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Sam Rockwell Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1968-11-05

Birthplace:
Daly City, California, USA

Credits:
146 Total Roles

Sam Rockwell

Acting

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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 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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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Wild Horse Nine MOVIE Lee
2026 Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die MOVIE The Man From The Future
2025 The Bad Guys 2 MOVIE Wolf (voice)
2025 Is / Was \ Will MOVIE Self
2025 The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis MOVIE Wolf (voice)
2024 IF MOVIE Guardian Dog (voice)
2024 Argylle MOVIE Aidan Wilde
2022 See How They Run MOVIE Inspector Stoppard
2022 The Last Movie Stars TV Stuart Rosenberg (voice)
2022 The Last Movie Stars TV Self

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