ZealandMovie	Self	66
2013	HarrySeries	DSS Jim Stockton	66
2013	Julia Zemiro's Home DeliverySeries	Self	66
2013	The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas BoxMovie	Otto Luger	66
2012	AlcatrazSeries	Emerson Hauser	65
2012	The VowMovie	Bill Thornton	65
2011	The Story of Film: An OdysseySeries	Self	64
2011	The HunterMovie	Jack Mindy	64
2011	Return to Jurassic ParkMovie	Self	64
2011	IceMovie	Anthony Kavanagh	64
2011	The Dragon PearlMovie	Chris Chase	64
2011	IceSeries	Anthony Kavanagh	64
2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleMovie	Allomere (voice)	63
2010	DaybreakersMovie	Charles Bromley	63
2010	Happy TownSeries	Merritt Grieves	63
2010	The Making of DaybreakersMovie	Self	63
2009	The Man in the HatMovie	Reader of Correspondence	62
2009	In Her SkinMovie	Mr. Reid	62
2009	Under the MountainMovie	Mr. Jones	62
2009	SkinMovie	Abraham Laing	62
2009	Iron RoadMovie	Alfred Nichol	62
2009	Iron RoadSeries	Alfred Nichol	62
2008	Dean SpanleyMovie	Dean Spanley	61
2008	Verity Lambert: Drama QueenMovie	Narrator	61
2008	CrusoeSeries	Jeremiah Blackthorn	61
2007	The TudorsSeries	Cardinal Thomas Wolsey	60
2007	The Graham Norton ShowSeries	Self	60
2007	The Pixar StoryMovie	Alan Grant (archive footage)	60
2007	AngelMovie	Théo	60
2006	Voyage of the NautilusMovie	Hubert Wilkins	59
2006	Working with a Master: John CarpenterMovie	Self	59
2006	IrresistibleMovie	Craig	59
2006	Merlin's ApprenticeSeries	Merlin	59
2006	The Making of 'Event Horizon'Movie	Self	59
2006	Two TwistedSeries	Mick	59
2005	New Zild - The Story of New Zealand EnglishMovie	Self	58
2005	The TriangleSeries	Eric Benerall	58
2005	Little FishMovie	The Jockey	58
2005	GallipoliMovie	Narrator	58
2005	YesMovie	Anthony	58
2005	The Incredible Journey of Mary BryantSeries	Governor Arthur Phillip	58
2005	To the Ends of the EarthSeries	Mr. Prettiman	58
2004	WimbledonMovie	Dennis Bradbury	57
2004	JessicaMovie	Richard Runche	57
2004	The Making of Sleeping DogsMovie	Self	57
2004	Colin McCahon: I AmMovie	Narrator	57
2004	JessicaSeries	—	57
2004	StiffMovie	Lionel Merricks	57
2003	Perfect StrangersMovie	Man	56
2002	Dirty DeedsMovie	Ray	55
2002	Doctor ZhivagoSeries	Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky	55
2002	FramedMovie	Eddie Meyers	55
2001	Jurassic Park IIIMovie	Dr. Alan Grant	54
2001	SpaceSeries	Himself	54
2001	The ZookeeperMovie	Ludovic	54
2001	SubmergedMovie	Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen	54
2001	Richard & JudySeries	Self	54
2001	The Making Of Jurassic Park IIIMovie	Self	54
2001	SuperCrocMovie	narrator	54
2000	Inside The Living DaylightsMovie	Self (archival footage)	53
2000	Numero BrunoMovie	Self	53
2000	Sally Hemings: An American ScandalSeries	Thomas Jefferson	53
2000	The DishMovie	Cliff Buxton - Dish Master	53
2000	The Magic PuddingMovie	Sam Sawnoff (voice)	53
2000	Sally Hemings: An American ScandalMovie	Thomas Jefferson	53
2000	My Mother FrankMovie	Professor Mortlock	53
1999	RoveSeries	Self	52
1999	Bicentennial ManMovie	Sir	52
1999	Molokai: The Story of Father DamienMovie	Prime Minister Gibson	52
1998	The Revengers' ComediesMovie	Henry Bell	51
1998	MerlinSeries	Merlin	51
1998	The Horse WhispererMovie	Robert MacLean	51
1998	The GamesSeries	Citytrans World CEO	51
