Sam Rockwell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

141

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-11-05 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Daly City, California, USA

Sam 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Rockwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Bad Guys 2

    The Bad Guys 2

  • The White Lotus

    The White Lotus

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Hot Ones

    Hot Ones

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Big Brother

    Big Brother

  • Iron Man 2

    Iron Man 2

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • Frost/Nixon

    Frost/Nixon

  • The Green Mile

    The Green Mile

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Bad Guys

    The Bad Guys

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • IF

    IF

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis

    The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Jojo Rabbit

    Jojo Rabbit

  • Drunk History

    Drunk History

  • Cowboys & Aliens

    Cowboys & Aliens

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  • Trolls World Tour

    Trolls World Tour

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • Argylle

    Argylle

  • Vice

    Vice

  • Made

    Made

  • F is for Family

    F is for Family

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • G-Force

    G-Force

  • Snow Angels

    Snow Angels

  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

  • Don Verdean

    Don Verdean

  • Conviction

    Conviction

  • Clownhouse

    Clownhouse

  • Last Exit to Brooklyn

    Last Exit to Brooklyn

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • Gentlemen Broncos

    Gentlemen Broncos

  • Choke

    Choke

  • Laggies

    Laggies

  • Poltergeist

    Poltergeist

  • See How They Run

    See How They Run

  • Heist

    Heist

  • Joshua

    Joshua

  • Mr. Right

    Mr. Right

  • Mute

    Mute

  • Celebrity

    Celebrity

  • Moon

    Moon

  • Subway Stories

    Subway Stories

  • Light Sleeper

    Light Sleeper

  • Strictly Business

    Strictly Business

  • 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'

    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'

  • Galaxy Quest

    Galaxy Quest

  • Basquiat

    Basquiat

  • Trust Me

    Trust Me

  • Seven Psychopaths

    Seven Psychopaths

  • Better Living Through Chemistry

    Better Living Through Chemistry

  • The Last Movie Stars

    The Last Movie Stars

  • The Last Movie Stars

    The Last Movie Stars

  • The Way Way Back

    The Way Way Back

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Arresting Gena

    Arresting Gena

  • The One and Only Ivan

    The One and Only Ivan

  • Richard Jewell

    Richard Jewell

  • Ray Gunn

    Ray Gunn

  • Nobody Wants Your Film

    Nobody Wants Your Film

  • Everybody's Fine

    Everybody's Fine

  • Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

    Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

  • Safe Men

    Safe Men

  • Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim

  • BigLove

    BigLove

  • Drunks

    Drunks

  • The Sitter

    The Sitter

  • Fosse/Verdon

    Fosse/Verdon

  • Unscripted

    Unscripted

  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

  • Lawn Dogs

    Lawn Dogs

  • Mercy

    Mercy

  • Matchstick Men

    Matchstick Men

  • F--k

    F--k

  • Glory Daze

    Glory Daze

  • Blue Iguana

    Blue Iguana

  • The Best of Enemies

    The Best of Enemies

  • Showing Up

    Showing Up

  • Blaze

    Blaze

  • Woman Walks Ahead

    Woman Walks Ahead

  • Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

    Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

  • Tumor

    Tumor

  • A Case of You

    A Case of You

  • The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw

    The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

    Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

  • 13 Moons

    13 Moons

  • Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

    Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

  • A Single Shot

    A Single Shot

  • Welcome to Collinwood

    Welcome to Collinwood

  • Jerry and Tom

    Jerry and Tom

  • Louis & Frank

    Louis & Frank

  • Schooled: The Price of College Sports

    Schooled: The Price of College Sports

  • Somebody to Love

    Somebody to Love

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg

  • The Winning Season

    The Winning Season

  • Loitering with Intent

    Loitering with Intent

  • Box of Moonlight

    Box of Moonlight

  • Walking the Mile

    Walking the Mile

  • Wild Horse Nine

    Wild Horse Nine

  • DNA

    DNA

  • The Dark of Night

    The Dark of Night

  • Digging for Fire

    Digging for Fire

  • In the Soup

    In the Soup

  • Prince Street

    Prince Street

  • The Heart

    The Heart

  • Happy Hell Night

    Happy Hell Night

  • Over The Limit

    Over The Limit

  • Stella Shorts 1998-2002

    Stella Shorts 1998-2002

  • I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

    I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

  • Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs

    Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs

  • The F Word

    The F Word

  • Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

    Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

  • The Adventures of Drunky

    The Adventures of Drunky

  • The Origins of Ebbing

    The Origins of Ebbing

  • Is / Was \ Will

    Is / Was \ Will

  • Robin's Big Date

    Robin's Big Date

  • Maraschino Ruby

    Maraschino Ruby

  • The Search for One-eye Jimmy

    The Search for One-eye Jimmy

  • Axis

    Axis

  • Jack and His Friends

    Jack and His Friends

  • Stuntnuts: The Movie

    Stuntnuts: The Movie

  • Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

    Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

  • Hellhound

    Hellhound

  • Woman In Burka

    Woman In Burka