Sam Rockwell
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1968-11-05 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Daly City, California, USA
- Also known as
- Samuel Rockwell
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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Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Law & Order
1990
as Officer Weddeker / Randy Borland
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Bad Guys 2
2025
as Wolf (voice)
TV Shows (28)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Law & Order
1990
as Officer Weddeker / Randy Borland
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Big Brother
2000
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self
The White Lotus
2021
as Frank
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
NYPD Blue
1993
as Billy
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
What If...?
2021
as Justin Hammer (voice)
F is for Family
2015
as Vic (voice)
The Equalizer
1985
as Slick
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Jason
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Drunk History
2013
as Bugsy Siegal
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Westley
Fosse/Verdon
2019
as Bob Fosse
The Last Movie Stars
2022
as Stuart Rosenberg (voice) / Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Unscripted
2005
as Sam Rockwell
Prince Street
1997
Two Times
2004
as Eddie Tellieri
Movies (117)
The Bad Guys 2
2025
as Wolf (voice)
The Green Mile
1999
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
2026
as The Man From The Future
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
as Doc
Iron Man 2
2010
as Justin Hammer
The Bad Guys
2022
as Wolf (voice)
Trolls World Tour
2020
as Hickory (voice)
IF
2024
as Guardian Dog (voice)
Galaxy Quest
1999
as Guy Fleegman
Charlie's Angels
2000
as Eric Knox
Vice
2018
as George W. Bush
Jojo Rabbit
2019
as Captain Klenzendorf
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Dixon
The Best of Enemies
2019
as Claiborne Paul Ellis
Richard Jewell
2019
as Watson Bryant
Poltergeist
2015
as Eric Bowen
Argylle
2024
as Aidan Wilde
The Way Way Back
2013
as Owen
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Billy Bickle
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Zaphod Beeblebrox
Moon
2009
as Sam Bell
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990
as Head Thug
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
as Charley Ford
The Sitter
2011
as Karl
Celebrity
1998
as Darrow Entourage
Woman Walks Ahead
2018
as Silas Groves
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
2014
as Justin Hammer
A Case of You
2013
as Gary
Heist
2001
as Jimmy Silk
The Heart
Wild Horse Nine
2026
as Lee
Frost/Nixon
2008
as James Reston Jr.
Mute
2018
as Sam Bell
See How They Run
2022
as Inspector Stoppard
Blaze
2018
as Oilman 3
The One and Only Ivan
2020
as Ivan (voice)
G-Force
2009
as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
Everybody's Fine
2009
as Robert
A Single Shot
2013
as John Moon
Laggies
2014
as Craig Hunter
Matchstick Men
2003
as Frank Mercer
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002
as Chuck Barris
Welcome to Collinwood
2002
as Pero
Better Living Through Chemistry
2014
as Douglas Varney
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
as Francis Flute
Mr. Right
2016
as Mr. Right
Light Sleeper
1992
as Jealous
Blue Iguana
2018
as Eddie
The Cackling of the Dodos
Loitering with Intent
2014
as Wayne
Walking the Mile
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Over the Limit
1990
as Jason
Showing Up
2014
as Self
Subway Stories
1997
as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
Strictly Business
1991
as Gary
F--k
2010
as Sam
Nobody Wants Your Film
2005
as Self
Ray Gunn
2026
as Raymond Gunn (voice)
Conviction
2010
as Kenny Waters
Jerry and Tom
1998
as Jerry
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
as Self (uncredited)
The Origins of Ebbing
2018
as Self
Stuntnuts: The Movie
Trust Me
2013
as Aldo
Somebody to Love
1994
as Polish Guy
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
2001
as Self
DNA
Choke
2008
as Victor Mancini
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
2019
as Self
Basquiat
1996
as Thug
The Adventures of Drunky
as Drunky (voice)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
as Al
BigLove
2001
as Nate
Clownhouse
1990
as Randy Collins
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
2002
as Pizza Guy
The Dark of Night
2017
as Officer Witt
Safe Men
1998
as Samuel
Gettysburg
2011
as Narrator
The Bad Guys 3
as Wolf (voice)
In the Soup
1992
as Pauli
Digging for Fire
2015
as Ray
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
as One-eye Jimmy
Robin's Big Date
2005
as The Bat-Man
Tumor
as Frank Armstrong
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy
2001
as Self
Arresting Gena
1997
as Sonny
Jack and His Friends
1992
as Louie
Axis
2017
as Sam (voice)
Maraschino Ruby
2022
as Wolf (voice)
Made
2001
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Woman In Burka
2008
as Sam
Snow Angels
2007
as Glenn Marchand
The Winning Season
2009
as Bill
Is / Was \ Will
2025
Drunks
1997
as Tony
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
as Self
Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Jim Crocker
Gentlemen Broncos
2009
as Bronco / Brutus
Box of Moonlight
1996
as The Kid
Schooled: The Price of College Sports
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Lawn Dogs
1997
as Trent Burns
Joshua
2007
as Brad Cairn
13 Moons
2002
as Rick
Happy Hell Night
1991
as Young Henry Collins
Don Verdean
2015
as Don Verdean
Mercy
1995
as Matty (Al)
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
Glory Daze
1995
as Rob
Hellhound
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
2025
as Wolf (voice)
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'
2005
as Self
Louis & Frank
1998
as Sam
The F Word
2005
as Jeremy
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
2008
as Self
The Smack
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
2022
as Self
Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs
2006
as Rod
About 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 Awa… With 145 credits spanning from 1949 to 2026, Sam Rockwell has appeared in 117 films and 28 TV shows.
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- The Bad Guys 2 (2025) — as Wolf (voice)
- The Green Mile (1999) — as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
- Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026) — as The Man From The Future
- Cowboys & Aliens (2011) — as Doc
- Iron Man 2 (2010) — as Justin Hammer
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