Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor, appearing primarily in independent films.He was born in Daly City, California, the son of actors who divorced when he was five years old. He was raised by his father, Pete Rockwell, in San Francisco while his mother, Penny Hess, stayed behind in New York. He had what The New York Times described in 1998 as a footloose upbringing and, at age 10, made his brief stage debut playing Humphrey Bogart in an East Village improve comedy sketch starring his mother.