Sam Neill
1947–2026 · New Zealand actor
Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill was a New Zealand actor. Known as a leading man in film and television, he received nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours for services as an actor.
Sam Neill, in order
- 1977 Architect Athfield: directed
- 1977 Flare: A Ski Trip (short film): directed
- 1977 Sleeping Dogs: acted · directed by Roger Donaldson · audiences 53% · streaming on Kanopy
- 1978 New Country: New People (short film): directed
- 1978 Surf Sail (short film): directed
- 1979 My Brilliant Career: acted · directed by Gillian Armstrong · critics 86%, audiences 66% · streaming on HBO Max
- 1979 The Journalist: acted · directed by Michael Thornhill
- 1981 From a Far Country: acted · directed by Krzysztof Zanussi
- 1981 Omen III: The Final Conflict: acted · directed by Graham Baker · critics 29%, audiences 33% · streaming on Prime Video
- 1981 Possession: acted · directed by Andrzej Żuławski · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
- 1982 Attack Force Z: acted · directed by Tim Burstall · audiences 31% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
- 1982 Ivanhoe (TV movie): acted · directed by Douglas Camfield · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
- 1983 Enigma: acted · directed by Jeannot Szwarc · audiences 26% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Pluto TV
- 1983 Reilly, Ace of Spies (TV series): acted · directed by Martin Campbell
- 1984 The Blood of Others: acted · directed by Claude Chabrol · audiences 36%
- 1985 Kane & Abel (TV series): acted · directed by Buzz Kulik
- 1985 Plenty: acted · directed by Fred Schepisi · critics 56%, audiences 51%
- 1985 Robbery Under Arms: acted · directed by Donald Crombie and Ken Hannam · audiences 67% · streaming on Kanopy
- 1986 For Love Alone: acted · directed by Stephen Wallace
- 1987 The Umbrella Woman: acted · directed by Ken Cameron · audiences 36% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
- 1988 Evil Angels: acted · directed by Fred Schepisi · critics 94%, audiences 74% · streaming on YouTube (free)
- 1989 Dead Calm: acted · directed by Phillip Noyce · critics 84%, audiences 63% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy
- 1989 La Révolution française: acted · directed by Richard T. Heffron and Robert Enrico · audiences 91% · streaming on Prime Video
- 1990 Death in Brunswick: acted · directed by John Ruane · critics 67%, audiences 62% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
- 1990 The Hunt for Red October: acted · directed by John McTiernan · critics 89%, audiences 88% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Philo
- 1991 Fever: acted · directed by Larry Elikann
- 1991 Until the End of the World: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 89%, audiences 89% · streaming on Criterion Channel
- 1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man: acted · directed by John Carpenter · critics 31%, audiences 32% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy
- 1993 Jurassic Park: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 91%, audiences 91% · streaming on Peacock, Philo, Starz
- 1993 The Piano: acted · directed by Jane Campion · critics 91%, audiences 86%
- 1993 The Rainbow Warrior: acted · directed by Michael Tuchner
- 1994 Country Life (film): acted · directed by Michael Blakemore · critics 83%, audiences 53%
- 1994 Hostage: acted · directed by Robert Young
- 1994 In the Mouth of Madness: acted · directed by John Carpenter
- 1994 Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book: acted · directed by Stephen Sommers · critics 79%, audiences 56%
- 1994 Sirens: acted · directed by John Duigan · critics 73%, audiences 41% · streaming on Hoopla, Prime Video (free), MX Player
- 1995 Cinema of Unease: directed, wrote, acted
- 1995 Forgotten Silver (TV movie): acted · directed by Costa Botes and Peter Jackson · critics 100%, audiences 82%
- 1995 Restoration: acted · directed by Michael Hoffman
- 1996 Children of the Revolution: acted · directed by Peter Duncan
- 1996 Victory: acted · directed by Mark Peploe
- 1997 Event Horizon: acted · directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
- 1997 Snow White: A Tale of Terror (TV movie): acted · directed by Michael Cohn
- 1998 Merlin (TV series): acted · directed by Steve Barron
- 1998 Sweet Revenge: acted · directed by Malcolm Mowbray
- 1998 The Horse Whisperer: acted · directed by Robert Redford · critics 72%, audiences 72%
- 1999 Bicentennial Man: acted · directed by Chris Columbus
