ACTOR

Sam Rockwell

1968 - Today

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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. He was nominated for the same category the following year for portraying George W. Bush in Adam McKay's political satire Vice (2018). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Rockwell has received more than 17,423,665 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Sam Rockwell is the 1,398th most popular actor (down from 1,349th in 2019), the 2,396th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,371st in 2019) and the 652nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 17M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sam Rockwells by language

Over the past year Sam Rockwell has had the most page views in the with 2,313,716 views, followed by German (226,329), and Russian (188,275). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kurdish (Kurmanji) (1,751.11%), Korean (191.13%), and Latin (97.58%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sam Rockwell ranks 1,398 out of 13,578. Before him are George Arliss, Zhou Xuan, George Hamilton, Louis Jouvet, Robin Tunney, and Don Cheadle. After him are Katey Sagal, Broncho Billy Anderson, Isa Miranda, Wolf Albach-Retty, Chris Evans, and François-Joseph Talma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Sam Rockwell ranks 52. Before him are Sadyr Japarov, Josh Brolin, Hervé Renard, Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, and DJ BoBo. After him are Aaron Eckhart, Hajime Moriyasu, Terry Crews, Slaven Bilić, Marc Anthony, and Mathias Rust.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Rockwell ranks 2,396 out of 20,380. Before him are James Levine (1943), Steve Morse (1954), Robin Tunney (1972), Don Cheadle (1964), Wilma Rudolph (1940), and John Connally (1917). After him are Katey Sagal (1954), Nora Ephron (1941), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Danny Elfman (1953), Chris Evans (1981), and Robert Brout (1928).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sam Rockwell ranks 652. Before him are Pauley Perrette (1969), Joanna Cassidy (1945), Blythe Danner (1943), George Hamilton (1939), Robin Tunney (1972), and Don Cheadle (1964). After him are Katey Sagal (1954), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Chris Evans (1981), Bill Duke (1943), Clancy Brown (1959), and DeForest Kelley (1920).

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Television and Movie Roles

Moon
Sam Bell
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.
Jun 12o 20097.57 / 10
Iron Man 2
Justin Hammer
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.
Apr 28o 20106.835 / 10
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jason Dixon
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
Dec 1o 20178.1 / 10