Sam Neill

Q: Has Sam Neill won any major awards?

Sam Neill has received several accolades, including a New Zealand Film and Television Award for Best Actor. He has also been nominated for various international awards throughout his career.

Q: What was Sam Neill's first film?

Sam Neill's first film was 'The Last of the Knucklemen' released in 1970. This marked the beginning of his extensive career in film and television.

Q: What is Sam Neill's background?

Sam Neill was born in Northern Ireland but raised in New Zealand. He has dual citizenship and often reflects on his diverse cultural background in interviews.

Q: Is Sam Neill active in television?

Yes, Sam Neill has appeared in numerous television series, including 'The Tudors' and 'Peaky Blinders', showcasing his talent across different media formats.

Q: What is Sam Neill's estimated net worth?

Sam Neill's estimated net worth is approximately $18 million, reflecting his successful acting career and various investments.

Q: Has Sam Neill worked with any famous directors?

Sam Neill has collaborated with renowned directors such as Jane Campion in 'The Piano' and Steven Spielberg in 'Jurassic Park', enhancing his filmography.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Sam Neill's acting style?

Sam Neill is known for his compelling and nuanced performances, often bringing depth to characters in both dramatic and comedic roles, which has become a hallmark of his acting style.

Known for

Jurassic Park (1993)

IMDb 8.2 / 10

1993 / Action, Adventure / 127 min

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts...

Jurassic Park III (2001)

IMDb 5.9 / 10

2001 / Action, Adventure / 92 min

In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial...

Peaky Blinders (2013–)

IMDb 8.8 / 10

2013– / Crime, Drama / 60 min

Britain is a mixture of despair and hedonism in 1919 in the aftermath of the Great War. Returning soldiers, newly minted revolutions and criminal...

Name

Sam Neill

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Born

14 September 1947, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Spouses

Noriko Watanabe (1989–2017)

Children

3 (including Tim Neill, Elena Neill)

