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The Bad Guys

as Wolf (voice)

2022
Maraschino Ruby

as Wolf (voice)

2022
Trolls World Tour

as Hickory (voice)

2020
The One and Only Ivan

as Ivan (voice)

2020
Richard Jewell

as Watson Bryant

2019
The Best of Enemies

as Claiborne Paul Ellis

2019
Jojo Rabbit

as Captain Klenzendorf

2019
Woman Walks Ahead

as Silas Groves

2017
Mute

as Sam Bell

2018
Vice

as George W. Bush

2018
Blue Iguana

as Eddie

2018
Blaze

as

2018
Mr. Right

as Mr. Right

2016
Poltergeist

as Eric Bowen

2015
Digging for Fire

as Ray

2015
Don Verdean

as Don Verdean

2015
Better Living Through Chemistry

as Douglas Varney

2014
Laggies

as Craig Hunter

2014
Loitering with Intent

as Wayne

2014
The Way Way Back

as Owen

2013
A Single Shot

as John Moon

2013
A Case of You

as Gary

2013
Trust Me

as Aldo

2013
Seven Psychopaths

as Billy Bickle

2012
Cowboys & Aliens

as Doc

2011
The Sitter

as Karl

2011
Sam Rockwell Sam Rockwell

Birthday

1968-11-05

Place of Birth

Daly City, California, USA

Biography

Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California, the only child of two actors, Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. The family moved to New York when he was two years old, living first in the Bronx and later in Manhattan. When Sam was five years old, his parents separated, at which point he and his father moved to San Francisco, where he subsequently grew up, while summers and other times were spent with his mother in New York. He made his acting debut when he was ten years old, alongside his mother, and later attended J Eugene McAteer High School in a program called SOTA. While still in high school, he got his first big break when he appeared in the independent film Clownhouse (1989). The plot revolved around three escaped mental patients who dressed up as clowns and terrorized three brothers home alone--Sam played the eldest of the brothers. His next big break was supposed to have come when he was slated to star in a short-lived NBC TV-series called Dream Street (1989), but he was soon fired. After graduating from high school, Sam returned to New York for good and for two years he had private training at the William Esper Acting Studio. During this period he appeared in a variety of roles, such as the ABC Afterschool Specials (1972): Over the Limit (1990) (TV) and HBO's Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1992): Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story (Season 1 Episode 7: 15 March 1993); the head thug in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990); and a guest-star turn in an Emmy Award-winning episode of Law & Order (1990), while working a string of regular day jobs and performing in plays. His performances in The Green Mile (1999) and Galaxy Quest (1999) wowed audiences and critics alike with his chameleon-like performances as a crazed killer in the former and a goofy actor in the latter. More recently, he appeared in another string of mainstream films, most notably as Eric Knox in Charlie's Angels (2000) and as Zaphod Beeblebrox in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), while continuing to perform in smaller independent movies. After more than ten years in the business, Sam has earned his success. In 2018, he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as a troubled police deputy in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
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