Sam Rockwell
November 5, 1968 (57 years old) in Daly City, California, USA
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.
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Credits
- 2026 · Wild Horse Nine as Lee
- 2026 · Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die as The Man From The Future
- 2025 · The Bad Guys 2 as Wolf (voice)
- 2025 · Is / Was \ Will as
- 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 · The Last Movie Stars as Stuart Rosenberg (voice)
- 2022 · The Last Movie Stars as Self
- 2019 · Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary as Self
- 2018 · Blue Iguana as Eddie
- 2017 · Axis as Sam (voice)
- 2015 · Don Verdean as Don Verdean
- 2014 · Walking the Mile as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Better Living Through Chemistry as Douglas Varney
- 2014 · Showing Up as Self
- 2013 · A Case of You as Gary
- 2013 · Trust Me as Aldo
- 2010 · F--k as Sam
- 2009 · Gentlemen Broncos as Bronco / Brutus
- 2009 · The Winning Season as Bill
- 2009 · I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- 2008 · Frost/Nixon as James Reston Jr.
- 2007 · Snow Angels as Glenn Marchand
- 2007 · Joshua as Brad Cairn
- 2005 · Nobody Wants Your Film as Self
- 2002 · Stella Shorts 1998-2002 as Pizza Guy
- 2002 · Welcome to Collinwood as Pero
- 2002 · 13 Moons as Rick
- 2001 · Made as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 2000 · Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self (uncredited)
- 1998 · Safe Men as Samuel
- 1997 · Lawn Dogs as Trent Burns
- 1997 · Subway Stories as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
- 1997 · Drunks as Tony
- 1996 · Box of Moonlight as The Kid
- 1994 · Somebody to Love as Polish Guy
- 1992 · In the Soup as Pauli
- 1992 · Light Sleeper as Jealous
- 1991 · Strictly Business as Gary
- 1990 · Clownhouse as Randy Collins
- 1989 · Last Exit to Brooklyn as Al
- Future · Ray Gunn as Raymond Gunn (voice)
- Future · The Bad Guys 3 as Wolf (voice)
- 2022 · Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' as Self
- 2022 · Maraschino Ruby as Wolf (voice)
- 2022 · The Bad Guys as Wolf (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Justin Hammer (voice)
- 2021 · The White Lotus as Frank
- 2020 · The One and Only Ivan as Ivan (voice)
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Westley
- 2020 · Trolls World Tour as Hickory (voice)
- 2019 · Richard Jewell as Watson Bryant
- 2019 · Jojo Rabbit as Captain Klenzendorf
- 2019 · Fosse/Verdon as Bob Fosse
- 2019 · The Best of Enemies as Claiborne Paul Ellis
- 2018 · Vice as George W. Bush
- 2018 · Blaze as Oilman 3
- 2018 · Woman Walks Ahead as Silas Groves
- 2018 · The Origins of Ebbing as Self
- 2018 · Mute as Sam Bell
- 2017 · Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Dixon
- 2017 · The Dark of Night as Officer Witt
- 2016 · Mr. Right as Mr. Right
- 2015 · F is for Family as Vic (voice)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Digging for Fire as Ray
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Poltergeist as Eric Bowen
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Laggies as Craig Hunter
- 2014 · Loitering with Intent as Wayne
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2014 · Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King as Justin Hammer
- 2013 · Schooled: The Price of College Sports as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · A Single Shot as John Moon
- 2013 · Drunk History as Bugsy Siegal
- 2013 · The Way Way Back as Owen
- 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
- 2009 · Everybody's Fine as Robert
- 2009 · G-Force as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Moon as Sam Bell
- 2008 · Choke as Victor Mancini
- 2008 · The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw as Self
- 2008 · Woman In Burka as Sam
- 2007 · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Charley Ford
- 2006 · Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs as Rod
- 2005 · Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 2005 · Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' as Self
- 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 · Unscripted as Self
- 2004 · Piccadilly Jim as Jim Crocker
- 2003 · Matchstick Men as Frank Mercer
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Chuck Barris
- 2001 · Heist as Jimmy Silk
- 2001 · BigLove as Nate
- 2000 · Charlie's Angels as Eric Knox
- 2000 · Big Brother as Self - Guest
- 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 · Louis & Frank as Sam
- 1997 · Prince Street as
- 1997 · Arresting Gena as Sonny
- 1996 · Basquiat as Thug
- 1994 · The Search for One-eye Jimmy as One-eye Jimmy
- 1992 · Jack and His Friends as Louie
- 1991 · Happy Hell Night as Young Henry Collins
- Future · DNA as
- 1995 · Mercy as Matty
- 1995 · Glory Daze as Rob
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Billy
- 1990 · Law & Order as Officer Weddeker
- 1990 · Law & Order as Randy Borland
- 1990 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Head Thug
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Slick
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1972 · ABC Afterschool Special as Jason
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- Future · Hellhound as
- Future · Tumor as Frank Armstrong
- 1990 · Over the Limit as Jason
- Future · The Adventures of Drunky as Drunky
- Future · Stuntnuts: The Movie as
- Future · The Heart as
- Future · The Cackling of the Dodos as