Sam Neill

'Jurassic Park' Star Sam Neill Treated for Stage-Three Blood Cancer: 'I'm Not Afraid of Dying, but It Would Annoy Me'.

Neill reprised his role of Alan Grant in “Jurassic World Dominion,” which grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office last year. Neill, best known for playing Alan Grant in the “ [Jurassic Park](https://variety.com/t/jurassic-park/)” franchise, first “experienced swollen glands during publicity for ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ in March last year and was soon diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma,” the publication reports. “But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends.

Actor Sam Neill reveals he is being treated for stage-three blood cancer, writing in a memoir that he was "possibly dying" from the illness diagnosed a year ...

"I never had any intention to write a book. In the opening chapter, written while undergoing chemotherapy, Neill said: "The thing is, I'm crook. I may have to speed this up."

In a candid upcoming memoir, the New Zealand-born Hollywood legend reveals the cancer diagnosis he has been battling in private.

“The last thing I want is for people to obsess about the cancer thing because I’m not really interested in cancer. I’m m not really interested in anything other than living.” And I found it increasingly engrossing,” he said. Neill, who was born in the UK, raised in New Zealand and beloved by fans in Australia, is most famous for his role in Jurassic Park and he has been a staple in Australian cinema and television for more than fifty years. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64969344) reported that the 75-year-old actor revealed that he only decided to write a book after being given the bad news by a doctor. In a candid upcoming memoir, the New Zealand-born Hollywood legend reveals the cancer diagnosis he has been battling in private.

In his forthcoming memoir, actor Sam Neill, best known for his work in the "Jurassic Park" franchise films, reveals he recently battled stage III blood ...

“But those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends. “I can’t pretend that the last year hasn’t had its dark moments,” Neill added in the interview. A representative for Neill confirmed to CNN that he is in remission.

The actor opens up about his blood cancer diagnosis in his upcoming memoir, "Did I Ever Tell You This?"

He was also nominated in 2017 for narrating "New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands." His breakthrough performance was in the 1977 film "Sleeping Dogs," which was screened abroad. Alan Grant in "Jurassic Park," alongside Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, that made him a household name. According to The Guardian, Neill said he first experienced swollen glands during publicity for "Jurassic World Dominion" in March 2022 and was diagnosed with AITL not long after. "And so it was a lifesaver really, because I couldn't have gone through that with nothing to do, you know." "Those dark moments throw the light into sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for every day and immensely grateful for all my friends," he said.

Actor Sam Neill has written candidly about his fight with cancer in a new book that comes out...

"I never had any intention to write a book. I love going to work. And I thought, 'what am I going to do?'

In his memoir the New Zealand-born actor says although he's had dark moments in the past year: “I am not afraid to die, but it would annoy me.”

It is a subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. But as I went on and kept writing, I realised it was actually sort of giving me a reason to live and I would go to bed thinking, ‘I’ll write about that tomorrow … Famous for numerous television and film credits including Jurassic Park, the 75-year-old actor opens the autobiography Did I Ever Tell You This?

Sam Neill's newly published biography reveals his secret battle when diagnosed in March 2022 with "a ferocious" case of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

We don’t go around mumbling because someone has hung a microphone around our necks.” We speak so we can be understood. And I found it increasingly engrossing. “I think it’s a thing that a lot of young actors have that it’s kind of sexy to have a whispering kind of thing that no one else can hear,” he said. “I suspect my publishers, they’re delightful people, but I think they wanted to get it out in a hurry just in case I kicked the bucket before it was time to release the thing.” “I thought I need to do something, and I thought, ‘Shall I start writing?'” he told the BBC.

According to the Guardian, which spoke with Neill, he had angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and underwent chemotherapy. The outlet reports he is on a ...

A representative for Neill confirmed to CNN that he is in remission. The outlet reports he is on a relatively new chemotherapy drug that he will take monthly for the rest of his life. In his forthcoming memoir, actor Sam Neill, best known for his work in the “Jurassic Park” franchise films, reveals he recently battled stage III blood cancer, but he is now cancer free.

Beloved actor Sam Neill has revealed he is “possibly dying” after being diagnosed with stage-three blood cancer a year ago.

I may have to speed this up,” he writes in the first chapter. In an interview with The Guardian to promote the book, the 75-year-old said he was initially taken through a course of chemotherapy, which failed. “The thing is, I’m crook.

In an upcoming memoir, a beloved homegrown Hollywood star has revealed he is “possibly dying” with advanced cancer.

I may have to speed this up,” he writes in the first chapter. The actor was born in Ireland in 1947, before moving to New Zealand when he was seven years old. “The thing is, I’m crook.

New Zealand actor Sam Neill is being treated for stage-three blood cancer, Guardian Australia reported on Saturday.

"The thing is, I'm crook. Chemotherapy treatment initially failed but Neill is now cancer-free after switching to a new anti-cancer drug that he will take for the rest of his life, according to the Guardian Australia SYDNEY, March 18 (Reuters) - New Zealand actor Sam Neill is being treated for stage-three blood cancer, Guardian Australia reported on Saturday.