Sam Rockwell

Acting • 1968-11-05 • Daly City, California, USA

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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2026
Wild Horse NineFilm
Lee
★ 8.1
2026
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't DieFilm
The Man from the Future
★ 7.1
2025
The Bad Guys 2Film
Wolf (voice)
★ 7.6
2025
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and AlibisFilm
Wolf (voice)
★ 6.8
2025
Is / Was \ WillFilm
2024
IFFilm
Guardian Dog (voice)
★ 6.9
2024
ArgylleFilm
Aidan Wilde
★ 6.0
2024
Hot Ones VersusTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
2022
The Bad GuysFilm
Wolf (voice)
★ 7.5
2022
See How They RunFilm
Inspector Stoppard
★ 6.3
2022
The Last Movie StarsTV
Stuart Rosenberg (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
2022
The Last Movie StarsTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
2022
Maraschino RubyFilm
Wolf (voice)
★ 7.3
2022
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'Film
Self
2021
What If...?TV
Justin Hammer (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
2021
The White LotusTV
Frank • 4 episodes
★ 7.6
2020
Trolls World TourFilm
Hickory (voice)
★ 7.2
2020
The One and Only IvanFilm
Ivan (voice)
★ 7.3
2020
Home Movie: The Princess BrideTV
Westley • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2019
Jojo RabbitFilm
Captain Klenzendorf
★ 8.0
2019
Richard JewellFilm
Watson Bryant
★ 7.4
2019
The Best of EnemiesFilm
Claiborne Paul Ellis
★ 7.4
2019
Fosse/VerdonTV
Bob Fosse • 8 episodes
★ 7.1
2019
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest DocumentaryFilm
Self
★ 7.4
2018
ViceFilm
George W. Bush
★ 7.0
2018
MuteFilm
Sam Bell
★ 5.6
2018
Woman Walks AheadFilm
Silas Groves
★ 6.8
2018
Blue IguanaFilm
Eddie
★ 5.7
2018
BlazeFilm
Oilman 3
★ 6.3
2018
The Origins of EbbingFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriFilm
Dixon
★ 8.1
2017
AxisFilm
Sam (voice)
★ 5.1
2017
The Dark of NightFilm
Officer Witt
★ 4.5
2016
Mr. RightFilm
Mr. Right
★ 6.4
2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
2015
The Late Late Show with James CordenTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 5.1
2015
Hot OnesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
2015
PoltergeistFilm
Eric Bowen
★ 5.2
2015
F is for FamilyTV
Vic (voice) • 44 episodes
★ 7.4
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.2
2015
Digging for FireFilm
Ray
★ 5.2
2015
Don VerdeanFilm
Don Verdean
★ 4.9
2015
f is for family kickTV
Vic Reynolds • 1 episodes
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTV
Self - Guest • 5 episodes
★ 5.8
2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 5.1
2014
LaggiesFilm
Craig Hunter
★ 6.1
2014
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the KingFilm
Justin Hammer
★ 6.8
2014
Better Living Through ChemistryFilm
Douglas Varney
★ 5.9
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 4.2
2014
Off Camera with Sam JonesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
2014
Loitering with IntentFilm
Wayne
★ 4.1
2014
Showing UpFilm
Self
★ 9.2
2014
Walking the MileFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 5.0
2013
The Way Way BackFilm
Owen
★ 7.1
2013
Drunk HistoryTV
Bugsy Siegal • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
2013
A Case of YouFilm
Gary
★ 5.5
2013
A Single ShotFilm
John Moon
★ 5.7
2013
Trust MeFilm
Aldo
★ 5.8
2013
Schooled: The Price of College SportsFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
2012
Seven PsychopathsFilm
Billy Bickle
★ 6.8
2011
Cowboys & AliensFilm
Doc
★ 5.7
2011
The SitterFilm
Karl
★ 5.6
2011
GettysburgFilm
Narrator
★ 5.8
2010
Iron Man 2Film
Justin Hammer
★ 6.9
2010
ConvictionFilm
Kenny Waters
★ 7.1
2010
F--kFilm
Sam
★ 5.8
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 4.9
2009
MoonFilm
Sam Bell
★ 7.6
2009
