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
Guy Fleegman
Galaxy Quest
'Wild Bill' Wharton
The Green Mile
Justin Hammer
Iron Man 2
Head Thug
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Eric Knox
Charlie's Angels
Charley Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Chuck Barris
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Jimmy Silk
Heist
Bronco / Brutus
Gentlemen Broncos
Brad Cairn
Joshua
Young Henry Collins
Happy Hell Night
Zaphod Beeblebrox
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Kid
Box of Moonlight
James Reston Jr.
Frost/Nixon
Frank Mercer
Matchstick Men
Lee
Wild Horse Nine
Darrow Entourage
Celebrity
Al
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Rob
Glory Daze
Robert
Everybody's Fine
Victor Mancini
Choke
Glenn Marchand
Snow Angels
Jealous
Light Sleeper
Bill
The Winning Season
Samuel
Safe Men
Kenny Waters
Conviction
Gary
Strictly Business
Sam Bell
Moon
Man From The Future
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Jim Crocker
Piccadilly Jim
Doc
Cowboys & Aliens
Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
G-Force
Jerry
Jerry and Tom
Karl
The Sitter
Narrator
Gettysburg
Billy Bickle
Seven Psychopaths
Matty
Mercy
Self (uncredited)
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Tony
Drunks
Owen
The Way Way Back
Douglas Varney
Better Living Through Chemistry
John Moon
A Single Shot
Guardian Dog (voice)
IF
The Bat-Man
Robin's Big Date
Gary
A Case of You
Aldo
Trust Me
Narrator (voice)
Schooled: The Price of College Sports
Eric Bowen
Poltergeist
Justin Hammer
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Wolf (voice)
Maraschino Ruby
Wayne
Loitering with Intent
Self
Showing Up
Wolf (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
One-eye Jimmy
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Ray
Digging for Fire
Thug
Basquiat
Don Verdean
Don Verdean
Stuntnuts: The Movie
Mr. Right
Mr. Right
Craig Hunter
Laggies
Sam
Woman In Burka
Self (archive footage)
Walking the Mile
Nate
BigLove
Francis Flute
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Pauli
In the Soup
Jason Dixon
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jason
Over The Limit
Self
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death Of An Outlaw
Silas Groves
Woman Walks Ahead
Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Sonny
Arresting Gena
Sam Bell
Mute
Claiborne Paul Ellis
The Best of Enemies
Officer Witt
The Dark of Night
Self
Nobody Wants Your Film
Louie
Jack and His Friends
Eddie
Blue Iguana
Rick
13 Moons
George W. Bush
Vice
Self
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Oilman 3
Blaze
Ivan (voice)
The One and Only Ivan
Captain Klenzendorf
Jojo Rabbit
Hickory (voice)
Trolls World Tour
Drunky
The Adventures of Drunky
Self
The Origins of Ebbing
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Made
The Heart
Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
Subway Stories
Self
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
Himself
Axis
Sam
F--K
Watson Bryant
Richard Jewell
Randy Collins
Clownhouse
Inspector Stoppard
See How They Run
Wolf (voice)
The Bad Guys
Aidan Wilde
Argylle
Polish Guy
Somebody to Love
Self
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'
Trent
Lawn Dogs
DNA
Wolf (voice)
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
Pizza Guy
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
Sam
Louis & Frank
Is / Was \ Will
Hellhound
Pero
Welcome to Collinwood
Jeremy
The F Word
Self
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
Rod
Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs
Frank Armstrong
Tumor
Raymond Gunn (voice)
Ray Gunn
police officer [sammy davies]
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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
113
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-11-05
Place of Birth
Daly City, California, USA
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