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Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for playing distressed police officer Jason Dixon in Martin McDonagh's crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The following year, he was nominated in the same category for portraying in Adam ... more

Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for playing distressed police officer Jason Dixon in Martin McDonagh's crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The following year, he was nominated in the same category for portraying in Adam McKay's political satire Vice (2018). In 2019, he portrayed Bob Fosse in the FX biographical miniseries Fosse/Verdon, earning a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award, and in 2022, he received a Tony Award nomination for his performance in the Broadway revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo.

Rockwell's other films include The Green Mile (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Matchstick Men (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Moon (2009), Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Iron Man 2 (2010), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Jojo Rabbit (2019), and See How They Run (2022).

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The Green Mile
(1999)
Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Runtime:
189 min
Director:
Frank Darabont
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell
8.6
78%
61
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
(2017)
Crime, Drama
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchan...
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Martin McDonagh
Cast:
Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes
8.2
91%
88
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Moon
(2009)
Drama, Science Fiction
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Duncan Jones
Cast:
Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw
7.8
90%
67
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(2007)
Action, Drama, Western
Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.
Runtime:
160 min
Director:
Andrew Dominik
Cast:
Brad Pitt, Mary-Louise Parker, Brooklynn Proulx, Dustin Bollinger, Mary-Louise Parker
7.5
76%
68
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Frost/Nixon
(2008)
Drama, History
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his te...
Runtime:
122 min
Director:
Ron Howard
Cast:
Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, Mark Simich
7.7
93%
80
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Iron Man 2
(2010)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new allianc...
Runtime:
124 min
Director:
Jon Favreau
Cast:
Robert Downey Jr., Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle
7.0
72%
57
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Galaxy Quest
(1999)
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen), "Lt. Tawny Madison (Sigourney Weaver) and "Dr.Lazarus" (Alan Rickman) - set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space...and then their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken t...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Dean Parisot
Cast:
Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Missi Pyle
7.3
90%
70
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The Way Way Back
(2013)
Comedy, Drama
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Jim Rash, Nat Faxon
Cast:
Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, Sam Rockwell
7.4
85%
68
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Seven Psychopaths
(2012)
Comedy, Crime
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Runtime:
110 min
7.2
N/A
66
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Matchstick Men
(2003)
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Ridley Scott
Cast:
Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill
7.3
82%
61
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(2005)
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Garth Jennings
Cast:
Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell, Yasiin Bey, John Malkovich
6.7
60%
63
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
(2002)
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
George Clooney
Cast:
Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts, Rutger Hauer, Matt Damon
7.0
79%
67
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(1990)
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Steve Barron
Cast:
Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, David Forman, David Forman
6.8
41%
51
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Everybody's Fine
(2009)
Drama
Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives ar...
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Kirk Jones
Cast:
Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo
7.2
46%
47
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Conviction
(2010)
Drama
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is innocent, Betty Anne puts herself through high school, college and, finally, law school in an 18 yea...
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Tony Goldwyn
Cast:
Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver, Bailee Madison, Loren Dean, John Pyper-Ferguson
7.2
67%
61
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Cowboys & Aliens
(2011)
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, Western
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in ...
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Jon Favreau
Cast:
Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano
6.0
43%
50
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Heist
(2001)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane, and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed, and...
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
David Mamet
Cast:
Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon
6.5
66%
66
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Laggies
(2014)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-...
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Lynn Shelton
Cast:
Keira Knightley, Sam Rockwell, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ellie Kemper, Jeff Garlin
6.4
67%
63
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Choke
(2008)
Comedy, Drama
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Clark Gregg
Cast:
Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald, Sam Rockwell, Clark Gregg, Brad William Henke
6.4
56%
47
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Charlie's Angels
(2000)
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
McG
Cast:
Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore, Bill Murray, John Forsythe
