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