Sam Rockwell
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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
Credits
The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
as Wolf (voice)
The Green Mile (1999)
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)
as The Man from the Future
Iron Man 2 (2010)
as Justin Hammer
The Bad Guys (2022)
as Wolf (voice)
Charlie's Angels (2000)
as Eric Knox
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
as Doc
Trolls World Tour (2020)
as Hickory (voice)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
as Guy Fleegman
IF (2024)
as Guardian Dog (voice)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
as Dixon
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
as Captain Klenzendorf
Vice (2018)
as George W. Bush
Argylle (2024)
as Aidan Wilde
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Zaphod Beeblebrox
Poltergeist (2015)
as Eric Bowen
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
as Head Thug
Moon (2009)
as Sam Bell
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
as Charley Ford
Richard Jewell (2019)
as Watson Bryant
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
as Billy Bickle
G-Force (2009)
as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
The Way Way Back (2013)
as Owen
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
as Chuck Barris
See How They Run (2022)
as Inspector Stoppard
The One and Only Ivan (2020)
as Ivan (voice)
Celebrity (1998)
as Darrow Entourage
The Best of Enemies (2019)
as Claiborne Paul Ellis
Everybody's Fine (2009)
as Robert
The Sitter (2011)
as Karl
Wild Horse Nine (2026)
as Lee
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
as Francis Flute
Heist (2001)
as Jimmy Silk
Mute (2018)
as Sam Bell
Snow Angels (2007)
as Glenn Marchand
Matchstick Men (2003)
as Frank Mercer
Woman Walks Ahead (2018)
as Silas Groves
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
as Justin Hammer
Conviction (2010)
as Kenny Waters
Frost/Nixon (2008)
as James Reston Jr.
Choke (2008)
as Victor Mancini
Strictly Business (1991)
as Gary
Mr. Right (2016)
as Mr. Right
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
as Pero
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
as Al
Basquiat (1996)
as Thug
The Bad Guys 3 (—)
as Wolf (voice)
Joshua (2007)
as Brad Cairn
Blaze (2018)
as Oilman 3
Light Sleeper (1992)
as Jealous
Ray Gunn (2026)
as Raymond Gunn (voice)
A Case of You (2013)
as Gary
Laggies (2014)
as Craig Hunter
Nobody Wants Your Film (2005)
as Self
The Heart (—)
Actor
Safe Men (1998)
as Samuel
A Single Shot (2013)
as John Moon
Box of Moonlight (1996)
as The Kid
Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)
as Douglas Varney
Clownhouse (1990)
as Randy Collins
Digging for Fire (2015)
as Ray
Made (2001)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (2002)
as Pizza Guy
Over the Limit (1990)
as Jason
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile (2000)
as Self (uncredited)
Tumor (—)
as Frank Armstrong
Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
as Bronco / Brutus
Glory Daze (1995)
as Rob
Stuntnuts: The Movie (—)
Actor
BigLove (2001)
as Nate
Somebody to Love (1994)
as Polish Guy
Trust Me (2013)
as Aldo
Walking the Mile (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Loitering with Intent (2014)
as Wayne
The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994)
as One-eye Jimmy
The Winning Season (2009)
as Bill
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels (2001)
as Self
In the Soup (1992)
as Pauli
The Origins of Ebbing (2018)
as Self
Subway Stories (1997)
as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
Jerry and Tom (1998)
as Jerry
The Adventures of Drunky (—)
as Drunky (voice)
The Cackling of the Dodos (—)
Actor
Blue Iguana (2018)
as Eddie
Lawn Dogs (1997)
as Trent Burns
F--k (2010)
as Sam
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
as Self
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
as Jim Crocker
Showing Up (2014)
as Self
Drunks (1997)
as Tony
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)
as Self
DNA (—)
Actor
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis (2025)
as Wolf (voice)
Maraschino Ruby (2022)
as Wolf (voice)
Robin's Big Date (2005)
as The Bat-Man
13 Moons (2002)
as Rick
Is / Was \ Will (2025)
Actor
Mercy (1995)
as Matty (Al)
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' (2005)
as Self
The Dark of Night (2017)
as Officer Witt
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy (2001)
as Self
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw (2008)
as Self
Jack and His Friends (1992)
as Louie
Gettysburg (2011)
as Narrator
Woman In Burka (2008)
as Sam
Don Verdean (2015)
as Don Verdean
Arresting Gena (1997)
as Sonny
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005)
as Self
Axis (2017)
as Sam (voice)
The F Word (2005)
as Jeremy
The Smack (—)
Actor
Hellhound (—)
Actor
Louis & Frank (1998)
as Sam
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' (2022)
as Self
Happy Hell Night (1991)
as Young Henry Collins
Schooled: The Price of College Sports (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs (2006)
as Rod