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Sam Rockwell

Acting

Sam Rockwell

EN cinema · 122 credits

Born

5 November 1968 (age 57)

Birthplace

Daly City, California, USA

Also known as Samuel Rockwell

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

Filmography

Stuntnuts: The Movie

Stuntnuts: The Movie

ENNot rated

Actor

The Adventures of Drunky poster

The Adventures of Drunky

ENNot rated

as Drunky (voice)

The Heart

The Heart

ENNot rated

Actor

DNA

DNA

ENNot rated

Actor, Executive Producer

Hellhound

Hellhound

ENNot rated

Actor

Tumor

Tumor

ENNot rated

as Frank Armstrong

The Cackling of the Dodos

The Cackling of the Dodos

ENNot rated

Actor, Executive Producer

The Smack

The Smack

ENNot rated

Actor, Producer

Reasonable People

Reasonable People

ENNot rated

Actor

Wild Horse Nine poster

Wild Horse Nine

EN · 20268.9

as Lee

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die poster

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

EN · 20267.1

as The Man from the Future

Ray Gunn poster

Ray Gunn

EN · 2026Not rated

as Raymond Gunn (voice)

The Bad Guys 2 poster

The Bad Guys 2

EN · 20257.6

as Wolf (voice)

The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis poster

The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis

EN · 20256.8

as Wolf (voice)

Is / Was \ Will poster

Is / Was \ Will

EN · 2025Not rated

Actor

Chasing the Party poster

Chasing the Party

EN · 20257.0

Producer

IF poster

IF

EN · 20246.9

as Guardian Dog (voice)

Argylle poster

Argylle

EN · 20246.0

as Aidan Wilde

Maraschino Ruby poster

Maraschino Ruby

EN · 20227.3

as Wolf (voice)

See How They Run poster

See How They Run

EN · 20226.3

as Inspector Stoppard

The Bad Guys poster

The Bad Guys

EN · 20227.5

as Wolf (voice)

Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' poster

Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

EN · 2022Not rated

as Self

No Longer Suitable For Use poster

No Longer Suitable For Use

EN · 2021Not rated

Executive Producer

The One and Only Ivan poster

The One and Only Ivan

EN · 20207.3

as Ivan (voice)

Trolls World Tour poster

Trolls World Tour

EN · 20207.2

as Hickory (voice)

Sweet Thing poster

Sweet Thing

EN · 20206.7

Executive Producer

The Best of Enemies poster

The Best of Enemies

EN · 20197.4

as Claiborne Paul Ellis

Jojo Rabbit poster

Jojo Rabbit

EN · 20198.0

as Captain Klenzendorf

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary poster

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

EN · 20197.4

as Self

Richard Jewell poster

Richard Jewell

EN · 20197.4

as Watson Bryant

Woman Walks Ahead poster

Woman Walks Ahead

EN · 20186.8

as Silas Groves

Mute poster

Mute

EN · 20185.6

as Sam Bell

Blue Iguana poster

Blue Iguana

EN · 20185.7

as Eddie, Executive Producer

Vice poster

Vice

EN · 20187.0

as George W. Bush

Blaze poster

Blaze

EN · 20186.3

as Oilman 3

The Origins of Ebbing poster

The Origins of Ebbing

EN · 20186.0

as Self

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri poster

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

EN · 20178.0

as Dixon

The Dark of Night poster

The Dark of Night

EN · 20174.5

as Officer Witt

Axis poster

Axis

EN · 20175.1

as Sam (voice)

Mr. Right poster

Mr. Right

EN · 20166.4

as Mr. Right

Poltergeist poster

Poltergeist

EN · 20155.2

as Eric Bowen

Digging for Fire poster

Digging for Fire

EN · 20155.2

as Ray

Don Verdean poster

Don Verdean

EN · 20154.9

as Don Verdean, Executive Producer

Better Living Through Chemistry poster

Better Living Through Chemistry

EN · 20145.9

as Douglas Varney

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King poster

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

EN · 20146.8

as Justin Hammer

Loitering with Intent poster

Loitering with Intent

EN · 20144.1

as Wayne

Showing Up poster

Showing Up

EN · 20149.2

as Self

Laggies poster

Laggies

EN · 20146.1

as Craig Hunter

Walking the Mile poster

Walking the Mile

EN · 20145.0

as Self (archive footage)

Take Care poster

Take Care

EN · 20146.1

Thanks

The Way Way Back poster

The Way Way Back

EN · 20137.1

as Owen

A Single Shot poster

A Single Shot

EN · 20135.7

as John Moon, Executive Producer

A Case of You poster

A Case of You

EN · 20135.5

as Gary

Trust Me poster

Trust Me

EN · 20135.8

as Aldo

Schooled: The Price of College Sports poster

Schooled: The Price of College Sports

EN · 20137.5

as Narrator (voice)

