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Sam Rockwell: Biography

Sam Rockwell

Birth Place: Daly City, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/05/1968, Scorpio
Profession: Actor

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Sam Rockwell Fast Facts:

Made his acting debut alongside his mother in an East Village improv show at age 10.
After dropping out of McAteer High School's School of the Arts program, his parents enrolled him in McAteer's Urban Pioneer Academy, an outward-bound type course.
First big break was a starring role in the Francis Ford Coppola-produced 1989 TV-movie Clownhouse, about three brothers terrorized by clowns.
Played the head thug in 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie.
Decided to focus entirely on acting after landing a Miller Lite commercial in 1992.
Broke through as a leading man in 2002's Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

Sam Rockwell Relationships:
Penny Hess - Mother
Pete Rockwell - Father
Emily Bergl - Ex-significant Other
Piper Perabo - Ex-significant Other
Leslie Bibb - Significant Other
Sam Rockwell Awards:
2008 Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Performance (Dramatic) - Winner
2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee

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Philip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crudup, Justin Theroux, Yul Vazquez, Sam Rockwell Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com

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