Sam Rockwell
Known for Acting · 142 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
Law & Order
1990
as Officer Weddeker / Randy Borland
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV Shows (27)
Law & Order
1990
as Officer Weddeker / Randy Borland
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The White Lotus
2021
as Frank
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
The Equalizer
1985
as Slick
NYPD Blue
1993
as Billy
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Big Brother
2000
as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
What If...?
2021
as Justin Hammer (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Drunk History
2013
as Bugsy Siegal
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Jason
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Westley
F is for Family
2015
as Vic (voice)
Unscripted
2005
as Sam Rockwell
The Last Movie Stars
2022
as Self / Stuart Rosenberg (voice)
Fosse/Verdon
2019
as Bob Fosse
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Prince Street
1997
Movies (115)
Iron Man 2
2010
as Justin Hammer
The Green Mile
1999
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
2026
as The Man From The Future
The Bad Guys 2
2025
as Wolf (voice)
The Bad Guys
2022
as Wolf (voice)
IF
2024
as Guardian Dog (voice)
Trolls World Tour
2020
as Hickory (voice)
Charlie's Angels
2000
as Eric Knox
Jojo Rabbit
2019
as Captain Klenzendorf
Moon
2009
as Sam Bell
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
as Doc
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Dixon
Argylle
2024
as Aidan Wilde
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990
as Head Thug
G-Force
2009
as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
Vice
2018
as George W. Bush
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Zaphod Beeblebrox
Galaxy Quest
1999
as Guy Fleegman
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
as Charley Ford
Poltergeist
2015
as Eric Bowen
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Billy Bickle
Mr. Right
2016
as Mr. Right
Woman Walks Ahead
2018
as Silas Groves
The Way Way Back
2013
as Owen
Richard Jewell
2019
as Watson Bryant
The Sitter
2011
as Karl
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002
as Chuck Barris
The One and Only Ivan
2020
as Ivan (voice)
Mute
2018
as Sam Bell
The Best of Enemies
2019
as Claiborne Paul Ellis
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
as Francis Flute
Frost/Nixon
2008
as James Reston Jr.
Everybody's Fine
2009
as Robert
Matchstick Men
2003
as Frank Mercer
Basquiat
1996
as Thug
Wild Horse Nine
2026
as Lee
Conviction
2010
as Kenny Waters
Heist
2001
as Jimmy Silk
See How They Run
2022
as Inspector Stoppard
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
2014
as Justin Hammer
Celebrity
1998
as Darrow Entourage
Laggies
2014
as Craig Hunter
Better Living Through Chemistry
2014
as Douglas Varney
Blaze
2018
as Oilman 3
Ray Gunn
as Raymond Gunn (voice)
Choke
2008
as Victor Mancini
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
as Self (uncredited)
In the Soup
1992
as Pauli
Made
2001
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
as Al
Lawn Dogs
1997
as Trent Burns
Glory Daze
1995
as Rob
Welcome to Collinwood
2002
as Pero
Blue Iguana
2018
as Eddie
13 Moons
2002
as Rick
Joshua
2007
as Brad Cairn
A Case of You
2013
as Gary
Trust Me
2013
as Aldo
Subway Stories
1997
as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
A Single Shot
2013
as John Moon
Walking the Mile
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
2019
as Self
Box of Moonlight
1996
as The Kid
Clownhouse
1990
as Randy Collins
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
Snow Angels
2007
as Glenn Marchand
Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Jim Crocker
Light Sleeper
1992
as Jealous
Safe Men
1998
as Samuel
Digging for Fire
2015
as Ray
Gentlemen Broncos
2009
as Bronco / Brutus
Strictly Business
1991
as Gary
Axis
2017
as Sam (voice)
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
2025
as Wolf (voice)
Showing Up
2014
as Self
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
as One-eye Jimmy
Don Verdean
2015
as Don Verdean
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
2002
as Pizza Guy
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
The Winning Season
2009
as Bill
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
2008
as Self
Drunks
1997
as Tony
The Smack
Somebody to Love
1994
as Polish Guy
Arresting Gena
1997
as Sonny
The Bad Guys 3
as Wolf (voice)
Over the Limit
1990
as Jason
Nobody Wants Your Film
2005
as Self
Robin's Big Date
2005
as The Bat-Man
Jerry and Tom
1998
as Jerry
Is / Was \ Will
2025
Happy Hell Night
1991
as Young Henry Collins
Mercy
1995
as Matty
F--k
2010
as Sam
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
as Self
Maraschino Ruby
2022
as Wolf (voice)
Tumor
as Frank Armstrong
Louis & Frank
1998
as Sam
The Dark of Night
2017
as Officer Witt
The Heart
Gettysburg
2011
as Narrator
The Origins of Ebbing
2018
as Self
Stuntnuts: The Movie
Loitering with Intent
2014
as Wayne
Hellhound
BigLove
2001
as Nate
Woman In Burka
2008
as Sam
The F Word
2005
as Jeremy
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
2022
as Self
The Adventures of Drunky
as Drunky (voice)
DNA
Schooled: The Price of College Sports
2013
as Narrator (voice)
The Cackling of the Dodos
Jack and His Friends
1992
as Louie
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 142 credits spanning from 1949 to 2026, Sam Rockwell has appeared in 115 films and 27 TV shows.
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- The Bad Guys (2022) — as Wolf (voice)
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