Sam Neill obituary: A versatile actor whose roles went far beyond Jurassic Park0

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• July 13, 2026

Neill was born in 1947 in Northern Ireland, where his father served as an officer in the Royal Irish Fusiliers. “I was born in Omagh, we lived in Armagh and my favorite place here was Tyrella beach. I think that’s where I grew up,” Neill told the BBC in 2012. The family moved to New