Portrait of Sam Neill

Acting

Sam Neill

Titles
154movies60TV shows
Career

Active from 1973 to 2026, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles
115
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 116 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Sam Neill Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.9, average 5.2
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 18
  • Social Commentary 14
  • Psychological Thriller 13
  • Political Intrigue 10
  • Historical Drama 9
  • Mystery 6
  • Literary Adaptation 5
  • Moral Ambiguity 5
  • Biographical Drama 5
  • Bleak Atmosphere 5
  • Period Piece 5
  • Dysfunctional Family 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
TypeAllMovies28TV shows22
RoleAnyActing22Appearances2
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1970s11980s31990s22000s82010s62020s2
GenreAnyDrama21Crime2Mystery2Action & Adventure2Romance1Sci-Fi & Fantasy1Family1Soap1
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Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2020s

2 titles · average score 61
GoodWatch52
Poster for Apples Never Fall

TV show · as Stan Delaney

GoodWatch70
Poster for The Twelve

TV show · as Brett Colby

2010s

6 titles · average score 68
Poster for House of Bond

TV show · as Roland “Tiny” Rowland

Poster for House of Hancock

TV show · as Lang Hancock

GoodWatch80
Poster for And Then There Were None

TV show · as General John MacArthur

GoodWatch86
Poster for Peaky Blinders

TV show · as C.I. Chester Campbell / Major Chester Campbell

GoodWatch60
Poster for Ice

TV show · as Anthony Kavanagh

2000s

8 titles · average score 69
GoodWatch74
Poster for Iron Road

TV show · as Alfred Nichol

GoodWatch59
Poster for Crusoe

TV show · as Jeremiah Blackthorn

GoodWatch73
Poster for The Tudors

TV show · as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

GoodWatch66
Poster for To the Ends of the Earth

TV show · as Mr. Prettiman

GoodWatch71
Poster for The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

TV show · as Governor Arthur Phillip

GoodWatch70
Poster for Doctor Zhivago

TV show · as Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky

GoodWatch76
Poster for Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

TV show · as Thomas Jefferson

1990s

2 titles · average score 65
GoodWatch70
Poster for Merlin

TV show · as Merlin

GoodWatch61
Poster for In Cold Blood

TV show · as Agent Alvin Dewey

1980s

3 titles · average score 68
GoodWatch59
Poster for Amerika

TV show · as Colonel Andrei Denisov

GoodWatch77
Poster for Kane & Abel

TV show · as William Lowell Kane

Poster for Lucinda Brayford

TV show · as Tony Duff

1970s

1 title · average score 61
GoodWatch61
Poster for The Sullivans

TV show · as Ben Dawson

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