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In 2018, he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as a troubled police deputy in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, in San Mateo, California, the only child of two actors, Pete Rockwell and Penny Hess.
Sam Rockwell, American actor who gained respect for his impeccable performances in a wide variety of roles. He was particularly noted for his specialization in eccentric and offbeat characterizations. His best-known movies included Confessions of a Dangerous Mind; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; and Vice.
Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. For playing distressed police officer Jason Dixon in Martin McDonagh ’s crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.