Sam Neill says ‘I wouldn’t be around’ if blood cancer treatment hadn’t improved - The Jurassic Park actor is now ‘hard at work and enjoying life immensely’

Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill, 77, was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer in 2022, and he has since said he is 'very grateful' to still be alive and working

Sam Neill says he wouldn't be here today if he had been diagnosed with stage 3 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma 20 years ago.

In recent months Sam has been promoting his new series, Apples Never Fall. On the Kelly Clarkson show in May, Sam admitted he was ‘embarrassed’ when the host mentioned that he’d changed his name to Sam from ‘Nigel John Dermot Neill’.

Sam Neill said he is grateful for the strides that have been made in treating blood cancer because "if this had happened to me 20 years ago, I wouldn't be around".

Apples Never Fall star Sam Neill has shared an update on his health after being diagnosed with stage three blood cancer in 2022. The Jurassic Park actor, 77, first noticed swollen glands in his neck while on the publicity tour for Jurassic World Dominion and later learnt he had angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.

The Jurassic Park star revealed he had been diagnosed with stage 3 blood cancer in 2022 but has no plans to give up acting