Acting credits
137
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sam Rockwell
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.6
Moderate attention
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Movies: 115Series: 27Crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 6807
IMDb ID: nm0005377
Known for: Acting
Born: November 5, 1968
Age: 57
Place of birth: Daly City, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2026
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
Wikidata: Q316446
Also known as
Samuel Rockwell
Other jobs
Executive Producer (7)Thanks (2)Producer (1)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sam Rockwell.
Dec 18
as Raymond Gunn (voice)
Ray Gunn
2026 • Movie
Nov 4
as Lee
Wild Horse Nine
2026 • Movie
as The Man from the Future
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
2026 • Movie
as Wolf (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
2025 • Movie
Producer
Chasing the Party
2025 • Movie
Is / Was \ Will
2025 • Movie
as Wolf (voice)
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
2025 • Movie
as Guardian Dog (voice)
IF
2024 • Movie
as Aidan Wilde
Argylle
2024 • Movie
as Inspector Stoppard
See How They Run
2022 • Movie
as Self
Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'
2022 • Movie
as Wolf (voice)
Maraschino Ruby
2022 • Movie
as Wolf (voice)
The Bad Guys
2022 • Movie
Executive Producer
No Longer Suitable For Use
2021 • Movie
Executive Producer
Sweet Thing
2020 • Movie
as Ivan (voice)
The One and Only Ivan
2020 • Movie
as Hickory (voice)
Trolls World Tour
2020 • Movie
as Watson Bryant
Richard Jewell
2019 • Movie
as Self
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
2019 • Movie
as Captain Klenzendorf
Jojo Rabbit
2019 • Movie
as Claiborne Paul Ellis
The Best of Enemies
2019 • Movie
as George W. Bush
Vice
2018 • Movie
as Eddie
Blue Iguana
2018 • Movie
as Oilman 3
Blaze
2018 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sam Rockwell.
as Stuart Rosenberg (voice) • 2 eps
The Last Movie Stars
2022 • Series
as Justin Hammer (voice) • 1 eps
What If...?
2021 • Series
as Frank • 4 eps
The White Lotus
2021 • Series
as Westley • 1 eps
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020 • Series
as Bob Fosse • 8 eps
Fosse/Verdon
2019 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 • Series
as Vic (voice) • 44 eps
F is for Family
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Hot Ones
2015 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 • Series
as Self • 4 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 • Series
as Bugsy Siegal • 1 eps
Drunk History
2013 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 • Series
as Sam Rockwell • 1 eps
Unscripted
2005 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Big Brother
2000 • Series
as Billy • 1 eps
NYPD Blue
1993 • Series
as Officer Weddeker • 1 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Slick • 1 eps
The Equalizer
1985 • Series
as Self - Host • 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
1975 • Series