Sam Neill is ready to get back to work after revealing he’s cancer-free.
The “Jurassic Park” star first revealed his stage-three blood cancer diagnosis back in 2023. At the time, he said he began experiencing “swollen glands” while doing publicity for “Jurassic World: Dominion.” He was later diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma.
Now, in a new interview with Australian network 7News, the 78-year-old actor claimed “there is no cancer” in his body after trying a new treatment when chemotherapy stopped working.
Inside Sam Neill’s Cancer Battle
“I’ve been living with a particular type of lymphoma for about five years, and I was on chemotherapy and the pretty miserable business, but it was keeping me alive,” Neill told 7News in an interview published April 26, 2026.
“Then the chemo stopped working,” he added. “I was at a loss, and it looked like I was on the way out, which wasn’t ideal, obviously.”
With chemo no longer an option for treatment, Neill turned to another option: CAR-T cell therapy, which is in clinical trials to treat a different blood cancer, myeloma. According to hematologist Professor Miles Prince, who also spoke with 7News, the treatment genetically modifies patients’ blood cells.
“[We] turbocharge those cells to then be able to now recognize the myeloma, which was not visible to the immune system before and then jump on it and kill it,” Prince explained.
Sam Neill Is Now Cancer-Free
GettyThe new treatment, according to Neill, worked.
“I’ve just had a scan just now, and there is no cancer in my body, that’s an extraordinary thing,” he told the outlet. “It’s science at its best,” added the actor, who went on to proclaim, “It’s time I did another movie.”
Neill has remained pretty busy amid his battle, however, starring on TV shows including “Apples Never Fall,” “The Twelve,” and “Untamed.” He also did voice work for a film called “The Fox,” appeared in a 2026 Super Bowl commercial with his “Jurassic Park” costars, and, in April 2025, was cast in the upcoming “Godzilla x Kong: Supernova.”
In addition to looking for new acting gigs, Neill has been working with the Snowdome medical foundation to push for the Australian government to formally approve and fund the treatment for all patients who need it. According to News7, it costs around $750,000 privately.
“I’m very, very excited that this can happen,” Neill told the outlet, which reports the treatment will first be rolled out in Victoria and NSW before the rest of the country.
