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SAM NEILL

as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Sam Neill as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in The Tudors
Date of Birth: September 14, 1947


Birth Place: Northern Ireland, UK


Real Name: Nigel Neill


Eye Color: blue


Height: 6' (1,83 m)


Family: Dermot Neil (father and New Zealand army officer) Priscilla Neil (mother), (wife) Noriko Watanabe, Lisa Harrow (ex-wife), Tim (son with Harrow), Elena (daughter with Noriko), Maiko (step-daughter from Noriko)


Education: BA in English Literature, Univ. of Canterbury and Victoria in Wellington.NZ


Actor Bio: Sam Neill at Wikipedia


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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS



Non-acting careers: Writer, producer, editor and director.
Proprieter of Two Paddocks vineyard & winery since 1993 located in New Zealand where he lives.
He is also a trustee of NZ National Parks and Conservation Foundation.


Movies: (Just a few listed here) My Brilliant Career (1979) A Cry in the Dark (1988) Dead Calm (1989) The Hunt for Red October (1990) Jurassic Park (1993) The Piano (1993) Sirens (1994) Restoration (1994) The Horse Whisperer (1997) Event Horizon (1997) Merlin (1998) Jurassic Park 3 (2004) Wimbledon (2004)


TV Shows: The Tudors (Season 1, 2007, 10 episodes) where he gave an excellent performance. Snow White; A Tale of Terror 1997 Reilly: Ace of Spies: 1983-1987


Stage:


Big break: He got his big break leading role in the hit movie of all time, Jurassic Park, the first one, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1993 by Universal Studios.


Best known for: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park 3.


Awards: OBE for Service to Acting (1993)


Upcoming projects: "Iron Road" (TV), Skin, How to Change in 9 Weeks
Sam Neill as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in The Tudors Talk about...

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MEMORABLE QUOTES
  • The pathetic thing about actors is they don't feel valid unless they're acting.




FUN FACTS
  • He is a fan of the Beach Boys ...come on Sam!!!
  • Architecture is one of his passions.
  • He likes to paint watercolors and he plays the ukelele.
  • He owns a winery in New Zealand (He also won a wine award too)
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SAM NEILL PHOTOS
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with Gabrielle Anwar
Promoting Dean Spanley
Promoting the movie, Dean Spanley
Sam with Jeremy Northam
with Jeremy Northam & Bryan Brown


Hans Matheson & Sam Neill
with Hans Matheson
Jeremy Northam with Sam Neill - Dean Spanley red carpet
with Jeremy Northam
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Sam Neill on the cover of Wine Grower
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Sam with his wife and daughter
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Sam Neil & his wife Noriko Watanabe


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queen_elizabeth_1533 Wolsey 15 Sep 4 2008, 12:41 PM EDT by MadameDeMerteuil
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I think Sam Neill was a good choice for Wolsey. He looks just like him (at least, from the portraits I've seen of the real Cardinal Wolsey), and he does a good job acting just like I would imagine Wolsey to act.
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Cinefila Sam Neill, a comprimised man 1 Feb 13 2008, 9:05 PM EST by DarkLadyWitch11
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QUOTE,"Perhaps we should look at somewhere else where they recently used the time-old bribe of tax cuts, and see how it worked. In 2000, George W. Bush, under the reasonable sounding 'compassionate conservatism', offered huge tax cuts. And he delivered. Take a look at America now. The rich are certainly richer, but the economy is in the tank, a healthy surplus has been converted into a massive deficit, and the U.S. is a place that cannot even afford the basics. Like maintaining levees in low-lying Louisiana. Might I suggest that tax cuts led indirectly to the flooding of New Orleans?, UNQUOTE
Although I do not like very much acting I must admit he did a very good job in The Tudors. And his compromised speech make him a giant. It is not easy and you pay the toll for speaking up in Big Brother Hollywood.
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