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Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell

Acting1968Daly 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).

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Acting History

Future
Tumor
as Frank Armstrong
Ray Gunn
as Raymond Gunn (voice)
The Bad Guys 3
as Wolf (voice)
The Smack
Producer
DNA
Executive Producer
2026
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
as Man From The Future
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2025
The Bad Guys 2
as Wolf (voice)
The White Lotus
TVas Frank4 eps
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)1 eps
The Emmy Awards
TVas Self1 eps
Hot Ones
TVas Self1 eps
Big Brother
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2024
Argylle
as Aidan Wilde
IF
as Guardian Dog (voice)
2023
What If...?
TVas Justin Hammer (voice)1 eps
2022
Maraschino Ruby
as Wolf (voice)
See How They Run
as Inspector Stoppard
The Bad Guys
as Wolf (voice)
The Last Movie Stars
TVas Stuart Rosenberg (voice)2 eps
2021
No Longer Suitable For Use
Executive Producer
2020
The One and Only Ivan
as Ivan (voice)
Trolls World Tour
as Hickory (voice)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TVas Westley1 eps
Sweet Thing
Executive Producer
2019
The Best of Enemies
as Claiborne Paul Ellis
Jojo Rabbit
as Captain Klenzendorf
Richard Jewell
as Watson Bryant
Fosse/Verdon
TVas Bob Fosse8 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self - Guest2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self / Self - Guest1 eps
Fosse/Verdon
TVExecutive Producer8 eps
2018
Vice
as George W. Bush
Woman Walks Ahead
as Silas Groves
Mute
as Sam Bell
Blue Iguana
as Eddie
Blaze
as Oilman 3
The Oscars
TVas Self2 eps
Blue Iguana
Executive Producer
2017
2016
Mr. Right
as Mr. Right
2015
Don Verdean
as Don Verdean
Poltergeist
as Eric Bowen
Drunk History
TVas Bugsy Siegal1 eps
F is for Family
TVas Vic (voice)44 eps
Don Verdean
Executive Producer
2014
Laggies
as Craig Hunter
Walking the Mile
as Self (archive footage)
Showing Up
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TVas Self - Guest2 eps
Take Care
Thanks
2013
Trust Me
as Aldo
A Single Shot
as John Moon
A Single Shot
Executive Producer
2012
Seven Psychopaths
as Billy Bickle
2011
The Sitter
as Karl
Gettysburg
as Narrator
2010
F--k
as Sam
Iron Man 2
as Justin Hammer
Conviction
as Kenny Waters
2009
Gentlemen Broncos
as Bronco / Brutus
Moon
as Sam Bell
G-Force
as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
The Winning Season
Executive Producer
2004
Piccadilly Jim
as Jim Crocker
2003
Matchstick Men
as Frank Mercer
2001
Heist
as Jimmy Silk
BigLove
as Nate
Made
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1999
Galaxy Quest
as Guy Fleegman
The Green Mile
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
1998
Celebrity
as Darrow Entourage
Safe Men
as Samuel
1997
Drunks
as Tony
Subway Stories
as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
Lawn Dogs
as Trent
1996
Basquiat
as Thug
1995
Mercy
as Matty
NYPD Blue
TVas Billy1 eps
1994
1992
In the Soup
as Pauli
Light Sleeper
as Jealous
Law & Order
TVas Randy Borland / Officer Weddeker1 eps
1991
Happy Hell Night
as Young Henry Collins
1990
Clownhouse
as Randy Collins
ABC Afterschool Special
TVas Jason1 eps
1988
The Equalizer
TVas Slick1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/5/1968(57 years old)
Place of Birth
Daly City, California, USA