AKA Nigel Neill

Born: 14-Sep-1947
Birthplace: Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: New Zealand
Executive summary: Played Reilly, Ace of Spies

Father: Dermot Neill (d. 1991 cancer)
Mother: Priscilla
Brother: Michael (b. 1943)
Sister: (b. 1950)
Girlfriend: Lisa Harrow
Son: Tim (b. 1983, by Lisa)
Wife: Noriko Watanabe (m. Sep-1989, two daughters)
Daughter: Elena (b. 1990, by Noriko)
Daughter: Maiko (stepdaughter, by Noriko)

    High School: Christ College, Christchurch, New Zealand
    University: BA English, Canterbury University

    Endorsement of MCI 1998
    Officer of the British Empire 1991
    English Ancestry Maternal
    New Zealand Ancestry Paternal

    TELEVISION
    Alcatraz Emerson Hauser (2012-)
    Happy Town Merritt Grieves (2010)
    Crusoe Jeremiah Blackthorn (2008-10)
    The Tudors Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (2007)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Peter Rabbit (3-Feb-2018)
    The Commuter (8-Jan-2018)
    Thor: Ragnarok (10-Oct-2017)
    Hunt for the Wilderpeople (22-Jan-2016)
    Backtrack (18-Apr-2015)
    A Long Way Down (10-Feb-2014)
    The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (5-Dec-2013)
    Escape Plan (18-Jul-2013)
    The Vow (9-Feb-2012) · Bill Thornton
    The Hunter (9-Sep-2011) · Jack
    The Dragon Pearl (6-Mar-2011)
    Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (24-Sep-2010) · Allomere [VOICE]
    Daybreakers (11-Sep-2009) · Charles Bromley
    Under the Mountain (Jul-2009) · Mr. Jones
    In Her Skin (14-Mar-2009)
    Skin (7-Sep-2008) · Abraham Laing
    Dean Spanley (6-Sep-2008) · Dean Spanley
    Angel (17-Feb-2007) · Theo
    Irresistible (18-Apr-2006)
    Merlin's Apprentice (7-Mar-2006) · Merlin
    The Triangle (5-Dec-2005)
    Mary Bryant (30-Oct-2005)
    Little Fish (20-Jul-2005) · The Jockey
    Wimbledon (13-Sep-2004) · Dennis Bradbury
    Yes (4-Sep-2004)
    Jessica (18-Jul-2004)
    Perfect Strangers (9-Oct-2003)
    Doctor Zhivago (24-Nov-2002)
    Dirty Deeds (18-Jul-2002) · Ray
    Framed (10-Jul-2002)
    The Zookeeper (13-Sep-2001)
    Jurassic Park III (16-Jul-2001) · Dr. Alan Grant
    The Magic Pudding (14-Dec-2000) [VOICE]
    The Dish (15-Sep-2000)
    My Mother Frank (17-Aug-2000)
    Bicentennial Man (13-Dec-1999)
    Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (17-Mar-1999)
    The Revengers' Comedies (9-Jun-1998) · Henry Bell
    The Horse Whisperer (15-May-1998) · Robert MacLean
    Merlin (26-Apr-1998)
    Event Horizon (15-Aug-1997) · Weir
    Snow White: A Tale of Terror (18-Jul-1997) · Frederick Hoffman
    In Cold Blood (24-Nov-1996) · Al Dewey
    Children of the Revolution (15-Jun-1996) · Nine
    Restoration (29-Dec-1995) · The King
    Forgotten Silver (28-Oct-1995) · Himself
    In the Mouth of Madness (3-Feb-1995) · John Trent
    Victory (1995) · Mr. Jones
    The Jungle Book (25-Dec-1994)
    Country Life (27-Oct-1994) · Dr. Max Askey
    Sirens (4-Mar-1994) · Norman Lindsay
    Jurassic Park (11-Jun-1993) · Grant
    The Piano (19-May-1993) · Stewart
    Hostage (15-Aug-1992)
    Memoirs of an Invisible Man (28-Feb-1992) · David Jenkins
    Rainbow Warrior (1992)
    One Against the Wind (1-Dec-1991)
    Until the End of the World (12-Sep-1991)
    Fever (11-May-1991) · Elliott
    Death in Brunswick (26-Apr-1991)
    The Hunt for Red October (2-Mar-1990) · Capt. Borodin
    Dead Calm (7-Apr-1989) · John Ingram
    The French Revolution (1989)
    A Cry in the Dark (4-Nov-1988)
    Leap of Faith (6-Oct-1988)
    The Good Wife (20-Feb-1987) · Neville Gifford
    Amerika (15-Feb-1987)
    For Love Alone (22-May-1986)
    Kane & Abel (17-Nov-1985)
    Plenty (10-Sep-1985)
    The Blood of Others (2-May-1984)
    The Country Girls (Apr-1984)
    Reilly: The Ace of Spies (5-Sep-1983)
    Enigma (Jan-1983)
    Ivanhoe (23-Feb-1982)
    Attack Force Z (5-Feb-1982) · Danny Costello
    From a Far Country (15-Sep-1981)
    Possession (27-May-1981)
    Omen III: The Final Conflict (20-Mar-1981)
    My Brilliant Career (17-Aug-1979) · Harry Beecham
    Sleeping Dogs (1977)

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