Does Sam Rockwell have a deformed hand?

Answer 1

Yes. SR has stated in interviews he had a car accident and his left hand fingers were badly injured, requiring reconstruction. The tips of two or three phalanges appear a little odd shaped. The left pointer and middle finger look kind of permanently bent at the first (farthest) joint.

The year has not been clearly stated, but I believe it happened in 1993 or possibly early 1994. He had barely any work come out in 1994 and I believe he was recovering.

After that injury, he was said to have never driven again, but rather bikes around the city for daily travel needs. However, he drives in the 1995 film Mercy, and several more films since then.

Although we don't have exact filming dates for most of these, we can look at his work to get clues as to when the accident probably happened. Basically, when visible, his hand appears natural/undamaged in everything up until "Somebody to Love" (release date 9/1994) when his hand appears heavily bandaged.

Here is what I have reviewed around that time period:

1992 In The Soup (normal, clearly)

1992 Jack and His Friends (normal, clearly)

1992 Law & Order Episode "Intolerance" (don't get much of a clear look at the hand. Visible only once, hands mostly in lap.)

1993: Law & Order Episode "Manhood" (normal, clearly visible)

1994: Search For One-Eye Jimmy (normal, clearly)

1994: Miller Lite Beer Commercial (hand not shown)

1994 (release date is Sept. 1994) Somebody to Love: BANDAGED.

1995 Drunks (damaged, clearly, see minute 4:00 scene, and throughout)

1995 NYPD Blue episode Torah Torah Torah (damaged, clearly, see minute 26:20)

1995 Glory Daze, Mercy etc... (damaged)

Sam Rockwell's left hand is not shown at all in the 1994 Miller Lite beer commercial. When discernible, his hand appears damaged in everything after 1994's In Somebody To Love.