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New Zealand actor, Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill has an estimated net worth of $18 million. One of the most famous film personalities to hail from the South Pacific, New Zealand-bred actor Sam Neill possesses the kind of reassuring handsomeness and soft-spoken strength that have made him an ideal leading man. Born Nigel Neill to a military family in Omagh, Northern Ireland, Neill relocated to New Zealand in 1953 at the age of six. There he picked up the nickname that would become his stage name and attended both the University of Canterbury and the University of Victoria before beginning his acting career. Neill labored as a director/editor/screenwriter for the New Zealand National Film Unit for several years; he made his first movie in 1975 and scored his first significant film success four years later as the romantic lead opposite Judy Davis in director Gillian Armstrong's My Brilliant Career. Shortly thereafter, Neill was brought to England under the sponsorship of star James Mason (who undoubtedly recognized the marked similarity between his acting style and Neill's).
The actor's subsequent movie work included two memorable collaborations with actress Meryl Streep and director Fred Schepisi: Plenty (1985) and A Cry in the Dark (1988). Neill's British TV credits were highlighted by his starring role in the unorthodox espionage drama Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), for which he won the British television BAFTA Best Actor award. He also began working on American films during the '80s, including the 1981 Omen sequel The Final Conflict (in which he demonstrated a considerable breadth of range as Satan's son Damien) and the 1987 TV miniseries Amerika.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2018 |
Others |
Sales of the videos The Commuter as Captain Hawthorne, Thor: Ragnarok as Odin and Peter Rabbit as Old Mr. McGregor or Tommy Brock |
$92,800,000 |
2018 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Commuter as Captain Hawthorne and Peter Rabbit as Old Mr. McGregor or Tommy Brock |
$471,210,000 |
2017 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Tommy's Honour as Alexander Boothby, Thor: Ragnarok as Odin, MindGamers as Kreutz and Sweet Country as Fred Smith |
$856,520,000 |
2017 |
Others |
Sales of the videos The Daughter as Walter Finch and MindGamers as Kreutz |
$54,180,000 |
2016 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Backtrack as Duncan Stewart, The Daughter as Walter Finch and Hunt for the Wilderpeople as Uncle Hec |
$25,410,000 |
2016 |
Others |
Sales of the video Backtrack as Duncan Stewart |
$100,130 |
2014 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie A Long Way Down as Jess's father and box office sales of the movies The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box as Otto Luger and United Passions as João Havelange |
$7,350,000 |
2014 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Escape Plan as Dr. Kyrie, The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box as Otto Luger and A Long Way Down as Jess's father |
$16,190,000 |
2013 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Escape Plan as Dr. Kyrie |
$137,330,000 |
2013 |
Others |
Sales of the video The Dragon Pearl as Chris Chase |
$1,260,000 |
2012 |
Others |
Sales of the video The Vow as Bill Thornton |
$35,600,000 |
2012 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Dragon Pearl as Chris Chase, The Hunter as Jack Mindy and The Vow as Bill Thornton |
$197,820,000 |
2010 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Daybreakers as Charles Bromley and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as the voice of Allomere |
$191,520,000 |
2010 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Daybreakers as Charles Bromley and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as the voice of Allomere |
$39,310,000 |
2009 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Skin as Abraham Laing and Under the Mountain as Mr. Jones |
$2,450,000 |
2007 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Angel as Théo |
$2,820,000 |
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Little Fish as The Jockey and Irresistible as Craig |
$3,650,000 |
2005 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Yes as Anthony |
$661,950 |
2004 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Wimbledon as Dennis Bradbury |
$41,670,000 |
2002 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Dirty Deeds as Ray |
$3,710,000 |
2001 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Dish as Cliff Buxton and Jurassic Park III as Dr. Alan Grant |
$385,360,000 |
2000 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies My Mother Frank as Professor Mortlock and The Magic Pudding as the voice of Sam Sawnoff |
$1,010,000 |
1999 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Bicentennial Man as 'Sir' Richard Martin |
$87,420,000 |
1998 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Horse Whisperer as Robert MacLean |
$186,880,000 |
1997 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Event Horizon as Dr. William Weir and box office sales of the movie Children of the Revolution as Nine |
$26,920,000 |
1995 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Restoration as King Charles II |
$4,100,000 |
1994 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Jungle Book as Colonel Geofferey Brydon, In the Mouth of Madness as John Trent and box office sales of the movies Country Life as Dr. Max Askey and Sirens as Norman Lindsay |
$61,390,000 |
1993 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Jurassic Park as Dr. Alan Grant and box office sales of the movie The Piano as Alisdair Stewart |
$1,080,000,000 |
1992 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Memoirs of an Invisible Man as David Jenkins |
$14,360,000 |
1991 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Until the End of the World as Eugene Fitzpatrick |
$829,630 |
1990 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Hunt for Red October as Captain Vasily Borodin and box office sales of the movies Shadow of China as the TV reporter John Dermot and Death in Brunswick as Carl 'Cookie' Fitzgerald |
$202,600,000 |
1989 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Dead Calm as John Ingram and La Révolution française as Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette |
$12,630,000 |
1988 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) as Michael Chamberlain |
$6,910,000 |
1987 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Good Wife as Neville Gifford |
$1,160,000 |
1986 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie For Love Alone as James Quick |
$143,340 |
1985 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Robbery Under Arms as Captain Starlight and Plenty as Lazar |
$6,320,000 |
1983 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Possession as Mark |
$1,110,000 |
1982 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Attack Force Z as Sergeant D.J. (Danny) Costello and Enigma as Dimitri Vasilikov |
$959,350 |
1981 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Omen III: The Final Conflict as Damien Thorn |
$20,470,000 |
1979 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies The Journalist as Rex and My Brilliant Career as Harry Beecham |
$2,310,000 |