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Apr 6, 1955 (69)
Jasper, Alabama, USA
Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Henry in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988), Terry Cruger in Sea of Love (1989), Rowdy Burns in Days of Thunder (1990), Bill Broussard in JFK (1991), Hal Tucker in Cliffhanger (1993), Jared Svenning in Mallrats (1995), Detective Howard Cheney in The Bone Collector (1999), Grant Grant in Slither (2006), Merle Dixon in AMC's The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), its sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and the animated TV series What If...? (2021). Since 2006, he has been a frequent collaborator of filmmaker James Gunn.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2024 | Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 | Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan |
2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Yondu |
2023 | The Out-Laws | Agent Oldham |
2022 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Yondu |
2022 | White Elephant | Gabriel Tancredi |
2022 | Corrective Measures | Warden Devlin |
2021 | The Suicide Squad | Savant |
2021 | F9 | Buddy |
2021 | What If...? | Yondu (voice) |
2021 | What If...? | Yondu Udonta (voice) |
2021 | Vivo | Lutador (voice) |
2021 | Marvel Studios Legends | Yondu Udonta (archive footage) |
2021 | Clerk | Self |
2020 | Love and Monsters | Clyde |
2020 | Fantasy Island | Damon |
2020 | The Dark Tower | Eldred Jonas |
— | Meteor | Calvin Stark |
— | The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow | The Man with the Answers |
2024 | Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 | Sgt. Major Riordan |
2021 | Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR | Self |
— | Road Rage | Stony |
2020 | The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder | Self |
2020 | Dead Talk Live | Self - Guest |
2019 | Brightburn | The Big T |
2019 | Creepshow | Beau |
2019 | Bolden | Pat McMurphy |
2018 | The Rookie | Frank Teska |
2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Yondu |
2017 | SEAL Team | Big Chief |
2017 | The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking | Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice) |
2017 | Life After Flash | Self |
2016 | The Belko Experiment | Bud Melks |
2016 | Ride with Norman Reedus | Self |
2016 | Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed | Himself |
2015 | CelebriD&D | Arnold |
2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Yondu Udonta |
2014 | True Detective | Edward Hoyt |
2014 | Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn | Self |
2014 | The Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half | Himself |
2014 | The Driving Dead | Trooper |
2013 | Brother's Keeper | Chief Carver |
2012 | Rogue River | Gas Attendent |
2012 | Hypothermia | Ray Pelletier |
2012 | Pennhurst | Dr. Death |
2011 | Cell 213 | Ray Clement |
2011 | Talking Dead | Himself |
2011 | Mysteria | Captain McCarthy |
2010 | The Walking Dead | Merle Dixon |
2010 | Super | Abe |
2010 | DC Showcase: Jonah Hex | Red Doc (voice) |
2010 | The Making of The Walking Dead | Self |
2010 | DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice) |
2010 | Blood Done Sign My Name | Defense attorney Billy Watkins |
2010 | Atlantis Down | Father / Alien |
2010 | Matadors | John Canterna |
2010 | Louis | Pat McMurphy |
2009 | Archer | Sheriff E. Z. Ponder (voice) |
2009 | The Marine 2 | Church |
2009 | Meteor | Calvin Stark |
2009 | Penance | Mann |
2009 | Freeway Killer | Det. St. John |
2009 | Super Capers | Judge / Dark Winged Vesper |
2008 | Jumper | William Rice |
2008 | Humanzee! | Priest |
2008 | This Man's Life | Richard Crummly |
2007 | Chuck | Mauser |
2007 | Burn Notice | Dale Lawson |
2007 | Whisper | Sydney Braverman |
2006 | Slither | Grant Grant |
2006 | Psych | Garth Lawnmore |
2006 | Shark | |
2006 | Thief | Detective John Hayes |
2006 | Lenexa, 1 Mile | Russ |
2005 | Criminal Minds | Chief Carlson |
2005 | Chasing Ghosts | Mark Spencer |
2005 | Portrait: The Making of Henry | Self |
2005 | Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats | Himself |
2004 | Skeleton Man | Captain Leary |
2004 | The Eliminator | |
2003 | Las Vegas | |
2003 | Tremors | Kinney |
2003 | On Thin Ice | Roger Hopkins |
2003 | Saving Jessica Lynch | Colonel Curry |
2003 | The Box - 2003 | Detective Stafford |
2002 | CSI: Miami | Marty Jones |
2002 | Undisputed | A.J. Mercker |
2002 | The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity | Colonel Beckett |
2001 | Replicant | Jake |
2001 | Crossing Jordan | Shawn Curaco |
2000 | The 6th Day | Robert Marshall |
2000 | Here on Earth | Malcolm Arnold |
2000 | Table One | Rowdy |
2000 | Newsbreak | John McNamara |
1999 | The Bone Collector | Captain Howard Cheney |
1999 | Wicked Ways | Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan |
1998 | The Replacement Killers | Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov |
1998 | Shadow Builder | Father Vassey |
1998 | Renegade Force | Matt Cooper |
1998 | Brown's Requiem | Fritz Brown |
1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Colonel Edwards |
1997 | Deceiver | Detective Edward Kennesaw |
1997 | Rosewood | Sheriff Walker |
1997 | Meet Wally Sparks | Michael Rooker |
1997 | Keys to Tulsa | Keith Michaels |
1997 | Song of Hiawatha | Bertrand |
1996 | The Trigger Effect | Gary |
1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Uncle Earle |
1996 | Back to Back | Bob Malone |
1995 | Mallrats | Svenning |
1995 | The Outer Limits | Colonel Beckett |
1995 | Johnny and Clyde | Frank Tennant |
1994 | The Hard Truth | Jonah Mantz |
1994 | Suspicious | Attendet |
1993 | Cliffhanger | Hal Tucker |
1993 | Tombstone | Sherman McMasters |
1993 | The Dark Half | Sheriff Alan Pangborn |
1993 | Fallen Angels | Babe McCloor |
1992 | Afterburn | Casey 'Z' Zankowski |
1991 | JFK | Bill Broussard |
1990 | Days of Thunder | Rowdy Burns |
1990 | Law & Order | Jamie Yost |
1989 | Sea of Love | Terry |
1989 | Music Box | Karchy Laszlo |
1989 | L.A. Takedown | Bosko |
1989 | Gideon Oliver | Detective John Quinn |
1988 | Mississippi Burning | Frank Bailey |
1988 | Above the Law | Man in Bar |
1988 | Eight Men Out | Chick Gandil |
1988 | Retreads | |
1987 | Light of Day | Oogie |
1987 | Rent-a-Cop | Joe |
1986 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Henry |
1986 | Crime Story | Lieutenant |
1985 | The Equalizer | Bill Whitaker |
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2012 | Pennhurst | Director |
1999 | Wicked Ways | Co-Executive Producer |
1998 | Brown's Requiem | Associate Producer |