Age, Biography, and Wiki
Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California. He is best known for his dynamic acting skills and has appeared in numerous notable films and television shows throughout his career. Rockwell's breakthrough came with roles in films like The Green Mile and Galaxy Quest in 1999, showcasing his ability to play diverse characters.
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| Date of Birth | 5 November 1968 |
| Age | 56 Years |
| Birth Place | Daly City, California, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight, & Measurements
- Height: Approximately 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 meters).
- Weight: Not publicly disclosed.
- Measurements: His specific measurements are not widely available.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Sam Rockwell has been in a long-term relationship with actress Leslie Bibb since 2007. The couple has been together for over 15 years but has not married.
He is the only child of actors Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess. After their divorce when he was five, he was raised by his father in San Francisco and spent his summers with his mother in New York City. At age 10, he made a brief stage appearance as Humphrey Bogart in an East Village improv comedy sketch with his mother.
In January 2014, it was announced that Rockwell was cast in The Eel, in which he played an escaped convict. The film was produced by Kevin Walsh, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, marking Rockwell's second collaboration with all three. Additionally, in 2015 Rockwell starred in two films, remake of Poltergeist and Mr. Right. Mr. Right is about an ex-CIA agent turned hitman who gained a conscience and turned the tables on those that hired him as a hitman. He was also brutally honest with his girlfriend, portrayed by Anna Kendrick, on what he does. She then turns herself into a hitwoman. On May 3, 2016, it was announced that Rockwell would voice Mortimer Ramsey in the action video game Dishonored 2. Rockwell was cast along with other Marvel Cinematic Universe actors.
Rockwell has never been married, and stated in a 2007 interview "I definitely don't want to become a parent. It's not my bag". He has been in a relationship with actress Leslie Bibb since 2007, having met in Los Angeles while he was filming Frost/Nixon. They both appeared in Iron Man 2, Don Verdean and The White Lotus.
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, Sam Rockwell's net worth is estimated to be around $30 million. His earnings come from a diverse range of film and television projects, including his Oscar-winning performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and his notable roles in Vice and Fosse/Verdon.
Career, Business, and Investments
Rockwell's career spans over three decades, with notable performances in films like Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Matchstick Men, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Jojo Rabbit. He has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In addition to acting, there is no prominent information about significant business ventures or investments.
He started high school at the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts with Margaret Cho and Aisha Tyler, but received his high school diploma from Urban Pioneers, an Outward Bound-style alternative school. Rockwell explained, "I just wanted to get stoned, flirt with girls, go to parties." The school "had a reputation as a place stoners went because it was easy to graduate." The school helped him regain an interest in performing. After appearing in an independent film during his senior year, he moved to New York to pursue an acting career. He later enrolled in the Professional Actor Training Program at the William Esper Studio in New York.
After appearances as a bumbling actor in the science fiction parody Galaxy Quest (1999), as Francis Flute in the Shakespeare adaptation A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), and as gregarious villain Eric Knox in Charlie's Angels (2000), Rockwell won the then-biggest leading role of his career as The Gong Show host Chuck Barris in George Clooney's directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). Rockwell's performance was well-received, and the film earned generally positive reviews.
Social Network
Sam Rockwell is not highly active on social media platforms, keeping his personal life and interactions relatively private.
After his debut role in the controversial horror film Clownhouse in 1989, which he filmed while living in San Francisco, he moved to New York and trained at the William Esper Studios with teacher William Esper. His career slowly gained momentum in the early 1990s, when he alternated between small-screen guest spots in TV series like The Equalizer, NYPD Blue and Law & Order and small roles in films such as Last Exit to Brooklyn and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also appeared as the title character in The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994). During this time, Rockwell worked in restaurants as a busboy and delivered burritos by bicycle. At one point, Rockwell even worked as a private detective's assistant. "I tailed a chick who was having an affair and took pictures of her at this motel", he told Rolling Stone in 2002. "It was pretty sleazy." A well-paying Miller commercial in 1994 finally allowed him to pursue acting full-time.
The turning point in Rockwell's career was Tom DiCillo's film Box of Moonlight (1996), in which he played an eccentric man-child who dresses like Davy Crockett and lives in an isolated mobile home. The ensuing acclaim put him front and center with casting agents and newfound fans alike, with Rockwell himself acknowledging that "That film was definitely a turning point... I was sort of put on some independent film map after 10 years in New York."
He also received strong reviews for the film Lawn Dogs (1997), where he played a working-class lawn mower who befriends a wealthy 10-year-old girl (Mischa Barton) in an upper-class gated community in Kentucky; Rockwell's performance won him Best Actor honors at both the Montreal World Film Festival and the Catalan International Film Festival. In 1999, Rockwell played the deranged prisoner William "Wild Bill" Wharton in the Stephen King prison drama The Green Mile. At the time of the film's shooting, Rockwell explained why he was attracted to playing such unlikable characters. He said, "I like that dark stuff. I think heroes should be flawed. There's a bit of self-loathing in there, and a bit of anger... But after this, I've really got to play some lawyers, or a British aristocrat, or they'll put a label on me."
Since 1992, Rockwell has been a member of the New York–based LAByrinth Theater Company, where John Ortiz is a co-artistic director. In 2005, Philip Seymour Hoffman directed him in Stephen Adly Guirgis' hit play The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Rockwell workshopped a LAByrinth production, North of Mason-Dixon, which debuted in London in 2007 and then premiered in New York later the same year. Other plays in which Rockwell has performed include: Dumb Waiter (2001), Zoo Story (2001), The Hot L Baltimore (2000), Goosepimples (1998), Love and Human Remains, Face Divided, Orphans, Den of Thieves, Dessert at Waffle House, The Largest Elizabeth in the World, and A Behanding in Spokane.
Education
Rockwell attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City and later went on to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
