Sam Rockwell: Biography, Facts and Career

Samuel Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. In a career spanning over three decades of stage and screen, he is known for his offbeat and charismatic character roles in independent films, and has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and a Silver Bear, in addition to nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. Rockwell started his career portraying diverse supporting roles in a variety of genres, with a number of guest television roles and roles in films such as The Green Mile (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Charlie's Angels (2000). He began to garner greater notice in the 2000s with his performances as Chuck Barris in the spy thriller Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), for which he received the Silver Bear for Best Actor, and a man in crisis on the far side of the Moon in the science fiction film Moon (2009). This acclaim continued with roles in Conviction (2010), Seven Psychopaths (2012), and The Way, Way Back (2013). Rockwell won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a troubled police deputy in Martin McDonagh's crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and was nominated again the following year for his portrayal of George W. Bush in Adam McKay's biopic Vice (2018). He has since acted in films such as the mystery comedy See How They Run (2022) and the animated crime comedy franchise The Bad Guys (2022–present). On television, Rockwell won an Actor Award and received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his portrayal of Bob Fosse in Fosse/Verdon (2019). For his performance in the third season of The White Lotus (2025), he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. On stage, he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in the 2022 Broadway revival of American Buffalo.

Quick facts about Sam Rockwell

• Full name: Sam Rockwell
• Born: 1968-11-05
• Nationality: United States
• Known as: Actor
• Wikidata ID: Q316446

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