RIP Sam Neill.
Back in 2023, Temuera Morrison alongside fellow New Zealand actors Sam Neill and Karl Urban, in a post shared back then on Karl's Instagram: "[Dining] with distinguished dinosaur attack survivor & a simple man just trying to make his way in the universe."
Main cast members from the original Jurassic Park film that have passed
• Richard Attenborough, who played John Hammond, passed away in 2014 at the age of 90
• Sam Neill, who played Dr. Alan Grant, passed away today at the age of 78
Cillian Murphy pays tribute to his 'Peaky Blinders' co-star Sam Neill
“Like everyone who knew and worked with Sam, I admired him and adored him in equal measure. He was one of the kindest, funniest and gentlest people... and one of the finest actors. RIP"
Bryce Dallas Howard has shared a video of the late Sam Neill singing “Blackbird” with Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern.
“Sam had an immense passion for life. Generous with his wine, his stories, his time. One of the most unassumingly attractive and magnetic people I've ever met.”
Sam - you were more than just a lovely actor to work with - refined, thoughtful, a skill second to none - you were a mentor, protector, and above all, friend. Thank you for making our scenes together feel so real. I will be forever grateful to have been on this journey with you.
BD Wong, who plays 'DR HENRY WU' in the Jurassic Franchise, has shared memories & heartwarming moments about his time spent with the wonderful Sam Neill 🦖❤️
Wong & Neill shared the big screen in both Jurassic Park (1993) and later Jurassic World Dominion (2022) 🎞️
'JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION' actress, Verada Sethu, has shared a heartwarming memory from her time with Sam Neill on the set of Dominion ❤️🦖
Sethu & Neill shared the big screen together, accompanied by Laura Dern during Jurassic World Dominion.
Alan Grant, Sam Neill's, last scene in the Jurassic Franchise... 💔
Sam Neill did the best job portraying Alan Grant throughout the 3 movies he appeared in. Without a doubt my favourite character of them all 🦖
It'll never be the same without him 💔
Laura Dern pays tribute to Sam Neill:
"Sam was my beloved lifetime friend… He showed me the depths of loyalty, protectiveness and love always with the driest of wit. A true and noble gentleman, who was wrapped up in my dream leading man. I will love you forever, Dr. Alan Grant.”
sam neill, thank you so much for always spreading positivity and blessing us with all of these silly videos during covid times ❤️ i'm gonna miss it so much
I met him once boarding a plane. We were stuck in line and i was like "ok..say something..fk do it.. do it...do it" in my head..
He turns once glances at me... smiles and nods... like "yeah i know you know who i am.." and i just go quiet...then he glances back and just says "ask away..."
I did the usual "omfg love your work blah blah" and then he asked what I did and then just went into this rathole of how tech and creativity fascinate him and how people do things with computers and then we ended up talking about sheep properties and my life living in the outback... then he splintered off to his seat and mine..
Then we get to our destination, I get off and my wife is waiting for me with the kids and he gets off after me as he was ambushed with people wanting selfies... anyway I tell my wife "guess who's on the plane" and so she now wants to wait around, he then walks past us, nods at me and says "nice meeting you Scott" and continues..
The look my wife gave me at that point in time was like "WTF DID YOU DO.."
Anyway. All i remember was here's one guy who could have just waived me off took the time to chat about nothing and still somehow gave me the "you matter too" vibe.
Legend. Genuinely sad he's passed.