Born in Northern Ireland on September 14, 1947, Sam Neill is a New Zealand actor who first established his acting career with films like Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) and Dead Calm (1989) and television series such as Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983) and Amerika (1987). After being part of an all-star cast in the espionage thriller The Hunt for Red October in 1990, Neill took on his most famous character to date, playing Dr. Alan Grant, in Jurassic Park (1993), a role in which he later reprised in Jurassic Park III (2001). Some of his notable television work include Merlin, Peaky Blinders and The Tudors. Other notable films include The Jungle Book (1994), Event Horizon (1997), Bicentennial Man (1999) and the Academy Award-winning New Zealand drama The Piano (1993), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), the TV miniseries Tutankhamun, Marvel's Thor: Ragnorok (2017), and the live-action animation Peter Rabbit (2018), in which he voices the characters Mr. McGregor and Tommy Brock. Happy Birthday Sam! "Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see." - William Weir, Event Horizon #SamNeill #Omen #DeadCalm #TheHuntForRedOctober #jurrasicpark #merlin #peakyblinders #thetudors #junglebook #eventhorizon #bicentennialman #thepiano #huntforthewilderpeople #Tutankhamun #thorRagnorok #peterrabbit #happybirthday https://www.instagram.com/p/BnuN3NXnbVT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13xpu3ij3ij7w