Sam Neill: movies and TV shows
Sam Neill has 226 credits in the archive: 164 films and 62 TV series, from 1951 to 2027. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2027 · busiest year: 2004 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Godzilla x Kong: Supernova | Film | — | 79 | |
| 2026 | The Fox | The Magpie (voice) | Film | — | 78 |
| 2025 | UNTAMED | Paul Souter | TV | 7.2 | 77 |
| 2025 | Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke | Self | Film | 9.0 | 77 |
| 2024 | Apples Never Fall | Stan Delaney | TV | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2024 | The Assembly | Self | TV | 9.0 | 76 |
| 2024 | T. REX | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 2023 | The Portable Door | Dennis Tanner | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2023 | Assassin Club | Caldwell | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2023 | Scarygirl | Dr. Maybee (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 75 |
| 2023 | Bring Him to Me | Frank | Film | 5.7 | 75 |
| 2022 | Jurassic World Dominion | Alan Grant | Film | 6.6 | 74 |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder | Actor Odin | Film | 6.4 | 74 |
| 2022 | The Twelve | Brett Colby | TV | 7.2 | 74 |
| 2022 | Voice Activated | Audiobook Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2022 | Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World | Self | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2021 | Invasion | Jim Bell Tyson | TV | 7.1 | 73 |
| 2021 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Tommy Brock (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 73 |
| 2021 | The Real Hunt for Red October | Self | TV | 5.5 | 73 |
| 2021 | Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal | Frankie Scales (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 73 |
| 2021 | Russell Howard Stands Up to the World | Self | TV | 4.0 | 73 |
| 2021 | Trial In The Outback: The Lindy Chamberlain Story | Self - Host | TV | 5.0 | 73 |
| 2020 | Rams | Colin | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 2020 | Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story | Self - Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2020 | Sea Lions: Life By a Whisker | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 2020 | Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Us | Self | TV | 7.3 | 71 |
| 2019 | Flack | Duncan Paulson | TV | 6.8 | 71 |
| 2019 | Blackbird | Tom | Film | 6.8 | 71 |
| 2019 | Ride Like a Girl | Paddy Payne | Film | 7.3 | 71 |
| 2019 | Palm Beach | Leo | Film | 5.3 | 71 |
| 2019 | The Show Must Go On | Self | Film | 3.0 | 71 |
| 2018 | Peter Rabbit | Mr. McGregor / Tommy Brock (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 2018 | The Commuter | Captain Hawthorne | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2018 | Anika Moa Unleashed | Self | TV | 3.0 | 70 |
| 2018 | Sweet Country | Fred Smith | Film | 6.6 | 70 |
| 2018 | The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook | Self - Host | TV | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok | Actor Odin | Film | 7.6 | 69 |
| 2017 | Get Krack!n | Self | TV | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2017 | Tommy's Honour | Alexander Boothby | Film | 6.6 | 69 |
| 2017 | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self | Film | 4.6 | 69 |
| 2017 | House of Bond | Roland “Tiny” Rowland | TV | 4.0 | 69 |
| 2016 | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | Hec | Film | 7.6 | 68 |
| 2016 | Tutankhamun | Lord Carnarvon | TV | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2016 | New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands | Narrator (voice) | TV | 9.4 | 68 |
| 2016 | New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 68 |
| 2015 | And Then There Were None | General John MacArthur | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2015 | MindGamers | Kreutz | Film | 4.7 | 67 |
| 2015 | Backtrack | Duncan Stewart | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2015 | The Daughter | Walter | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 2015 | The Dovekeepers | TV | 6.3 | 67 | |
| 2015 | House of Hancock | Lang Hancock | TV | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2015 | Odyssey sur les traces de Sam Neill | God | Film | 9.0 | 67 |
| 2015 | Why Anzac with Sam Neill | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2014 | Old School | Ted McCabe | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2014 | United Passions | Joao Havelange | Film | 3.5 | 66 |
| 2014 | A Long Way Down | Chris Crichton | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2013 | Rick and Morty | Monogatron Leader (voice) | TV | 8.7 | 65 |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | C.I. Chester Campbell | TV | 8.5 | 65 |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Major Chester Campbell | TV | 8.5 | 65 |
| 2013 | Escape Plan | Dr. Kyrie | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2013 | Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery | Self | TV | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2013 | Harry | DSS Jim Stockton | TV | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2013 | The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box | Otto Luger | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 2013 | The Ordained | Governor Michael Thomas Riley | Film | 1.0 | 65 |
| 2013 | River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand | Self | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 2012 | The Vow | Bill Thornton | Film | 7.2 | 64 |
| 2012 | Alcatraz | Emerson Hauser | TV | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Self | TV | 7.7 | 63 |
| 2011 | The Hunter | Jack Mindy | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 2011 | Return to Jurassic Park | Self | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 2011 | Ice | Anthony Kavanagh | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 2011 | Ice | Anthony Kavanagh | TV | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2011 | The Dragon Pearl | Chris Chase | Film | 4.6 | 63 |
