Sam Rockwell

Date of Birth: 05 Nov 1968
Country: USA
Biography: Sam Rockwell is an American actor known for his leading roles in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Choke and Moon, as well as for his supporting roles in The Green Mile, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Frost/Nixon, Galaxy Quest, Matchstick Men, Gentlemen Broncos, Everybody's Fine, Iron Man 2 and Conviction... (Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 81 (Actor)
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A trio of elite private investigators (Diaz, Barrymore, Liu) armed with the latest in high-tech tools track down a kidnapped computer ace and keep his top-secret voice-identification software out of lethal hands. (Columbia Pictures)
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. This is the story of the double life of legendary showman Chuck Barris - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night.
Nearly twenty years after their hit TV series was canceled, the five stars of "Galaxy Quest" are still in costume, making appearances at science fiction conventions for their legions of die-hard fans. They unexpectedly find themselves back in action when a group of aliens arrive at a convention and whisk Commander Taggart (Allen) and his crew into space to help them in their all-too-real war against a deadly adversary. (Dreamworks)
Set on Death Row in a Southern prison in 1935, this is the remarkable story of a prison guard who develops a poignant, unusual relationship with one inmate who possesses a magical gift that is both mysterious and miraculous. (Castle Rock Entertainment)
Don't Panic... Stick out your thumb to join the most ordinary man in the world on an extra-ordinary adventure across the universe in this hilarious comedy. (Touchstone Pictures)
Reunited for the first time since their hit "Swingers," Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn co-star in a comedy about two hapless best friends who are plunged headlong into the world of organized crime. (Artisan Entertainment)
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. (imdb)
Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, thanks in part to the bungling work of Puck.
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes unsuccessfully attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but wind up gaining more than they lose.
Laced with dark wit, honest inquisition and episodes that are at once surreal and poignant, tragic and absurd, Jarhead is the film adaptation of Marine Anthony Swofford's bracing memoir that took readers into his disorienting firsthand experience in the Gulf War. (Universal)
A quartet of humanoid turtles trained by their mentor in ninjitsu must learn to pull together in order to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan. (imdb)
Newly arrived in an up-market housing development, quiet ten-year-old Devon doesn't quite fit in. Ignoring the urgings of her social-climbing father, Devon chooses the company of Trent, who mows the estate's lawns, rather than of the girls her own age (imdb)
Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers...
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 (imdb)
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
Just before Halloween, three young brothers alone in a big house are menaced by three escaped mental patients who have murdered some traveling circus clowns and taken their identities. (imdb)
A drug dealer with upscale clientele is having moral problems going about his daily deliveries. A reformed addict, he has never gotten over the wife that left him, and the couple that use him for deliveries worry about his mental well-being and his effectiveness at his job. Meanwhile someone is killing women in apparently drug-related incidents. (imdb)
Two untalented singers (Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn) are mistaken for a pair of major league safecrackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter (Christina Kirk) of the underworld leader (Harvey Fierstein) who won't date the men she knows are gangsters. (imdb)
It's two days before graduation, and Jack is having serious doubts about the future. The old gang is breaking up - Rob is moving to L.A. with his girlfriend; Dennis is finishing his third degree and going to grad school in Michigan; Slosh has dropped out of school and stays drunk all the time; and Mickey, who still has a year of school to go, seems tired of the scene and wishes he had the guts to tell his friend Chelsea how he feels about her... (imdb)
Joshua is the tale of Brad and Abby Cairn, perfect Manhattan parents in a perfect Manhattan apartment whose perfect life begins to crack after the birth of their second child Lily. Shortly after Lily arrives home, a dark side of prodigy son Joshua slowly begins to reveal itself.
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Robert Ford joins Jesse James's gang, only to become resentful of the legendary outlaw and hatch a plan to kill the fastest gun in the West. (imdb)
A drama that interweaves the life of a teenager, with his old baby sitter, her estranged husband, and their daughter. (imdb)
A series of comic vignettes illuminates the changing relationship of two hitmen over the years.
