Rockwell appeared as a guest star in the third season of The White Lotus, drawing praise for his lengthy monologue in the fifth episode
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Sam Rockwell
Samuel Rockwell is an American actor. In a career spanning over three decades of stage and screen, he is known for his offbeat and charismatic character roles in independent films, and has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and a Silver Bear, in addition to nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.
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Born 5 November 1968 · Q316446
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2022· 1 entry
Returned to the Broadway stage in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo alongside Laurence Fishburne and Darren Criss
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2020· 1 entry
Had a voice role in DreamWorks Animation's Trolls World Tour, also serving as a performer on the film's soundtrack; and also voiced Ivan the Gorilla in the 2020 Disney+ film The One and Only Ivan
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2019· 1 entry
The Guardian: How we made Moon – by Sam Rockwell and Duncan Jones
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2018· 3 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (2018).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018).
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2016· 1 entry
It was announced that Rockwell would voice Mortimer Ramsey in the action video game Dishonored 2
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2015· 1 entry
Rockwell starred in two films, remake of Poltergeist and Mr
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2013· 1 entry
Rockwell contracted Lyme disease and was briefly hospitalized
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2010· 2 entries
It was announced that Rockwell would team up again with Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau for Favreau's adaptation of the graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens
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As Tony Stark's rival weapons developer, Justin Hammer
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award for Moon (2009).
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Starred in the critically acclaimed science fiction film Moon, directed by Duncan Jones
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2007· 4 entries
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award for Joshua (2007).
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And then premiered in New York later the same year
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Rockwell guest-starred in the web series Casted: The Continuing Chronicles of Derek Riffchyn, Greatest Casting Director in the World
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Rockwell has never been married, and said in a 2007 interview, "I definitely don't want to become a parent.
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2005· 1 entry
Philip Seymour Hoffman directed him in Stephen Adly Guirgis' hit play The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
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2003· 1 entry
Earned Silver Bear (2003).
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1999· 1 entry
Rockwell played the deranged prisoner William "Wild Bill" Wharton in the Stephen King prison drama The Green Mile
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award for Lawn Dogs (1997).
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1994· 1 entry
Finally allowed him to pursue acting full-time
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1989· 1 entry
Produced by Francis Ford Coppola, which he filmed while living in San Francisco
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1968· 1 entry
Born 1968-11-05.
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