Nigel John Dermot (Sam) Nill ( born Nigel John Dermot “Sam” Neill ; born September 14, 1947 , Ohm , Northern Ireland , UK ) is a New Zealand film and television actor known for his roles in the films Jurassic Park , Park Jurassic Period 3 "," Hunting for "Red October" , " Through the Horizon ", " In the Maw of Madness ", the series " Sharp Peaks " and others. Three-time Golden Globe nominee. Officer of the Order of the British Empire . The owner of a large Two Paddocks winery in Otago, New Zealand.
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| Birth name | Nigel John Dermot Nill | ||
| Date of Birth | September 14, 1947 (71 years old) | ||
| Place of Birth | Ohm , Northern Ireland , UK | ||
| Citizenship |  New Zealand | ||
| Profession | actor | ||
| Career | 1975 - present | ||
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Biography
Nill was born in the city of Om in Northern Ireland . He became the second son of Dermot Neill, an army officer, a graduate of the prestigious military schools of Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst , a third-generation New Zealander (after the war he served in Northern Ireland), and his English wife, Priscilla. The family owned Nill & Co., a New Zealand liquor company.
Nill and his family returned to New Zealand in 1954 , where he attended the Anglican boarding school for boys - Christ's College Christchurch . After that, he entered the University of Canterbury , where he studied English literature, where he first appeared as an actor. He continued his studies at Queen Victoria University in Wellington , where he received a bachelor of arts degree in English literature.
He was married to New Zealand actress Lisa Harrow , from whom in 1983 he had a son, Tom. And in 1991, he had a daughter, Elena, from make-up artist Noriko Watanabe, whom Nill married in 1989. Nill also has a son, Andrew, who was born when Nill was about 20 years old - he gave the child up for adoption, but years later he found him and reunited with him.
Acting career
After inconspicuous work in New Zealand cinema as a director and actor, Neil got his first major role in the 1977 New Zealand film Sleeping Dogs . Then he starred in the Australian film " My Brilliant Career " (1979), where he played in tandem with Judy Davis . The tape received many prizes and became a classic of local cinema. In 1981, he starred as Damien Thorne in the Hollywood blockbuster Omen 3: The Last Battle . In the late 1970s, the mentor of Nill was the famous British actor James Mason .
After Roger Moore starred in his last James Bond film in 1985, Nill was seen as his replacement in another series of Bond, Sparks from the Eye . On tests, many liked him, including director John Glen , but producer Cubby Broccoli preferred Timothy Dalton to him. In the early 1980s, Nill gained fame in the UK for his roles in several dramas, such as Ivanhoe , and the leading role in the series Reilly: The King of Spies , for which he received his first Golden Globe nomination.
Sam Nill is known for his leading and supporting roles in such large (mostly American-made) films as Dead Calm (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Piano (1993), Sirens (1994), Jurassic Park (1993), Through the Horizon (1997), Plate (2000) and Jurassic Park 3 (2001). Often played Russian ( Enigma , Doctor Zhivago , America). To shoot the final scenes of the film “ Through the Horizon, ” Sam Neill had to get up at 3 a.m., as the make-up took 7-8 hours.
Nill was asked to play the role of Elf Elrond in the movie trilogy “ The Lord of the Rings ” by Peter Jackson , but he refused due to employment in the third part of “Jurassic Park” (2001). The role went to Hugo Weaving .
