Sam Rockwell on screen and stage

Sam Rockwell is an American actor. He became well known for his leading roles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Lawn Dogs (1997), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Matchstick Men (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Moon (2009), Gentlemen Broncos (2009), G-Force (2009), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Mr. Right (2015), Richard Jewell (2019), and The Bad Guys (2022). He has also played supporting roles in The Green Mile (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Frost/Nixon (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Conviction (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), The Way, Way Back (2013), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Vice (2018), and Jojo Rabbit (2019).

Rockwell at the premiere of Moon at the Tribeca Film Institute

For his performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Rockwell won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1989	Clownhouse	Randy
1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Head Thug
1991	Strictly Business	Gary
1992	Jack and His Friends	Louie
	In the Soup	Pauli
	Light Sleeper	Jealous
	Happy Hell Night	Young Henry Collins
1994	Somebody to Love	Polish Guy
	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Jimmy "One-eye Jimmy" Hoyt
1995	Drunks	Tony
	Glory Daze	Rob
	Mercy	Matty
1996	Bad Liver and a Broken Heart	Broken Heart	Short film
	Basquiat	Thug
	Box of Moonlight	The Kid a.k.a. Bucky
1997	Arresting Gena	Sonny
	Lawn Dogs	Trent Burns
1998	The Call Back	Alan / Christopher Walken
	Jerry and Tom	Jerry
	Louis & Frank	Sam
	Safe Men	Sam
	Celebrity	Brandon Darrow's Entourage
1999	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Francis Flute
	The Green Mile	William "Wild Bill" Wharton
	Galaxy Quest	Guy Fleegman
2000	Charlie's Angels	Eric Knox
2001	D.C. Smalls	Karaoke Singer	Short film
	Pretzel	Sam	Short film
	BigLove	Nate	Short film
	Made	Hotel Clerk	Uncredited
	Heist	Jimmy Silk
2002	13 Moons	Rick
	Running Time	The Hunted	Short film
	Welcome to Collinwood	Pero "Pepe" Mahalovic
	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Chuck Barris
	Stella Shorts 1998–2002	Pizza Guy	Direct-to-video; Short: "Bored"
2003	Matchstick Men	Frank Mercer
2004	Piccadilly Jim	Jim Crocker / Piccadilly Jim
2005	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Zaphod Beeblebrox
	The F Word	Jeremy
	Robin's Big Date	The Bat-Man	Short film
2007	Joshua	Brad Cairn
	Snow Angels	Glenn Marchand
	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Charley Ford
2008	Woman in Burka	Sam	Short film
	Choke	Victor Mancini
	Frost/Nixon	James Reston Jr.
2009	The Winning Season	Bill Greaves
	Moon	Sam Bell		[1]
	G-Force	Darwin	Voice
	Gentlemen Broncos	Bronco / Brutus
	Everybody's Fine	Robert Goode
2010	Iron Man 2	Justin Hammer		[2]
	F—K	Sam	Short film
	Conviction	Kenneth Waters		[3]
2011	Cowboys & Aliens	Doc		[4]
	The Sitter	Karl Fairhurst
2012	Seven Psychopaths	Billy Bickle		[5]
2013	The Way, Way Back	Owen
	A Single Shot	John Moon
	Trust Me	Aldo Stankas
	A Case of You	Gary
2014	Better Living Through Chemistry	Douglas Varney
	All Hail the King	Justin Hammer	Short film
	Laggies	Craig Hunter
	Loitering with Intent	Wayne
2015	Digging for Fire	Ray
	Don Verdean	Don Verdean
	Poltergeist	Eric Bowen		[6]
	Mr. Right	Francis Munch / Mr. Right
2017	Axis	Himself	Voice
	The Dark of Night	Officer Witt	Short film
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Officer Jason Dixon	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor	[7]
	Woman Walks Ahead	Colonel Silas Grove
2018	Blaze	Oilman #1
	Mute	Sam Bell	Uncredited cameo
	Blue Iguana	Eddie
	Vice	George W. Bush		[8]
2019	The Best of Enemies	C. P. Ellis
	Jojo Rabbit	Captain Klenzendorf		[9]
	Richard Jewell	Watson Bryant		[10]
2020	Trolls World Tour	Hickory	Voice	[11]
	The One and Only Ivan	Ivan	Voice
2022	The Bad Guys	Mr. Wolf	Voice	[12]
	See How They Run	Inspector Stoppard		[13]
2024	Argylle	Aidan Wilde
	IF	Guardian Dog	Voice
2025	The Bad Guys 2 †	Mr. Wolf[14]	Voice; in production
TBA	Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die †	TBA	Post-production
	Stuntnuts: The Movie †	Himself	Post-production
	Wild Horse Nine †	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1988	The Equalizer	Slick	Episode: "The Child Broker"
1989	Dream Street	Joey	Episode: "Girl's Talk"
1990	ABC Afterschool Special	Jason	Episode: "Over the Limit"
1992	Law & Order	Randy Borland	Episode: "Intolerance"
1993	Law & Order	Officer Weddeker	Episode: "Manhood"
1993	Lifestories: Families in Crisis	Kevin Tunell	Episode: "Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story"
1995	NYPD Blue	Billy	Episode: "Torah! Torah! Torah!"
1997	Subway Stories	Man Eating	Television film
	Prince Street	Donny Hanson	6 episodes
2005	Stella	Gary Meadows	Episode: "Office Party"
2011	Gettysburg	Narrator	Documentary Voice
2012	Napoleon Dynamite	Filson	Episode: "FFA" Voice
2015	Drunk History	Bugsy Siegel	Episode: "Las Vegas"
2015–2021	F Is for Family	Vic Reynolds	44 episodes Voice
2016	Inside Amy Schumer	Sam	Episode: "Fame"
2018	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	Episode: "Sam Rockwell/Halsey"
2019	Fosse/Verdon	Bob Fosse	8 episodes, also executive producer
2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Westley	Episode: "Chapter Five: Life Is Pain"	[15]
2022	The Last Movie Stars	Stuart Rosenberg	6 episodes docuseries Voice
2023	What If...?	Justin Hammer	Voice; Episode: "What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?"
2025	The White Lotus	Frank	4 episodes	[16]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Playwright	Venue	Ref.
1998–1999	Goose-Pimples	Vernon	Mike Leigh	Theatre Row, Off-Broadway	[17]
2000	The Hot l Baltimore	Bill Lewis	Lanford Wilson	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[18]
2001	Zoo Story	Jerry	Edward Albee
	The Dumb Waiter	Gus	Harold Pinter
2005	The Last Days of Judas Iscariot	Judas Iscariot	Stephen Adly Guirgis	The Public Theater, Off-Broadway	[19]
2010	A Behanding in Spokane	Mervyn	Martin McDonagh	Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway	[20]
2011	A Streetcar Named Desire	Stanley Kowalski	Tennessee Williams	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[21]
2014	Fool for Love	Eddie	Sam Shepard		[22]
2015				Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway	[23]
2022	American Buffalo	Teach	David Mamet	Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway	[24]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Role	Ref.
2015	"Down to Earth"	Flight Facilities	Himself	[25]
2024	"Electric Energy"	Ariana DeBose, Boy George and Nile Rodgers	Himself	[26]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	G-Force	Darwin	Voice
2016	Dishonored 2	Mortimer Ramsey	Voice

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Sam Rockwell