Biography
Sam Rockwell 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 202...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Bad Guys 2
2025
as Wolf (voice)
The now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, mast...

Is / Was \ Will
2025
In a dystopian world view conjured entirely from existing footage, a surveillance professional risks imprisonment or worse to pursue love in a society...

The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis
2025
as Wolf (voice)
A group of former criminals do their best to get to their parole interview on time.

IF
2024
as Guardian Dog (voice)
After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their ...

Argylle
2024
as Aidan Wilde
When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet ...

See How They Run
2022
as Inspector Stoppard
In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. ...

Maraschino Ruby
2022
as Wolf (voice)
Misty Luggins sets a trap for the Bad Guys, but they were already caught and in custody for another crime; stealing a push pop... allegedly.

The Bad Guys
2022
as Wolf (voice)
When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a...

No Longer Suitable For Use
2021
Executive Producer
Samir, a Syrian FBI informant and single father, faces an impossible choice when he gets one final chance to avoid deportation by setting up a target ...

Sweet Thing
2020
Executive Producer
For Billie and Nico, life with their father is a roller-coaster ride of playfulness and unease. When he is in the grip of alcohol, tears flow and thei...

The One and Only Ivan
2020
as Ivan (voice)
A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan t...

Trolls World Tour
2020
as Hickory (voice)
Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes ...

Richard Jewell
2019
as Watson Bryant
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they...

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
2019
as Self
A feature-length documentary about the film Galaxy Quest and its legacy, celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary.

Jojo Rabbit
2019
as Captain Klenzendorf
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Je...

The Best of Enemies
2019
as Claiborne Paul Ellis
Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctan...

Vice
2018
as George W. Bush
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to poli...

Blue Iguana
2018
as Eddie
He's a low level criminal with no future and just out of prison. She's a low level lawyer never noticed by others, a lost soul without a life. Their a...

Blue Iguana
2018
Executive Producer
He's a low level criminal with no future and just out of prison. She's a low level lawyer never noticed by others, a lost soul without a life. Their a...

Blaze
2018
as Oilman 3
Re-imagining the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting Texas legend.

Woman Walks Ahead
2018
as Silas Groves
Based on a true story, this riveting western follows a headstrong New York widow as she journeys west to meet Sioux chief Sitting Bull, facing off wit...

The Origins of Ebbing
2018
as Self

Mute
2018
as Sam Bell
A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Jason Dixon
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her...

The Dark of Night
2017
as Officer Witt
The night turns dangerous when a woman seeks refuge from a storm in an isolated diner. Everyone has a secret and nothing is what it seems.

Axis
2017
as Himself
On the morning he is set to star in a career changing blockbuster film, an Irish actor trying to live down his rocky past confronts a series of devast...

Mr. Right
2016
as Mr. Right
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.

Don Verdean
2015
as Don Verdean
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition...

Don Verdean
2015
Executive Producer
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition...

Digging for Fire
2015
as Ray
Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and ...

Poltergeist
2015
as Eric Bowen
A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the famil...

Walking the Mile
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Full-length documentary about the making of Frank Darabont's drama, The Green Mile, based on Stephen King's novel.

Laggies
2014
as Craig Hunter
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no parti...

Loitering with Intent
2014
as Wayne
Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interrupti...

Better Living Through Chemistry
2014
as Douglas Varney
A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride i...

Take Care
2014
Thanks
When a car crash leaves Frannie immobilized, she is brushed off by everyone she can count on. With nowhere else to turn and desperate for help, she tu...

Showing Up
2014
as Self
An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe ...

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
2014
as Justin Hammer
A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.

A Case of You
2013
as Gary
Young writer Sam has a crush on Birdie, the cute and quirky barista at his local coffee shop. When his conventional attempts to woo her crash and burn...

Schooled: The Price of College Sports
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Schooled: The Price of College Sports is a comprehensive look at the business, history and culture of big-time college football and basketball in Amer...

A Single Shot
2013
as John Moon
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater cr...

A Single Shot
2013
Executive Producer
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater cr...

The Way Way Back
2013
as Owen
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting i...

Trust Me
2013
as Aldo
In an attempt to sign a Hollywood starlet, struggling talent agent and former child star Howard Holloway must contend with her volatile father, a sche...

Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Billy Bickle
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved...

The Sitter
2011
as Karl
Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be do...

Cowboys & Aliens
2011
as Doc
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterio...

Gettysburg
2011
as Narrator
An examination of the Battle of Gettysberg on both the personal and strategic level.

Conviction
2010
as Kenny Waters
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, ...

Iron Man 2
2010
as Justin Hammer
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the p...

F--k
2010
as Sam
Some people will do anything to find the location.

Everybody's Fine
2009
as Robert
Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at...

Gentlemen Broncos
2009
as Bronco / Brutus
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.

G-Force
2009
as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Hurley, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US govern...

Moon
2009
as Sam Bell
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based...

The Winning Season
2009
as Bill
A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team

The Winning Season
2009
Executive Producer
A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominat...

Frost/Nixon
2008
as James Reston Jr.
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit...

Choke
2008
as Victor Mancini
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
2008
as Self
Explores the true story of the notorious Jesse James, how the myth developed during his lifetime, and how the legends have persisted over 100 years af...

Woman In Burka
2008
as Sam
A darkly comic look at the life of an actress and the types of Middle Eastern roles available to her in a post-9/11 culture. Sarita is up for the cove...

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
as Charley Ford
Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous o...

