{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Cultural Left","provider_url":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl","author_name":"Administrator","author_url":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/author\/administrator\/","title":"Sam Neill\u2019s 20 best roles Culture | The Guardian - Cultural Left","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mR6QV3lTLE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/13\/sam-neills-20-best-roles-culture-the-guardian\/\">Sam Neill\u2019s 20 best roles Culture | The Guardian<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/13\/sam-neills-20-best-roles-culture-the-guardian\/embed\/#?secret=mR6QV3lTLE\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Sam Neill\u2019s 20 best roles Culture | The Guardian&#8221; &#8212; Cultural Left\" data-secret=\"mR6QV3lTLE\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/099a22ac159503f801b9dffb403eb5a339e801b8\/0_38_5494_4395\/master\/5494.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6a3721644c54e8acf8e851d7decd1e1c","thumbnail_width":140,"thumbnail_height":112,"description":"The New Zealand actor, who has died at the age of 78, delivered stellar performances for more than 40 years. Here\u2019s our pick of his best roles Scientists, farmers, spies, cops, priests, the devil incarnate: Sam Neill delivered cracking performances for more than four decades. Before the death of the New Zealand actor on Monday&#46;&#46;&#46;"}