Rockwell won critical praise, as well as the Berlin Film Festival's Silver Berlin Bear Award and Movieline's Breakthrough Performance of the Year Award, for his portrayal of Chuck Barris in George Clooney's Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. He starred opposite Clooney, Drew Barrymore and Julia Roberts in this adaption of Barris' memoirs. Other awards include Best Actor at the Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia for his performance in Joshua and the Decades Achievement Award for the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival.
On stage, Rockwell was seen in The last Days of Judas Iscariot, opposite Eric Bogosian, at the Public Theater. Philip Seymour Hoffman directed by the LAByrinth Theater Company production. Rockwell has appeared in Face Divided as part of the EST Marathon series, as well as the off-Broadway production of Goose-Pimples, which was well written by noted film writer/director Mike Leigh. He has also appeared in The Dumb Waiter and Hot L. Baltimore for the Wililamstown Theatre Festival, both of which were directed by Joe Montello.
The film opened in selected cities 12/5 and 12/12 with a nationwide release on Christmas Day.
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