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