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).
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
edit| 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 role; in production | |
| TBA | Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die † | TBA | Post-production | |
| Stuntnuts: The Movie † | Himself | Post-production | ||
| Untitled Merle Haggard Biopic † | Merle Haggard | Post-production |
Television
edit| 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" | |
| 1992–1993 | Law & Order | Randy Borland, Officer Weddeker | 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 | Subway Stories | Man Eating | Television film | |
| Prince Street | Donny Hanson | 6 episodes | ||
| 2005 | Stella | Gary Meadows | Episode: "Office Party" | |
| 2011 | Gettysburg | Narrator | Documentary Voice |
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| 2012 | Napoleon Dynamite | Filson | Episode: "FFA" Voice |
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| 2015 | Drunk History | Bugsy Siegel | Episode: "Las Vegas" | |
| 2015–2021 | F Is for Family | Vic Reynolds | 44 episodes Voice |
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| 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 |
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| 2023 | What If...? | Justin Hammer | Voice; Episode: "What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?" |
Theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Playwright | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-1999 | Goose-Pimples | Vernon | Mike Leigh | Theatre Row, Off-Broadway | [16] |
| 2000 | The Hot l Baltimore | Bill Lewis | Lanford Wilson | Williamstown Theatre Festival | [17] |
| 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 | [18] |
| 2010 | A Behanding in Spokane | Mervyn | Martin McDonagh | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway | [19] |
| 2011 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | Tennessee Williams | Williamstown Theatre Festival | [20] |
| 2014 | Fool for Love | Eddie | Sam Shepard | [21] | |
| 2015 | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway | [22] | |||
| 2022 | American Buffalo | Teach | David Mamet | Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway | [23] |
Music videos
edit| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "Down to Earth" | Flight Facilities | Himself | [24] |
| 2024 | "Electric Energy" | Ariana DeBose, Boy George and Nile Rodgers | Himself | [25] |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | G-Force | Darwin | Voice | |
| 2016 | Dishonored 2 | Mortimer Ramsey | Voice |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ Ebert, Roger (May 5, 2010). "Slick sequel sports a sick superhero". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin (October 12, 2010). "From Waitress to Brother's Savior, Then Hollywood Hero". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (July 27, 2011). "Where the deer and the bug-eyed monsters play". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Gilbey, Ryan (December 6, 2012). "Sam Rockwell – last of the goofballs". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ Olsen, Mark (May 22, 2015). "Review: 'Poltergeist' remake haunted by its original version". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 28, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ Gilbey, Ryan (January 16, 2018). "Sam Rockwell got his award for playing a racist cop, not being one". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ Desta, Yohana (October 3, 2018). "Vice Is About Dick Cheney, but Sam Rockwell's George W. Bush May Steal the Show". Vanity Fair. New York City. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ Brody, Richard (October 22, 2019). "Springtime for Nazis: How the Satire of "Jojo rabbit" Backfires". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (January 31, 2020). "Richard Jewell review – Clint Eastwood's bomb-hero drama fails to detonate". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Hammond, Pete (April 10, 2020). "'Trolls World Tour' Review: Justin Timberlake & Anna Kendrick Return With Harmonic, Fun, Colorful And Bouncy Musical Sequel". Deadline. Los Angeles. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "'The Bad Guys' Director Pierre Perifel On Creating A Redemption Story In "A World Of Heists"". Deadline Hollywood. December 14, 2022. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (November 20, 2020). "Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell And David Oyelowo To Star In Untitled Murder Mystery For Searchlight". Deadline. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 26, 2024). "DreamWorks Animation Sets 'The Bad Guys 2' For Late Summer 2025". Deadline. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ Breznican, Anthony (June 26, 2020). "Watch the Celebrity-Filled Fan-Film Version of The Princess Bride". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ "Sam Rockwell theatre profile".
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- ^ "Sam Rockwell theatre profile".
- ^ "A Behanding in Spokane". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Sam Rockwell theatre profile".
- ^ "Sam Rockwell theatre profile".
- ^ "Fool for Love - Production". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ "American Buffalo - Production". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ Brodsky, Rachel (February 25, 2015). "Sam Rockwell Dances 'Down to Earth' in Flight Facilities New Video". Spin.
- ^ Anthony Hernandez, Brian (January 26, 2024). "Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson and Catherine O'Hara Lip-Sync for Their Lives in 'Electric Energy' Music Video". People. Retrieved February 6, 2024.