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

• 2026Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die — The Man from the Future
• 2026Ray Gunn — Raymond Gunn (voice)
• 2026Wild Horse Nine — Lee
• 2025Chasing the Party — Producer
• 2025Is / Was \ Will
• 2025The Bad Guys 2 — Wolf (voice)
• 2025The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis — Wolf (voice)
• 2024Argylle — Aidan Wilde
• 2024IF — Guardian Dog (voice)
• 2022Maraschino Ruby — Wolf (voice)
• 2022See How They Run — Inspector Stoppard
• 2022The Bad Guys — Wolf (voice)
• The Last Movie Stars — Stuart Rosenberg (voice), Self
• 2021No Longer Suitable For Use — Executive Producer
• The White Lotus — Frank
• What If...? — Justin Hammer (voice)
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Westley
• 2020Sweet Thing — Executive Producer
• 2020The One and Only Ivan — Ivan (voice)
• 2020Trolls World Tour — Hickory (voice)
• Fosse/Verdon — Bob Fosse, Executive Producer
• 2019Jojo Rabbit — Captain Klenzendorf
• 2019Richard Jewell — Watson Bryant
• 2019The Best of Enemies — Claiborne Paul Ellis
• 2018Blaze — Oilman 3
• 2018Blue Iguana — Eddie, Executive Producer
• 2018Mute — Sam Bell
• 2018Vice — George W. Bush
• 2018Woman Walks Ahead — Silas Groves
• 2017Axis — Sam (voice)
• 2017The Dark of Night — Officer Witt
• 2017Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri — Dixon
• 2016Mr. Right — Mr. Right
• 2015Digging for Fire — Ray
• 2015Don Verdean — Don Verdean, Executive Producer
• F is for Family — Vic (voice)
• 2015Poltergeist — Eric Bowen
• f is for family kick — Vic Reynolds
• 2014Better Living Through Chemistry — Douglas Varney
• 2014Laggies — Craig Hunter
• 2014Loitering with Intent — Wayne
• 2014Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King — Justin Hammer
• 2014Take Care — Thanks
• 2013A Case of You — Gary
• 2013A Single Shot — John Moon, Executive Producer
• Drunk History — Bugsy Siegal
• 2013Schooled: The Price of College Sports — Narrator (voice)
• 2013The Way Way Back — Owen
• 2013Trust Me — Aldo
• 2012Seven Psychopaths — Billy Bickle
• 2011Cowboys & Aliens — Doc
• 2011Gettysburg — Narrator
• 2011The Sitter — Karl
• 2010Conviction — Kenny Waters
• 2010F--k — Sam
• 2010Iron Man 2 — Justin Hammer
• 2009Everybody's Fine — Robert
• 2009G-Force — Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
• 2009Gentlemen Broncos — Bronco / Brutus
• 2009Moon — Sam Bell
• 2009The Winning Season — Bill, Executive Producer
• 2008Choke — Victor Mancini
• 2008Frost/Nixon — James Reston Jr.
• 2008Woman In Burka — Sam
• 2007Joshua — Brad Cairn
• 2007Snow Angels — Glenn Marchand
• 2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — Charley Ford
• 2006Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard Dogs — Rod
• 2005Domino — Thanks
• 2005Robin's Big Date — The Bat-Man
• 2005The F Word — Jeremy
• 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Zaphod Beeblebrox
• Unscripted — Sam Rockwell
• 2004Piccadilly Jim — Jim Crocker
• 2003Matchstick Men — Frank Mercer
• 200213 Moons — Rick
• 2002Confessions of a Dangerous Mind — Chuck Barris
• 2002Stella Shorts 1998-2002 — Pizza Guy
• 2002Welcome to Collinwood — Pero
• 2001BigLove — Nate
• 2001Heist — Jimmy Silk
• 2001Made — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 2000Charlie's Angels — Eric Knox
• 1999A Midsummer Night's Dream — Francis Flute
• 1999Galaxy Quest — Guy Fleegman
• 1999The Green Mile — 'Wild Bill' Wharton
• 1998Celebrity — Darrow Entourage
• 1998Jerry and Tom — Jerry
• 1998Louis & Frank — Sam
• 1998Safe Men — Samuel
• 1997Arresting Gena — Sonny
• 1997Drunks — Tony
• 1997Lawn Dogs — Trent Burns
• Prince Street — Donny Hanson
• 1997Subway Stories — Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
• 1996Basquiat — Thug
• 1996Box of Moonlight — The Kid
• 1995Glory Daze — Rob
• 1995Mercy — Matty (Al)
• 1994Somebody to Love — Polish Guy
• 1994The Search for One-eye Jimmy — One-eye Jimmy
• NYPD Blue — Billy
• 1992In the Soup — Pauli
• 1992Jack and His Friends — Louie
• 1992Light Sleeper — Jealous
• 1991Happy Hell Night — Young Henry Collins
• 1991Strictly Business — Gary
• 1990Clownhouse — Randy Collins
• Law & Order — Officer Weddeker, Randy Borland
• 1990Over the Limit — Jason
• 1990Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Head Thug
• 1989Last Exit to Brooklyn — Al
• The Equalizer — Slick
• ABC Afterschool Special — Jason
• DNA — Executive Producer
• Hellhound
• Reasonable People
• Stuntnuts: The Movie
• The Adventures of Drunky — Drunky (voice)
• The Bad Guys 3 — Wolf (voice)
• The Cackling of the Dodos — Executive Producer
• The Heart
• The Smack — Producer
• Tumor — Frank Armstrong

Appearances as themselves (28)

• 2022Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys' — Self
• 2019Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary — Self
• 2018The Origins of Ebbing — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• 2014Showing Up — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2014Walking the Mile — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of 'Iron Man 2' — Self
• 2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw — Self
• 2005Don'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
• 2005Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' — Self
• 2005Nobody Wants Your Film — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• 2001Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy — Self
• 2001Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels — Self
• Big Brother — Self - Guest
• 2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile — Self (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Oscars — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self