Snow Angels
2007
as Glenn Marchand
Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at gettin...

Joshua
2007
as Brad Cairn
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper...

Domino
2005
Thanks
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

Don'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'
2005
as Self
An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
2005
as Self
Documentary charting the rise of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from its original guise as a radio series through to becoming a Hollywood blockb...

Nobody Wants Your Film
2005
as Self
Director Peter Judson's semifictitious tale opens a revealing window into the indie filmmaking process, capturing the trivialities, aggravations and e...

Robin's Big Date
2005
as The Bat-Man
Robin tries to go on a date without The Bat-Man tagging along and ruining the evening... it doesn't work...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
as Zaphod Beeblebrox
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a res...

Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Jim Crocker
Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his d...

Matchstick Men
2003
as Frank Mercer
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002
as Chuck Barris
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by...

Stella Shorts 1998-2002
2002
as Pizza Guy
STELLA is a three-man comedy troupe from New York City, comprised of well-known comedians/actors Michael Showalter, David Wain, and Michael Ian Black....

Welcome to Collinwood
2002
as Pero
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.

13 Moons
2002
as Rick
Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana's career, and the fact that his estranged wife, Suzi, has just been arrested for assaulting ...

Heist
2001
as Jimmy Silk
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he...

Made
2001
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.

BigLove
2001
as Nate
When Samson and Delilah pack up for school like dutiful children, Mom and Dad employ their own adolescent diversions to try to keep them at home. A wh...

Charlie's Angels
2000
as Eric Knox
The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plo...
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
as Self (uncredited)
Frank Darabont explains how this new project was introduced thru a phone call from Stephen King as "another prison tale" if he was interested to make ...

Galaxy Quest
1999
as Guy Fleegman
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart", "Lt. Tawny Madison and "Dr.Lazarus" - set off on a thril...

The Green Mile
1999
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. Wh...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
as Francis Flute
The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic enta...

Jerry and Tom
1998
as Jerry
Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, ...

Celebrity
1998
as Darrow Entourage
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j...

Safe Men
1998
as Samuel
Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the loca...

Louis & Frank
1998
as Sam
Third-rate doo-wop singers making a comeback hook up with a campy manager who books them to perform in drag.

Lawn Dogs
1997
as Trent
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb...

Subway Stories
1997
as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.

Drunks
1997
as Tony
At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first ...

Arresting Gena
1997
as Sonny
A directionless teenager (Aesha Waks) becomes involved with a headstrong runaway (Summer Phoenix) and her drug-dealing brother (Sam Rockwell).

Box of Moonlight
1996
as The Kid
Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business tri...

Basquiat
1996
as Thug
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

Mercy
1995
as Matty
A couple of people steal the daughter of a famous lawyer. Now they want money to give her back, but it's not just the money they want. They want reven...

Glory Daze
1995
as Rob
Jack, a soon-to-be graduate, finds he's having a difficult time letting go of the college life -- and decides maybe he doesn't have to. Also questioni...

The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
as One-eye Jimmy
While working on a documentary on his old neighborhood, a young film school graduate shifts the focus of his production onto the disappearance of a lo...

Somebody to Love
1994
as Polish Guy
Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in lo...

In the Soup
1992
as Pauli
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.

Light Sleeper
1992
as Jealous
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from t...

Happy Hell Night
1992
as Young Henry Collins
25 years ago at Winfield College, psycho-priest Zachary Malius murdered seven frat boys and was put away in the local asylum. Now, however, the same f...

Jack and His Friends
1992
as Louie
Jack is a middle aged, overweight shoe store owner with a secure upper middle class lifestyle, including a beautiful, demanding trophy wife. When Jack...

Strictly Business
1991
as Gary
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful...

Clownhouse
1990
as Randy Collins
Three teenage brothers are terrorized by a trio of escaped mental patients disguised as clowns.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990
as Head Thug
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.

Over The Limit
1990
as Jason
A high-school student debates whether to come forward about the facts of a tragic drunk-driving accident.

Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
as Al
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute...

Wild Horse Nine
N/A
Set on a South American island. Further details TBA.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die!
N/A
A man from the future arrives at a diner in Los Angeles where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-nigh...
A Guy Walks Into a Bar
N/A
Observes a mild-mannered new father who strikes up a friendship with a charismatic but enigmatic man at a bar and soon suspects that he is keeping a s...
Stuntnuts: The Movie
N/A
Premise TBA. Said to be an innovative action movie about "the dangers of being a stuntman."

The Adventures of Drunky
N/A
as Drunky
Drunky is a barfly who finds himself in the middle of a cosmic bet between God and the Devil over the fate of the Earth. With his life destroyed, Drun...
The Heart
N/A
A couple who, while desperate for cash, agree to take the job of delivering a human heart from New York to Florida in 24 hours. When they realize that...
DNA
N/A
DNA‘s logline is being kept under wraps.
Hellhound
N/A
When a zombie outbreak hits small-town New York, a washed-up veterinarian must team up with his ex-wife and her new cop boyfriend to stop President Wi...
A Guy Walks Into a Bar
N/A
Producer
Observes a mild-mannered new father who strikes up a friendship with a charismatic but enigmatic man at a bar and soon suspects that he is keeping a s...
The Smack
N/A
Producer
Rowan Petty, a down-on-his-luck con man who gets an opportunity to make a real score. He teams up with Jade, a woman looking to escape her life just l...
DNA
N/A
Executive Producer
DNA‘s logline is being kept under wraps.