"I've played so many hicks and country bumpkins. It's hilarious because I've always lived in cities."
Samuel Rockwell (born November 5, 1968 in Daly City, California) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his work in indie movies, and was once described by Roger Ebert as "the go-to guy for weird characters." He gained public attention with roles in Lawn Dogs, Galaxy Quest, and the first Charlie's Angels (2000) movie. He went on to play larger parts in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Moon, and Iron Man 2. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Also, his natural speaking voice is disturbingly similar to Owen Wilson's and the guy can DANCE.
Partial list of roles:
- Clownhouse (1989) - Randy
- Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) - Al
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) - Head Thug
- In the Soup (1992) - Pauli
- Happy Hell Night (1992) - Young Henry Collins
- Light Sleeper (1992) - Jealous
- Basquiat (1996) - Thug
- Box of Moonlight (1996) - The Kid
- Lawn Dogs (1997) - Trent
- Celebrity (1998) - Darrow Entourage
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) - Francis Flute
- Galaxy Quest (1999) - Guy Fleegman
- The Green Mile (1999) - "Wild Bill" Wharton
- Charlie's Angels (2000) - Eric Knox
- Heist (2000) - Jimmy Silk
- Welcome to Collinwood (2002) - Pero
- Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2002) - Chuck Barris
- Matchstick Men (2003) - Frank Mercer
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - Zaphod Beeblebrox
- Joshua (2007) - Brad Cairn
- Snow Angels (2007) - Glenn Marchand
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) - Charley Ford
- Frost/Nixon (2008) - James "Jim" Reston, Jr.
- Choke (2008) - Victor Mancini
- The Winning Season (2009) - Bill
- Moon (2009) - Sam Bell
- G-Force (2009) - Darwin
- Gentlemen Broncos (2009) - Bronco/Brutus
- Everybody's Fine (2009) - Robert
- Iron Man 2 (2010) - Justin Hammer
- Conviction (2010) - Kenneth Waters
- Cowboys & Aliens (2011) - Doc
- The Sitter (2011) - Karl
- Seven Psychopaths (2012) - Billy Bickle
- The Way, Way Back (2013) - Owen
- Better Living Through Chemistry (2014) - Doug Varney
- Laggies (2014) - Craig
- Poltergeist (2015) - Eric Bowen
- Mr. Right (2015) - Francis
- F is for Family (2015-21) - Vic
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Officer Jason Dixon (won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor)
- Woman Walks Ahead (2017) - Colonel Silas Grove
- Mute (2018) - Sam Bell
- Blue Iguana (2018) - Eddie
- Vice (2018) - George W. Bush
- Fosse/Verdon (2019) - Bob Fosse
- Jojo Rabbit (2019) - Captain Klenzendorf
- Richard Jewell (2019) - Watson Bryant
- The Best of Enemies (2019) - C.P. Ellis
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020) - Westley
- Trolls: World Tour (2020) - Hickory
- The One and Only Ivan (2020) - Ivan
- The Bad Guys (2022) - Mr. Wolf
- See How They Run (2022) - Inspector Stoppard
- Argylle (2024) - Aiden
Tropes:
- Happily Married: More like "happily united". He and Leslie Bibb have been together since 2007, and although Sam has made it very clear in the past that he doesn't wanna get married or have children, they are very supportive of each other, have starred in movies together, and even adopted a rescue pup in 2020.
- What Could Have Been: He was considered to play Joker in The Dark Knight before Heath Ledger was casted.
