Sam Rockwell

Biography
Rockwell studied acting in California, getting his film debut in the late 80s with "Clownhouse" (1989), a horror film by Victor Salva. His career in film, without abandoning the off-Broadway theatrical performances, has been in the independent film, garnering excellent performances in such titles as "Box of Moon Light" (1996) by Tom DiCillo and "Lawn Dogs" (1997), directed by John Duigan, for which he won at the Sitges Film Festival award for best actor. Apart from independent films, Rockwell has also appeared in commercial sucsess titles like "The Green Mile" (1999) with Tom Hanks, "Galaxy Quest" (1999) with Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver, the film adaptation of the famous television series of the 70s "Charlie's Angels" (2000), directed by McG, and "Son of Evil" (2007). In the western "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (2007) starring Brad Pitt, he played Charlie Ford. In "Choke" (2008) by Victor Mancini, was an adaptation of a novel by Chuck Palahniuk. In "Frost/Nixon" (2008) starred as James Reston Jr. In "Moon," science fiction film directed by Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie), he played Sam Bell, an astronaut on the moon working alongside a robot in order to find a gas to relieve the energy the earth needs.

Actor

 * 2009 - Moon (Sam Bell)
 * 2000 - Charlie's Angels (Eric Knox)
 * 1999 - Galaxy Quest (Guy Fleegman)
 * 1999 - The Green Mile ("Wild Bill" Wharton)

Saturn Award

 * Nominations
 * 2010 - Best Actor for Moon