Sam Rockwell is an American actor and voice actor, who, for Disney, played Zaphod Beeblebrox in the 2005 Touchstone Pictures sci-fi film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and voiced Darwin in the 2009 spy-fi comedy film G-Force. He also portrayed Justin Hammer in Jon Favreau's 2010 Marvel superhero film Iron Man 2, and reprised this role in Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King and Armor Wars. Additionally, he voiced the titular character of The One and Only Ivan and played Captain Klenzendorf in Taika Waititi's 2019 Searchlight Pictures film Jojo Rabbit.
Rockwell's notable works outside of Disney include Martin McDonagh's 2017 crime drama film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, in which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Officer Jason Dixon. He also received a nomination in the same category the following year for his portrayal of George W. Bush in Adam McKay's 2018 biographical satirical comedy-drama film Vice. Additionally, he is known for his voice roles as Hickory and Mr. Wolf in DreamWorks' Trolls World Tour and The Bad Guys (respectively).
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(The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
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- Rockwell was originally offered the role of Tony Stark/Iron Man in Iron Man,[1] but Robert Downey Jr. was cast in the end. However, Rockwell ended up playing Justin Hammer in its follow-up sequel Iron Man 2.
