Sam Rockwell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 5, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Daly City, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
Stuntnuts: The Movie
Movie · as Sam Rockwell
The Adventures of Drunky
Movie · as Drunky (voice)
The Heart
Movie
DNA
Movie
Hellhound
Movie
Tumor
Movie · as Frank Armstrong
The Cackling of the Dodos
Movie
The Smack
Movie
Reasonable People
Movie
The Bad Guys 3
Movie · as Wolf (voice)
Wild Horse Nine
Movie · as Lee
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Movie · as The Man from the Future
Ray Gunn
Movie · as Raymond Gunn (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
Movie · as Wolf (voice)
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
Movie · as Wolf (voice)
Is / Was \ Will
Movie
IF
Movie · as Guardian Dog (voice)
Argylle
Movie · as Aidan Wilde
Hot Ones Versus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Maraschino Ruby
Movie · as Wolf (voice)
See How They Run
Movie · as Inspector Stoppard
The Bad Guys
Movie · as Wolf (voice)
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Movie · as Self
The Last Movie Stars
TV · as Self, Stuart Rosenberg (voice) · 2 eps
What If...?
TV · as Justin Hammer (voice) · 1 ep
The White Lotus
TV · as Frank · 4 eps
The One and Only Ivan
Movie · as Ivan (voice)
Trolls World Tour
Movie · as Hickory (voice)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV · as Westley · 1 ep
The Best of Enemies
Movie · as Claiborne Paul Ellis
Jojo Rabbit
Movie · as Captain Klenzendorf
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
Movie · as Self
Richard Jewell
Movie · as Watson Bryant
Fosse/Verdon
TV · as Bob Fosse · 8 eps
Woman Walks Ahead
Movie · as Silas Groves
Mute
Movie · as Sam Bell
Blue Iguana
Movie · as Eddie
Vice
Movie · as George W. Bush
Blaze
Movie · as Oilman 3
The Origins of Ebbing
Movie · as Self
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Movie · as Dixon
The Dark of Night
Movie · as Officer Witt
Axis
Movie · as Sam (voice)
Mr. Right
Movie · as Mr. Right
Poltergeist
Movie · as Eric Bowen
Digging for Fire
Movie · as Ray
Don Verdean
Movie · as Don Verdean
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 2 eps
F is for Family
TV · as Vic (voice) · 44 eps
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
f is for family kick
TV · as Vic Reynolds · 1 ep
Better Living Through Chemistry
Movie · as Douglas Varney
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Movie · as Justin Hammer
Loitering with Intent
Movie · as Wayne
Showing Up
Movie · as Self
Laggies
Movie · as Craig Hunter
Walking the Mile
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Way Way Back
Movie · as Owen
A Single Shot
Movie · as John Moon
A Case of You
Movie · as Gary
Trust Me
Movie · as Aldo
Schooled: The Price of College Sports
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Drunk History
TV · as Bugsy Siegal · 1 ep
Seven Psychopaths
Movie · as Billy Bickle
Cowboys & Aliens
Movie · as Doc
The Sitter
Movie · as Karl
Gettysburg
Movie · as Narrator
Iron Man 2
Movie · as Justin Hammer
Conviction
Movie · as Kenny Waters
F--k
Movie · as Sam
Gentlemen Broncos
Movie · as Bronco / Brutus
Everybody's Fine
Movie · as Robert
The Winning Season
Movie · as Bill
Moon
Movie · as Sam Bell
G-Force
Movie · as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Movie · as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Frost/Nixon
Movie · as James Reston Jr.
Choke
Movie · as Victor Mancini
Woman In Burka
Movie · as Sam
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
Movie · as Self
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Movie · as Charley Ford
Joshua
Movie · as Brad Cairn
Snow Angels
Movie · as Glenn Marchand
Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs
Movie · as Rod
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · as Zaphod Beeblebrox
Robin's Big Date
Movie · as The Bat-Man
Nobody Wants Your Film
Movie · as Self
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Movie · 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'
Movie · as Self
The F Word
Movie · as Jeremy
Unscripted
TV · as Sam Rockwell · 1 ep
Piccadilly Jim
Movie · as Jim Crocker
Matchstick Men
Movie · as Frank Mercer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Movie · as Chuck Barris
13 Moons
Movie · as Rick
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Movie · as Pizza Guy
Welcome to Collinwood
Movie · as Pero
Heist
Movie · as Jimmy Silk
BigLove
Movie · as Nate
Made
Movie · as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
Movie · as Self
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy
Movie · as Self
Charlie's Angels
Movie · as Eric Knox
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Big Brother
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Galaxy Quest
Movie · as Guy Fleegman
The Green Mile
Movie · as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Francis Flute
Celebrity
Movie · as Darrow Entourage
Safe Men
Movie · as Samuel
Jerry and Tom
Movie · as Jerry
Louis & Frank
Movie · as Sam
Drunks
Movie · as Tony
Arresting Gena
Movie · as Sonny
Subway Stories
Movie · as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
Lawn Dogs
Movie · as Trent Burns
Prince Street
TV · as Donny Hanson · 6 eps
Box of Moonlight
Movie · as The Kid
Basquiat
Movie · as Thug
Glory Daze
Movie · as Rob
Mercy
Movie · as Matty (Al)
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Movie · as One-eye Jimmy
Somebody to Love
Movie · as Polish Guy
NYPD Blue
TV · as Billy · 1 ep
Light Sleeper
Movie · as Jealous
In the Soup
Movie · as Pauli
Jack and His Friends
Movie · as Louie
Happy Hell Night
Movie · as Young Henry Collins
Strictly Business
Movie · as Gary
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Movie · as Head Thug
Over the Limit
Movie · as Jason
Clownhouse
Movie · as Randy Collins
Law & Order
TV · as Officer Weddeker, Randy Borland · 1 ep
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Movie · as Al
The Equalizer
TV · as Slick · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Jason · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep