Basic Information About Sam Neill
Full Name | Sam Neill |
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Category | Celebrities βΊ Actors |
Professions | Actor, Voice Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Businessperson |
Net worth | $18,000,000 |
Date of birth | 1947-09-14 (76 years old) |
Place of birth | Omagh |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Education | Victoria University |
Father | Dermot Neill |
Mother | Priscilla Neill |
Spouse | Noriko Watanabe - (2 SeptemberΒ 1989 - present)Β (1 child) Lisa Harrow - (1978 - 1989)Β (divorced)Β (1 child) |
Kids | 2 (Elena Neill and Tim Neill) |
Gender | Male |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.822 m) |
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What Movie Awards did Sam Neill win?
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Sam Neill awards
Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
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Lost Weekend Award - Best Supporting Actor | Winner | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | 2016 |
NCFCA Award - Best Supporting Actor | Nominee | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | 2017 |
Chainsaw Award - Best Actor | Nominee | Event Horizon | 1998 |
AACTA Award - Best Lead Actor | Nominee | Rams | 2020 |
Sam Neill roles
Movie / Series | Role |
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Thor: Ragnarok | Actor Odin |
The Hunt for Red October | Captain Borodin |
Possession | Mark |
Jurassic Park III | Dr. Alan Grant |
Escape Plan | Dr. Kyrie |
Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Hec |
Jurassic Park | Grant |
The Commuter | Captain Hawthorne |
Peter Rabbit | Old Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock |
Event Horizon | Dr. William Weir |
The Vow | Bill Thornton |
The Piano | Alisdair Stewart |
In the Mouth of Madness | John Trent |
Sirens | Norman Lindsay |
Bis ans Ende der Welt | Eugene Fitzpatrick |
Palm Beach | Leo |
Blackbird | Paul |
Daybreakers | Charles Bromley |
Dead Calm | John Ingram |
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Allomere (voice) |
The Jungle Book | Brydon |
Wimbledon | Dennis Bradbury |
Bicentennial Man | Sir |
Rams | Colin |
The Horse Whisperer | Robert MacLean |
The Hunter | Jack |
Ride Like a Girl | Paddy Payne |
Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Frederick Hoffman |
Memoirs of an Invisible Man | David Jenkins |
A Long Way Down | Chris |
The Daughter | Walter |
Peaky Blinders | Inspector Chester Campbell / ... 12 episodes, 2013-2016 |
Rick and Morty | Monogatron Leader 1 episode, 2019 |
Flack | Duncan Paulson 2 episodes, 2020 |
The Simpsons | Molloy 1 episode, 1994 |
Rake | Dr. Bruce Chandler 1 episode, 2010 |
Dark Air with Terry Carnation | Australian Caller / ... 2 episodes, 2021 |
Alcatraz | Emerson Hauser 13 episodes, 2012 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - 'Jurassic Park' 1 episode, 1993 |
Happy Town | Merritt Grieves 8 episodes, 2010 |
Crusoe | Jeremiah Blackthorn 12 episodes, 2008-2010 |
The Sullivans | Ben Dawson 40 episodes, 1979-1980 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest 1 episode, 1995 |
The One Show | Self 1 episode, 2021 |
Sam Neill's Quotes
- "Of all the characters I've played, I think I have more in common with that guy than with Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983) referring to Carl Fitzgerald in Death in Brunswick (1990). Who Weekly (NZ) 8/23/93.
- Referring to The Simpsons (1989): "I'm playing a cat burglar. I've made it. This is the high point of my career. I'm really chuffed". EW, 7/23/93.
- "Perhaps we should look at somewhere else where they recently used the time-old bribe of tax cuts, and see how it worked. In 2000, George W. Bush, under the reasonable sounding 'compassionate conservatism', offered huge tax cuts. And he delivered. Take a look at America now. The rich are certainly richer, but the economy is in the tank, a healthy surplus has been converted into a massive deficit, and the U.S. is a place that cannot even afford the basics. Like maintaining levees in low-lying Louisiana. Might I suggest that tax cuts led indirectly to the flooding of New Orleans?".
- If all I did was acting, I'd go out of my mind.
- The pathetic thing about actors is they don't feel valid unless they're acting.
Interesting Facts about Sam Neill
- One son, Tim Neill (b.1983), with Lisa Harrow, a daughter Elena Neill with Noriko Watanabe, and a step-daughter Maiko.
- Met wife Noriko Watanabe on the set of Dead Calm (1989), where she worked as a make-up artist.
- He has homes in Beverly Hills, Sydney and New Zealand.
- He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1991 for his work as an actor.
- "Best Actor on British Television" for Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Australian Film Institute Award "Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" for A Cry in the Dark (1988) (aka "Cry in the Dark (1988)").
- His vineyard is in the Gibbston Valley, Otago, New Zealand. His wine is a Pinot Noir called Two Paddocks. In S2/E3 of Killing Eve (2018), agent Carolyn Martens (Fiona Shaw) mentions this fact during a conversation with Konstantin (Kim Bodnia).
- One of the original candidates for the fourth and fifth actor to portray James Bond - 007 in The Living Daylights (1987) and GoldenEye (1995). Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan ended up as James Bond, respectively.
- Montana is a recurring element in his films: in The Hunt for Red October (1990) he wants to live in Montana; in The Horse Whisperer (1998) he goes to Montana to find with his wife; in Jurassic Park (1993) he is digging up fossils in Montana.
- He is one of the three founders of Huntaway Films, along with his good friends John Clarke and Jay Cassells.
- Was considered for the role of the villainous "Doc Ock" in Spider-Man 2 (2004). His wife ended up as the principal make-up & hair stylist for Kirsten Dunst in the movie.
- He is a big fan of The Beach Boys.
- Moved to New Zealand at age 7.
- Good friends with musicians Neil Finn, Tim Finn and Jimmy Barnes.
- Born to Priscilla Beatrice (Ingham), who was English, and Dermot Neill, a New Zealand army officer. His ancestry includes English, Anglo-Irish (Northern Irish), and Irish.
- Studied at the University of Canterbury and at the Victoria University in Wellington, from which he graduated with a BA in English Literature.
- Owns a winery, Two Paddocks, in the Central Otago region of New Zealand. It was started in 1993.
- Suffered with a stammer when he was younger.
- Has fluent Irish accent.
- He was considered for Alan Rickman's roles in Die Hard (1988) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991).
- He was considered for Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Additional information of Sam Neill
Zodiac | Virgo |
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Lucky Number | 8 |
Lucky Stone | Sapphire |
Lucky Color | Green |
Best Match for Marriage | Taurus, Capricorn |
Divorce | Lisa Harrow Noriko Watanabe |
Eye Color | Blue |
Hair Color | Salt Pepper |
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