Filmography
| Year | Russian name | original name | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | f | Passenger | The commuter | captain david hornhorn |
| 2017 | f | Sweet land | Sweet country | Fred smith |
| 2017 | f | Thor: Ragnarok | Thor: Ragnarok | the actor who played Odin in a theatrical production |
| 2016 - 2016 | with | Tutankhamun | Tutankhamun | lord carnarvon |
| 2016 | f | Tom's honor | Tommy's honor | |
| 2016 | f | Savage hunt | Hunt for the wilderpeople | Hector |
| 2015 | f | Retreat | Backtrack | Duncan Stewart |
| 2015 | with | Pigeon keeper | The dovekeepers | Josephus Flavius |
| 2015 | f | And nobody is dead | And Then There Were None | General John MacArthur |
| 2014 | f | League of Dreams | United passions | Joao Havelange |
| 2013 - 2014 | with | Sharp visors | Peaky blinders | Chester Campbell |
| 2013 | f | Escape plan | Escape plan | Dr. Kairi |
| 2013 | f | Mariah Mundi and Midas box | The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box | Otto Luger |
| 2012 | with | Alcatraz | Alcatraz | Emerson Hauser |
| 2012 | f | The oath | The vow | Paige's father |
| 2011 | f | Hunter | The hunter | Jack mindy |
| 2011 | f | The Last Dragon: Finding the Magic Pearl | The dragon pearl | Chris Chase |
| 2010 | f | Warriors of Light | Daybreakers | Charles Bromley |
| 2010 | tf | Happy city | Happy town | Merritt Greaves |
| 2009 | f | Under the mountain | Under the mountain | mr jones |
| 2009 | f | Leather | Skin | Abraham Laing |
| 2009 | f | In her shoes | In her skin | mr reed |
| 2008 - 2009 | with | Crusoe | Crusoe | Jeremiah Blackthorn |
| 2008 | f | Dean Spanley | Dean spanley | Dean Spanley |
| 2008 | tf | Railway | Iron road | Alfred Nichol |
| 2007 | f | Angel | The real life of angel deverell | Theo |
| 2007 | with | Tudors | The tudors | Cardinal Thomas Walsey |
| 2006 | f | Obsession | Irresistible | Craig |
| 2006 | f | Merlin's apprentice | Merlin's apprentice | Merlin |
| 2005 | f | Small fish | Little fish | jockey |
| 2005 | tf | Bermuda Triangle | The triangle | Eric Beniroll |
| 2005 | f | Amazing Mary Bryant Travel | The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant | Arthur Phillip |
| 2004 | f | Wimbledon | Wimbledon | Dennis Brabury |
| 2004 | f | Yes | Yes | Anthony |
| 2004 | f | Jessica | Jessica | Richard Ranch |
| 2004 | f | Missing | Stiff | Lionel Merricks |
| 2003 | f | Beautiful stranger | Perfect strangers | The man |
| 2002 | f | Dirty tricks | Dirty deeds | Ray |
| 2002 | f | Doctor Zhivago | Doctor Zhivago | Victor Komarovsky |
| 2002 | f | A setup | Framed | Eddie meyers |
| 2001 | f | The keeper | The zookeeper | Louis |
| 2001 | f | Jurassic Park 3 | Jurassic Park III | Dr. Alan Grant |
| 2001 | f | Urgent dive | Submerged | Charles Momsen |
| 2000 | f | Magic pudding | The magic pudding | Sam Sounoff (voice) |
| 2000 | f | Plate | The dish | Cliff Buxton |
| 2000 | f | Back to college | My mother frank | professor mortlock |
| 2000 | f | White House scandal | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Jefferson |
| 1999 | f | Bicentennial man | Bicentennial man | Sir Richard Martin |
| 1999 | f | Molokai. The Story of Father Damien | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Walter Murray Gibson |
| 1998 | f | Avengers: Game for Two | The revengers' comedies | Henry bell |
| 1998 | f | Horse Whisperer | The horse whisperer | Robert Macklin |
| 1998 | f | Great merlin | Merlin | Merlin |
| 1997 | f | Through the horizon | Event horizon | Dr. William Weir |
| 1997 | f | Snow White: Scary Tale | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Friedrich Hoffman |
| 1996 | f | Children of the revolution | Children of the revolution | David Hoyle, Agent Nine |
