Sam Rockwell
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Green Mile (1999)
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)
as The Man From The Future
Iron Man 2 (2010)
as Justin Hammer
The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
as Wolf (voice)
The Bad Guys (2022)
as Wolf (voice)
Charlie's Angels (2000)
as Eric Knox
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
as Doc
IF (2024)
as Guardian Dog (voice)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
as Captain Klenzendorf
Trolls World Tour (2020)
as Hickory (voice)
Woman Walks Ahead (2018)
as Silas Groves
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
as Dixon
Moon (2009)
as Sam Bell
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
as Head Thug
Vice (2018)
as George W. Bush
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Zaphod Beeblebrox
Argylle (2024)
as Aidan Wilde
Galaxy Quest (1999)
as Guy Fleegman
G-Force (2009)
as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
as Billy Bickle
Poltergeist (2015)
as Eric Bowen
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
as Charley Ford
Ray Gunn (2026)
as Raymond Gunn (voice)
Richard Jewell (2019)
as Watson Bryant
Mr. Right (2016)
as Mr. Right
The Way Way Back (2013)
as Owen
Lawn Dogs (1997)
as Trent Burns
Frost/Nixon (2008)
as James Reston Jr.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
as Francis Flute
The Sitter (2011)
as Karl
Matchstick Men (2003)
as Frank Mercer
Heist (2001)
as Jimmy Silk
Wild Horse Nine (2026)
as Lee
The One and Only Ivan (2020)
as Ivan (voice)
Everybody's Fine (2009)
as Robert
See How They Run (2022)
as Inspector Stoppard
Celebrity (1998)
as Darrow Entourage
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
as Chuck Barris
Mute (2018)
as Sam Bell
Basquiat (1996)
as Thug
The Best of Enemies (2019)
as Claiborne Paul Ellis
Showing Up (2014)
as Self
In the Soup (1992)
as Pauli
Laggies (2014)
as Craig Hunter
Trust Me (2013)
as Aldo
Safe Men (1998)
as Samuel
Snow Angels (2007)
as Glenn Marchand
A Single Shot (2013)
as John Moon
13 Moons (2002)
as Rick
Glory Daze (1995)
as Rob
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
as Al
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
as Justin Hammer
A Case of You (2013)
as Gary
Blaze (2018)
as Oilman 3
Conviction (2010)
as Kenny Waters
Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)
as Douglas Varney
Digging for Fire (2015)
as Ray
Made (2001)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Don Verdean (2015)
as Don Verdean
Jerry and Tom (1998)
as Jerry
Subway Stories (1997)
as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
as Bronco / Brutus
Light Sleeper (1992)
as Jealous
Choke (2008)
as Victor Mancini
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
as Pero
Clownhouse (1990)
as Randy Collins
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
as Self
Joshua (2007)
as Brad Cairn
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis (2025)
as Wolf (voice)
Strictly Business (1991)
as Gary
Louis & Frank (1998)
as Sam
Blue Iguana (2018)
as Eddie
The Heart (—)
Actor
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)
as Self
The Smack (—)
Actor
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
as Jim Crocker
Box of Moonlight (1996)
as The Kid
Somebody to Love (1994)
as Polish Guy
F--k (2010)
as Sam
The Bad Guys 3 (—)
as Wolf (voice)
Walking the Mile (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile (2000)
as Self (uncredited)
The Winning Season (2009)
as Bill
Axis (2017)
as Sam (voice)
Maraschino Ruby (2022)
as Wolf (voice)
The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994)
as One-eye Jimmy
Is / Was \ Will (2025)
Actor
Drunks (1997)
as Tony
Happy Hell Night (1991)
as Young Henry Collins
The F Word (2005)
as Jeremy
Tumor (—)
as Frank Armstrong
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
Loitering with Intent (2014)
as Wayne
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw (2008)
as Self
Arresting Gena (1997)
as Sonny
The Origins of Ebbing (2018)
as Self
Gettysburg (2011)
as Narrator
The Dark of Night (2017)
as Officer Witt
BigLove (2001)
as Nate
Hellhound (—)
Actor
Over the Limit (1990)
as Jason
The Cackling of the Dodos (—)
Actor
Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (2002)
as Pizza Guy
Nobody Wants Your Film (2005)
as Self
Mercy (1995)
as Matty (Al)
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' (2022)
as Self
Woman In Burka (2008)
as Sam
Schooled: The Price of College Sports (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Stuntnuts: The Movie (—)
Actor
Robin's Big Date (2005)
as The Bat-Man
Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs (2006)
as Rod
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005)
as Self
DNA (—)
Actor
The Adventures of Drunky (—)
as Drunky (voice)
Jack and His Friends (1992)
as Louie