Sam Neill, 75, being treated for stage-three blood cancer

Sam Neill has revealed that he is being treated for stage three blood cancer.

The Jurassic Park star revealed the news in his upcoming memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This, where he writes in the first chapter that he’s “possibly dying.”

In an interview with The Guardian, the 75-year-old actor said: ‘The thing is, I’m a thief. Possibly dying.

He added: ‘Maybe I have to speed this up. I found myself with nothing to do.

And I’m used to work. I love working. I love going to work. I love being with people every day and enjoying human company and friendship and all that stuff. And suddenly I was deprived of it. And I thought, “What am I going to do?”

Neill also told the BBC that he has had a “fierce type of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma.”

He began writing his memoirs as a distraction and to “give me a reason to get through the day.”

The book reviews the New Zealand actor’s 50-year career on screen, as well as his sudden illness.

Neill revealed that he sought medical treatment after noticing bulging glands in his neck while on a publicity tour last year for the movie Jurassic World Dominion.

The piano star remained calm when told of his diagnosis by doctors, and immediately began plotting to write a book about his life.

‘I thought I needed to do something, and I thought, ‘Should I start writing?’ she told the BBC.

‘I didn’t think I had a book in me, I just thought I’d write some stories. And I found it more and more fascinating.

“A year later, not only did I write the book, it didn’t have a ghostwriter, but it came out in record time,” he said proudly.

Tragedy struck: Neill revealed he sought medical treatment after noticing bulging glands in his neck while on a publicity tour last year; Pictured in 2019