Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell
Rockwell at the 2025 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1968-11-05) November 5, 1968
Daly City, California, U.S.
EducationWilliam Esper Studio
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present
WorksFull list
PartnerLeslie Bibb (2007–present)
AwardsFull list

Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968)[1] is an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing troubled police officer Jason Dixon in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). He was nominated in the same category for playing George W. Bush in the political satire Vice (2018). His portrayal of Bob Fosse in the miniseries Fosse/Verdon (2019) earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, while his performance in the Broadway revival of American Buffalo (2022) garnered him a Tony nomination.

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), The Bad Guys (2022) and its 2025 sequel, and See How They Run (2022). In 2025, he had a role in the third season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus, for which he earned a second nomination for Primetime Emmy Award.

  1. ^ Mike Rose, cleveland com (November 5, 2023). "Famous birthdays list for November 5, 2023 includes celebrities Sam Rockwell, Famke Janssen". cleveland. Archived from the original on April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.