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Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell’s screen credits include 'Wild Bill' Wharton in The Green Mile, Dixon in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Hickory (voice) in Trolls World Tour.
Born November 5, 1968 Daly City, California, USA6 movies on MoviHero
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About Sam Rockwell
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.
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- 2026Ray Gunn1h 59m · Animation · CrimeRaymond Gunn (voice)Upcoming
- 2026Wild Horse Nine1h 57m · Comedy · CrimeLee
- 2020Trolls World Tour1h 31m · Adventure · AnimationHickory (voice)
- 2017Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri1h 55m · Crime · DramaDixon
- 2010Iron Man 22h 4m · Action · AdventureJustin Hammer
- 1999The Green Mile3h 9m · Crime · Drama'Wild Bill' Wharton
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- 2026Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't DieThe Man from the Future
- 2025The Bad Guys 2Wolf (voice)
- 2025Chasing the PartyProducer
- 2025Is / Was \ WillActor
- 2025The Bad Guys: Little Lies and AlibisWolf (voice)
- 2024IFGuardian Dog (voice)
- 2024ArgylleAidan Wilde
- 2022See How They RunInspector Stoppard
- 2022Devise the Plan: Making 'The Bad Guys'Self
- 2022Maraschino RubyWolf (voice)
- 2022The Bad GuysWolf (voice)
- 2021No Longer Suitable For UseProducer
- 2020Sweet ThingProducer
- 2020The One and Only IvanIvan (voice)
- 2019Richard JewellWatson Bryant
- 2019Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest DocumentarySelf
- 2019Jojo RabbitCaptain Klenzendorf
- 2019The Best of EnemiesClaiborne Paul Ellis
- 2018ViceGeorge W. Bush
- 2018Blue IguanaProducer · Eddie
- 2018BlazeOilman 3
- 2018Woman Walks AheadSilas Groves
- 2018The Origins of EbbingSelf
- 2018MuteSam Bell
- 2017The Dark of NightOfficer Witt
- 2017AxisSam (voice)
- 2016Mr. RightMr. Right
- 2015Don VerdeanProducer · Don Verdean
- 2015Digging for FireRay
- 2015PoltergeistEric Bowen
- 2014Walking the MileSelf (archive footage)
- 2014LaggiesCraig Hunter
- 2014Loitering with IntentWayne
- 2014Better Living Through ChemistryDouglas Varney
- 2014Showing UpSelf
- 2014Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the KingJustin Hammer
- 2013A Case of YouGary
- 2013Schooled: The Price of College SportsNarrator (voice)
- 2013A Single ShotProducer · John Moon
- 2013The Way Way BackOwen
- 2013Trust MeAldo
- 2012Seven PsychopathsBilly Bickle
- 2011The SitterKarl
- 2011Cowboys & AliensDoc
- 2011GettysburgNarrator
- 2010ConvictionKenny Waters
- 2010Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of 'Iron Man 2'Self
- 2010F--kSam
- 2009Everybody's FineRobert
- 2009Gentlemen BroncosBronco / Brutus
- 2009G-ForceDarwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
- 2009MoonSam Bell
- 2009The Winning SeasonProducer · Bill
- 2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleSelf
- 2008Frost/NixonJames Reston Jr.
- 2008ChokeVictor Mancini
- 2008The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an OutlawSelf
- 2008Woman In BurkaSam
- 2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordCharley Ford
- 2007Snow AngelsGlenn Marchand
- 2007JoshuaBrad Cairn
- 2006Zerk and Shirts: Junk Yard DogsRod
- 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 FilmSelf
- 2005Robin's Big DateThe Bat-Man
- 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyZaphod Beeblebrox
- 2005The F WordJeremy
- 2004Piccadilly JimJim Crocker
- 2003Matchstick MenFrank Mercer
- 2002Confessions of a Dangerous MindChuck Barris
- 2002Stella Shorts 1998-2002Pizza Guy
- 2002Welcome to CollinwoodPero
- 200213 MoonsRick
- 2001HeistJimmy Silk
- 2001MadeHotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 2001Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & LucySelf
- 2001Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the AngelsSelf
- 2001BigLoveNate
- 2000Charlie's AngelsEric Knox
- 2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green MileSelf (uncredited)
- 1999Galaxy QuestGuy Fleegman
- 1999A Midsummer Night's DreamFrancis Flute
- 1998Jerry and TomJerry
- 1998CelebrityDarrow Entourage
- 1998Safe MenSamuel
- 1998Louis & FrankSam
- 1997Lawn DogsTrent Burns
- 1997Subway StoriesMan Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
- 1997DrunksTony
- 1997Arresting GenaSonny
- 1996Box of MoonlightThe Kid
- 1996BasquiatThug
- 1995MercyMatty (Al)
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