| 2010 | Daybreakers | Charles Bromley | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Allomere (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 2010 | Happy Town | Merritt Grieves | TV | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2010 | The Making of Daybreakers | Self | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2009 | Skin | Abraham Laing | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 2009 | Iron Road | Alfred Nichol | TV | 8.2 | 61 |
| 2009 | In Her Skin | Mr. Reid | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 2009 | Under the Mountain | Mr. Jones | Film | 4.5 | 61 |
| 2009 | The Man in the Hat | Reader of Correspondence | Film | — | 61 |
| 2009 | Iron Road | Alfred Nichol | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2008 | Crusoe | Jeremiah Blackthorn | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 2008 | Dean Spanley | Dean Spanley | Film | 7.4 | 60 |
| 2008 | Verity Lambert: Drama Queen | Narrator | Film | — | 60 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 2007 | The Tudors | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 2007 | The Pixar Story | Alan Grant (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2007 | Angel | Théo | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 2006 | Merlin's Apprentice | Merlin | TV | 4.9 | 58 |
| 2006 | Two Twisted | Mick | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 2006 | Irresistible | Craig | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 2006 | Voyage of the Nautilus | Hubert Wilkins | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 2006 | Working with a Master: John Carpenter | Self | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Event Horizon' | Self | Film | 7.4 | 58 |
| 2005 | The Triangle | TV | 6.2 | 57 | |
| 2005 | The Triangle | Eric Benerall | TV | 6.2 | 57 |
| 2005 | To the Ends of the Earth | Mr. Prettiman | TV | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2005 | The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant | Governor Arthur Phillip | TV | 7.1 | 57 |
| 2005 | Yes | Anthony | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 2005 | Gallipoli | Narrator | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 2005 | Little Fish | The Jockey | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 2005 | New Zild - The Story of New Zealand English | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2004 | Wimbledon | Dennis Bradbury | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 2004 | Jessica | Richard Runche | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2004 | Jessica | TV | 5.4 | 56 | |
| 2004 | The Brush-Off | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 2004 | The Brush-Off | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 2004 | Colin McCahon: I Am | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 2004 | The Making of Sleeping Dogs | Self | Film | — | 56 |
| 2004 | Stiff | Lionel Merricks | Film | 7.9 | 56 |
| 2004 | Stiff | Film | 7.9 | 56 | |
| 2003 | Perfect Strangers | Man | Film | 4.6 | 55 |
| 2002 | Dirty Deeds | Ray | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 2002 | Doctor Zhivago | Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 2002 | Framed | Eddie Meyers | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 2001 | Richard & Judy | Self | TV | 3.4 | 53 |
| 2001 | Space | Himself | TV | 7.7 | 53 |
| 2001 | SuperCroc | narrator | Film | 7.7 | 53 |
| 2001 | The Zookeeper | Ludovic | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 2001 | Jurassic Park III | Dr. Alan Grant | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 2001 | Submerged | Lt. Cmdr. Charles B. 'Swede' Momsen | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 2001 | The Making Of Jurassic Park III | Self | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 2000 | The Dish | Cliff Buxton - Dish Master | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 2000 | Numero Bruno | Self | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 2000 | My Mother Frank | Professor Mortlock | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Jefferson | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Jefferson | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 2000 | The Magic Pudding | Sam Sawnoff (voice) | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 2000 | Inside The Living Daylights | Self (archival footage) | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1999 | Rove | Self | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Sir | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Prime Minister Gibson | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1998 | Merlin | Merlin | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1998 | The Horse Whisperer | Robert MacLean | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1998 | The Games | Citytrans World CEO | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1998 | The Revengers' Comedies | Henry Bell | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1997 | Event Horizon | Weir | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1997 | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lord Friedrich Hoffman | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1997 | Forgotten Silver | Self | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1997 | The Rainbow Warrior | Chief Inspector Alan Galbraith | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1996 | Australian Story | Self | TV | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1996 | In Cold Blood | Agent Alvin Dewey | TV | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1996 | Children of the Revolution | David 'Dave' Hoyle, aka Agent 'Nine' | Film | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1996 | Victory | Mr. Jones | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 1995 | In the Mouth of Madness | John Trent | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1995 | Restoration | King Charles II | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Jurassic Park' | Self / Alan Grant | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1995 | Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill | Narrator / Host | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1995 | Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill | Film | 5.7 | 47 | |