- 1999 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien: acted · directed by Paul Cox
- 2000 My Mother Frank: acted · directed by Mark Lamprell
- 2000 The Dish: acted · directed by Rob Sitch · critics 97%, audiences 81%
- 2001 Jurassic Park III: acted · directed by Joe Johnston · critics 49%, audiences 37% · streaming on Philo, Starz
- 2001 The Zookeeper: acted · directed by Ralph Ziman
- 2002 Dirty Deeds: acted · directed by David Caesar
- 2002 Doctor Zhivago (TV movie): acted · directed by Giacomo Campiotti
- 2003 Perfect Strangers: acted · directed by Gaylene Preston
- 2004 Jessica (TV movie): acted · directed by Peter Andrikidis
- 2004 Wimbledon: acted · directed by Richard Loncraine
- 2004 Yes: acted · directed by Sally Potter
- 2005 Little Fish: acted · directed by Rowan Woods
- 2005 The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (TV series): acted · directed by Peter Andrikidis
- 2005 The Triangle (TV series): acted · directed by Craig R. Baxley
- 2005 To the Ends of the Earth (TV series): acted · directed by David Attwood
- 2006 Irresistible: acted · directed by Ann Turner
- 2006 Merlin's Apprentice (TV movie): acted · directed by David Wu
- 2007 Angel: acted · directed by François Ozon · critics 52%, audiences 32%
- 2007 The Tudors (TV series): acted
- 2008 Crusoe (TV series): acted
- 2008 Dean Spanley: acted · directed by Toa Fraser
- 2008 Skin: acted · directed by Anthony Fabian
- 2009 Daybreakers: acted · directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig
- 2009 In Her Skin: acted · directed by Simone North
- 2009 Under the Mountain: acted · directed by Jonathan King
- 2010 Happy Town (TV series): acted · directed by Bobby Roth and Darnell Martin · critics 46%, audiences 71%
- 2011 The Dragon Pearl: acted · directed by Mario Andreacchio
- 2011 The Hunter: acted · directed by Daniel Nettheim · critics 72%, audiences 62% · streaming on Philo, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Cousins · critics 86%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
- 2012 The Vow: acted · directed by Michael Sucsy
- 2013 Escape Plan: acted · directed by Mikael Håfström · critics 50%, audiences 55% · streaming on Starz
- 2013 Peaky Blinders (TV series): acted · directed by David Caffrey
- 2014 A Long Way Down: acted · directed by Pascal Chaumeil
- 2014 The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box: acted · directed by Jonathan Newman
- 2014 United Passions: acted · directed by Frédéric Auburtin
- 2015 And Then There Were None (TV series): acted · directed by Craig Viveiros
- 2015 Backtrack: acted · directed by Michael Petroni
- 2015 MindGamers: acted · directed by Andrew Goth
- 2015 The Daughter: acted · directed by Simon Stone
- 2015 The Dovekeepers (TV series): acted · directed by Yves Simoneau
- 2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople: acted · directed by Taika Waititi · critics 97%, audiences 91% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock
- 2016 Tommy's Honour: acted · directed by Jason Connery
- 2016 Tutankhamun (TV series): acted · directed by Peter Webber
- 2017 Sweet Country: acted · directed by Warwick Thornton
- 2017 Thor: Ragnarok: acted · directed by Taika Waititi · critics 93%, audiences 87% · streaming on Disney+
- 2018 Peter Rabbit: acted · directed by Will Gluck
- 2018 The Commuter: acted · directed by Jaume Collet-Serra · critics 55%, audiences 41%
- 2019 Blackbird: acted · directed by Roger Michell · critics 64%, audiences 57% · streaming on Pluto TV, Prime Video (free), MX Player
- 2019 Palm Beach: acted · directed by Rachel Ward
- 2019 Ride Like a Girl: acted · directed by Rachel Griffiths
- 2020 Rams: acted · directed by Jeremy Sims
- 2020 The Tales from Sanctuary City: acted · directed by Ricard Cussó
- 2021 Invasion (TV series): acted
- 2022 Jurassic World Dominion: acted · directed by Colin Trevorrow · critics 28%, audiences 77% · streaming on Netflix, Philo, AMC+
- 2022 The Twelve (TV series): acted
- 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder: acted · directed by Taika Waititi · critics 64%, audiences 76% · streaming on Disney+
- 2023 The Portable Door: acted · directed by Jeffrey Walker
- 2024 Apples Never Fall (TV series): acted · directed by Christopher Sweeney and Dawn Shadforth
- 2025 Untamed (TV series): acted · directed by Neasa Hardiman and Nick Murphy
- 2027 Godzilla x Kong: Supernova: acted · directed by Darrin Prescott and Grant Sputore
- Assassin Club: acted · directed by Camille Delamarre
- The Last Resort: acted · directed by Donald Petrie