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