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