Parents

Dermot Neill, Priscilla Neill

Estimated Net Worth

$18 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2027	Movie Godzilla x Kong: Supernova As the sixth installment in the MonsterVerse film series, this movie will delve deeper into the delicate relationship of coexistence...	Unknown character	Not rated
2026	Movie The Fox In this dark comedic folktale, an affable foxhunter encounters a shape-shifting fox who offers him an opportunity to transform his...	The Magpie (voice)	Not rated
2025	Movie Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke For over 40 years, the iconic John Clarke tickled the funny bones of Australian and New Zealand audiences. Now, in...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2025	TV UNTAMED In the vast expanse of Yosemite National Park, a woman's death draws a federal agent into lawless terrain — where...	Paul Souter	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2024	TV The Assembly Australia's most renowned interviewer, Leigh Sales, mentors Autistic journalism students as they learn their craft and interview well known Australian...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2024	Movie T. REX From the team behind the NSF-supported prehistoric hits Dinosaurs Alive, Titans of the Ice Age, and Dinosaurs of Antarctica comes...	Self - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2024	TV Apples Never Fall Follow the Delaneys, who from the outside appear to be an enviably contented family. Former tennis coaches Joy and Stan...	Stan Delaney	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2023	Movie Bring Him to Me Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, a getaway driver must battle his conscience and drive an unsuspecting crew member...	Frank	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2023	Movie Scarygirl As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city...	Dr. Maybee (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	Movie The Portable Door Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but...	Dennis Tanner	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2023	Movie Assassin Club In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill...	Caldwell	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2022	Movie Thor: Love and Thunder After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods,...	Actor Odin	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2022	TV The Twelve The story of 12 ordinary Australians who are selected for jury duty in a murder trial as traumatising as it...	Brett Colby	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2022	Movie Voice Activated A florist with a stutter is forced to cooperate with a voice activated car on the way to an important...	Audiobook Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	Movie Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World Join the cast of "Jurassic World Dominion" as they relive their favorite unforgettable, action-packed and epic moments from the "Jurassic...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	Movie Jurassic World Dominion Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will...	Alan Grant	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2021	TV Invasion Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of...	Jim Bell Tyson	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2021	TV Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story Trial in the Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story explores the case that has figured in Australia's collective consciousness since 1980...	Self - Host	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2021	TV The Real Hunt for Red October The astonishing secret events behind the Russian submarine, Red October, that went missing on March 8, 1968, taking the Soviet...	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2021	TV Russell Howard Stands Up to the World The stand-up comedian performs in Denmark, New Zealand and Germany over the course of two months - one of the...	Self	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2021	Movie Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Peter Rabbit runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad...	Tommy Brock (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2021	Movie Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal When an unbearably adorable, eternally optimistic Quokka named Daisy wants to achieve the impossible – to win the annual ‘World’s...	Frankie Scales (voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2020	Movie Rams In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is...	Colin	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	TV Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story 40 years after Azaria Chamberlain’s disappearance, Lindy Chamberlain and her children speak exclusively and in detail, about that harrowing night...	Self - Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2020	Movie Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story Lindy Chamberlain recounts the panic and the chaos of the night her baby Azaria was taken by a dingo at...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2020	Movie Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker Between a jagged cliff face and a roaring ocean, lives a colony of Australian Sea Lions. In an environment equally...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	TV The Movies That Made Us These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2019	Movie The Show Must Go On The Show Must Go On is a personal journey behind the scenes that confronts the epidemic of mental health issues...	Self	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2019	Movie Ride Like a Girl The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.	Paddy Payne	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	Movie Blackbird A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over...	Tom	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2019	Movie Palm Beach A group of lifelong friends reunite to celebrate a special birthday, with Sydney's iconic Palm Beach providing a stunning backdrop...	Leo	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2019	TV Flack Robyn, the sharp and witty publicity maven, is an expert at her craft but a complete self-saboteur when it comes...	Duncan Paulson	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2018	TV The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook History is taking to the seas and walking in the footsteps of Captain James Cook. 250 years after Cook began...	Self - Host	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2018	TV Anika Moa Unleashed Anika's on the loose again, ready to go deep and laugh hard with well-known Kiwis. Her infectious honesty opens the...	Self	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2018	Movie Peter Rabbit Peter Rabbit's feud with Mr. McGregor escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of...	Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2018	Movie Sweet Country In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by...	Fred Smith	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2018	Movie The Commuter A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his...	Captain Hawthorne	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2017	Movie Thor: Ragnarok Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get...	Actor Odin	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	TV Get Krack!n Having conquered the cutthroat world of satirical online cooking shows with The Katering Show, the two Kates are ready to...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2017	Movie Tommy's Honour In 1866 St Andrews, Scotland, 15-year-old Tommy Morris is an avid golfer like his legendary and pioneering father, Tom Morris,...	Alexander Boothby	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2017	TV House of Bond The rags-to-riches-to-rags tale of controversial business tycoon Alan Bond – a man with an insatiable appetite for the excesses of...	Roland “Tiny” Rowland	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2017	Movie David Stratton: A Cinematic Life A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2016	TV Tutankhamun The remarkable story of the chance meeting that transformed penniless, ostracised archaeologist Howard Carter into a household name following his...	Lord Carnarvon	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	TV New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands Isolated since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand’s wildlife has been left to its own devices, with surprising consequences....	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 9.4 / 10
