Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor who achieved global fame as Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, dies in Sydney at 78 and his family says the death is sudden and unexpected.The family says he had declared himself cancer free after nearly five years of treatment for angioimmunoblastic T‑cell lymphoma, during which he received chemotherapy and chimeric antigen receptor T‑cell therapy.Neill built a varied career in film and television, ran the
Two Paddocks vineyard on
New Zealand's South Island, and is survived by three children, a stepdaughter and reportedly eight grandchildren.