Sam Rockwell

ActorProducerCrew Nov 5 (age 57) Daly City, California, USA 1972–2026 (54 year career)

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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 Primetim…

Known For

Film

The Green Mile

'Wild Bill' Wharton

Film

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Dixon

Film

Jojo Rabbit

Captain Klenzendorf

Film

Iron Man 2

Justin Hammer

Film

Moon

Sam Bell

Film

The Bad Guys

Wolf (voice)

Film

Richard Jewell

Watson Bryant

Film

Vice

George W. Bush

Filmography

Acting (141)

Movies (114)

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

2026

as The Man From The Future

6.9

Wild Horse Nine

2026 Upcoming

as Lee

Nov 5

The Bad Guys 2

2025

as Wolf (voice)

7.7

The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis

2025

as Wolf (voice)

6.9

$Is / Was \ Will$

Is / Was \ Will

2025

2024

as Guardian Dog (voice)

Argylle

as Aidan Wilde

The Bad Guys

as Wolf (voice)

See How They Run

as Inspector Stoppard

6.4

Maraschino Ruby

2022

as Wolf (voice)

7.5

Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'

2022

as Self

Trolls World Tour

2020

as Hickory (voice)

7.2

The One and Only Ivan

2020

as Ivan (voice)

7.3

Jojo Rabbit

2019

as Captain Klenzendorf

Richard Jewell

as Watson Bryant

The Best of Enemies

as Claiborne Paul Ellis

7.4

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

as Self

Vice

as George W. Bush

Mute

as Sam Bell

The Origins of Ebbing

as Self

Woman Walks Ahead

as Silas Groves

Blaze

as Oilman 3

Blue Iguana

as Eddie

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

as Dixon

The Dark of Night

as Officer Witt

Axis

as Himself

Mr. Right

as Mr. Right

Poltergeist

as Eric Bowen

Digging for Fire

as Ray

Don Verdean

as Don Verdean

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

as Justin Hammer

Laggies

as Craig Hunter

Showing Up

as Self

Walking the Mile

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

Better Living Through Chemistry

2014

as Douglas Varney

5.9

Loitering with Intent

2014

as Wayne

4.2

Schooled: The Price of College Sports

as Narrator (voice)

The Way Way Back

as Owen

A Case of You

as Gary

A Single Shot

as John Moon

Trust Me

as Aldo

Seven Psychopaths

as Billy Bickle

Cowboys & Aliens

as Doc

The Sitter

as Karl

Gettysburg

as Narrator

Iron Man 2

as Justin Hammer

Conviction

as Kenny Waters

F--k

as Sam

Moon

as Sam Bell

G-Force

as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)

Everybody's Fine

as Robert

The Winning Season

as Bill

Gentlemen Broncos

as Bronco / Brutus

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

as Self

Frost/Nixon

as James Reston Jr.

Choke

as Victor Mancini

The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw

2008

as Self

6.7

Woman In Burka

2008

as Sam

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

as Charley Ford

Joshua

as Brad Cairn

Snow Angels

as Glenn Marchand

Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs

2006

as Rod

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as Zaphod Beeblebrox

The F Word

as Jeremy

Robin's Big Date

as The Bat-Man

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

Nobody Wants Your Film

2005

as Self

1.5

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

2005

as Self

Piccadilly Jim

as Jim Crocker

Matchstick Men

as Frank Mercer

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002

as Chuck Barris

6.7

Welcome to Collinwood

as Pero

13 Moons

as Rick

Stella Shorts 1998-2002

as Pizza Guy

Heist

as Jimmy Silk

BigLove

as Nate

Made

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

5.8

Charlie's Angels

2000

as Eric Knox

5.9

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

2000

as Self (uncredited)

7.0

The Green Mile

1999

as 'Wild Bill' Wharton

8.5

Galaxy Quest

1999

as Guy Fleegman

7.1

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Francis Flute

Celebrity

as Darrow Entourage

Safe Men

as Samuel

Jerry and Tom

as Jerry

Louis & Frank

as Sam

Lawn Dogs

as Trent

Drunks

as Tony

Subway Stories

as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Arresting Gena

as Sonny

Basquiat

as Thug

Box of Moonlight

as The Kid

Mercy

as Matty

Glory Daze

as Rob

Somebody to Love

as Polish Guy

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

as One-eye Jimmy

Light Sleeper

as Jealous

In the Soup

as Pauli

Jack and His Friends

as Louie

Strictly Business

as Gary

Happy Hell Night

as Young Henry Collins

4.7

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Head Thug

Clownhouse

as Randy Collins

Over The Limit

as Jason

Last Exit to Brooklyn

1989

as Al

6.5

Ray Gunn

as Raymond Gunn (voice)

The Heart

The Bad Guys 3

as Wolf (voice)

DNA

Tumor

as Frank Armstrong

Stuntnuts: The Movie

The Adventures of Drunky

as Drunky

The Cackling of the Dodos

Hellhound

Television (27)

The Last Movie Stars

as Self

The White Lotus

as Frank

What If...?

as Justin Hammer (voice)

8.1

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

as Westley

Fosse/Verdon

as Bob Fosse

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

Hot Ones

as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self

5.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

F is for Family

as Vic (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014

as Self

4.0

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Drunk History

as Bugsy Siegal

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Unscripted

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Big Brother

as Self - Guest

Prince Street

NYPD Blue

as Billy

Law & Order

as Randy Borland

The Equalizer

as Slick

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

ABC Afterschool Special

as Jason

The Oscars

as Self

The Emmy Awards

as Self

Crew (12)

Movies (11)

Chasing the Party

2025

Producer

No Longer Suitable For Use

2021

Executive Producer

Sweet Thing

Executive Producer

Blue Iguana

Executive Producer

Don Verdean

Executive Producer

Take Care

Thanks

A Single Shot

Executive Producer

The Winning Season

Executive Producer

Domino

Thanks

The Smack

Producer

DNA

Executive Producer

Television (1)

Fosse/Verdon

2019

Executive Producer

7.0