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Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. His career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he is regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. Born in Northern Ireland to an English mother and New Zealand father, Neill moved to Christchurch with his family in 1954. He first achieved recognition with his appearance in the film Sleeping Dogs (1977), which he followed with leading roles in My Brilliant Career (1979), Omen III: The Final Conflict, Possession (both 1981), Evil Angels (also known as A Cry in the Dark) (1988), Dead Calm (1989), The Hunt For Red October (1990), The Piano (1993), and In the Mouth of Madness (1994). He came to international prominence as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park (1993), reprising the role in Jurassic Park III (2001) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022). Outside of film, Neill has appeared in numerous television series in guest and recurring roles, including Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983), The Simpsons (1994), The Tudors (2007), Crusoe (2008–2010), Happy Town (2010), Alcatraz (2012), and Rick and Morty (2019). He also starred as the titular character Merlin in Merlin (1998) and Merlin's Apprentice (2006) and as Major Chester Campbell in the first two series of Peaky Blinders (2013–2014). He has presented and narrated several documentaries. Neill receives the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Longford Lyell Award, the New Zealand Film Award, and the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. He also has three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor at the 2023 Logies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Neill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ben Sinclair sailed across the Pacific ten years ago and was shipwrecked, on his mysterious and adventurous journey home he sailed on the wreck of his ship, he had not enough food or water, after his journey he allegedly, as he later wrote in his book, got into a mysterious island that is not charted anywhere and on which is located, as he calls paradise on earth, he says that he has seen species of animals that do not live elsewhere, but because he has no proof of the existence of this island, no one believes him. He doesnt give up on his dream island, for 10 years he tries to find and map it, he named it Leilani, means Heavenly Flower. Finally, they manage to find out the location of the island, they assemble a team for their expedition. Team: James Wong, Mike Webster, André Magnusson, Charles LaFrance, Richard Gilmour, José Florés and Julia Jacobs. They embark on a voyage across the Pacific to a mysterious, unexplored island. On the island facing dangerous animals and plants. Ben and Julia fall in love. The adventurous expedition gained a lot of knowledge, soil sample, a herbarium, and photographic records of all the animals discovered there. Among the animals are various new species such as Golden Frigatebird, Pacific Puffin, Gold Panda, Leilanian Jaguar, Lemur, Leilan Devil, Leilan Tiger, Kangaroo, Koala, Pacific Elephant, also extinct species such as Moa, Dodo, Joseph Paulus, Meganeura, Titanoboa, Haast's eagle, Tasmanian Tiger, Gigantopitecus, Megatherium
