Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park films, Peaky Blinders and The Piano, dies aged 78

Sam Neill has died aged 78. The actor is pictured at his home and vineyard, Two Paddocks, in Alexandra, Central Otago, New Zealand, in 2022. Photograph: Fiona Goodall/The Guardian

Sam Neill, the versatile New Zealand actor whose career spanned Oscar winners and blockbusters such as The Piano and Jurassic Park, has died aged 78.

The actor’s death was announced on Monday in a statement shared on his Instagram account. No cause of death was given, but Neill had only recently revealed he was cancer-free after being diagnosed with stage three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, in 2022.