Seven Psychopaths poster

Seven Psychopaths

EN · 20126.8

as Billy Bickle

Cowboys & Aliens poster

Cowboys & Aliens

EN · 20115.7

as Doc

The Sitter poster

The Sitter

EN · 20115.6

as Karl

Gettysburg poster

Gettysburg

EN · 20115.8

as Narrator

Iron Man 2 poster

Iron Man 2

EN · 20106.9

as Justin Hammer

Conviction poster

Conviction

EN · 20107.1

as Kenny Waters

F--k poster

F--k

EN · 20105.8

as Sam

Gentlemen Broncos poster

Gentlemen Broncos

EN · 20095.7

as Bronco / Brutus

Everybody's Fine poster

Everybody's Fine

EN · 20096.8

as Robert

The Winning Season poster

The Winning Season

EN · 20096.3

as Bill, Executive Producer

Moon poster

Moon

EN · 20097.6

as Sam Bell

G-Force poster

G-Force

EN · 20095.5

as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale poster

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

EN · 20096.9

as Self

Frost/Nixon poster

Frost/Nixon

EN · 20087.3

as James Reston Jr.

Choke poster

Choke

EN · 20086.1

as Victor Mancini

Woman In Burka poster

Woman In Burka

EN · 2008Not rated

as Sam

The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw poster

The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw

EN · 20086.7

as Self

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford poster

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

EN · 20077.1

as Charley Ford

Joshua poster

Joshua

EN · 20075.6

as Brad Cairn

Snow Angels poster

Snow Angels

EN · 20076.5

as Glenn Marchand

Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs poster

Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs

EN · 2006Not rated

as Rod

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy poster

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

EN · 20056.7

as Zaphod Beeblebrox

Robin's Big Date poster

Robin's Big Date

EN · 20056.4

as The Bat-Man

Nobody Wants Your Film poster

Nobody Wants Your Film

EN · 20054.0

as Self

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' poster

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

EN · 20059.0

as Self

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' poster

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'

EN · 2005Not rated

as Self

The F Word poster

The F Word

EN · 20056.5

as Jeremy

Domino poster

Domino

EN · 20055.9

Thanks

Piccadilly Jim poster

Piccadilly Jim

EN · 20046.6

as Jim Crocker

Matchstick Men poster

Matchstick Men

EN · 20037.0

as Frank Mercer

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind poster

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

EN · 20026.7

as Chuck Barris

13 Moons poster

13 Moons

EN · 20025.5

as Rick

Stella Shorts 1998-2002 poster

Stella Shorts 1998-2002

EN · 20024.0

as Pizza Guy

Welcome to Collinwood poster

Welcome to Collinwood

EN · 20026.1

as Pero

Heist poster

Heist

EN · 20016.3

as Jimmy Silk

BigLove poster

BigLove

EN · 20017.5

as Nate

Made poster

Made

EN · 20015.8

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels poster

Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels

EN · 2001Not rated

as Self

Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy poster

Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy

EN · 2001Not rated

as Self

Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

EN · 20005.9

as Eric Knox

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

2000

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

EN · 20007.4

as Self (uncredited)

Galaxy Quest poster

Galaxy Quest

EN · 19997.1

as Guy Fleegman

The Green Mile poster

The Green Mile

EN · 19998.5

as 'Wild Bill' Wharton

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream

EN · 19996.4

as Francis Flute

Celebrity poster

Celebrity

EN · 19986.0

as Darrow Entourage

Safe Men poster

Safe Men

EN · 19985.5

as Samuel

Jerry and Tom poster

Jerry and Tom

EN · 19986.2

as Jerry

Louis & Frank poster

Louis & Frank

EN · 19984.5

as Sam

Drunks poster

Drunks

EN · 19973.2

as Tony

Arresting Gena poster

Arresting Gena

EN · 19975.5

as Sonny

Subway Stories poster

Subway Stories

EN · 19975.6

as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Lawn Dogs poster

Lawn Dogs

EN · 19977.1

as Trent Burns

Box of Moonlight poster

Box of Moonlight

EN · 19966.8

as The Kid

Basquiat poster

Basquiat

EN · 19966.6

as Thug

Glory Daze poster

Glory Daze

EN · 19955.2

as Rob

Mercy poster

Mercy

EN · 19956.6

as Matty (Al)

The Search for One-eye Jimmy poster

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

EN · 19945.6

as One-eye Jimmy

Somebody to Love poster

Somebody to Love

EN · 19945.2

as Polish Guy

Light Sleeper poster

Light Sleeper

EN · 19926.7

as Jealous

In the Soup poster

In the Soup

EN · 19926.7

as Pauli

Jack and His Friends poster

Jack and His Friends

EN · 19923.3

as Louie

Happy Hell Night poster

Happy Hell Night

EN · 19914.9

as Young Henry Collins

Strictly Business poster

Strictly Business

EN · 19915.4

as Gary

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

EN · 19906.7

as Head Thug

Over the Limit poster

Over the Limit

EN · 1990Not rated

as Jason

Clownhouse poster

Clownhouse

EN · 19906.1

as Randy Collins

Last Exit to Brooklyn poster

Last Exit to Brooklyn

EN · 19896.4

as Al