Bad Liver & a Broken Heart (1996) - Short Film
America's dreams where once stitched together by the Greyhound Bus...on dusty roads....from coast to coast. This ironic revisiting of that state of mind, in a NYC bar makes for interesting cinema (imdb)
A sex addict pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Sam Bell is nearing the end of his contract with Lunar. He's been a faithful employee for 3 long years. His home has been Sarang, a moon base where he has spent his days alone, mining Helium 3.
On the day of the Republican National Convention, radioshow host Joe Pace joins the rallies, protests, delegates and citizens of NYC. Broadcasting his last show live, on-the-air, he goes on a one march for free speech. (imdb)
Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his dreams. (imdb)
A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children. (imdb)
Director Peter Judson's semifictitious tale opens a revealing window into the indie filmmaking process, capturing the trivialities, aggravations and enthusiasm that go into completing a picture. Using footage from an indie movie set, e-mails constructing a plotline about distributor difficulties and interviews with indie mainstays such as Steve Buscemi and Sam Rockwell, the film provides a riveting look at one producer's rejections and rewards.
Two years of sobriety are more than enough to suit Jim (Richard Lewis), a recovering hophead and lifelong elbow-bender. At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a dreary Times Square church cellar, his sponsor prods Jim to again recount his struggle with booze and smack -- which sends him out to find deliverance in his old demons. Meanwhile, his compatriots are left to continue with their tales of substance abuse and self-inflicted misery.
A racist man comes face to face with his demons after his daughter is kidnapped in this thriller. When wealthy lawyer Frank Kramer (John Rubinstein) learns that his daughter (Reah Silver-Smith) has been kidnapped, he agrees to adhere to the perpetrators' wishes. But as he runs from one dangerous 'hood to another to pick up the kidnappers' instructions, he realizes that the criminals want to torture him even more than they want the ransom money.
A psychotic serial killer escapes from an insane asylum in this slasher. Nearly 30 years ago, man-of-the-cloth Father Malius (Charles Cragin) brutally murdered several college students. Now locked in an asylum, Malius awaits his chance to escape -- a chance that comes when a group of fraternity pledges break into the institution to get a photo of the serial killer. Seizing the opportunity, Malius flees and begins his bloody rampage once again.
Streetwise joker Bobby (Tommy Davidson) is looking for a job beyond the company mailroom. His buddy, straitlaced exec Waymon (Joseph C. Phillips), is in a position to lend a hand, but in return, he wants Bobby to help him become hip enough to meet Natalie (Halle Berry), the girl of his dreams. Can they both change their personalities enough to get what they want?
While working on a documentary on his old neighborhood, a young film school graduate shifts the focus of his production onto the disappearance of a local resident and the strange characters who are conducting the search to find him. (imdb)
Robin's Big Date (2005) - Short Film
Robin tries to go on a date without The Bat-Man tagging along and ruining the evening... it doesn't work... (imdb)
Wealthy inventor and former weapons maker Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) continues to fight crime as his alter ego, Iron Man, taking on villains intent on destroying humanity in Jon Favreau's action-packed superhero sequel based on Marvel comic book characters. But Stark's battle with the bottle may be his toughest challenge yet. Don Cheadle co-stars as Col. James Rhodes, with Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as Nick Fury.
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009) - Short Film
A portrait of the acting craft of John Cazale and a tour through the movies that defined a generation. (imdb)
Convinced that her brother, Kenneth (Sam Rockwell), has been unjustly convicted of murder and incompetently defended by court-ordered attorneys, high school dropout Betty Anne Waters (Hilary Swank) puts herself through law school in order to represent him in his appeal.
