Sam Neill, the Northern Ireland-born actor known internationally for his role as paleontologist Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, has died aged 78. Multiple outlets describe him as a versatile performer whose career spanned decades and included both film and television work. Reports say Neill built up a long list of screen credits over an extended period, with some sources characterising his career as lasting around five decades and another as covering six decades. While Jurassic Park is highlighted as the best-known part of his career, coverage also emphasizes that his screen work went beyond that franchise, portraying him as an actor with a wide-ranging body of roles across different genres and formats. The articles do not provide further details on the circumstances of his death, focusing instead on his background and the breadth of his acting work.