Sam Rockwell
Born
November 5, 1968 (56 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Daly City, California, USA
Sam Rockwell 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
Cowboys & Aliens
Doc
2011
Conviction
Kenny Waters
2010
Iron Man 2
Justin Hammer
2010
Everybody's Fine
Robert
2009
Gentlemen Broncos
Bronco / Brutus
2009
G-Force
Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
2009
Moon
Sam Bell
2009
The Winning Season
Bill
2009
Frost/Nixon
James Reston Jr.
2008
Choke
Victor Mancini
2008
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Charley Ford
2007
Snow Angels
Glenn Marchand
2007
Joshua
Brad Cairn
2007
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Zaphod Beeblebrox
2005
Piccadilly Jim
Jim Crocker
2004
Matchstick Men
Frank Mercer
2003
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Chuck Barris
2002
Welcome to Collinwood
Pero
2002
Heist
Jimmy Silk
2001
Charlie's Angels
Eric Knox
2000
Galaxy Quest
Guy Fleegman
1999
The Green Mile
'Wild Bill' Wharton
1999
Jerry and Tom
Jerry
1998
Celebrity
Darrow Entourage
1998
Safe Men
Samuel
1998
Box of Moonlight
The Kid
1996
Happy Hell Night
Young Henry Collins
1992
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Head Thug
1990
Wild Horse Nine
Glory Daze
Rob
1995
Light Sleeper
Jealous
1992
Strictly Business
Gary
1991
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Al
1989
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die!
The Bad Guys 2
Wolf (voice)
2025
IF
Guardian Dog (voice)
2024
Maraschino Ruby
Wolf (voice)
2022
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jason Dixon
2017
Mr. Right
Mr. Right
2016
Don Verdean
Don Verdean
2015
Digging for Fire
Ray
2015
Poltergeist
Eric Bowen
2015
Walking the Mile
Self (archive footage)
2014
Laggies
Craig Hunter
2014
Loitering with Intent
Wayne
2014
Better Living Through Chemistry
Douglas Varney
2014
Showing Up
Self
2014
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Justin Hammer
2014
A Case of You
Gary
2013
Schooled: The Price of College Sports
Narrator (voice)
2013
A Single Shot
John Moon
2013
The Way Way Back
Owen
2013
Trust Me
Aldo
2013
Seven Psychopaths
Billy Bickle
2012
The Sitter
Karl
2011
Gettysburg
Narrator
2011
Woman In Burka
Sam
2008
Robin's Big Date
The Bat-Man
2005
BigLove
Nate
2001
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Self (uncredited)
2000
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Francis Flute
1999
Drunks
Tony
1997
Basquiat
Thug
1996
Mercy
Matty
1995
A Guy Walks Into a Bar
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
One-eye Jimmy
1994
Stuntnuts: The Movie
Argylle
Aidan Wilde
2024
See How They Run
Inspector Stoppard
2022
The Bad Guys
Wolf (voice)
2022
The One and Only Ivan
Ivan (voice)
2020
Trolls World Tour
Hickory (voice)
2020
Richard Jewell
Watson Bryant
2019
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
Self
2019
Jojo Rabbit
Captain Klenzendorf
2019
The Best of Enemies
Claiborne Paul Ellis
2019
Vice
George W. Bush
2018
Blue Iguana
Eddie
2018
Blaze
Oilman 3
2018
Woman Walks Ahead
Silas Groves
2018
The Origins of Ebbing
Self
2018
Mute
Sam Bell
2018
The Dark of Night
Officer Witt
2017
Axis
Himself
2017
F--k
Sam
2010
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
2009
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
Self
2008
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'
Self
2005
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Self
2005
Nobody Wants Your Film
Self
2005
13 Moons
Rick
2002
Made
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
2001
Lawn Dogs
Trent
1997
Subway Stories
Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
1997
Arresting Gena
Sonny
1997
Somebody to Love
Polish Guy
1994
Jack and His Friends
Louie
1992
Clownhouse
Randy Collins
1990
Over The Limit
Jason
1990
The Adventures of Drunky
Drunky
The Heart
DNA
Is / Was \ Will
2025
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
Wolf (voice)
2025
The Last Movie Stars
Self · (2 episodes)
2022
The Last Movie Stars
Stuart Rosenberg (voice) · (2 episodes)
2022
What If...?
Justin Hammer (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
The White Lotus
Frank · (4 episodes)
2021
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Westley · (1 episode)
2020
Fosse/Verdon
Bob Fosse · (8 episodes)
2019
F is for Family
Vic (voice) · (44 episodes)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Drunk History
Bugsy Siegal · (1 episode)
2013
Honest Trailers
Justin Hammer (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
2009
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Pizza Guy
2002
Louis & Frank
Sam
1998
Hellhound
Unscripted
Self · (1 episode)
2005
Prince Street
(6 episodes)
1997
NYPD Blue
Billy · (1 episode)
1993
In the Soup
Pauli
1992
Law & Order
Officer Weddeker · (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order
Randy Borland · (1 episode)
1990
The Equalizer
Slick · (1 episode)
1985
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975
ABC Afterschool Special
Jason · (1 episode)
1972
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953