Sam Rockwell Highlights

  • 2009: Played an Astronaut working alone in the sci-fi thriller, "Moon"
  • 2008: Cast as Victor Mancini, a sex addict in the film "Choke," based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk
  • 2008: Portrayed James Reston Jr. in the film adaption of Peter Morgan's "Frost/Nixon"
  • 2008: Played an estranged husband who tries to reconnect with his wife (played by Kate Beckinsale) in "Snow Angels"
  • 2007: Co-starred with Vera Farmiga in the Sundance screened, "Joshua"
  • 2007: Co-starred as Charles Ford, Robert's brother in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
  • 2005: Cast as Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed, ex-hippie President of the Galaxy in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
  • 2003: Starred alongside Nicolas Cage in Ridley Scott's "Matchstick Men"
  • 2002: Breakthrough role as controversial 'Gong Show' host, Chuck Barris in George Clooney's directorial debut, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"
  • 2002: Played Pero is the Russo brother's heist comedy "Welcome to Collinwood"
  • 2001: Acted in both "The Dumbwaiter" and "The Zoo Story" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
  • 2001: Appeared with Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito in the crime thriller "Heist"
  • 2000: Played villain Eric Knox in "Charlie's Angels"
  • 1999: Cast as a bumbling actor in the sci-fi satire, "Galaxy Quest"
  • 1999: Played psychotic killer and villain, William 'Wild Bill' Wharton in "The Green Mile" opposite Tom Hanks
  • 1998: Starred as Jerry opposite Joe Mantegna's Tom in "Jerry and Tom"
  • 1997: His working-class Trent mowed lawns and bonded with 10-year-old Devon in "Lawn Dogs"
  • 1997: Appeared in HBO's "Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground"
  • 1997: Won raves for his performance as a Cockney salesman in the off-Broadway production of "Goose-Pimples" by Mike Leigh
  • 1996: Played One-Eye Jimmy in "The Search for One-Eye Jimmy"; worked with John Turturo for the first time
  • 1996: Delivered critically-acclaimed performance opposite John Turturo in Tom DiCillo's "Box of Moonlight"
  • 1995: Cast as one of two who kidnapped John Rubinstein in "Mercy"
  • 1994: Re-teamed with director Alexandre Rockwell for "Somebody to Love"
  • 1992: Appeared in Paul Schrader's "Light Sleeper"
  • 1992: First feature with director Alexandre Rockwell, "In the Soup"
  • 1990: TV debut in "Over the Limit" an ABC Afterschool Special
  • 1989: Landed small part in "Last Exit to Brooklyn"
  • 1988: Feature debut in the horror film "Clownhouse"; produced by Francis Ford Coppola
  • 1978: Launched performing career at age of 10, appearing in a play with his mother
  • Raised mostly by father, but spent summers as a child in NYC with his mother
  • Steadily employed as an actor in theater and commercials