Sam Rockwell
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Clownhouse (1985)
- Dir. Victor Salva
Feat. Nathan Forrest Winters, Brian McHugh, Sam Rockwell
- Three brothers are trapped in their house while clown–attired loonies sneak around outside. Recommended for kids who want to be kept awake at…
- In the Soup (1992)
- Dir. Alexandre Rockwell
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals…
- Steve Buscemi lends his bug–eyed innocence as a wannabee film–maker who becomes involved with a charismatic hood who promises to raise…
- Lawn Dogs (1997)
- Dir. John Duigan
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Mischa Barton
- The Australian director of THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE applies a lightly–stylised Antipodean touch to this American tale of a friendship between a…
- Safe Men (1998)
- Dir. John Hamburg
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Paul Giamatti…
- Two washed up lounge singers unwittingly pose as burglars after a mobster and his crony mistake them for ace safecrackers. Finely tuned deadpan caper…
- Jerry and Tom (1999)
- Dir. Saul Rubinek
Feat. Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy…
- Adding mileage to the crime–caper genre, Joe Mantegna plays a hitman who puts used–car salesman Sam Rockwell (LAWN DOGS) through a droll…
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver…
- Tim Allen and his cast of a sci–fi TV show are recruited to assist a naive alien race who have modelled their strategies and technologies on…
- Heist (2001)
- Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Gene Hackman, Ricky Jay, Delroy Lindo…
- The heisting of Swiss–Bank bullion by professional thieves Gene Hackman, Ricky Jay and Delroy Lindo is given enjoyably intricate spins by…
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Julia Roberts…
- The life and neuroses of TV–producer Chuck Barris are the subject of this 'confession', a freewheeling comic fantasy in which the worlds of…
- Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
- Dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Feat. William H. Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell…
- A comic 'heist' satire in which Luis Guzman and his girlfriend land in a snowballing mess when trying to spring him from prison to do a big…
- Matchstick Men (2003)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman
- A moderately engaging caper comedy from dir. Ridley Scott starring Nicolas Cage as an obsessive–compulsive type whose profession as a conman…
- Piccadilly Jim (2004)
- Dir. John McKay
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Frances O’Connor, Brenda Blethyn…
- Adapted from P.G. Wodehouse’s comic novel, this tells the tale of an American scoundrel who flails about and fails on both sides of the Atlantic in…
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The (2005)
- Dir. Garth Jennings
Feat. Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell…
- Maintaining the comic wonderstuff and special British eccentricity of Douglas Adams' original novel (and radio and TV spin–offs), this…
- Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007)
- Dir. Andrew Dominik
Feat. Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell…
- A haunting, psychoanalytical western, revisionist in its interpretation of the relationship between outlaw Jesse James, and his eventual killer,…
- Joshua (2007)
- Dir. George Ratliff
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Celia Weston…
- Carefully drawn psychological thriller in which a precocious child of Manhattan's wealthy elite starts to act up – in a creepy, possibly…
- Snow Angels (2007)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Michael Angarano…
- Grimly rewarding relationship drama set in smalltown '70s New England, based on the novel by Stewart O'Nan, in which a group of ordinary townsfolk…
- Choke (2008)
- Dir. Clark Gregg
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald…
- Mixed black comedy of support groups, self–loathing and anonymous sex, from the pen of FIGHT CLUB novelist Chuck Palahniuk.
