Sam Rockwell

Sam Rockwell
Rockwell at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Samuel Rockwell (1968-11-05) November 5, 1968 (age 48) Daly City, California, U.S.
Education	Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Samuel "Sam" Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor known for independent and mainstream films.

He is known for his leading roles in Lawn Dogs (1997), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Matchstick Men (2003), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Choke (2008), Moon (2009), Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Mr. Right (2015), as well as for his supporting roles in The Green Mile (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), The Assassination of Jesse James (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), Conviction (2010), Iron Man 2 (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011) and The Way, Way Back (2013).

Rockwell was born in Daly City, California, the son of actors who divorced when he was five years old. He was raised by his father, Pete Rockwell, in San Francisco, while his mother, Penny Hess, lived in New York (he spent his summer vacations with her). Rockwell had what The New York Times described in 1998 as a "footloose upbringing" and, at age 10, made his brief stage debut playing Humphrey Bogart in an East Village improv comedy sketch starring his mother.