
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 Mr. Wolf (voice)
- 2025 · The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis as Mr. Wolf (voice)
- 2019 · Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary as Self
- 2019 · Fosse/Verdon as Bob Fosse
- 2018 · Blue Iguana as Eddie
- 2018 · Blaze as Oilman 3
- 2018 · The Origins of Ebbing as Self
- 2017 · Axis as Himself
- 2015 · Don Verdean as Don Verdean
- 2015 · Digging for Fire as Ray
- 2014 · Loitering with Intent as Wayne
- 2014 · Better Living Through Chemistry as Douglas Varney
- 2014 · Showing Up as Self
- 2013 · A Case of You as Gary
- 2013 · A Single Shot as John Moon
- 2009 · Gentlemen Broncos as Bronco / Brutus
- 2009 · I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- 2008 · The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw as Self
- 2007 · Snow Angels as Glenn Marchand
- 2007 · Joshua as Brad Cairn
- 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
- 2004 · Piccadilly Jim as Jim Crocker
- 2002 · Welcome to Collinwood as Pero
- 2001 · Made as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1998 · Safe Men as Samuel
- 1997 · Lawn Dogs as Trent
- 1997 · Subway Stories as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
- 1997 · Drunks as Tony
- 1996 · Box of Moonlight as The Kid
- 1995 · Glory Daze as Rob
- 1992 · In the Soup as Pauli
- 1990 · Clownhouse as Randy Collins
- Future · Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die as
- 2025 · Is / Was \ Will as
- 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 Self
- 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 · 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 · Jojo Rabbit as Captain Klenzendorf
- 2019 · The Best of Enemies as Claiborne Paul Ellis
- 2018 · Vice as George W. Bush
- 2018 · Mute as Sam Bell
- 2017 · Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Jason Dixon
- 2017 · Woman Walks Ahead as Silas Groves
- 2017 · The Dark of Night as Officer Witt
- 2016 · Mr. Right as Mr. Right
- 2015 · F is for Family as Vic (voice)
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Poltergeist as Eric Bowen
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Walking the Mile as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Laggies as Craig Hunter
- 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 · Schooled: The Price of College Sports as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Drunk History as Bugsy Siegal
- 2013 · The Way Way Back as Owen
- 2013 · Trust Me as Aldo
- 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
- 2010 · F--k as Sam
- 2009 · Everybody's Fine as Robert
- 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
- 2008 · Frost/Nixon as James Reston Jr.
- 2008 · Choke as Victor Mancini
- 2008 · Woman In Burka as Sam
- 2007 · The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Charley Ford
- 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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Zaphod Beeblebrox
- 2005 · Unscripted as Self
- 2003 · Matchstick Men as Frank Mercer
- 2002 · Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Chuck Barris
- 2002 · Stella Shorts 1998-2002 as Pizza Guy
- 2002 · 13 Moons as Rick
- 2001 · Heist as Jimmy Silk
- 2001 · BigLove as Nate
- 2000 · Charlie's Angels as Eric Knox
- 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 · Jerry and Tom as Jerry
- 1998 · Celebrity as Darrow Entourage
- 1997 · Arresting Gena as Sonny
- 1994 · The Search for One-eye Jimmy as One-eye Jimmy
- 1994 · Somebody to Love as Polish Guy
- Future · Wild Horse Nine as
- 1992 · Happy Hell Night as Young Henry Collins
- 1991 · Strictly Business as Gary
- Future · Stuntnuts: The Movie as
- Future · The Heart as
- 1998 · Louis & Frank as Sam
- 1997 · Prince Street as
- 1996 · Basquiat as Thug
- 1995 · Mercy as Matty
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Billy
- 1992 · Light Sleeper as Jealous
- 1992 · Jack and His Friends as Louie
- 1990 · Law & Order as Officer Weddeker
- 1990 · Law & Order as Randy Borland
- 1990 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Head Thug
- 1990 · Over The Limit as Jason
- 1989 · Last Exit to Brooklyn as Al
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Slick
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1972 · ABC Afterschool Special as Jason
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Adventures of Drunky as Drunky
- Future · DNA as
- Future · A Guy Walks Into a Bar as