| 1995 | f | Royal mercy | Restoration | king charles ii |
| 1995 | f | In the jaws of madness | In the mouth of madness | John Trent |
| 1995 | f | Victory | Victory | Mr jones |
| 1995 | f | Forgotten Silver | Forgotten Silver | (as himself) |
| 1994 | f | The jungle book | The jungle book | Colonel Jeffrey Braydon |
| 1994 | f | Country life | Country life | Dr. Max Escay |
| 1994 | f | Sirens | Sirens | Norman Lindsay |
| 1993 | f | Jurassic Park | Jurassic park | Dr. Alan Grant |
| 1993 | f | Theater of memories | Family pictures | David eberlin |
| 1993 | f | Hostage | Hostage | John rennie |
| 1993 | f | Piano | The piano | Aliceder Stewart |
| 1993 | f | Rainbow warrior | The rainbow warrior | Alan Galbright |
| 1992 | f | Invisibility Confession | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | David jenkins |
| 1991 | f | Alone against the wind | One against the wind | Major James Leggatt |
| 1991 | f | When the end of the world | Until the end of the world | Eugene Fitzpatrick |
| 1991 | f | Fever | Fever | Elliott |
| 1991 | f | Death in Brunswick | Death in brunswick | Karl Fitzgerald |
| 1990 | f | Shadow of china | Shadow of china | TV reporter |
| 1990 | f | The hunt for Red October | The hunt for red october | 2nd-Class Captain Vasily Borodin |
| 1989 | f | French revolution | La révolution française | Marquis Marie-Joseph de Lafayette |
| 1989 | f | Dead calm | Dead calm | John Ingram |
| 1988 | f | Scream in the dark | Evil angels | Michael Chamberlain |
| 1988 | tf | The power of faith | Leap of faith | Oscar Ogg |
| 1987 | f | Good wife | The good wife | Neville Gifford |
| 1987 | with | America | Amerika | Andrey Denisov |
| 1986 | f | In the name of love | For love alone | James Quick |
| 1986 | f | Strong medicine | Strong medicine | Vince lord |
| 1985 | with | Cain and Abel | Kane & abel | William Kane |
| 1985 | f | Restless heart | Plenty | Lazarus |
| 1985 | f | Armed robbery | Robbery under arms | captain starlight |
| 1984 | f | Alien blood | Le sang des autres | Bergman |
| 1984 | f | Country girls | The country girls | Mr. Gentleman |
| 1983 | with | Reilly: the king of spies | Reilly: The Ace of Spies | Sydney Railay (Sigmund Rosenblum) |
| 1982 | f | Enigma | Enigma | Dmitry Vasilkov |
| 1982 | f | Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Briand de Boisguillebert |
| 1982 | f | The attacking group "Z" | Attack force z | Sergeant Danny Costello |
| 1981 | f | Far edge | From a far country | Marian |
| 1981 | f | Possessed by a demon | Posession | Mark |
| 1981 | f | Omen 3: The Last Battle | Omen III: The Final Conflict | Damien Thorne |
| 1980 | f | Lucinda Braford | Lucinda brayford | Tony duff |
| 1979 | f | My brilliant career | My brilliant career | Harry Beecham |
| 1979 | f | Out of reach | Just out of reach | Mike |
| 1979 | f | Journalist | The journalist | Rex |
| 1977 | f | Sleeping dogs | Sleeping dogs | Smith |
| 1975 | f | Dust | Ashes | a priest |
| 1975 | f | Landslide | Landfall | Eric |
Awards and nominations
To date, he has 3 awards and another 25 nominations [1] , which remained without victory, in the field of cinema.
The main categories are listed below.
Nominations
- Golden Globe Award
- 1985 - Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie on TV for " Railay: The King of Spies "
- 1992 - Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie on TV for One Against the Wind
- Saturn Award
- 1993 - Best supporting actor for the film " Confession of the Invisible "
- 2006 - Best Supporting Television Actor for Bermuda Triangle
- Emmy Award
- 1998 - Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for The Great Merlin
- 1999 - Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie on TV for The Great Merlin