About
Sam Rockwell
Overview
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. He was nominated in the same category the following year for portraying George W. Bush 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
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| 2025 | The Bad Guys 2 | Actor | Mr. Wolf (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis | Actor | Mr. Wolf (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | IF | Actor | Guardian Dog (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 2024 | Argylle | Actor | Aidan Wilde | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | See How They Run Behind the Curtain | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | See How They Run | Actor | Inspector Stoppard | 62 Fair |
| 2022 | Maraschino Ruby | Actor | Wolf (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2022 | The Bad Guys | Actor | Wolf (voice) | 72 Good |
| 2020 | The One and Only Ivan | Actor | Ivan (voice) | 67 Fair |
| 2020 | The Real Story of Richard Jewell | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Trolls World Tour | Actor | Hickory (voice) | 70 Good |
| 2020 | Inside Jojo Rabbit | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2019 | Richard Jewell | Actor | Watson Bryant | 71 Good |
| 2019 | Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Jojo Rabbit | Actor | Captain Klenzendorf | 79 Good |
| 2019 | Fosse/Verdon | Actor | Bob Fosse | 71 Good |
| 2019 | The Best of Enemies | Actor | Claiborne Paul Ellis | 65 Fair |
| 2018 | Vice | Actor | George W. Bush | 68 Fair |
| 2018 | Blue Iguana | Actor | Eddie | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Blaze | Actor | Oilman 3 | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Origins of Ebbing | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Mute | Actor | Sam Bell | 56 Average |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Actor | Jason Dixon | 79 Good |
| 2017 | Woman Walks Ahead | Actor | Silas Groves | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | The Dark of Night | Actor | Officer Witt | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Axis | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Mr. Right | Actor | Mr. Right | 63 Fair |
| 2015 | F is for Family | Actor | Vic (voice) | 72 Good |
| 2015 | Don Verdean | Actor | Don Verdean | 56 Average |
| 2015 | Digging for Fire | Actor | Ray | 57 Average |
| 2015 | Poltergeist | Actor | Eric Bowen | 53 Average |
| 2014 | Walking the Mile | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Laggies | Actor | Craig Hunter | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | Loitering with Intent | Actor | Wayne | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Better Living Through Chemistry | Actor | Douglas Varney | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Showing Up | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King | Actor | Justin Hammer | 63 Fair |
| 2013 | A Case of You | Actor | Gary | 57 Average |
| 2013 | Schooled: The Price of College Sports | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2013 | A Single Shot | Actor | John Moon | 58 Average |
| 2013 | The Way Way Back | Actor | Owen | 68 Fair |
| 2013 | Trust Me | Actor | Aldo | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Actor | Billy Bickle | 67 Fair |
| 2011 | The Sitter | Actor | Karl | 56 Average |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Actor | Doc | 56 Average |
| 2011 | Gettysburg | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Conviction | Actor | Kenny Waters | 65 Fair |
| 2010 | Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of Iron Man 2 | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Actor | Justin Hammer | 67 Fair |
| 2010 | F--k | Actor | Sam | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Everybody's Fine | Actor | Robert | 64 Fair |
| 2009 | Gentlemen Broncos | Actor | Bronco / Brutus | 58 Average |
| 2009 | G-Force | Actor | Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice) | 55 Average |
| 2009 | Moon | Actor | Sam Bell | 74 Good |
| 2009 | The Winning Season | Actor | Bill | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Actor | James Reston Jr. | 68 Fair |
| 2008 | Choke | Actor | Victor Mancini | 60 Fair |
| 2008 | The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Woman In Burka | Actor | Sam | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Actor | Charley Ford | 68 Fair |
| 2007 | Snow Angels | Actor | Glenn Marchand | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Joshua | Actor | Brad Cairn | 58 Average |
| 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' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Making of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Nobody Wants Your Film | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Robin's Big Date | Actor | The Bat-Man | 58 Average |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Actor | Zaphod Beeblebrox | 65 Fair |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Actor | Jim Crocker | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Actor | Frank Mercer | 67 Fair |
| 2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Actor | Chuck Barris | 64 Fair |
| 2002 | Welcome to Collinwood | Actor | Pero | 59 Average |
| 2002 | 13 Moons | Actor | Rick | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Heist | Actor | Jimmy Silk | 61 Fair |
| 2001 | Made | Actor | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 2001 | BigLove | Actor | Nate | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Charlie's Angels | Actor | Eric Knox | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Galaxy Quest | Actor | Guy Fleegman | 68 Fair |
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Actor | 'Wild Bill' Wharton | 84 Very good |
| 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Actor | Francis Flute | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | Jerry and Tom | Actor | Jerry | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Actor | Darrow Entourage | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Safe Men | Actor | Samuel | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Lawn Dogs | Actor | Trent | 61 Fair |
| 1997 | Subway Stories | Actor | Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff") | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Drunks | Actor | Tony | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Prince Street | Actor | 70 Good |
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| 1997 | Arresting Gena | Actor | Sonny | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Box of Moonlight | Actor | The Kid | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Basquiat | Actor | Thug | 61 Fair |
| 1995 | Mercy | Actor | Matty | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Glory Daze | Actor | Rob | 58 Average |
| 1994 | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Actor | One-eye Jimmy | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Somebody to Love | Actor | Polish Guy | 58 Average |
| 1992 | In the Soup | Actor | Pauli | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Light Sleeper | Actor | Jealous | 60 Fair |
| 1992 | Happy Hell Night | Actor | Young Henry Collins | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Jack and His Friends | Actor | Louie | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Strictly Business | Actor | Gary | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Clownhouse | Actor | Randy Collins | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Actor | Head Thug | 65 Fair |
| 1990 | Over The Limit | Actor | Jason | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Last Exit to Brooklyn | Actor | Al | 59 Average |
| The Adventures of Drunky | Actor | Drunky | N/A N/A |
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| A Guy Walks Into a Bar | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| DNA | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Stuntnuts: The Movie | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Untitled Ben Schwartz/Sam Rockwell Comedy | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Wild Horse | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| The Heart | Actor | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2021 | No Longer Suitable For Use | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Sweet Thing | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Fosse/Verdon | Production | Executive Producer | 71 Good |
| 2018 | Blue Iguana | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Don Verdean | Production | Executive Producer | 56 Average |
| 2013 | A Single Shot | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2009 | The Winning Season | Production | Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
| A Guy Walks Into a Bar | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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| DNA | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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| The Smack | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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| Untitled Ben Schwartz/Sam Rockwell Comedy | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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Crew |
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| 2014 | Take Care | Crew | Thanks | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Domino | Crew | Thanks | 58 Average |