Sam Neill was always enjoyable… like Thor, I somewhat “grew up” with Sam Neill, he was always “there”, from THE FINAL CONFLICT to DEAD CALM, HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, JURASSIC PARK, THE HORSE WHISPERER, and many more of course, I always enjoyed him being in a movie.
AFAIK, he was also friends with John Carpenter, and had a great lead performance in IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS.