2. Awesome- Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Sam Rockwell was given one of his first lead roles in director George Clooney's winning biopic of Chuck Barris and shines through playing a game show host who is also doubling as a CIA assassin (based upon Barris' own ludicrous autobiography.) It is a role that requires an actor with a certain charm and talent, bordering on the line of comedy and drama in the blink of an eye and Rockwell achieves it so well that he embodied the role, portraying both sides of this larger than life person, both as a zany hard working television personality and as a cold as steel killer way in over his head. This is the role that opened a lot of doors for Rockwell to step in the duty as a leading man and he does not falter whatsoever.