News Summary

• Sam Rockwell is the kind of stalwart whose face you’ve seen in dozens and dozens of movies, TV shows, and plays.
• He has also, incidentally, been nominated for two Oscars and won one, along with a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and several SAG Actor Awards.
• Rockwell’s characters hold a recognizable shape.
• They tend to be adrenalized, quirky antiheroes, a bit seedy, upbeat and offbeat, though never, somehow, cartoonish.