Sam Neill
New Zealand actor
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| 2025 | Sam Neill was nominated for Best Lead Actor In A Drama at the AACTA Awards for 'The Twelve'. |
| 2024 | Sam Neill released a fully revised and updated version of his memoir 'Did I Ever Tell You This?', expanded to 432 pages, with The Text Publishing Company and Michael Joseph Ltd. |
| 2024 | Sam Neill stars in Apples Never Fall miniseries as Stan Delaney in 7 episodes |
| December 6 2024 | Neill was announced as a nominee for the 2025 AACTA awards for his role in The Twelve. |
| September 16 2024 | Neill was announced to return in the third season of the Foxtel legal drama The Twelve. |
| June 21 2024 | Neill was named in the cast for the Netflix drama Untamed. |
| March 7 2024 | Appeared on the Today show on March 7th, 2024, and also featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Assembly documentary series. |
| 2023 | Wins the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor. |
| 2023 | Appeared in Australian Story again with an update episode, and gave interviews on both New Zealand and Australian versions of The Project. |
| March 2023 | Neill published his memoir 'Did I Ever Tell You This?' and revealed his cancer diagnosis, stating that the cancer is in remission but he will require monthly chemotherapy for the rest of his life. |
| 2022 | Sam Neill was nominated for Best Lead Actor In A Drama at the AACTA Awards for 'The Twelve'. |
| 2022 | Neill portrayed the same actor playing Odin in Thor: Love and Thunder. |
| July 2022 | Neill reprised his role as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic World Dominion, released in July. |
| June 2022 | Accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, despite previously declining a knighthood. |
| March 2022 | Neill began chemotherapy after being diagnosed with stage 3 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. |
| 2021 | Neill ended his relationship with Laura Tingle. |
| 2021 | Sam Neill plays Sheriff John Bell Tyson in the first episode of Invasion season 1 |
| 2021 | Sam Neill voiced Alan Grant again in the Biosyn Dominion expansion of Jurassic World Evolution 2 video game. |
| 2020 | Sam Neill appears in Flack season 2 as Duncan Paulson |
| 2020 | Sam Neill was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the AFCA Awards for 'Ride Like a Girl' and Best Lead Actor at the AACTA Awards for 'Rams'. |
| 2020 | Sam Neill reprised his role as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic World Dominion, participating in on-set interviews, featurettes, and behind-the-scenes content showcasing the legacy of the Jurassic Park franchise. |
| 2020 | Featured in Australian Story season 25, episode 10, which focused on his life and careers. |
| 2020 | Received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Award, a prestigious recognition limited to 20 living people. |
| 2019 | Received the Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his distinguished performance career and leadership in the acting industry. |
| 2019 | Sam Neill voices Monogatron Leader in a Rick and Morty episode titled 'The Old Man and the Seat' |
| 2019 | Sam Neill received multiple prestigious awards, including the AFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor for 'Sweet Country', Best Presenter at the New Zealand Television Awards for 'Uncharted / The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook', the AACTA Longford Lyell Award, the Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Grand Honorary Award at the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival. |
| 2018 | Sam Neill returned as the voice of Alan Grant in the 'Return to Jurassic Park' expansion of Jurassic World Evolution video game. |
| 2018 | Neill began dating Australian political journalist Laura Tingle. |
| 2018 | Neill hosted the documentary series 'The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill', a 6-episode exploration of Pacific maritime history. |
| 2017 | Neill separated from his wife Noriko Watanabe. |
| 2017 | Sam Neill won Best Supporting Actor at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards for 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople'. He was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for 'New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands' and won Best Supporting Actor at the AFCA Awards for 'The Daughter'. |
| 2017 | Neill appeared in Thor: Ragnarok, portraying an actor playing Odin in a comedic scene alongside Luke Hemsworth and Matt Damon. |
| 2016 | Sam Neill appeared in multiple documentaries and TV shows, including 'Why Anzac with Sam Neill' which he wrote and produced, and 'New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands' where he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator. |
| 2016 | Sam Neill stars in Tutankhamun miniseries as Lord Carnavon |
| 2016 | Sam Neill received multiple nominations including Best Supporting Actor for 'The Daughter' at the AACTA Awards and Most Outstanding Actor for 'House of Hancock' at the Logie Awards. He won the AIMC Lifetime Achievement Award at the Australian Movie Convention and Best Supporting Actor at the Film Club's The Lost Weekend Awards for 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople'. |
| 2016 | Starred as Uncle Hec in the critically acclaimed film 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' |
| 2015 | Sam Neill appears in And Then There Were None miniseries as General John Gordon MacArthur |
| 2015 | Sam Neill provided archive audio for Alan Grant in the Lego Jurassic World video game. |
| 2014 | Sam Neill stars in two TV productions: Old School as Ted Macabe in 8 episodes and House of Hancock miniseries as Lang Hancock |
| 2013 | Sam Neill appears in two TV productions: Harry miniseries as Jim 'Stocks' Stockton and Peaky Blinders as Major Chester Campbell in 12 episodes |
| 2013 | Begins starring as Major Chester Campbell in the first two series of Peaky Blinders (continues until 2014). |
| 2012 | Sam Neill plays Emerson Hauser in the TV series Alcatraz, appearing in 13 episodes |
| 2012 | Sam Neill was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards and AACTA Awards for the film 'The Hunter'. |
| 2011 | Sam Neill stars in Ice miniseries as Anthony Kavanagh |
| 2011 | Nominated for AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in 'The Hunter' |
| 2010 | Sam Neill voiced the character Allomere in the animated film 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole' |
| 2010 | Sam Neill appears in TV series Rake as Dr. Bruce Chandler in an episode |
| 2010 | Sam Neill was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards for 'Under the Mountain'. He won the New Zealand Screen Awards for Best New Zealand Export. |
| 2010 | Appeared in television series Happy Town. |
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