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In his memoir actor Sam Neill revealed that he was treated for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a stage 3 blood cancer.franchise, the Irish-born, New Zealand-raised star gave an update on ABC’s on October 16, saying that after chemotherapy failed to work on him after three months, his doctor switched him to an anti-cancer drug that requires fortnightly infusions and has complex side effects which left him feeling like he’s done “10 rounds with a boxer”.