Sam Neill's Accent
What is it? I can't place it.
shareHe's an Australian
shareThat being said it's a very formal, unique kind of aussie accent.
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He was born in Ireland but his accent is more influenced by New Zealand where he mainly grew up and I think still live their today.
shareHe's a kiwi, but like a lot of successful New Zealand actors, he probably spends most of his time in Australia, and I wouldn't be surprised he has a luxury multi million dollar house in the Sydney North Shore as do others like Nicole Kidman etc
shareI think he is using his normal accent NZ(New Zealand)
shareHe's a Kiwi but he was born in Northern Ireland and lived there till his family moved when he was a boy. You can still detect a little bit of County Tyrone at times.
shareHe sounds predominantly Australian to me, and I am Australian also. I wonder if in his earlier films he sounded more like a Kiwi.
shareHis accent is the upper class, well spoken, Australian accent. It's a little old fashioned. The days of Australians trying to speak in this style is fading.
It reminds me of the "journalist" voice of the 80s that had British qualities.