{"id":9522,"count":1,"description":"Sir Nigel John Dermot\u00a0'Sam' Neill\u00a0(September 14, 1947 \u2013 July 13, 2026) was a New Zealand actor. His career included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an 'international leading man', he is regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation.\n\nBorn in Northern Ireland to an English mother and New Zealand father, Neill moved to\u00a0Christchurch\u00a0with his family in 1954. He first achieved recognition with his appearance in the film\u00a0Sleeping Dogs\u00a0(1977), which he followed with leading roles in\u00a0My Brilliant Career (1979),\u00a0Omen III: The Final Conflict, Possession (both 1981),\u00a0Evil Angels (1988), Dead Calm\u00a0(1989),\u00a0The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Piano\u00a0(1993), and\u00a0In the Mouth of Madness\u00a0(1994). He came to international prominence as\u00a0Dr. Alan Grant\u00a0in\u00a0Jurassic Park\u00a0(1993), reprising the role in\u00a0Jurassic Park III\u00a0(2001) and Dominion\u00a0(2022).\n\nOutside of film, Neill appeared in numerous television series in guest and recurring roles, including\u00a0Reilly, Ace of Spies\u00a0(1983),\u00a0The Simpsons\u00a0(1994),\u00a0The Tudors (2007),\u00a0Crusoe\u00a0(2008\u20132010),\u00a0Happy Town (2010), Alcatraz (2012), and\u00a0Rick and Morty\u00a0(2019). He also starred as the titular character\u00a0in\u00a0Merlin (1998) and Merlin's Apprentice\u00a0(2006), and as Major Chester Campbell in the first two series of\u00a0Peaky Blinders (2013\u20132014). He has presented and narrated several documentaries.\n\nNeill received the\u00a0AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the\u00a0Longford Lyell Award, the\u00a0New Zealand Film Award, and the\u00a0Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. He also had three\u00a0Golden Globe and two\u00a0Primetime Emmy nominations. He won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor\u00a0at the 2023 Logies.\n\nNeill passed away at age 78 on 13 July 2026, in Sydney, Australia. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that he remained cancer free.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article Sam Neill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/actor\/sam-neill\/","name":"Sam Neill","slug":"sam-neill","taxonomy":"actor","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actor\/9522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actor"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/actor"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/movie?actor=9522"},{"href":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?actor=9522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}