2016	Movie New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands Isolated from the rest of the world since the time of the dinosaurs, New Zealand’s magnificent wildlife has been left...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2016	Movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the...	Hec	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2015	TV And Then There Were None Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched...	General John MacArthur	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2015	Movie The Daughter In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding....	Walter	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2015	Movie MindGamers A group of young bio-engineers discover they can use quantum physics to transfer motor-skills between human brains. Believing this to...	Kreutz	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2015	Movie Backtrack Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of...	Duncan Stewart	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2015	Movie Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill	God	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2015	Movie Why Anzac with Sam Neill Sam Neill examines the enduring myths of the Anzac legend, sharing his family's war stories and uncovering forgotten truths that...	Self	Not rated
2015	TV The Dovekeepers Set in ancient Israel, The Dovekeepers is based on the true events at Masada in 70 C.E. After being forced...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2015	TV House of Hancock House of Hancock tells the epic true story of the Hancock dynasty and the bizarre love triangle that emerged between...	Lang Hancock	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2014	Movie United Passions An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men...	Joao Havelange	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2014	TV Old School Ted McCabe, a retired cop, and Lennie Cahill a retired crim, get together to solve crimes, unravel scams and make...	Ted McCabe	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2014	Movie A Long Way Down Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a failed musician—decide to end their...	Chris Crichton	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2013	Movie River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand James Nesbitt moved to New Zealand in 2011 when he landed the role of Bofur in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy,...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	Movie The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a...	Otto Luger	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2013	TV Rick and Morty Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.	Monogatron Leader (voice)	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2013	Movie Escape Plan Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast...	Dr. Kyrie	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2013	TV Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery Each week, Julia will invite one of Australia’s finest comics to take a trip down Memory Lane. And Memory Bus...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2013	TV Peaky Blinders A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the...	C.I. Chester Campbell	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2013	TV Peaky Blinders A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the...	Major Chester Campbell	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2013	Movie The Ordained About the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister...	Governor Michael Thomas Riley	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2013	TV Harry Harry is a single story, six-part crime drama series set in Auckland which follows the intense psychological journey of Detective...	DSS Jim Stockton	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2012	Movie The Vow Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma....	Bill Thornton	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2012	TV Alcatraz A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist, investigate the shocking reappearance...	Emerson Hauser	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2011	Movie The Hunter Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for...	Jack Mindy	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	TV The Story of Film: An Odyssey A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2011	Movie The Dragon Pearl Josh and Ling were expecting a boring vacation visiting each of their parents at an archaeological dig in China. But...	Chris Chase	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2011	Movie Return to Jurassic Park A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	TV Ice It is 2020. The destructive effects of global warming cause unimaginable devastation and panic worldwide. The human race finds itself...	Anthony Kavanagh	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2011	Movie Ice It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the...	Anthony Kavanagh	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2010	Movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the...	Allomere (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2010	Movie The Making of Daybreakers Behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the 2008 science ficiton/horror film, Daybreakers featuring interviews with members of the cast and...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	TV Happy Town The residents of Haplin, Minnesota - also known as "Happy Town" - have enjoyed an uneasy peace while haunted by...	Merritt Grieves	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2010	Movie Daybreakers In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply,...	Charles Bromley	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2009	Movie Under the Mountain Teenage twins battle dark forces hidden beneath Auckland's volcanoes.	Mr. Jones	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2009	TV Iron Road Iron Road follows the journey of Little Tiger (Sun Li), a child whose quest for her long-lost father takes her...	Alfred Nichol	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2009	Movie Skin Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa...	Abraham Laing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	Movie Iron Road A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search...	Alfred Nichol	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2009	Movie In Her Skin Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.	Mr. Reid	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie The Man in the Hat An affectionate portrait of a very significant human being, art-dealer Peter McLeavey who continues, after 40 years, to run his...	Reader of Correspondence	Not rated
2008	Movie Dean Spanley Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be...	Dean Spanley	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2008	TV Crusoe Crusoe is a television adventure drama based loosely on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes...	Jeremiah Blackthorn	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2008	Movie Verity Lambert: Drama Queen A tribute to Verity Lambert, the BBC's first female producer and one of the country's most influential pioneers of television...	Narrator	Not rated
