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->''"When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting."''

Sir Nigel John Dermot Neill [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever KNZM OBE]] (born 14 September 1947 in Omagh, Northern Ireland), known professionally as Sam Neill, is a UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland-born UsefulNotes/NewZealand actor.

He's best known for his roles in ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', the miniseries ''Series/{{Merlin|1998}}'', ''Film/OmenIIITheFinalConflict'', ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'', and ''Film/{{Daybreakers}}''.

He also appears to have stopped aging since the 1980s, which makes you wonder whether he really is Merlin (or maybe he's {{Satan}} -- after all he ''did'' play TheAntichrist in a movie!).

He was married to Creator/LisaHarrow, with whom he has a son, Tim Neill.
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!! Selected works in which Sam Neill has appeared:

* ''Film/SleepingDogs1977'' (1977)
* ''Film/MyBrilliantCareer'' (1979)
* ''Film/OmenIIITheFinalConflict'' (1981)
* ''Film/{{Possession}}'' (1981)
* ''Film/AttackForceZ'' (1982)
* ''Literature/{{Ivanhoe}}'' (1982)
* ''Series/ReillyAceOfSpies'' (1983)
* ''Film/EvilAngels'' (1988)
* ''Film/DeadCalm'' (1989)
* ''La Révolution Française'' (1989)
* ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' (1990)
* ''Film/MemoirsOfAnInvisibleMan'' (1992)
* ''Film/ThePiano'' (1993)
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
** ''Film/{{Jurassic Park|1993}}'' (1993)
** ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' (2001)
** ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' (2022)
* ''Film/{{Sirens|1994}}'' (1994)
* ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' (1994)
* ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|1994}}'' (1994)
* ''Film/{{Restoration|1995}}'' (1995)
* ''Film/EventHorizon'' (1997)
* ''Film/SnowWhiteATaleOfTerror'' (1997)
* ''Series/{{Merlin|1998}}'' (1998) (no relation to [[Series/Merlin2008 2008 series]])
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'' (1999)
* ''Film/TheDish'' (2000)
* ''Film/{{Angel|2007}}'' (2007)
* ''Series/TheTudors'' (2007)
* ''Series/{{Crusoe}}'' (2008-2009)
* ''Film/{{Daybreakers}}'' (2009)
* ''Film/InHerSkin'' (2009)
* ''Film/TheHunter'' (2011)
* ''Film/EscapePlan'' (2013)
* ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' (2013-14) (2 series)
* ''Series/{{And Then There Were None|2015}}'' (2015)
* ''Film/HuntForTheWilderpeople'' (2016)
* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' (2017)
* ''Film/SweetCountry'' (2018)
* ''Film/PeterRabbit'' (2018)
* ''Film/TheCommuter'' (2018)
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!! Tropes used with Sam Neill:
* ChronicallyKilledActor: A lot of Neill's roles end with him dying.
* CoolOldGuy: He's cultivated this image with his Website/{{Twitter}} profile.
* SanitySlippage: Neill has played this a couple of times as a rational man slowly falling into a pit of madness.
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