Sam Neill

Sir Nigel James Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor.^[1] He has been in lots of movies. Neill has been in Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Event Horizon, Sirens and lots of other very famous movies. In recent years, he appeared in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Peter Rabbit (2018).

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Sam Neill in 2010
Born	Nigel John Dermot Neill (1947-09-14) September 14, 1947 (age 77) Omagh, Northern Ireland
Nationality	New Zealand United Kingdom Ireland
Education	Christ's College, Christchurch
Alma mater	Universiti Canterbury Universiti Victoria Wellington
Occupation	Celebrity
Years active	1971–present
Spouse(s)	Lisa Harrow ​ ​ (m. 1980; div. 1989)​ Noriko Watanabe ​ ​ (m. 1989; sep. 2017)​
Children	4
Website	twopaddocks.com

Neill in September 2009

Neill was born on 14 September 1947 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland to a New Zealander father and English mother. He moved to New Zealand in 1954. He studied at Christ's College, Canterbury and at University of Canterbury. Neill was married to Lisa Harrow until they divorced in 1989. Then he was married to Noriko Watanabe. He has two children. Neill has New Zealand and Irish citizenships.

In March 2023, Neill revealed that he had been having chemotherapy treatment after being diagnosed with stage 3 T cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.^[2]