Portrait of Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell

Acting

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.

Born: November 5, 1968

Place of Birth: Daly City, California, USA

Filmography

2026
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

as Man From The Future

2025
The Bad Guys 2

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
Maraschino Ruby

as Wolf (voice)

2022
The Bad Guys

as Wolf (voice)

2021
What If...?

as Justin Hammer (voice)

2021
2020
The One and Only Ivan

as Ivan (voice)

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
Blue Iguana

as Eddie

2018
Blaze

as Oilman 3

2018
Woman Walks Ahead

as Silas Groves

2018
Mute

as Sam Bell

2017
The Dark of Night

as Officer Witt

2017
Axis

as Himself

2016
Mr. Right

as Mr. Right

2015
F is for Family

as Vic (voice)

2015
Don Verdean

as Don Verdean

2015
Poltergeist

as Eric Bowen

2015
Hot Ones

as Self

2014
Walking the Mile

as Self (archive footage)

2014
Laggies

as Craig Hunter

2014
2014
Showing Up

as Self

2013
2013
A Single Shot

as John Moon

2013
Drunk History

as Bugsy Siegal

2013
2013
Trust Me

as Aldo

2012
Seven Psychopaths

as Billy Bickle

2011
The Sitter

as Karl

2011
Gettysburg

as Narrator

2010
Conviction

as Kenny Waters

2010
Iron Man 2

as Justin Hammer

2010
F--k

as Sam

2009
2009
Gentlemen Broncos

as Bronco / Brutus

2009
G-Force

as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)

2009
Moon

as Sam Bell

2008
Frost/Nixon

as James Reston Jr.

2008
Choke

as Victor Mancini

2008
2007
Snow Angels

as Glenn Marchand

2007
Joshua

as Brad Cairn

2005
Robin's Big Date

as The Bat-Man

2005
2005
The F Word

as Jeremy

2005
Unscripted

as Self

2004
Piccadilly Jim

as Jim Crocker

2003
Matchstick Men

as Frank Mercer

2002
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

2000
Big Brother

as Self - Guest

1999
Galaxy Quest

as Guy Fleegman

1999
The Green Mile

as 'Wild Bill' Wharton

1999
1998
1998
Celebrity

as Darrow Entourage

1998
Safe Men

as Samuel

1998
1997
Lawn Dogs

as Trent

1997
Subway Stories

as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

1997
Drunks

as Tony

1997
1996
1996
Basquiat

as Thug

1995
Mercy

as Matty

1995
1994
1994
Somebody to Love

as Polish Guy

1993
NYPD Blue

as Billy

1992
In the Soup

as Pauli

1992
Light Sleeper

as Jealous

1992
Happy Hell Night

as Young Henry Collins

1990
Law & Order

as Officer Weddeker

1990
Law & Order

as Randy Borland

1990
Clownhouse

as Randy Collins

1990
1985
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1949
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Ray Gunn

as Raymond Gunn (voice)

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The Bad Guys 3

as Wolf (voice)