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Also known as Samuel Rockwell

American actor

AI overview

Sam Rockwell is an American actor known for his work in film and television. He matters because he has become a widely recognized and acclaimed performer in the entertainment industry.

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1964-03-15
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Encyclopedic overview

Samuel Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) 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.

From the late 1980s, Rockwell started his career portraying diverse supporting roles in a variety of genres, with a number of guest television roles and roles in films such as The Green Mile (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Charlie's Angels (2000). He began to garner greater notice in the 2000s with his performances as Chuck Barris in the spy thriller Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), for which he received the Silver Bear for Best Actor, and a man in crisis on the far side of the Moon in the science fiction film Moon (2009). This acclaim continued with roles in Conviction (2010), Seven Psychopaths (2012), and The Way, Way Back (2013).

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