Sam Neill was born in 1947 in Omagh in Northern Ireland, and moved with his parents to New Zealand when he was seven. He made his acting debut in the 1977 New Zealand film “Sleeping Dogs”. Since then, he has starred in major Hollywood films, including “Jurassic Park”, as well as British TV shows such as “Peaky Blinders” and the BBC miniseries “And Then There Were None”.
What’s your earliest memory?
My earliest memory is serious whooping cough aged two or three in a little room in the upper floor of a little house on the rocks off the coast in County Durham.
Who were your heroes?
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What was the last book you couldn’t put down?
What politician, past or present, do you look up to?
What would be your Mastermind special subject?
Which time and place, other than your own, would you like to live in?
What TV show could you not live without?
Who would paint your portrait?
What’s your theme tune?
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
What’s currently bugging you?
What single thing would make your life better?
When were you happiest?
In another life, what job would you have chosen?
Are we all doomed?