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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Big Brother
2000
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
Law & Order
as Officer Weddeker · 1990
Law & Order
as Randy Borland · 1990
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1975
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self · 2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
Big Brother
as Self - Guest · 2000
NYPD Blue
as Billy · 1993
The White Lotus
as Frank · 2021
Hot Ones
as Self · 2015
What If...?
as Justin Hammer (voice) · 2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Iron Man 2
as Justin Hammer · 2010
The Green Mile
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton · 1999
The Bad Guys 2
as Wolf (voice) · 2025
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
The Equalizer
as Slick · 1985
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self · 2014
The Bad Guys
as Wolf (voice) · 2022
ABC Afterschool Special
as Jason · 1972
Drunk History
as Bugsy Siegal · 2013
Charlie's Angels
as Eric Knox · 2000
Trolls World Tour
as Hickory (voice) · 2020
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
F is for Family
as Vic (voice) · 2015
Jojo Rabbit
as Captain Klenzendorf · 2019
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
as The Man from the Future · 2026
Richard Jewell
as Watson Bryant · 2019
IF
as Guardian Dog (voice) · 2024
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Zaphod Beeblebrox · 2005
Argylle
as Aidan Wilde · 2024
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Dixon · 2017
G-Force
as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice) · 2009
Cowboys & Aliens
as Doc · 2011
Moon
as Sam Bell · 2009
Galaxy Quest
as Guy Fleegman · 1999
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Westley · 2020
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Head Thug · 1990
Poltergeist
as Eric Bowen · 2015
See How They Run
as Inspector Stoppard · 2022
Seven Psychopaths
as Billy Bickle · 2012
Unscripted
as Sam Rockwell · 2005
The Way Way Back
as Owen · 2013
The Last Movie Stars
as Self · 2022
The Last Movie Stars
as Stuart Rosenberg (voice) · 2022
Wild Horse Nine
as Lee · 2026
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
as Charley Ford · 2007
Fosse/Verdon
as Bob Fosse · 2019
Mr. Right
as Mr. Right · 2016
Everybody's Fine
as Robert · 2009
The One and Only Ivan
as Ivan (voice) · 2020
The Sitter
as Karl · 2011
Matchstick Men
as Frank Mercer · 2003
Vice
as George W. Bush · 2018
Frost/Nixon
as James Reston Jr. · 2008
The Best of Enemies
as Claiborne Paul Ellis · 2019
Ray Gunn
as Raymond Gunn (voice) · 2026
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
as Chuck Barris · 2002
The Emmy Awards
as Self · 1949
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
as Justin Hammer · 2014
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Francis Flute · 1999
Woman Walks Ahead
as Silas Groves · 2018
Heist
as Jimmy Silk · 2001
A Case of You
as Gary · 2013
Prince Street
as Donny Hanson · 1997
Celebrity
as Darrow Entourage · 1998
Last Exit to Brooklyn
as Al · 1989
A Single Shot
as John Moon · 2013
Better Living Through Chemistry
as Douglas Varney · 2014
Conviction
as Kenny Waters · 2010
Laggies
as Craig Hunter · 2014
Glory Daze
as Rob · 1995
Mute
as Sam Bell · 2018
f is for family kick
as Vic Reynolds · 2015
Choke
as Victor Mancini · 2008
Light Sleeper
as Jealous · 1992
Made
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited) · 2001
Walking the Mile
as Self (archive footage) · 2014
Welcome to Collinwood
as Pero · 2002
Digging for Fire
as Ray · 2015
Gentlemen Broncos
as Bronco / Brutus · 2009
Clownhouse
as Randy Collins · 1990
Basquiat
as Thug · 1996
Snow Angels
as Glenn Marchand · 2007
The Bad Guys 3
as Wolf (voice)
Safe Men
as Samuel · 1998
Don Verdean
as Don Verdean · 2015
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
as Wolf (voice) · 2025
Trust Me
as Aldo · 2013
Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of 'Iron Man 2'
as Self · 2010
Blaze
as Oilman 3 · 2018
Tumor
as Frank Armstrong
The Origins of Ebbing
as Self · 2018
Somebody to Love
as Polish Guy · 1994
Blue Iguana
as Eddie · 2018
In the Soup
as Pauli · 1992
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self · 2009
Strictly Business
as Gary · 1991
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
as Self · 2019
The Winning Season
as Bill · 2009
Lawn Dogs
as Trent Burns · 1997
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
as Self (uncredited) · 2000
Subway Stories
as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff") · 1997
Showing Up
as Self · 2014
Box of Moonlight
as The Kid · 1996
Joshua
as Brad Cairn · 2007
Jerry and Tom
as Jerry · 1998
Reasonable People
Stella Shorts 1998-2002
as Pizza Guy · 2002
Robin's Big Date
as The Bat-Man · 2005
Loitering with Intent
as Wayne · 2014
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
as Self · 2005
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
as Self · 2008
Maraschino Ruby
as Wolf (voice) · 2022
The Adventures of Drunky
as Drunky (voice)
The Cackling of the Dodos
Piccadilly Jim
as Jim Crocker · 2004
F--k
as Sam · 2010
The Heart
Happy Hell Night
as Young Henry Collins · 1991
Nobody Wants Your Film
as Self · 2005
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
as Self · 2022
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
as Self · 2001
DNA
Axis
as Sam (voice) · 2017
Drunks
as Tony · 1997
13 Moons
as Rick · 2002
Jack and His Friends
as Louie · 1992
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as One-eye Jimmy · 1994
Louis & Frank
as Sam · 1998
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'
as Self · 2005
BigLove
as Nate · 2001
The Dark of Night
as Officer Witt · 2017
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy
as Self · 2001
Over the Limit
as Jason · 1990
Is / Was \ Will
· 2025
Mercy
as Matty (Al) · 1995
The F Word
as Jeremy · 2005
Schooled: The Price of College Sports
as Narrator (voice) · 2013
Hellhound
Arresting Gena
as Sonny · 1997
Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs
as Rod · 2006
The Smack
Gettysburg
as Narrator · 2011
Stuntnuts: The Movie
Woman In Burka
as Sam · 2008