If you’ve ever wanted a very short summary of everything Sam Neill has ever been in, this is it! Not every single thing, I admit, but I’m working on that! 🙂
And by this, I would like to wish the man a very happy birthday! Happy birthday, Mr. Neill, hope you have a great one, with plenty of that fabulous wine of yours, and may your orchards prosper! (And no more of them earthquakes we read about hitting the South Island!)
An A-Z summary of everything Sam Neill has ever been in*
* according to IMDb
- A Cry in the Dark (1988) Sam in shorts. With a camera.
- Angel (2007) Sam as a literary agent.
- Attack Force Z (1982) Sam in a canoe.
- Bicentennial Man (1999) Sam with robot.
- Blood of Others, the (1984) Sam as a nazi.
- Brush-Off, the (2004) Sam directed.
- Children of the Revolution (1996) Sam is a communist.
- Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill (1995) Sam in New Zealand.
- Country Life (1994) Sam in a barn.
- Crusoe (2008-2009) Sam AND Sean Bean in period clothing!
- Daybreakers (2009) Sam with fangs!
- Dead Calm (1989) Sam on a boat.
- Dean Spanley (2008) Sam was a dog. 🙂
- Death in Brunswick (1991) Sam is a cook.
- Dirty Deeds (2002) Sam takes bribes.
- Dish, the (2000) Sam with radio telescope.
- Doctor Zhivago (2002) Sam as a cradlesnatcher.
- Enigma (1983) Sam in a fur hat.
- Event Horizon (1997) Sam is scary.
- Family Pictures (1993) Sam with autistic child.
- Fever (1991) Sam in a bar.
- For Love Alone (1986) Sam is not Hugo Weaving.
- Forgotten Silver (1995) Sam makes stuff up.
- Framed (2002) Sam in a swimming pool.
- From a Far Country (1981) Sam as a priest.
- Good Wife, the (1987) Sam is stalked.
- Happy Town (2010) Sam is cancelled before the show has had a chance to proove itself. 🙁
- Horse Whisperer, the (1998) Sam and horses.
- Hostage (1993) Sam in Argentina.
- Hunt for Red October, the (1990) Sam in a submarine.
- In Cold Blood (1996) Sam is a baptist.
- In the Mouth of Madness (1995) Sam is fictional.
- Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant, the (2005) Sam in charge of convicts.
- Irresistible (2006) Sam with paranoid wife.
- Ivanhoe (1982) Sam in chainmail.
- Jessica (2004) Sam is drunk.
- Journalist, the (1979) Sam at a newspaper.
- Jungle Book, the (1994) Sam on an elephant.
- Jurassic Park (1993) Sam and dinosaurs.
- Jurassic Park III (2001) Sam in a hat.
- Kane & Abel (1985) Sam is rich.
- Leap of Faith (1988) Sam is based on a true story.
- Little Fish (2005) Sam on drugs.
- Magic Pudding, the (2000) Sam as a penguin.
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) Sam as the bad guy.
- Merlin (1998) Sam is magical and GETS THE GIRL!
- Merlin’s Apprentice (2006) Sam is magical, again, but with a less magical script.
- Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999) Sam on Hawaii.
- My Brilliant Career (1979) Sam on a horse.
- My Mother Frank (2000) Sam at uni.
- Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) Sam as the Antichrist.
- One Against the Wind (1991) Sam in the RAF.
- Perfect Strangers (2003) Sam in a freezer.
- Piano, the (1993) Sexually frustrated Sam.
- Plenty (1985) Sam with a parachute.
- Possession (1981) Sam has a demonic girlfriend.
- Rainbow Warrior, the (1992) Sam and Greenpeace.
- Reilly: The Ace of Spies (1983) Sam is spying.
- Restoration (1995) Sam in a wig.
- Robbery Under Arms (1985) Sam is a cowboy.
- Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000) Sam and slaves.
- Shadow of China (1990) Sam does a cameo.
- Simpsons, the – Homer the Vigilante (1994) Sam in a cartoon.
- Sirens (1994) Sam as a painter.
- Skin (2008) Sam is racist.
- Sleeping Dogs (1977) Sam is a rebel.
- Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) Sam in a fairytale.
- Space (2001) Sam talks astronomy.
- Stiff (2004) Sam in a meat factory.
- Submerged (2001) Sam plays the ukulele.
- Sweet Revenge (1998) Sam tied up in bed!
- The Games (1998) Sam is a CEO.
- To the Ends of the Earth (2005) Sam is controversial on a ship.
- Triangle, the (2005) Sam in a mirror.
- Tudors, the (2007) Sam in history.
- Until the End of the World (1991) Sam in apocalyptic scifi. (I think – still need to watch this!)
- Victory (1995) Sam is kinda gay.
- Wimbledon (2004) Sam as a tennis dad.
- Yes (2004) Sam in rhyme.
- Young Ramsay (1980) Sam is a guest star.
- Zookeeper, the (2001) Sam in a zoo.
Productions of which I haven’t got any sort of a clue about (yet), sadly*
* but will update this post to include as soon as I do! 🙂
- Amerika (1987)
- Ashes (1975)
- Dragon Pearl, the (2011)
- I Am You (2009)
- Ice (2010)
- Iron Road (2009)
- Just Out of Reach (1979)
- La révolution française (1989)
- Landfall (1975)
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)
- Leunig Animated (2002)
- Leunig: How Democracy Actually Works (2002)
- Lucinda Brayford (1980)
- Strong Medicine (1986)
- Sullivans, the (1976)
- Telepathy (2010)
- Two Twisted (2006)
- Under the Mountain (2009)
“Amerika” was a miniseries that aired on American television in 1987. The Soviet Union wins the cold war and occupies the United States. I believe Sam played the Russian who was in charge and Kris Kristofferson played the President of the United States. (My mom and I watched it because I was into Sam Neil and she was into Kristofferson.) Strangest moment – watching the Russians execute the members of Congress in the Capitol building. As far as I remember the series only aired the one time, and after the fall of the Berlin Wall and then the USSR itself it became impossible to air again, which is a shame because I thought it was really good.
Ooh, that sounds fascinating actually. Thanks! 🙂 Must dig up those VHS tapes I got off eBay years ago and finally get around to watch them.