
SAM ROCKWELL
November 5, 1968
Daly City, California
Actor

ACADEMY AWARDS
2018 | 90th Academy Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” | WON |
2019 | 91st Academy Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | “Vice” | NOMINATED |



FILMOGRAPHY
1989 | Clownhouse | Randy | ![]() |
1989 | Last Exit to Brooklyn | Al | ![]() |
1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Head Thug | ![]() |
1991 | Strictly Business | Gary | ![]() |
1992 | In the Soup | Pauli | ![]() |
1992 | Light Sleeper | Jealous | ![]() |
1992 | Happy Hell Night | Young Henry Collins | ![]() |
1992 | Jack and His Friends | Louie | ![]() |
1994 | Somebody to Love | Polish Guy | ![]() |
1994 | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | One-eye Jimmy | ![]() |
1995 | Drunks | Tony | ![]() |
1995 | Glory Daze | Rob | ![]() |
1995 | Mercy | Matty | ![]() |
1996 | Basquiat | Thug | ![]() |
1996 | Box of Moonlight | The Kid | ![]() |
1997 | Arresting Gena | Sonny | ![]() |
1997 | Lawn Dogs | Trent | ![]() |
1998 | Jerry and Tom | Jerry | ![]() |
1998 | Louis & Frank | Sam | ![]() |
1998 | Safe Men | Sam | ![]() |
1998 | Celebrity | Darrow Entourage | ![]() |
1998 | The Call Back | Alan / Christopher Walken | ![]() |
1999 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Francis Flute | ![]() |
1999 | The Green Mile | ‘Wild Bill’ Wharton | ![]() |
1999 | Galaxy Quest | Guy Fleegman | ![]() |
2000 | Charlie’s Angels | Eric Knox | ![]() |
2001 | Made | Hotel Clerk | ![]() |
2001 | Heist | Jimmy Silk | ![]() |
2001 | Pretzel | Sam | ![]() |
2002 | 13 Moons | Rick | ![]() |
2002 | Welcome to Collinwood | Pero | ![]() |
2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Chuck Barris | ![]() |
2003 | Matchstick Men | Frank Mercer | ![]() |
2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Jim Crocker | ![]() |
2005 | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | Zaphod Beeblebrox | ![]() |
2005 | The F Word | Jeremy | ![]() |
2007 | Snow Angels | Glenn Marchand | ![]() |
2007 | Joshua | Brad Cairn | ![]() |
2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Charley Ford | ![]() |
2008 | Choke | Victor Mancini | ![]() |
2008 | Frost/Nixon | James Reston, Jr. | ![]() |
2009 | The Winning Season | Bill | ![]() |
2009 | Moon | Sam Bell | ![]() |
2009 | G-Force | Darwin (voice) | ![]() |
2009 | Gentlemen Broncos | Bronco / Brutus | ![]() |
2009 | Everybody’s Fine | Robert | ![]() |
2010 | Iron Man 2 | Justin Hammer | ![]() |
2010 | Conviction | Kenny Waters | ![]() |
2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Doc | ![]() |
2011 | The Sitter | Karl | ![]() |
2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Billy | ![]() |
2013 | The Way, Way Back | Owen | ![]() |
2013 | A Single Shot | Jonny Moon | ![]() |
2013 | Trust Me | Aldo | ![]() |
2013 | A Case of You | Gary | ![]() |
2014 | Laggies | Craig | ![]() |
2014 | Better Living Through Chemistry | Doug Varney | ![]() |
2014 | Loitering with Intent | Wayne | ![]() |
2015 | Digging for Fire | Ray | ![]() |
2015 | Don Verdean | Don Verdean | ![]() |
2015 | Poltergeist | Eric Bowen | ![]() |
2015 | Mr. Right | Francis | ![]() |
2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Dixon | ![]() |
2017 | Woman Walks Ahead | Silas Groves | ![]() |
2018 | Blaze | Oilman | ![]() |
2018 | Mute | Sam Bell | ![]() |
2018 | Blue Iguana | Eddie | ![]() |
2018 | Vice | George W. Bush | ![]() |
2019 | The Best of Enemies | C.P. Ellis | ![]() |
2019 | Jojo Rabbit | Captain Klenzendorf | ![]() |
2019 | Richard Jewell | Watson Bryant | ![]() |
2020 | Trolls World Tour | Hickory (voice) | ![]() |



TELEVISION
1979 | Joan Crawford’s Children | n/a | Television mini-series |
1988 | The Equalizer | Slick | Episode: “The Child Broker” |
1989 | Dream Street | Joey | Episode: “Girl’s Talk” |
1990 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Jason | Episode: “Over the Limit” |
1992-1993 | Law & Order | Weddeker / Randy Borland | 2 Episodes |
1993 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Kevin Tunell | Episode: “Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story” |
1995 | NYPD Blue | Billy | Episode: “Torah! Torah! Torah!” |
1997 | SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | Man Eating | Television movie |
1997-2000 | Prince Street | Donny Hanson | 6 Episodes |
2005 | Stella | Gary Meadows | Episode: “Office Party” |
2012 | Napoleon Dynamite | Filson (voice) | Episode: “FFA” |
2015 | Drunk History | Bugsy Siegel | Episode: “Las Vegas” |
2015-2020 | F Is for Family | Vic Reynolds (voice) | 31 Episodes |
2016 | Inside Amy Schumer | Sam | Episode: “Fame” |
2019 | Fosse/Verdon | Bob Fosse | 8 Episodes |



SHORT FILMS
1996 | Bad Liver & a Broken Heart | Broken Heart |
2001 | BigLove | Nate |
2001 | D.C. Smalls | Karaoke Singer |
2002 | Running Time | The Hunted |
2002 | Stella Shorts 1998-2002 | Pizza Guy |
2005 | Robin’s Big Date | The Bat-man |
2008 | Woman in Burka | Sam |
2014 | Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King | Justin Hammer |
2017 | The Dark of Night | Officer Witt |
2020 | Princess Bride (“Life Is Pain”) | Westley |

RANKING
- “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
- “Cowboys & Aliens”
- “Jojo Rabbit”
- “The Green Mile”
- “The Way, Way Back”
- “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
- “Seven Psychopaths”
- “Vice”
- “Woman Walks Ahead”
- “Iron Man 2”
- “Trolls World Tour”
- “The Sitter”
- “Richard Jewell”
- “Conviction”
- “Moon”
- “Charlie’s Angels”
- “Snow Angels”
- “Digging for Fire”
- “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”
- “Poltergeist”
- “Gentlemen Broncos”


