This was one of the most read stories of 2023 on nzherald.co.nz . Sam Neill’s book is full of surprising confessions including that his real name isn’t Sam -.
The 75-year-old actor underwent treatment for stage-three blood cancer - a ""ferocious type of aggressive"" non-Hodgkin lymphoma to be exact - and while he's in remission, he is aware he's not completely ""off the hook"".
The 'Jurassic Park' star was born Nigel John Dermot Neill in Northern Ireland before the family moved to New Zealand when he was seven and the actor has revealed he got so fed up with his name he decided to change it to Sam.