Fighting the…
- Frost/Nixon (2008)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell…
- Terrific adaptation of the Peter Morgan stageplay providing a dramatic retelling of the story behind the famous interviews between ex–President…
- G-Force (2009)
- Dir. Hoyt Yeatman
Feat. Bill Nighy, Sam Rockwell, Will Arnett…
- Mega–star voiced animated feature follows a group of trained guinea pigs as they go up against a billionaire with plans of…
- Moon (2009)
- Dir. Duncan Jones
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott…
- Smartly handled science fiction from the offspring of David Bowie (aka Zowie Bowie), with Sam Rockwell playing the lone occupant of an energy…
- Everybody's Fine (2009)
- Dir. Kirk Jones
Feat. Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale…
- Sincere remake of the Italian drama with De Niro stepping into Marcello Mastroianni's shoes as the widower travelling across country to visit his…
- Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
- Dir. Jared Hess
Feat. Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge…
- Call us biased, but Jemaine Clement is worth the price of admission alone to this zany yet well–aligned comedy from the creator of NAPOLEON…
- Winning Season, The (2009)
- Dir. James C. Strouse
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Emma Roberts, Rob Corddry…
- Sam Rockwell carries this warm, if predictable underdog tale of a washed up NBA baller who seeks redemption and an escape from alcoholism by coaching…
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson…
- Spiffy, if routine blockbuster sequel finds Robert Downey Jr. reveling in his new–found celebrity as Iron Man while attracting the unwanted…
- Conviction (2010)
- Dir. Tony Goldwyn
Feat. Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo…
- Worthy based–on–a–true–story drama of a solo mother who puts herself through law school in order to represent her wrongfully…
- Cowboys and Aliens (2011)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde…
- Jon Favreau (IRON MAN) directs this high concept alien invasion western, about a ragtag posse of cowboys who must stand up to an extraterrestrial…
- Sitter, The (2011)
- Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Jonah Hill, Max Records, Ari Graynor…
- An R–Rated 'Adventures in Babysitting', with college dropout Jonah Hill dragging three unsuspecting youngsters on an urban sortie when his…
- Seven Psychopaths (2012)
- Dir. Martin McDonagh
Feat. Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson…
- Three Hollywood deadbeats incur the wrath of a violent gangster after kidnapping his beloved shih zhu in this stinging black comedy from IN BRUGES…
- Way Way Back, The (2013)
- Dir. Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Feat. Rob Corddry, Steve Carell, Toni Collette…
- The screenwriters behind THE DESCENDENTS direct this affecting summer comedy of an awkward boy's transition into adulthood and his relationships with…
- A Case of You (2013)
- Dir. Kat Coiro
Feat. Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Long, Peter Dinklage…
- A stock premise of romantic misfortune – the lovely heart who pretends to be someone else in order to win the girl of his dreams – is…
- A Single Shot (2013)
- Dir. David M. Rosenthal
Feat. Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Ted Levine…
- A hunter who accidentally shoots a woman is drawn into a game of cat and mouse in this lean, atmospheric backwoods thriller, adapted from Matthew F.…
- Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)
- Dir. Geoff Moore, David Posamentier
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan…
- Dark suburban satire about a strait–laced pharmacist (Sam Rockwell) who starts an affair with a bored trophy wife (Olivia Wilde) and descends…
- Laggies (2014)
- Dir. Lynn Shelton
Feat. Keira Knightley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell…
- Indie comedy with Knightley as a woman in the throes of a quarter–life crisis brought on by her boyfriend's sudden proposal.
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
- Dir. Martin McDonagh
Feat. Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell…
- Frances McDormand gives an Oscar–winning turn as a grieving mother who personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's…
- Vice (2018)
- Dir. Adam McKay
Feat. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell…
- Christian Bale provides another stunningly transformative performance, playing the insidious and power hungry Dick Cheney, Vice President to George…
- Best of Enemies, The (2019)
- Dir. Robin Bissell
Feat. Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell
- Civil rights activist Ann Atwater is the subject of this historical race relations drama which offers a perhaps more interesting alternative to the…
- Jo-Jo Rabbit (JoJo Rabbit) (2019)
- Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Taika Waititi…
- Wildly satirical WWII comedy following Jojo, a lonely German boy who discovers his mother, who is secretly anti–Nazi, is hiding a young Jewish…
- Richard Jewell (2020)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm…
- A powerful biopic from the dependably compelling American story–teller Clint Eastwood, about Richard Jewell, the man who saved countless lives…