Sam Rockwell has never been married but has been in a relationship with actress Leslie Bibb since 2007.
The Oscar winner Sam Rockwell joined The White Lotus Season 3 as a surprise guest star with the character Frank in the fifth episode as Rick’s friend, played by Walton Goggins.
Highlights
- Sam Rockwell is set to appear as a guest star as Frank in the 5th episode of The White Lotus Season 3.
- Rockwell is not married but is in a relationship with an actress, Leslie Bibb.
- Leslie Bibb also appears in The White Lotus as Kate Bohr.
The fifth episode, “Full-Moon Party,” will air on HBO on Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 9 p.m.
In the episode, Rick meets Frank in Bangkok, Thailand, and Frank reveals a bizarre monologue about his physical life.
Frank describes how he moved to Thailand and used to spend a night having physical relationships with random women.
Rockwell’s character also talks about how those experiences pushed him into finding Buddhism and how it made him want to get off “the never-ending carousel of lust and suffering.”
His presence in the show isn’t just to have an Oscar-winning actor deliver an explicit monologue.
Sam Rockwell Is Living A Life Without A Wife But Has Been Dating Leslie Bibb For Over 15 Years
According to several reports, Oscar-winning actor Sam Rockwell, 56, has never been married but has been in a relationship with actress Leslie Bibb, 50, who also appeared in The White Lotus as Kate Bohr.
In October 2007, Bibb and Rockwell met at Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood while Sam was filming Frost/Nixon.
A week later, he invited Bibb on a date at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. They made their first red carpet appearance at the 2008 CineVegas Film Festival at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
In 2010, they appeared in Iron Man 2 together after Rockwell joined the cast as Justin Hammer. Bibb was in the first film as Christine Everhart and made her return in the role.
During a November 2012 visit to Paris, the pair added their names to a lock on a bridge over the Seine.
In January 2015, Sam and Bibb appeared in the film Don Verdean, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Sam played the lead role of Don Verdean, a biblical archaeologist, while Bibb portrayed Joylinda Lazarus.
On November 5, 2015, Leslie took to her official Instagram handle and wished Sam a happy birthday with the caption,
“Happy birthday to this boy who is clearly on bath salts…i love you #samrockwell and i am so glad you were born….#heismyfavorite,”
Leslie Bibb
In August 2017, fans thought Sam and Lelsie might have been secretly married when Bibb captioned a photo of them on Instagram by referring to them as “the Rockwells.” Leslie wrote,
“Buona sera…ti amo…night lovebugs xo-the rockwells,” she wrote.
Leslie Bibb
During his acceptance speech, Sam thanked his partner Leslie Bibb after winning a SAG award for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
In addition, ahead of the ceremony, Sam was asked what has kept his relationship with Leslie going so long. Sam answered,
“Communication,” “And a healthy sense of humor,” “Humor is very important,” “She’s very funny.”
Sam Rockwell
They celebrated their 16th anniversary in October 2023. Leslie took to her Instagram and captioned,
“sweet sixteen sammy …was this from the first year, maybe the second, who knows we were babies and all the time is flying by and blurring into one helluva a ride with you…i feel very lucky to get to love this human and even luckier to be loved by him…give someone you ♥️a squeeze today and look them in the eye and tell them how you feel about them…it does the body good…”
Leslie Bibb
In October 2024, the couple shared a sweet moment at the 2024 AFI Fest, walking the red carpet for the Closing Night Gala premiere of Juror #2 at TCL Chinese Theater.
Although Leslie and Sam spend quality time together, they have never revealed their plans to get married.
Additional Information
- Sam Rockwell was born on November 5, 1968, to his father, Pete Rockwell, and his mother, Penny Hess. After his parents’ divorce, Pete raised him in San Fransisco and spent his summers with his mother in New York City.
- Rockwell started high school at The Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts and received his diploma from Urban Pioneers, an Outward-Bound-Style alternative school.
- In 2018, his portrayal of George W. Bush in the biopic Vice earned him his second Academy Award nomination.