| 1995 | Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill | Film | 5.7 | 47 | |
| 1994 | Sirens | Norman Lindsay | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1994 | The Jungle Book | Colonel Geofferey Brydon | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1994 | Country Life | Dr. Max Askey | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1994 | Fever | Elliot | Film | 3.9 | 46 |
| 1994 | Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects | Self | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Grant | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1993 | The Piano | Alisdair Stewart | Film | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1993 | Family Pictures | David Eberlin | TV | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1993 | Split Enz: Spellbound | Narrator | Film | — | 45 |
| 1993 | Inside 'The Piano' | Self | Film | — | 45 |
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | David Jenkins | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1992 | Hostage | John Rennie | Film | 3.8 | 44 |
| 1991 | Until the End of the World | Eugene Fitzpatrick | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1991 | Death in Brunswick | Carl | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1991 | One Against the Wind | Major James Leggatt, The Guards | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Capt. 2nd Vasily Borodin | Film | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1990 | Shadow of China | TV Reporter | Film | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1990 | Cowboys of Culture | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Molloy (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1989 | Dead Calm | John Ingram | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1989 | The French Revolution | Marquis de Lafayette | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1988 | Evil Angels | Michael Chamberlain | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1988 | Question of Faith | Oscar Ogg | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1987 | Amerika | Colonel Andrei Denisov | TV | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1987 | The Good Wife | Neville Gifford | Film | 5.1 | 39 |
| 1986 | Strong Medicine | Vince Lord | TV | — | 38 |
| 1986 | For Love Alone | James Quick | Film | 3.7 | 38 |
| 1986 | Strong Medicine | Vince Lord | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1985 | Kane & Abel | William Lowell Kane | TV | 7.7 | 37 |
| 1985 | Plenty | Lazar | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1985 | Robbery Under Arms | Capt. Starlight | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1984 | The Blood of Others | Bergman | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Sidney Reilly | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1983 | The Country Girls | Mr. Gentleman | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1982 | Ivanhoe | Brian de Bois-Guilbert | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1982 | Attack Force Z | Sergeant Costello | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1982 | Enigma | Dimitri Vasilikov | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1981 | Possession | Mark | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1981 | The Final Conflict | Damien Thorn | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1981 | From a Far Country | Marian | Film | 4.6 | 33 |
| 1980 | Lucinda Brayford | Tony Duff | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1979 | My Brilliant Career | Harry Beecham | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1979 | Just Out Of Reach | Mike | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1979 | The Journalist | Rex | Film | 4.8 | 31 |
| 1979 | On the Road with Red Mole | Film | 9.0 | 31 | |
| 1979 | On the Road with Red Mole | Film | 9.0 | 31 | |
| 1978 | Sleeping Dogs | Smith | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1978 | New Country - New People | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1978 | Surf Sail | Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1978 | Surf Sail | Film | 10.0 | 30 | |
| 1977 | Architect Athfield | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1977 | Architect Athfield | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1977 | The Governor | Colonial Bachelor | TV | — | 29 |
| 1977 | Flare - A Ski Trip | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1976 | The Sullivans | Ben Dawson | TV | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1975 | Ashes | Priest | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1975 | Landfall | Eric | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1975 | Four Shorts on Architecture | Narrator (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1975 | Four Shorts on Architecture | Film | 9.0 | 27 | |
| 1975 | Four Shorts on Architecture | Film | 9.0 | 27 | |
| 1975 | Four Shorts on Architecture | Film | 9.0 | 27 | |
| 1974 | Phone | Film | 10.0 | 26 | |
| 1974 | Phone | Film | 10.0 | 26 | |
| 1974 | Phone | Film | 10.0 | 26 | |
| 1973 | Hunt's Duffer | Bradley | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1973 | The Sealhunters | Film | 5.5 | 25 | |
| 1972 | The Water Cycle | Hydro enthusiast | Film | — | 24 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 23 |
| 1971 | The City of No | The neighbour | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | British Flier | TV | 8.8 | 3 |
| Mystery Ride | Duncan Connelly | Film | — | — | |
| The Last Resort | Gerard | Film | — | — |