5.6
69%
52
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Basquiat
(1996)
Drama, History
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Julian Schnabel
Cast:
Jeffrey Wright, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Wincott, Benicio del Toro, David Bowie
6.9
N/A
65
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Mr. Right
(2016)
Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
A girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Paco Cabezas
Cast:
Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, Anson Mount, Tim Roth, RZA
6.3
42%
52
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1999)
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy about lovers whose romantic affections are manipulated by fairy magic. The setting is updated to a Tuscan hill town in the late 19th century.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Michael Hoffman
Cast:
Stanley Tucci, Rupert Everett, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sophie Marceau, Kevin Kline
6.4
N/A
61
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Celebrity
(1998)
Comedy, Drama
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the ...
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Woody Allen, Greg Mottola
Cast:
Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna, Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron
6.3
40%
41
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The Sitter
(2011)
Comedy
Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor's kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to th...
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
David Gordon Green
Cast:
Sam Rockwell, Jonah Hill, Max Records, Ari Graynor, J.B. Smoove
5.7
21%
39
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Made
(2001)
Comedy, Crime
Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Jon Favreau
Cast:
Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Sean Combs, Famke Janssen, Peter Falk
6.4
71%
62
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Snow Angels
(2007)
Drama, Romance
Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie's daughter ...
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
David Gordon Green
Cast:
Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Michael Angarano, Olivia Thirlby, Amy Sedaris
6.8
67%
67
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Trolls World Tour
(2020)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create ha...
Runtime:
90 min
Cast:
Justin Timberlake, Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell
6.1
71%
51
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Welcome to Collinwood
(2002)
Comedy
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cast:
William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jeter, Luis Guzmán
6.4
55%
61
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Lawn Dogs
(1997)
Drama
In the affluent, gated community of Camelot Gardens, bored wives indiscriminately sleep around while their unwitting husbands try desperately to climb the social ladder. Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, quietly observes the infidelities and hypocrisies of this overly privileged society. When Devon, a 10-ye...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
John Duigan
Cast:
Mischa Barton, Sam Rockwell, Christopher McDonald, Kathleen Quinlan, Miles Meehan
7.6
72%
N/A
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Better Living Through Chemistry
(2014)
Comedy, Drama
A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Geoff Moore, David Posamentier
Cast:
Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Rockwell, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda
6.3
20%
40
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Gentlemen Broncos
(2009)
Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Jared Hess
Cast:
Michael Angarano, Sam Rockwell, Clive Revill, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge
6.2
20%
28
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Mute
(2018)
Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.
Runtime:
126 min
Director:
Duncan Jones
Cast:
Paul Rudd, Alexander Skarsgård, Justin Theroux, Seyneb Saleh, Paul Rudd
5.4
20%
35
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Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
(2014)
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller
A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
Runtime:
14 min
Director:
Drew Pearce
Cast:
Ben Kingsley, Scoot McNairy, Lester Speight, Sam Rockwell, Matt Gerald
7.4
N/A
N/A
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G-Force
(2009)
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Hurley, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Saber, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. But the government shuts them down and they are sentenced to a pet shop. Can they escape to defe...
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Hoyt Yeatman
Cast:
Sam Rockwell, Penélope Cruz, Tracy Morgan, Jon Favreau, Steve Buscemi
5.1
22%
41
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Joshua
(2007)
Drama, Horror, Thriller
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
George Ratliff
Cast:
Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts
5.9
62%
69
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
(1989)
Drama
A gritty Brooklyn story about union corruption, violence, taboos and social norms. The stories told are of the sailors, the prostitute, the union bosses, the hooligans and the gay community set in the early 50s.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Uli Edel
Cast:
Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Jerry Orbach
6.8
74%
62
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Box of Moonlight
(1996)
Comedy, Drama
Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from his childhood. But his wandering takes him into the life of Kid, a free-spirited young man who helps Al escape from the ...
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Tom DiCillo
Cast:
John Turturro, Sam Rockwell, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney, Lisa Blount
7.3
59%
N/A
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Poltergeist
(2015)
Horror
A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Gil Kenan
Cast:
Sam Rockwell, Jared Harris, Saxon Sharbino, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Catlett
4.9
32%
47
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A Single Shot
(2013)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
David M. Rosenthal
Cast:
Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Jeffrey Wright, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Reilly
5.8
50%
53