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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.
A story in 2009, of 4 high school students who have never met discovered ancient books from a man of the '60s which somehow created a world beneath there's filled with the author's beasts and tales which will soon come on to this world and take over this brings the 4 teens together, Ethan Ardreen a geek trying to be perfect, Izzy Kensington-Reeds childhood friend of Ethan who is extremely shy and lonely and has a crush on him, Faith Thunder mysterious girl who is secretly a talented swordsman and Lucy September a rich, snobby girl who tries to not act like a spoiled brat and spends money on charity to save the world may be, more than once. Halfway through the story Ethan's brother (Tommy) finds out and starts to help, Tommy works at a comic book store and has a crush on a girl called Chloe Mao. In the last season, they have become mightier than before. The villain is Oliver Hartford the nephew of the author whose mother died so his uncle wrote a short novel about her as a hero, when he heard that the books are coming to the surface he believes his mother will be alive again.
