Before he became one of the screen's most reliably compelling character actors, Sam Neill was born Nigel Neill in Omagh, Northern Ireland, on September 14, 1947, to an English mother and a New Zealand...

New Zealand Actor Sam Neill, Known for 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' Dies at 78, His Family Says

"Sir Sam Neill was one of the greats. He started out when there was barely a film industry in this ​country to speak of. For more than fifty years ​he took New Zealand stories to the world and his tal...