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Sam Neill (Nigel Neill)
actor
Born: 9/14/1947
Birthplace: Omagh, Northern Ireland
Brought up in New Zealand, Neill has played leading roles in critically acclaimed Australian films directed by Jane Campion (My Brilliant Career, 1979; The Piano, 1993). He appeared with Meryl Streep in Plenty (1985) and Cry in the Dark (1988), and he co-starred in the films Dead Calm (1989), Hunt for Red October (1990), and Jurassic Park (1993) and the 2001 sequel Jurassic Park III. Other films include The Dish (2000). In Britain he played the lead role in the series Reilly: The Ace of Spies (1983), for which he won Best Actor on British Television (1983).
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- Jurassic Park 3 - Jurassic Park 3 Director: Joe Johnston Writers: Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor ...
- Dirty Deeds (2002) - Starring Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington
- Jurassic Park - Starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck
- The Hunt for Red October - Starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill
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