G-ForceFilm
Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
★ 5.5
2009
Everybody's FineFilm
Robert
★ 6.8
2009
Gentlemen BroncosFilm
Bronco / Brutus
★ 5.7
2009
The Winning SeasonFilm
Bill
★ 6.3
2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2008
Frost/NixonFilm
James Reston Jr.
★ 7.3
2008
ChokeFilm
Victor Mancini
★ 6.1
2008
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an OutlawFilm
Self
★ 6.7
2008
Woman In BurkaFilm
Sam
2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordFilm
Charley Ford
★ 7.1
2007
JoshuaFilm
Brad Cairn
★ 5.6
2007
Snow AngelsFilm
Glenn Marchand
★ 6.5
2006
Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard DogsFilm
Rod
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyFilm
Zaphod Beeblebrox
★ 6.7
2005
The F WordFilm
Jeremy
★ 6.5
2005
Robin's Big DateFilm
The Bat-Man
★ 6.4
2005
UnscriptedTV
Sam Rockwell • 1 episodes
★ 8.5
2005
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'Film
Self
★ 9.0
2005
Nobody Wants Your FilmFilm
Self
★ 4.0
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'Film
Self
2004
Piccadilly JimFilm
Jim Crocker
★ 6.6
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2003
Matchstick MenFilm
Frank Mercer
★ 7.0
2002
Confessions of a Dangerous MindFilm
Chuck Barris
★ 6.7
2002
Welcome to CollinwoodFilm
Pero
★ 6.1
2002
13 MoonsFilm
Rick
★ 5.5
2002
Stella Shorts 1998-2002Film
Pizza Guy
★ 4.0
2001
HeistFilm
Jimmy Silk
★ 6.3
2001
MadeFilm
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
★ 5.8
2001
BigLoveFilm
Nate
★ 7.5
2001
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the AngelsFilm
Self
2001
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & LucyFilm
Self
2000
Big BrotherTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 4.8
2000
Charlie's AngelsFilm
Eric Knox
★ 5.9
2000
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green MileFilm
Self (uncredited)
★ 7.4
1999
The Green MileFilm
'Wild Bill' Wharton
★ 8.5
1999
Galaxy QuestFilm
Guy Fleegman
★ 7.1
1999
A Midsummer Night's DreamFilm
Francis Flute
★ 6.4
1998
CelebrityFilm
Darrow Entourage
★ 6.0
1998
Safe MenFilm
Samuel
★ 5.5
1998
Jerry and TomFilm
Jerry
★ 6.2
1998
Louis & FrankFilm
Sam
★ 4.5
1997
Lawn DogsFilm
Trent Burns
★ 7.1
1997
Subway StoriesFilm
Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
★ 5.6
1997
Prince StreetTV
Donny Hanson • 6 episodes
★ 8.7
1997
DrunksFilm
Tony
★ 3.2
1997
Arresting GenaFilm
Sonny
★ 5.5
1996
BasquiatFilm
Thug
★ 6.6
1996
Box of MoonlightFilm
The Kid
★ 6.8
1995
Glory DazeFilm
Rob
★ 5.2
1995
MercyFilm
Matty (Al)
★ 6.6
1994
The Search for One-eye JimmyFilm
One-eye Jimmy
★ 5.6
1994
Somebody to LoveFilm
Polish Guy
★ 5.2
1993
NYPD BlueTV
Billy • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1992
Light SleeperFilm
Jealous
★ 6.7
1992
In the SoupFilm
Pauli
★ 6.8
1992
Jack and His FriendsFilm
Louie
★ 3.3
1991
Strictly BusinessFilm
Gary
★ 5.4
1991
Happy Hell NightFilm
Young Henry Collins
★ 4.9
1990
Law & OrderTV
Officer Weddeker • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1990
Law & OrderTV
Randy Borland • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesFilm
Head Thug
★ 6.7
1990
ClownhouseFilm
Randy Collins
★ 6.1
1990
Over the LimitFilm
Jason
1989
Last Exit to BrooklynFilm
Al
★ 6.4
1985
The EqualizerTV
Slick • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self - Host • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1972
ABC Afterschool SpecialTV
Jason • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1953
The OscarsTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.1
1949
The Emmy AwardsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.9

Known For

Wild Horse Nine

Iron Man 2

Moon

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

The Bad Guys

Seven Psychopaths

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