Sam Rockwell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-11-05 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Daly City, California, USA
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).
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Known For
Acting
The Adventures of Drunky
as Drunky
(2025)
The Bad Guys 2
as Mr. Wolf (voice)
(2025)
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
as Mr. Wolf (voice)
(2025)
(2024)
IF
as Guardian Dog (voice)
(2024)
Argylle
as Aidan Wilde
(2022)
The Bad Guys
as Wolf (voice)
(2022)
See How They Run
as Inspector Stoppard
(2022)
Maraschino Ruby
as Wolf (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)
(2018)
Vice
as George W. Bush
(2018)
Mute
as Sam Bell
(2018)
Blaze
as Oilman 3
(2018)
Blue Iguana
as Eddie
(2018)
The Origins of Ebbing
as Self
(2017)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Jason Dixon
(2017)
Woman Walks Ahead
as Silas Groves
(2017)
Axis
as Himself
(2017)
The Dark of Night
as Officer Witt
(2016)
Mr. Right
as Mr. Right
(2015)
Poltergeist
as Eric Bowen
(2015)
Digging for Fire
as Ray
(2015)
Don Verdean
as Don Verdean
(2014)
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
as Justin Hammer
(2014)
Laggies
as Craig Hunter
(2014)
Better Living Through Chemistry
as Douglas Varney
(2014)
Showing Up
as Self
(2014)
Loitering with Intent
as Wayne
(2014)
Walking the Mile
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
The Way Way Back
as Owen
(2013)
A Single Shot
as John Moon
(2013)
A Case of You
as Gary
(2013)
Trust Me
as Aldo
(2013)
Schooled: The Price of College Sports
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
Seven Psychopaths
as Billy Bickle
(2011)
Cowboys & Aliens
as Doc
(2011)
The Sitter
as Karl
(2011)
Gettysburg
as Narrator
(2010)
Iron Man 2
as Justin Hammer
(2010)
Conviction
as Kenny Waters
(2010)
F--k
as Sam
(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
(2009)
The Winning Season
as Bill
(2009)
(2008)
Frost/Nixon
as James Reston Jr.
(2008)
Choke
as Victor Mancini
(2008)
(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
(2005)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Zaphod Beeblebrox
(2005)
(2005)
Nobody Wants Your Film
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
Robin's Big Date
as The Bat-Man
(2004)
Piccadilly Jim
as Jim Crocker
(2003)
Matchstick Men
as Frank Mercer
(2002)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
as Chuck Barris
(2002)
Welcome to Collinwood
as Pero
(2002)
13 Moons
as Rick
(2002)
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
as Pizza Guy
(2001)
Heist
as Jimmy Silk
(2001)
Made
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(2001)
BigLove
as Nate
(2000)
Charlie's Angels
as Eric Knox
(2000)
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
as Self (uncredited)
(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
(1998)
Safe Men
as Samuel
(1998)
Jerry and Tom
as Jerry
(1998)
Louis & Frank
as Sam
(1997)
Lawn Dogs
as Trent
(1997)
Subway Stories
as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
(1997)
Drunks
as Tony
(1997)
Arresting Gena
as Sonny
(1996)
Basquiat
as Thug
(1996)
Box of Moonlight
as The Kid
(1995)
Glory Daze
as Rob
(1995)
Mercy
as Matty
(1994)
Somebody to Love
as Polish Guy
(1994)
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as One-eye Jimmy
(1992)
Light Sleeper
as Jealous
(1992)
In the Soup
as Pauli
(1992)
Happy Hell Night
as Young Henry Collins
(1992)
Jack and His Friends
as Louie
(1991)
Strictly Business
as Gary
(1990)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Head Thug
(1990)
Clownhouse
as Randy Collins
(1990)
Over The Limit
as Jason
(1989)
Crew
A Guy Walks Into a Bar
Producer
The Smack
Producer
DNA
Executive Producer
(2021)
No Longer Suitable For Use
Executive Producer
(2020)
Sweet Thing
Executive Producer
(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