India, July 14 -- New Zealand actor Sir Sam Neill, famous around the world for playing Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park movies, died suddenly at his home in Sydney, Australia, at age 78.

His family (Whanau) confirmed the shocking news on July 13, 2026, using his official social media accounts.

The news surprised the global film community because Neill had proudly said he was cancer-free after fighting a rare blood cancer, stage-three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. His family added that he stayed cancer-free up to his last moments.

Sir Sam Neill was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in New Zealand. He had a long career with more than 150 acting credits, successfully balancing art house films and big Hollywood movies. For view...