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

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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 |
| 1997 | 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" |
| 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 | Episode: "Full-Moon Party" |

## Theatre

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

## Music videos

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

## Video games

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