2007	Movie The Pixar Story A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion...	Alan Grant (archive footage)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2007	TV The Tudors The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who...	Cardinal Thomas Wolsey	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2007	TV The Graham Norton Show Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2007	Movie Angel Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame...	Théo	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2006	TV Two Twisted Two Twisted is an Australian TV mystery anthology drama which premiered on the Nine Network on 14 August 2006. Narrated...	Mick	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2006	Movie Irresistible A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from...	Craig	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2006	Movie The Making of 'Event Horizon' The Making of Event Horizon, a five-part documentary: Into the Jaws of Darkness, The Body of the Beast, Liberate Tutume...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2006	TV Merlin's Apprentice Merlin and a young thief embark on a dangerous quest to find the Holy Grail and save Camelot.	Merlin	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2006	Movie Working with a Master: John Carpenter Documentary by Frank H. Woodward.	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	Movie Voyage of the Nautilus A photographic journey compiled from journals, archival footage and photographs of an Australian military photographer, Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1931...	Hubert Wilkins	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2005	TV The Triangle A shipping magnate hires four experts from various fields to investigate what happened to his ships that went missing in...	Eric Benerall	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2005	TV The Triangle A shipping magnate hires four experts from various fields to investigate what happened to his ships that went missing in...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2005	TV The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant Mary Bryant, a Cornish girl who was convicted of petty theft, is being transported to the Australian Penal Colony on...	Governor Arthur Phillip	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2005	Movie Yes She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate...	Anthony	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2005	Movie Little Fish Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a...	The Jockey	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2005	TV To the Ends of the Earth From Nobel Laureate William Golding's (Lord of the Flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of an ambitious British aristocrat,...	Mr. Prettiman	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2005	Movie New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English Oft-derided across the dutch for its vowel-mangling pronunciation (sex fush'n'chups anyone?) and too fast-paced for tourists and Elton John to...	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Gallipoli The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial & devastating, it changed the face of battle forever. Using...	Narrator	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2004	Movie Colin McCahon: I Am This documentary looks at the life and work of New Zealand's most celebrated painter, Colin McCahon. The first excerpt looks...	Narrator	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2004	Movie Wimbledon Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number...	Dennis Bradbury	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2004	TV Jessica Set in the Australian outback at the turn of the twentieth century, this family based drama follows a young woman...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2004	Movie Jessica The Bergman sisters could not be more different. Jessica is a feisty tomboy who loves to help her father work...	Richard Runche	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Stiff An amusing and entertaining film, "Stiff" showcases David Wenham as Murray Whelan, political fixer and amateur investigator. An adaption of...	Lionel Merricks	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2004	Movie The Making of Sleeping Dogs Director Roger Donaldson's 1977 movie of CK Stead novel Smith's Dream helped spark a new wave of Kiwi cinema. Getting...	Self	Not rated
2003	Movie Perfect Strangers When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails...	Man	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2002	TV Doctor Zhivago Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined...	Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2002	Movie Dirty Deeds Set in 1960s Sydney, this is the story of an Australian gangster whose booming business, buoyed by the influx of...	Ray	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2002	Movie Framed New York detective Mike Santini is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers a fugitive from...	Eddie Meyers	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2001	Movie The Making Of Jurassic Park III A very in depth look at the making of the movie, a look at the special effects and animatronics made...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2001	TV Richard & Judy Richard & Judy was a British chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The show...	Self	TMDB 3.4 / 10
2001	Movie The Zookeeper Jonah Ludovic is a custodian at a small municipal zoo. After a night of heavy shelling Ludovic arrives at his...	Ludovic	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2001	Movie SuperCroc Paleontologist Paul Sereno and reptile expert Brady Barr are doing a research on "Sarcosuchus Imperator", a 40 feet long prehistoric...	narrator	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2001	TV Space Sam Neill takes an amazing journey across the Universe and finds beauty and danger on the way.	Himself	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2001	Movie Jurassic Park III In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda...	Dr. Alan Grant	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2001	Movie Submerged A moment by moment account of the sinking and rescue of the crew of the submarine USS Squalus which was...	Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2000	Movie The Magic Pudding Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff....	Sam Sawnoff (voice)	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2000	Movie The Dish A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic...	Cliff Buxton - Dish Master	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2000	Movie Inside The Living Daylights The making of the film that introduced Timothy Dalton as James Bond, who gave Bond a darker edge for a...	Self (archival footage)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2000	Movie My Mother Frank When a meddlesome mother enrolls in university with her son, old and new worlds collide with awesome consequences.	Professor Mortlock	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2000	TV Sally Hemings: An American Scandal Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38 year love...	Thomas Jefferson	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2000	Movie Sally Hemings: An American Scandal Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38 year love...	Thomas Jefferson	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2000	Movie Numero Bruno Numero Bruno is a warts and all biography of widely popular actor, musician and counter-cultural hero Bruno Lawrence. Lawrence's intense,...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1999	Movie Bicentennial Man Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's...	Sir	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1999	TV Rove Rove, formerly Rove Live, was an Australian television variety show which premiered on the Nine Network on 22 September 1999,...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie Molokai: The Story of Father Damien The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai,...	