A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team. (imdb)
A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys are all that stand in their way. (imdb)
A comedy about a college student on suspension who is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door, though he is fully unprepared for the wild night ahead of him. (imdb)
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu. (imdb)
Duncan, an introverted 14-year-old, comes into his own over the course of a comedic summer when he forms unlikely friendships with the gregarious manager of a rundown water park and the misfits who work there. (sundance.org)
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. (imdb)
A young writer tries to impress a girl he meets online with an embellished profile, but he finds himself in a real mess when she falls for him and he has to keep up the act. (imdb)
All Hail the King (2014) - Short Film
After the events of Iron Man 3, Trevor Slattery is an infamous icon. He's also locked up in a high-security prison. Luckily, his newfound profile has brought him celebrity and protection on the inside - and the actor has gladly agreed to an in-depth profile with a documentary filmmaker.
A woman stuck in permanent adolescence lies to her fiancé about going on a retreat and spends the time hanging out with friends instead. (imdb)
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. (imdb)
A struggling agent for child actors and former child star himself, Howard Holloway spends years losing his most talented clients to his slick, arch-nemesis Aldo Shocklee. (imdb)
Two male actors/close friends want to jumpstart their careers. They end up making a big-shot producer think that they have a hot script that everyone wants to get their hands on. The 2 men then drive to upstate New York and hole up in a family member's country home- with 10 dedicated days to write said script. A looming deadline and complicated personal histories create scenes that are humorous and emotional. (imdb)
A tale about a family whose 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. (imdb)
The discovery of a bone and a gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend. (imdb)
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud. (imdb)
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. (imdb)
F is for Family (2015) - TV Series
A lower middle class family living in the 1970s. Based on comedian Bill Burr's childhood.
In this darkly comic drama, a mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder, when they fail to catch the culprit.
The story follows Catherine Weldon (Jessica Chastain), who moved from Brooklyn to the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota Territory to help Sioux chieftain Sitting Bull keep the land for his people. Weldon wrote letters to the federal government on behalf of Sitting Bull and lived on the land for several years with her son. (imdb)
Ex-jailbirds Eddie and Paul are on parole and working in a New York diner. Their lives are a dead end. That is, until English lawyer Katherine Rookwood walks into the diner with an offer they can't refuse. (imdb)
VICE explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways still felt today. (imdb)
Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.
Fosse/Verdon (2018) - TV Mini-Series
An inside look at the romantic and creative partnership between influential choreographer/director, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, one of the greatest Broadway dancers of all time. (imdb)
A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Filmmakers and stars discuss the filming and social effects of Galaxy Quest, a comedic take-off on the Star Trek franchise with brilliant commentary not only on the Star Trek series but on the real-life actors themselves.
American security guard Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser) saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely report that he was a terrorist. (imdb)
Poppy and Branch discover that there are six different troll tribes scattered over six different lands. Each tribe is also devoted to six different kinds of music -- funk, country, techno, classical, pop and rock. When rockers Queen Barb and King Thrash set out to destroy the other music, Poppy and Branch embark on a daring mission to unite the trolls and save the diverse melodies from becoming extinct.
A gorilla named Ivan tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named Stella as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.
An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe Kazan, Nathan Lane, Chris Messina, Sam Rockwell and Eli Wallach.
Jack is a middle aged, overweight shoe store owner with a secure upper middle class lifestyle, including a beautiful, demanding trophy wife. When Jack "runs into" Rosie and Louie, small time criminals on the run from the law, they kidnap Jack in order to use his off-season, deserted vacation house as a temporary hideout. A thoroughly bizarre and surprising weekend unfolds, full of revelations and reassessments. (imdb)
On the morning he is set to star in a career-changing blockbuster film, an Irish actor trying to live down his rocky past confronts a series of devastating events that threaten his sobriety. (imdb)
Several reformed yet misunderstood criminal animals attempt to become good, with some disastrous results along the way. (imdb)
A desperate Hollywood film producer sets out to turn a popular play into a film. When members of the production are murdered, world-weary Inspector Stoppard and rookie Constable Stalker find themselves in the midst of a puzzling whodunit (imdb.com).
An introverted spy novelist is drawn into the activities of a sinister underground syndicate (imdb.com).
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis (2025) - Short Film
A group of former criminals do their best to get to their parole interview on time. (imdb)