Actor Sam Neill has been treated for stage three blood cancer – World Time Todays

WASHINGTON — Actor Sam Neill revealed in a Interview with the Guardian that he recently underwent chemotherapy for a type of blood cancer.

He writes of the diagnosis in his memoir, due for release next week, “Have I Ever Told You That?”

Neill is best known for his role as Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park series.

He first developed swollen glands while doing promotional work for Jurassic World: Dominion last year. He has been diagnosed with stage three angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, reports the Guardian, a type of blood cancer.

Neill was initially treated with chemotherapy but when that failed he started taking a new chemotherapy drug which he will take monthly for the rest of his life. Neill said he is now cancer free, the Guardian reports.

“I can’t say the last year hasn’t had its dark moments,” he said in the interview to promote the new book. “But those dark moments shed the light in sharp relief, you know, and have made me grateful for each day and immensely grateful for all my friends. I’m just happy to be alive.”

Neill is best known for his role in Jurassic Park, which he reprized in Jurassic Park III and the latest Jurassic World: Dominion. His long list of other credits includes Peaky Blinders, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, The Piano and The Hunt for Red October.

He was nominated for an Emmy in 1998 for Merlin and again in 2016 for his short story New Zealand: Earth’s Mystical Islands.

Neill will begin work on Apples Never Fall, a television adaptation of the best-selling novel, which will star Annette Bening.