Prime Minister Gibson	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1998	TV The Games The Games was an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The series was originally broadcast...	Citytrans World CEO	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1998	Movie The Revengers' Comedies After saving each other from jumping off a bridge, Henry Bell and Karen Knightly plot to avenge the people who...	Henry Bell	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1998	TV Merlin A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the...	Merlin	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1998	Movie The Horse Whisperer The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally...	Robert MacLean	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1997	Movie Forgotten Silver The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1997	Movie Event Horizon In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven...	Weir	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1997	Movie Snow White: A Tale of Terror When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with...	Lord Friedrich Hoffman	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1997	Movie The Rainbow Warrior Peter Wilcox, as skipper of the 'Rainbow Warrior', a Greenpeace ship, docks in Auckland, July 1985, preparing for a protest...	Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1996	Movie Children of the Revolution A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin...	David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine'	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1996	Movie Victory Axel Heyst is an American recluse with a dubious past living in the Dutch East Indies port of Surabaya circa...	Mr. Jones	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1996	TV In Cold Blood At the end of the 1950s, in a more innocent America, the brutal, meaningless slaying of a Midwestern family horrified...	Agent Alvin Dewey	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1996	TV Australian Story Putting the "real" back into reality television, Australian Story is an award-winning documentary series with no narrator and no agendas...	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1995	Movie Restoration An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of...	King Charles II	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1995	Movie Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.	Narrator / Host	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1995	Movie The Making of 'Jurassic Park' This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Jurassic Park," one of the 90's biggest...	Self / Alan Grant	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1995	Movie In the Mouth of Madness An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon...	John Trent	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	Movie The Jungle Book Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must...	Colonel Geofferey Brydon	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1994	Movie Fever Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now...	Elliot	TMDB 3.9 / 10
1994	Movie Country Life Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the...	Dr. Max Askey	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1994	Movie Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects Documentary focused on the creation of movie and television special effects, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis, featuring behind...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1994	Movie Sirens In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay,...	Norman Lindsay	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1993	Movie Split Enz: Spellbound Sam Neill narrates this documentary plotting the career of one of Aotearoa's most successful bands: from formation by Mike Chunn,...	Narrator	Not rated
1993	Movie Jurassic Park A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites...	Grant	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1993	Movie The Piano When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself...	Alisdair Stewart	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1993	TV Family Pictures Nina Eberlin comes home to visit her now-divorced parents and while looking through a family photo album revisits her childhood...	David Eberlin	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1993	Movie Inside 'The Piano' This 1993 program about the making of 'The Piano' features interviews with director Jane Campion; actors Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel,...	Self	Not rated
1992	Movie Hostage A weary British spy retreats to a Buenos Aires hotel and recalls his last dirty job, complete with lover.	John Rennie	TMDB 3.8 / 10
1992	Movie Memoirs of an Invisible Man After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope...	David Jenkins	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1991	Movie One Against the Wind Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who...	Major James Leggatt, The Guards	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1991	Movie Until the End of the World In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist...	Eugene Fitzpatrick	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1991	Movie Death in Brunswick A reserved man in need of a job, Carl Fitzgerald finds employment at a Greek restaurant. Upon meeting waitress Sophie,...	Carl	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1990	Movie Shadow of China A Chinese immigrant tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former...	TV Reporter	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1990	Movie The Hunt for Red October A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain...	Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1990	Movie Cowboys of Culture Director Geoff Steven's personal perspective on the Kiwi cinema renaissance of the 1970s. It traces the development of the local...	Self	Not rated
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Molloy (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	Movie The French Revolution A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in...	Marquis de Lafayette	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1989	Movie Dead Calm An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While...	John Ingram	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1988	Movie Evil Angels Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia,...	Michael Chamberlain	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1988	Movie Question of Faith A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insistence and turns to alternative treatment...	Oscar Ogg	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1987	Movie The Good Wife In pre-WWII Australia, a love triangle develops between a man, his wife and the man's brother.	Neville Gifford	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1987	TV Amerika Amerika is a miniseries about life in the United States, ten years after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet...	Colonel Andrei Denisov	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1986	Movie For Love Alone Teresa is a spirited young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of 1930s society, and her father in particular. She...	James Quick	TMDB 3.7 / 10
1986	TV Strong Medicine A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a...	Vince Lord	Not rated
