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