Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell
Biography
Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for playing distressed police officer Jason Dixon in Martin McDonagh's crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The following year, he was nominated in the same category for portraying in Adam McKay's political satire Vice (2018). In 2019, he portrayed Bob Fosse in the FX biographical miniseries Fosse/Verdon, earning a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award, and in 2022, he received a Tony Award nomination for his performance in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo. Rockwell's other films include The Green Mile (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Matchstick Men (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Moon (2009), Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Iron Man 2 (2010), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Jojo Rabbit (2019), and See How They Run (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Rockwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
143
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-11-05 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Daly City, California, USA
Acting

2025

The Bad Guys 2 as Mr. Wolf (voice)

2025

The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis as Mr. Wolf (voice)

2025

Is / Was \ Will as Not available

2024

IF as Guardian Dog (voice)

2024

Argylle as Aidan Wilde

2022

The Bad Guys as Wolf (voice)

2022

The Last Movie Stars as Stuart Rosenberg (voice)

2022

See How They Run as Inspector Stoppard

2021

The White Lotus as Frank

2021

What If...? as Justin Hammer (voice)

2020

Trolls World Tour as Hickory (voice)

2020

The One and Only Ivan as Ivan (voice)

2019

Jojo Rabbit as Captain Klenzendorf

2019

Richard Jewell as Watson Bryant

2019

The Best of Enemies as Claiborne Paul Ellis

2019

Fosse/Verdon as Bob Fosse

2018

Vice as George W. Bush

2018

Mute as Sam Bell

2017

Woman Walks Ahead as Silas Groves

2016

Mr. Right as Mr. Right

2015

F is for Family as Vic (voice)

2015

Poltergeist as Eric Bowen

2014

Laggies as Craig Hunter

2013

Drunk History as Bugsy Siegal

2013

The Way Way Back as Owen

2012

Seven Psychopaths as Billy Bickle

2011

Cowboys & Aliens as Doc

2011

The Sitter as Karl

2010

Iron Man 2 as Justin Hammer

2010

Conviction as Kenny Waters

2009

Moon as Sam Bell

2009

G-Force as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)

2009

Everybody's Fine as Robert

2009

Gentlemen Broncos as Bronco / Brutus

2008

Frost/Nixon as James Reston Jr.

2005

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Zaphod Beeblebrox

2005

Unscripted as Self

2003

Matchstick Men as Frank Mercer

2002

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Chuck Barris

2002

13 Moons as Rick

2001

Heist as Jimmy Silk

2000

Charlie's Angels as Eric Knox

1999

The Green Mile as 'Wild Bill' Wharton

1999

Galaxy Quest as Guy Fleegman

1999

A Midsummer Night's Dream as Francis Flute

1998

Celebrity as Darrow Entourage

1996

Basquiat as Thug

1993

NYPD Blue as Billy

1990

Law & Order as Officer Weddeker

1990

Law & Order as Randy Borland

1990

Clownhouse as Randy Collins

1985

The Equalizer as Slick

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1953

The Oscars as Self

NaN

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die! as Not available

2022

Maraschino Ruby as Wolf (voice)

2018

Blue Iguana as Eddie

2018

Blaze as Oilman 3

2017

The Dark of Night as Officer Witt

2017

Axis as Himself

2015

Don Verdean as Don Verdean

2015

Digging for Fire as Ray

2014

Better Living Through Chemistry as Douglas Varney

2014

Loitering with Intent as Wayne

2014

Showing Up as Self

2014

Walking the Mile as Self (archive footage)

2013

Trust Me as Aldo

2013

A Case of You as Gary

2013

A Single Shot as John Moon

2013

Schooled: The Price of College Sports as Narrator (voice)

2011

Gettysburg as Narrator

2010

F--k as Sam

2009

The Winning Season as Bill

2008

Choke as Victor Mancini

2008

Woman In Burka as Sam

2007

Joshua as Brad Cairn

2007

Snow Angels as Glenn Marchand

2005

Robin's Big Date as The Bat-Man

2004

Piccadilly Jim as Jim Crocker

2002

Stella Shorts 1998-2002 as Pizza Guy

2001

Made as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

2001

BigLove as Nate

1998

Safe Men as Samuel

1998

Jerry and Tom as Jerry

1997

Drunks as Tony

NaN

Wild Horse Nine as Not available

1998

Louis & Frank as Sam

1997

Lawn Dogs as Trent

1997

Prince Street as Not available

1997

Subway Stories as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

1997

Arresting Gena as Sonny

1996

Box of Moonlight as The Kid

1995

Glory Daze as Rob

1992

Jack and His Friends as Louie

NaN

Stuntnuts: The Movie as Not available

1990

Over The Limit as Jason

NaN

A Guy Walks Into a Bar as Not available

NaN

DNA as Not available

1995

Mercy as Matty

1994

The Search for One-eye Jimmy as One-eye Jimmy

1994

Somebody to Love as Polish Guy

1992

Light Sleeper as Jealous

1992

In the Soup as Pauli

1992

Happy Hell Night as Young Henry Collins

1991

Strictly Business as Gary

NaN

The Heart as Not available
Crew

2021

No Longer Suitable For Use Executive Producer

2013

A Single Shot Executive Producer

NaN

The Smack Producer

2020

Sweet Thing Executive Producer

2019

Fosse/Verdon Executive Producer

2018

Blue Iguana Executive Producer

2015

Don Verdean Executive Producer

2014

Take Care Thanks

2009

The Winning Season Executive Producer

2005

Domino Thanks

NaN

DNA Executive Producer