Sam Neill(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Sam Neill was born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to army parents, an
English-born mother, Priscilla Beatrice (Ingham), and a New
Zealand-born father, Dermot Neill. His family moved to the South
Island of New Zealand in 1954. He went to boarding schools and then
attended the universities at Canterbury and Victoria. The 6-foot tall star has a BA in
English Literature. Following his graduation, he worked with the New
Zealand Players and other theater groups. He also was a film director,
editor and scriptwriter for the New Zealand National Film Unit for 6
years.
Sam Neill is internationally recognised for his contribution to film and television. He is well known for his roles in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993) and Jane Campion's Academy Award Winning film La Leçon de piano (1993). Other film roles include The Daughter (2015), Backtrack: Les Revenants (2015) opposite Adrien Brody, MindGamers (2015), United Passions (2014), Up & Down (2014), Évasion (2013), Le Chasseur (2011) with Willem Dafoe, Daybreakers (2009), Le royaume de Ga'Hoole - La légende des gardiens (2010), Little Fish (2005) opposite Cate Blanchett, Skin (2008), Dean Spanley (2008), La plus belle victoire (2004), Yes (2004), Perfect Strangers (2003), Dirty Deeds (2002), The Zookeeper (2001), L'Homme bicentenaire (1999) opposite Robin Williams, L'homme qui murmurait à l'oreille des chevaux (1998) alongside Kristin Scott Thomas, Coup d'État (1977), and Ma brillante carrière (1979).
He received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the NBC miniseries Merlin (1998). He also received a Golden Globe nomination for One Against the Wind (1991), and for Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983). The British Academy of Film and Television honoured Sam's work in Reilly by naming him Best Actor. Sam received an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in Jessica l'insoumise (2004).
Other television includes House of Hancock (2015), Rake (2010), Docteur Jivago (2002), To the Ends of the Earth (2005), Les Tudors (2007) with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Crusoe (2008), Alcatraz (2012) and recently in Old School (2014) opposite Bryan Brown, Peaky Blinders (2013) alongside Cillian Murphy and The Dovekeepers (2015) for CBS Studios.
Sam Neill is internationally recognised for his contribution to film and television. He is well known for his roles in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993) and Jane Campion's Academy Award Winning film La Leçon de piano (1993). Other film roles include The Daughter (2015), Backtrack: Les Revenants (2015) opposite Adrien Brody, MindGamers (2015), United Passions (2014), Up & Down (2014), Évasion (2013), Le Chasseur (2011) with Willem Dafoe, Daybreakers (2009), Le royaume de Ga'Hoole - La légende des gardiens (2010), Little Fish (2005) opposite Cate Blanchett, Skin (2008), Dean Spanley (2008), La plus belle victoire (2004), Yes (2004), Perfect Strangers (2003), Dirty Deeds (2002), The Zookeeper (2001), L'Homme bicentenaire (1999) opposite Robin Williams, L'homme qui murmurait à l'oreille des chevaux (1998) alongside Kristin Scott Thomas, Coup d'État (1977), and Ma brillante carrière (1979).
He received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the NBC miniseries Merlin (1998). He also received a Golden Globe nomination for One Against the Wind (1991), and for Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983). The British Academy of Film and Television honoured Sam's work in Reilly by naming him Best Actor. Sam received an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in Jessica l'insoumise (2004).
Other television includes House of Hancock (2015), Rake (2010), Docteur Jivago (2002), To the Ends of the Earth (2005), Les Tudors (2007) with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Crusoe (2008), Alcatraz (2012) and recently in Old School (2014) opposite Bryan Brown, Peaky Blinders (2013) alongside Cillian Murphy and The Dovekeepers (2015) for CBS Studios.
