Get to know the star of some of the world's favourite film and TV classics in this fascinating and remarkably honest memoir from Sam Neill

'Hilarious, wicked, wonderful, kind, thoughtful, engaging and wise' STEPHEN FRY
'Just wonderful, so funny and charming and sharp. Sam Neill's lively, lovely book made me laugh out loud' MERYL STREEP
'Really, really, really funny. There are some cracking stories. I read it in one sitting!' LORRAINE KELLY
'I love this book, it's like spending time with you. A real treat. Fantastic' GRAHAM NORTON
'Charming. A transparently lovely man, with a life hectically well lived' MAIL ON SUNDAY
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For over forty years, Sam Neill's name has been a reassuring mark of quality. With starring roles in hit movies like Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, The Piano and Jurassic Park, Sam's work has taken him from arthouse to blockbuster, and from cult classics to TV hits like Peaky Blinders. Few actors have proved as versatile, nor so well-loved.

Born in 1947 in Northern Ireland, Sam emigrated to New Zealand with his close-knit family at the age of seven. At school in Christchurch he discovered he was hopeless at sport, but loved acting.

Following a breakthrough role in Gillian Armstrong's My Brilliant Career in 1979, Sam found his way, sometimes by accident, to his own brilliant career and Hollywood's A-list, working alongside a stellar list of actors, writers and directors. In Did I Ever Tell You This? he invites you in, sharing stories from an extraordinary life with charm, honesty, good humour, and a wry appreciation of the absurd.

Moving and often laugh-out-loud funny, this is the inspirational story of a man who, when life knocks him down, stands up again.

About the Author
Sam Neill has appeared in almost a hundred feature films and dozens of TV series in a career spanning half a century. He is the proprietor of Two Paddocks in Central Otago, where he not only makes exceptional pinot noir but maintains his friendships with a range of ducks, pigs, cows, sheep and other animals. In 2022, he was awarded a knighthood in New Zealand in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film.

Reviews
Sam Neill is a legend, and in this magnificent book he shares his stories of family, friends and film with delicious irreverence, compassion and grace -- Laura Dern
Just wonderful, so funny and charming and sharp. Sam Neill's lively, lovely book made me laugh out loud -- Meryl Streep
Charming. A transparently lovely man, with a life hectically well lived * Mail on Sunday *
A fabulously entertaining, insanely readable memoir of a life richly, royally, rambunctiously and righteously lived -- Stephen Fry
Really, really, really funny. There are some cracking stories. I read it in one sitting! -- Lorraine Kelly
I love this book, it's like spending time with you. A real treat. Fantastic -- Graham Norton
Did I Ever Tell You This? is tender, funny and emotional, modest and generous, both unbearably sad and deliciously companionable -- Jane Campion



Book Information
ISBN 9780241648988
Author Sam Neill
Format Hardback
Page Count 416
Imprint Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 672g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 162mm * 38mm