1997	Event HorizonMovie	Weir	50
1997	Snow White: A Tale of TerrorMovie	Lord Friedrich Hoffman	50
1997	Forgotten SilverMovie	Self	50
1997	The Rainbow WarriorMovie	Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith	50
1996	Australian StorySeries	Self	49
1996	VictoryMovie	Mr. Jones	49
1996	Children of the RevolutionMovie	David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'	49
1996	In Cold BloodSeries	Agent Alvin Dewey	49
1995	In the Mouth of MadnessMovie	John Trent	48
1995	RestorationMovie	King Charles II	48
1995	The Making of 'Jurassic Park'Movie	Self / Alan Grant	48
1995	Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam NeillMovie	Narrator / Host	48
1994	SirensMovie	Norman Lindsay	47
1994	The Jungle BookMovie	Colonel Geofferey Brydon	47
1994	Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special EffectsMovie	Self	47
1994	FeverMovie	Elliot	47
1994	Country LifeMovie	Dr. Max Askey	47
1993	Family PicturesSeries	David Eberlin	46
1993	Split Enz: SpellboundMovie	Narrator	46
1993	Jurassic ParkMovie	Grant	46
1993	Inside 'The Piano'Movie	Self	46
1993	The PianoMovie	Alisdair Stewart	46
1992	Memoirs of an Invisible ManMovie	David Jenkins	45
1992	HostageMovie	John Rennie	45
1991	Until the End of the WorldMovie	Eugene Fitzpatrick	44
1991	Death in BrunswickMovie	Carl	44
1991	One Against the WindMovie	Major James Leggatt, The Guards	44
1990	The Hunt for Red OctoberMovie	Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin	43
1990	Cowboys of CultureMovie	Self	43
1990	Shadow of ChinaMovie	TV Reporter	43
1989	The SimpsonsSeries	Molloy (voice)	42
1989	The French RevolutionMovie	Marquis de Lafayette	42
1989	Dead CalmMovie	John Ingram	42
1988	Question of FaithMovie	Oscar Ogg	41
1988	Evil AngelsMovie	Michael Chamberlain	41
1987	The Good WifeMovie	Neville Gifford	40
1987	AmerikaSeries	Colonel Andrei Denisov	40
1986	Strong MedicineSeries	Vince Lord	39
1986	For Love AloneMovie	James Quick	39
1986	Strong MedicineMovie	Vince Lord	39
1985	PlentyMovie	Lazar	38
1985	Kane & AbelSeries	William Lowell Kane	38
1985	Robbery Under ArmsMovie	Capt. Starlight	38
1984	The Blood of OthersMovie	Bergman	37
1983	Reilly: Ace of SpiesSeries	Sidney Reilly	36
1983	The Country GirlsMovie	Mr. Gentleman	36
1982	IvanhoeMovie	Brian de Bois-Guilbert	35
1982	Attack Force ZMovie	Sergeant Costello	35
1982	EnigmaMovie	Dimitri Vasilikov	35
1981	The Final ConflictMovie	Damien Thorn	34
1981	PossessionMovie	Mark	34
1981	From a Far CountryMovie	Marian	34
1980	Lucinda BrayfordSeries	Tony Duff	33
1979	Just Out Of ReachMovie	Mike	32
1979	My Brilliant CareerMovie	Harry Beecham	32
1979	The JournalistMovie	Rex	32
1978	Surf SailMovie	Narrator (voice)	31
1977	Architect AthfieldMovie	Narrator	30
1977	The GovernorSeries	Colonial Bachelor	30
1977	Sleeping DogsMovie	Smith	30
1976	The SullivansSeries	Ben Dawson	29
1975	LandfallMovie	Eric	28
1975	AshesMovie	Priest	28
1975	Four Shorts on ArchitectureMovie	Narrator (voice)	28
1973	Hunt's DufferMovie	Bradley	26
1972	The Water CycleMovie	—	25
1971	Film '72Series	Self	24
1971	The City of NoMovie	—	24
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	British Flier	4
0	Mystery RideMovie	Duncan Connelly	—
0	The Last ResortMovie	Gerard	—