1955-04-06 Jasper, Alabama, USA
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor who mainly plays roles of antagonists. He first rose to prominence for portraying the titular role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and is best known for starring as Merle Dixon in the AMC series The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and as Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), followed by its sequels Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He is a recurring collaborator of Guardians of the Galaxy director and co-CEO of DC Studios, James Gunn, appearing in all of his films to date, including Slither (2006), Super (2010), and The Suicide Squad (2021). Rooker's other notable roles include Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988), Frank Bailey in Mississippi Burning (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), Sherman McMaster in Tombstone (1993), Jared Svenning in Mallrats (1995), Detective Edward Kennesaw in Deceiver (1997), Detective Howard Cheney in The Bone Collector (1999), Detective Jake Riley in Replicant (2001), and Buddy in F9 (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Rooker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan | 2024-06-26 |
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | Sgt. Major Riordan | 2024-09-07 |
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Yondu | 2023-05-03 |
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Fast X | Buddy (uncredited) | 2023-05-17 |
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The Out-Laws | Agent Oldham | 2023-07-07 |
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White Elephant | Gabriel Tancredi | 2022-06-03 |
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Corrective Measures | Warden Devlin | 2022-04-29 |
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Yondu | 2022-11-24 |
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F9 | Buddy | 2021-05-19 |
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Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR | Self | 2021-05-29 |
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Clerk | Self | 2021-03-17 |
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The Suicide Squad | Savant | 2021-07-28 |
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Vivo | Lutador (voice) | 2021-07-30 |
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Love and Monsters | Clyde | 2020-10-16 |
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The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder | Self | 2020-09-30 |
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Fantasy Island | Damon | 2020-02-12 |
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The Dark Tower | Elred Jonas | 2020-03-11 |
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Brightburn | The Big T | 2019-05-09 |
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Bolden | Pat McMurphy | 2019-05-03 |
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Yondu | 2017-04-19 |
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Guardians Inferno | 2017-08-08 | |
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The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking | Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice) | 2017-10-08 |
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Life After Flash | Self | 2017-10-02 |
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The Belko Experiment | Bud Melks | 2016-03-17 |
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The Driving Dead | Trooper | 2014-08-25 |
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Elwood | Condello | 2014-06-01 |
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The Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half | Himself | 2014-11-18 |
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Guardians of the Galaxy | Yondu Udonta | 2014-07-30 |
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Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn | Self | 2014-12-09 |
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Brother's Keeper | Chief Carver | 2013-04-05 |
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Hypothermia | Ray Pelletier | 2012-10-02 |
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Rogue River | Gas Attendent | 2012-01-16 |
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Pennhurst | Dr. Death | 2012-10-08 |
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Mysteria | Captain McCarthy | 2011-10-23 |
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Cell 213 | Ray Clement | 2011-06-10 |
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The Making of The Walking Dead | Self | 2010-07-31 |
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Louis | Pat McMurphy | 2010-01-01 |
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Matadors | John Canterna | 2010-01-01 |
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DC Showcase: Jonah Hex | Red Doc (voice) | 2010-07-27 |
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DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice) | 2010-11-09 |
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Atlantis Down | Father / Alien | 2010-10-01 |
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Super | Abe | 2010-11-26 |
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Blood Done Sign My Name | Defense attorney Billy Watkins | 2010-02-01 |
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Freeway Killer | Det. St. John | 2009-11-04 |
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Penance | Mann | 2009-05-30 |
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Super Capers | Judge / Dark Winged Vesper | 2009-03-20 |
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The Marine 2 | Church | 2009-12-29 |
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This Man's Life | Richard Crummly | 2008-03-29 |
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Humanzee! | Priest | 2008-12-01 |
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Jumper | William Rice | 2008-02-13 |
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Whisper | Sydney Braverman | 2007-11-27 |
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Repo! The Genetic Opera | 2006-01-01 | |
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Slither | Grant Grant | 2006-03-31 |
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Lenexa, 1 Mile | Russ | 2006-03-25 |
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Chasing Ghosts | Mark Spencer | 2005-05-11 |
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Portrait: The Making of Henry | Self | 2005-09-27 |
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Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats | Himself | 2005-09-20 |
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The Eliminator | 2004-07-06 | |
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Skeleton Man | Captain Leary | 2004-03-01 |
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The Box - 2003 | Detective Stafford | 2003-05-15 |
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Saving Jessica Lynch | Colonel Curry | 2003-11-08 |
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On Thin Ice | Roger Hopkins | 2003-11-03 |
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Undisputed | A.J. Mercker | 2002-07-17 |
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The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity | Colonel Beckett | 2002-09-03 |
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Replicant | Jake | 2001-05-11 |
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Newsbreak | John McNamara | 2000-09-26 |
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Here on Earth | Malcolm Arnold | 2000-03-24 |
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Table One | Rowdy | 2000-01-01 |
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The 6th Day | Robert Marshall | 2000-11-17 |
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The Bone Collector | Captain Howard Cheney | 1999-11-04 |
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Wicked Ways | Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan | 1999-12-21 |
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The Replacement Killers | Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov | 1998-02-06 |
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Renegade Force | Matt Cooper | 1998-12-14 |
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Shadow Builder | Father Vassey | 1998-11-01 |
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Brown's Requiem | Fritz Brown | 1998-11-01 |
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Meet Wally Sparks | Michael Rooker | 1997-01-31 |
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Keys to Tulsa | Keith Michaels | 1997-04-11 |
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Rosewood | Sheriff Walker | 1997-02-21 |
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Song of Hiawatha | Bertrand | 1997-05-31 |
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Deceiver | Detective Edward Kennesaw | 1997-08-31 |
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Back to Back | Bob Malone | 1996-08-29 |
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Bastard Out of Carolina | Uncle Earle | 1996-12-15 |
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The Trigger Effect | Gary | 1996-08-30 |
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Johnny and Clyde | Frank Tennant | 1995-01-01 |
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Mallrats | Svenning | 1995-10-20 |
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The Hard Truth | Jonah Mantz | 1994-11-23 |
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Suspicious | Attendet | 1994-01-01 |
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The Dark Half | Sheriff Alan Pangborn | 1993-04-23 |
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Tombstone | Sherman McMasters | 1993-12-25 |
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Cliffhanger | Hal Tucker | 1993-05-28 |
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Afterburn | Casey 'Z' Zankowski | 1992-05-30 |
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JFK | Bill Broussard | 1991-12-20 |
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Days of Thunder | Rowdy Burns | 1990-06-27 |
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L.A. Takedown | Bosko | 1989-08-27 |
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Sea of Love | Terry | 1989-09-15 |
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Music Box | Karchy Laszlo | 1989-12-22 |
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Retreads | 1988-01-01 | |
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Eight Men Out | Chick Gandil | 1988-09-02 |
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Above the Law | Man in Bar | 1988-04-08 |
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Mississippi Burning | Frank Bailey | 1988-12-08 |
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Rent-a-Cop | Joe | 1987-11-28 |
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Light of Day | Oogie | 1987-02-06 |
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Henry | 1986-09-24 |
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피그 빌리지 | Steve | |
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Road Rage | Stony | |
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Meteor | Calvin Stark | |
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The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow | The Man with the Answers |
