New Zealand actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
Sam Neill DCNZM OBE | |
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Sam Neill in 2010 | |
| Born | Nigel John Dermot Neill September 14, 1947 |
| Nationality |
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| 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 |
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]
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