1986	Movie Strong Medicine TV Movie A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers...	Vince Lord	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1985	TV Kane & Abel Polish immigrant Abel Rosnovski and Boston banker William Lowell Kane are two men born on the same day, and whose...	William Lowell Kane	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1985	Movie Plenty David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her...	Lazar	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1985	Movie Robbery Under Arms Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made...	Capt. Starlight	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1984	Movie The Blood of Others In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the...	Bergman	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1983	Movie The Country Girls The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for...	Mr. Gentleman	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1983	TV Reilly: Ace of Spies Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatising the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became...	Sidney Reilly	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1982	Movie Enigma Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical...	Dimitri Vasilikov	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1982	Movie Attack Force Z Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and...	Sergeant Costello	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1982	Movie Ivanhoe Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England...	Brian de Bois-Guilbert	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1981	Movie From a Far Country This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter...	Marian	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1981	Movie Possession A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts...	Mark	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1981	Movie The Final Conflict Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then...	Damien Thorn	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1980	TV Lucinda Brayford Based on the novel by Martin Boyd (1946) this miniseries tells the story of many generations of a family who...	Tony Duff	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1979	Movie The Journalist Comedy about a womanizing journalist on a Sydney newspaper who confronts job problems and impotence in the context of Australian...	Rex	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1979	Movie Just Out Of Reach This short feature film begins with a suicide attempt by Cathy, and then follows by telling her story in flashbacks....	Mike	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1979	Movie My Brilliant Career A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her...	Harry Beecham	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1978	Movie Surf Sail A documentary following the attempt by three young people to be the first windsurfers to cross Cook Strait.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1977	TV The Governor Historical television series about Sir George Gray	Colonial Bachelor	Not rated
1977	Movie Sleeping Dogs Recluse Smith is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between guerrillas and right-wingers in New Zealand. Implicated in a murder and...	Smith	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1977	Movie Architect Athfield Examines the practical philosophy, the achievements and frustrations of one of New Zealand's most lively and innovative architects, Ian Athfield....	Narrator	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1976	TV The Sullivans The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 1976...	Ben Dawson	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1975	Movie Four Shorts on Architecture A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1975	Movie Ashes Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and...	Priest	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1975	Movie Landfall Discovered to be using illegal drugs by a local policeman, the members of the commune kill him and bury him...	Eric	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1973	Movie Hunt's Duffer After prospector Albert Hunt (Ron Burt) registers a gold claim near Ōkārito, he finds himself accompanied by hundreds of fellow...	Bradley	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1972	Movie The Water Cycle An award-winning short exploring man-made impacts on New Zealand’s water cycle.	Unknown character	Not rated
1971	TV Film '72 The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the...	Self	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1971	Movie The City of No Two men's friendship has been weakened by their contrasting approaches to life. Bob (Jeremy Stephens) has left his wife to...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	British Flier	TMDB 8.8 / 10
TBA	Movie Mystery Ride A woman unravels a small town conspiracy of silence surrounding the murder of a hitchhiker and falls in love with...	Duncan Connelly	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Last Resort A hotel executive is sent to scout a new location in the Philippines. Once there, she becomes captivated by the...	Gerard	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2004	Movie The Brush-Off The political adviser to Australia's Minister of the Arts investigates the suspicious death of a disgruntled artist.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie The Brush-Off The political adviser to Australia's Minister of the Arts investigates the suspicious death of a disgruntled artist.	Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Stiff An amusing and entertaining film, "Stiff" showcases David Wenham as Murray Whelan, political fixer and amateur investigator. An adaption of...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1995	Movie Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1995	Movie Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill Actor Sam Neill discusses New Zealand film and his own experiences within and without.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1979	Movie On the Road with Red Mole A documentary about the New Zealand theatre troupe "Red Mole".	Director Directing	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1979	Movie On the Road with Red Mole A documentary about the New Zealand theatre troupe "Red Mole".	Writer Writing	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1978	Movie Surf Sail A documentary following the attempt by three young people to be the first windsurfers to cross Cook Strait.	Director Directing	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1978	Movie New Country - New People A documentary about the history of settler groups that came to New Zealand from Europe.	Director Directing	Not rated
1977	Movie Flare - A Ski Trip A short documentary about freestyle skiing made for the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department.	Director Directing	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1977	Movie Architect Athfield Examines the practical philosophy, the achievements and frustrations of one of New Zealand's most lively and innovative architects, Ian Athfield....	Director Directing	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1975	Movie Four Shorts on Architecture A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.	Editor Editing	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1975	Movie Four Shorts on Architecture A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.	Writer Writing	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1975	Movie Four Shorts on Architecture A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.	Director Directing	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1974	Movie Phone A primer on proper phone manners produced for the New Zealand Post Office.	Editor Editing	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1974	Movie Phone A primer on proper phone manners produced for the New Zealand Post Office.	Director Directing	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1974	Movie Phone A primer on proper phone manners produced for the New Zealand Post Office.	Writer Writing	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1973	Movie The Sealhunters Three young people set off on a road trip from Wellington to find a seal colony.	Editor Editing	TMDB 5.5 / 10

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Jurassic Park (1993)

Jurassic Park III (2001)

Peaky Blinders (2013–)

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