Sam Rockwell
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1968-11-05 (55 years old)
Place of Birth Daly City, California, USA
Also Known As Сэм Рокуэлл, 샘 록웰, סם רוקוול, Сем Роквелл, 山姆·洛克威
Sam Rockwell
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).
Known For
Actor
as Drunky
as Mr. Wolf (voice)
as Guardian Dog (voice)
as Aidan Wilde
as Inspector Stoppard
as Wolf (voice)
as Wolf (voice)
as Stuart Rosenberg (voice)
as Self
as Justin Hammer (voice)
as Ivan (voice)
as Hickory (voice)
as Westley
as Watson Bryant
as Captain Klenzendorf
as Claiborne Paul Ellis
as Bob Fosse
as George W. Bush
as Eddie
as Oilman 3
as Self
as Sam Bell
as Jason Dixon
as Silas Groves
as Officer Witt
as Himself
as Mr. Right
as Don Verdean
as Ray
as Eric Bowen
as Self (archive footage)
as Craig Hunter
as Wayne
as Douglas Varney
as Self
as Justin Hammer
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Gary
as Narrator (voice)
as John Moon
as Owen
as Aldo
as Bugsy Siegal
as Billy Bickle
as Karl
as Doc
as Narrator
as Kenny Waters
as Justin Hammer
as Sam
as Robert
as Bronco / Brutus
as Darwin the Guinea Pig (voice)
as Sam Bell
as Bill
as Self - Guest
as James Reston Jr.
as Victor Mancini
as Sam
as Charley Ford
as Glenn Marchand
as Brad Cairn
as Self
as The Bat-Man
as Zaphod Beeblebrox
as Self
as Jim Crocker
as Frank Mercer
as Chuck Barris
as Rick
as Pero
as Jimmy Silk
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
as Nate
as Eric Knox
as Self (uncredited)
as Guy Fleegman
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
as Francis Flute
as Jerry
as Darrow Entourage
as Samuel
as Trent Burns
as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")
as Tony
as Sonny
as The Kid
as Thug
as Matty
as Rob
as One-eye Jimmy
as Polish Guy
as Billy
as Pauli
as Jealous
as Young Henry Collins
as Louie
as Gary
as Head Thug
as Jason
as Officer Weddeker
as Randy Borland
as Al
as Randy Collins
as Slick
as Self - Host
as Jason
as Self - Presenter
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer