Sam Rockwell
110 movies · 12 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 5, 1968 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Daly City, California, USA
- Also known as
- Samuel 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).
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Known for
Sam Rockwell: movies and TV shows
Acting (117)
- Upcoming Wild Horse Nine
as Lee
- Upcoming Ray Gunn
as Raymond Gunn (voice)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Adventures of Drunky
as Drunky (voice)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Tumor
as Frank Armstrong
- Upcoming The Bad Guys 3
as Wolf (voice)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026 Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
as The Man from the Future
- 2025 The Bad Guys 2
as Wolf (voice)
- 2025
- 2025 The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
as Wolf (voice)
- 2024 IF
as Guardian Dog (voice)
- 2024 Argylle
as Aidan Wilde
- 2022 See How They Run
as Inspector Stoppard
- 2022 Maraschino Ruby
as Wolf (voice)
- 2022 The Bad Guys
as Wolf (voice)
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020 The One and Only Ivan
as Ivan (voice)
- 2020
- 2020 Trolls World Tour
as Hickory (voice)
- 2019 Richard Jewell
as Watson Bryant
- 2019 Jojo Rabbit
as Captain Klenzendorf
- 2019
- 2019 The Best of Enemies
as Claiborne Paul Ellis
- 2018 Vice
as George W. Bush
- 2018 Blue Iguana
as Eddie
- 2018 Blaze
as Oilman 3
- 2018 Woman Walks Ahead
as Silas Groves
- 2018 Mute
as Sam Bell
- 2017
- 2017 The Dark of Night
as Officer Witt
- 2017 Axis
as Sam (voice)
- 2016 Mr. Right
as Mr. Right
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015 Don Verdean
as Don Verdean
- 2015 Digging for Fire
as Ray
- 2015 Poltergeist
as Eric Bowen
- 2014 Laggies
as Craig Hunter
- 2014 Loitering with Intent
as Wayne
- 2014 Better Living Through Chemistry
as Douglas Varney
- 2014 Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
as Justin Hammer
- 2013 A Case of You
as Gary
- 2013 Schooled: The Price of College Sports
as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 A Single Shot
as John Moon
- 2013 The Way Way Back
as Owen
- 2013 Trust Me
as Aldo
- 2012 Seven Psychopaths
as Billy Bickle
- 2011 The Sitter
as Karl
- 2011 Cowboys & Aliens
as Doc
- 2011 Gettysburg
as Narrator
- 2010 Conviction
as Kenny Waters
- 2010 Iron Man 2
as Justin Hammer
- 2010 F--k
as Sam
- 2009 Everybody's Fine
as Robert
- 2009 Gentlemen Broncos
as Bronco / Brutus
- 2009 G-Force
as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
- 2009 Moon
as Sam Bell
- 2009 The Winning Season
as Bill
- 2008 Frost/Nixon
as James Reston Jr.
- 2008 Choke
as Victor Mancini
- 2008 Woman In Burka
as Sam
- 2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
as Charley Ford
- 2007 Snow Angels
as Glenn Marchand
- 2007 Joshua
as Brad Cairn
- 2006
- 2005 Robin's Big Date
as The Bat-Man
- 2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Zaphod Beeblebrox
- 2005 The F Word
as Jeremy
- 2005
- 2004 Piccadilly Jim
as Jim Crocker
- 2003 Matchstick Men
as Frank Mercer
- 2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
as Chuck Barris
- 2002 Stella Shorts 1998-2002
as Pizza Guy
- 2002 Welcome to Collinwood
as Pero
- 2002 13 Moons
as Rick
- 2001 Heist
as Jimmy Silk
- 2001 Made
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 2001 BigLove
as Nate
- 2000 Charlie's Angels
as Eric Knox
- 1999 Galaxy Quest
as Guy Fleegman
- 1999 The Green Mile
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
- 1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Francis Flute
- 1998 Jerry and Tom
as Jerry
- 1998 Celebrity
as Darrow Entourage
- 1998 Safe Men
as Samuel
- 1998 Louis & Frank
as Sam
- 1997 Lawn Dogs
as Trent Burns
- 1997 Subway Stories
as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
- 1997 Drunks
as Tony
- 1997
- 1997 Arresting Gena
as Sonny
- 1996 Box of Moonlight
as The Kid
- 1996 Basquiat
as Thug
- 1995 Mercy
as Matty (Al)
- 1995 Glory Daze
as Rob
- 1994 The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as One-eye Jimmy
- 1994 Somebody to Love
as Polish Guy
- 1993
- 1992 In the Soup
as Pauli
- 1992 Light Sleeper
as Jealous
- 1992 Jack and His Friends
as Louie
- 1991 Strictly Business
as Gary
- 1991 Happy Hell Night
as Young Henry Collins
- 1990
- 1990 Clownhouse
as Randy Collins
- 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Head Thug
- 1990 Over the Limit
as Jason
- 1989 Last Exit to Brooklyn
as Al
- 1985
- 1972
Behind the camera (13)
- Upcoming DNA
Executive Producer
- Upcoming The Cackling of the Dodos
Executive Producer
- Upcoming The Smack
Producer
- 2025 Chasing the Party
Producer
- 2021 No Longer Suitable For Use
Executive Producer
- 2020 Sweet Thing
Executive Producer
- 2019
- 2018 Blue Iguana
Executive Producer
- 2015 Don Verdean
Executive Producer
- 2014 Take Care
Thanks
- 2013 A Single Shot
Executive Producer
- 2009 The Winning Season
Executive Producer
- 2005 Domino
Thanks
Talk shows and appearances (30)
- 2022 The Last Movie Stars
4 episodes
- 2022
- 2019
- 2018
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2 episodes
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
2 episodes
- 2015 Hot Ones
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2 episodes
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
2 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
4 episodes
- 2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones
1 episode
- 2013 Drunk History
1 episode
- 2010
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2 episodes
- 2009
- 2008
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000 Big Brother
1 episode
- 2000
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
2 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
1 episode