Sam Rockwell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

139

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-11-05 (56 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

  • The Bad Guys 2

    The Bad Guys 2

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Big Brother

    Big Brother

  • 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

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • The White Lotus

    The White Lotus

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Hot Ones

    Hot Ones

  • What If...?

    What If...?

  • Iron Man 2

    Iron Man 2

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Green Mile

    The Green Mile

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • The Bad Guys

    The Bad Guys

  • Drunk History

    Drunk History

  • IF

    IF

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • Poltergeist

    Poltergeist

  • Argylle

    Argylle

  • F is for Family

    F is for Family

  • Snow Angels

    Snow Angels

  • The Sitter

    The Sitter

  • The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis

    The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • Trolls World Tour

    Trolls World Tour

  • Cowboys & Aliens

    Cowboys & Aliens

  • The Winning Season

    The Winning Season

  • Jojo Rabbit

    Jojo Rabbit

  • Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

    Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

  • See How They Run

    See How They Run

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  • Vice

    Vice

  • Box of Moonlight

    Box of Moonlight

  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

  • The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw

    The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw

  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

  • Seven Psychopaths

    Seven Psychopaths

  • Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

    Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

  • The Way Way Back

    The Way Way Back

  • Unscripted

    Unscripted

  • Choke

    Choke

  • The F Word

    The F Word

  • The Best of Enemies

    The Best of Enemies

  • G-Force

    G-Force

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • A Single Shot

    A Single Shot

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Louis & Frank

    Louis & Frank

  • Heist

    Heist

  • The Last Movie Stars

    The Last Movie Stars

  • The Last Movie Stars

    The Last Movie Stars

  • Walking the Mile

    Walking the Mile

  • In the Soup

    In the Soup

  • Richard Jewell

    Richard Jewell

  • The One and Only Ivan

    The One and Only Ivan

  • Matchstick Men

    Matchstick Men

  • Light Sleeper

    Light Sleeper

  • Galaxy Quest

    Galaxy Quest

  • Moon

    Moon

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Made

    Made

  • Basquiat

    Basquiat

  • Laggies

    Laggies

  • Mercy

    Mercy

  • Subway Stories

    Subway Stories

  • Fosse/Verdon

    Fosse/Verdon

  • Is / Was \ Will

    Is / Was \ Will

  • Loitering with Intent

    Loitering with Intent

  • Drunks

    Drunks

  • Joshua

    Joshua

  • Maraschino Ruby

    Maraschino Ruby

  • Woman Walks Ahead

    Woman Walks Ahead

  • Over The Limit

    Over The Limit

  • Last Exit to Brooklyn

    Last Exit to Brooklyn

  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg

  • Blue Iguana

    Blue Iguana

  • Gentlemen Broncos

    Gentlemen Broncos

  • Everybody's Fine

    Everybody's Fine

  • Lawn Dogs

    Lawn Dogs

  • Trust Me

    Trust Me

  • Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim

  • A Case of You

    A Case of You

  • Celebrity

    Celebrity

  • 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'

  • Conviction

    Conviction

  • Jack and His Friends

    Jack and His Friends

  • Better Living Through Chemistry

    Better Living Through Chemistry

  • Safe Men

    Safe Men

  • Stella Shorts 1998-2002

    Stella Shorts 1998-2002

  • Jerry and Tom

    Jerry and Tom

  • Mr. Right

    Mr. Right

  • Wild Horse Nine

    Wild Horse Nine

  • Clownhouse

    Clownhouse

  • Blaze

    Blaze

  • Don Verdean

    Don Verdean

  • Digging for Fire

    Digging for Fire

  • Welcome to Collinwood

    Welcome to Collinwood

  • Schooled: The Price of College Sports

    Schooled: The Price of College Sports

  • Prince Street

    Prince Street

  • DNA

    DNA

  • Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

    Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

  • Woman In Burka

    Woman In Burka

  • Showing Up

    Showing Up

  • Mute

    Mute

  • Frost/Nixon

    Frost/Nixon

  • Glory Daze

    Glory Daze

  • Arresting Gena

    Arresting Gena

  • 13 Moons

    13 Moons

  • The Dark of Night

    The Dark of Night

  • Somebody to Love

    Somebody to Love

  • BigLove

    BigLove

  • Strictly Business

    Strictly Business

  • Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

    Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

  • Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs

    Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs

  • I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

    I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

  • Happy Hell Night

    Happy Hell Night

  • F--k

    F--k

  • Nobody Wants Your Film

    Nobody Wants Your Film

  • Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

    Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

  • Stuntnuts: The Movie

    Stuntnuts: The Movie

  • The Origins of Ebbing

    The Origins of Ebbing

  • The Heart

    The Heart

  • Hellhound

    Hellhound

  • The Search for One-eye Jimmy

    The Search for One-eye Jimmy

  • The Adventures of Drunky

    The Adventures of Drunky

  • Axis

    Axis

  • Robin's Big Date

    Robin's Big Date

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

    Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'