Sam Neill was born in Northern Ireland the year 1947. His family returned to the South Island of New Zealand in 1954. After his graduation, he worked with the New Zealand Players and other theater groups. He also was a film director, editor and scriptwriter for the New Zealand National Film Unit. At the beginning of the eigthies he moved to England where he became famous as the title character in Reilly: The Ace of Spies. In 1993, he achieved critical success with The Piano (and Jurassic Park).


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