1955-04-06 Jasper, Alabama, USA
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.
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Fast X | Buddy | 2023-05-17 |
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Corrective Measures | Warden Devlin | 2022-04-29 |
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White Elephant | Gabriel Tancredi | 2022-06-03 |
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Yondu | 2022-11-25 |
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Vivo | Lutador (voice) | 2021-07-30 |
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Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR | Self | 2021-05-29 |
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The Suicide Squad | Brian Durlin / Savant | 2021-07-28 |
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F9 | Buddy | 2021-05-19 |
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Clerk | Self | 2021-03-17 |
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Love and Monsters | Clyde | 2020-10-16 |
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Fantasy Island | Damon | 2020-02-12 |
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The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder | Self | 2020-09-30 |
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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 Udonta | 2017-04-19 |
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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 Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half | Himself | 2014-11-18 |
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Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn | Himself | 2014-12-09 |
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The Driving Dead | Trooper | 2014-08-25 |
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Asylum of the Dead | 2014-09-16 | |
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Guardians of the Galaxy | Yondu Udonta | 2014-07-30 |
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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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Pennhurst | Dr. Death | 2012-10-08 |
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Rogue River | Gas Attendent | 2012-01-16 |
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Cell 213 | Ray Clement | 2011-06-10 |
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Mysteria | Captain McCarthy | 2011-10-23 |
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Blood Done Sign My Name | Defense attorney Billy Watkins | 2010-02-01 |
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Super | Abe | 2010-11-26 |
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Louis | Pat McMurphy | 2010-01-01 |
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The Making of The Walking Dead | Himself | 2010-07-31 |
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Atlantis Down | Father / Alien | 2010-10-01 |
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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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The Marine 2 | Church | 2009-12-29 |
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Super Capers | Judge / Dark Winged Vesper | 2009-03-20 |
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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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This Man's Life | Richard Crummly | 2008-03-29 |
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Jumper | William Rice | 2008-02-13 |
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Humanzee! | Priest | 2008-12-01 |
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Whisper | Sydney Braverman | 2007-11-27 |
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Lenexa, 1 Mile | Russ | 2006-03-25 |
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Slither | Grant | 2006-03-31 |
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Repo! The Genetic Opera | Repo Man | 2006-01-01 |
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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 | Self | 2005-09-20 |
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Chasing Ghosts | Mark Spencer | 2005-05-11 |
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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 | Detective Stafford | 2003-05-15 |
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Saving Jessica Lynch | Colonel Curry | 2003-11-08 |
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The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity | Colonel Beckett | 2002-09-03 |
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Undisputed | A.J. Mercker | 2002-07-17 |
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Replicant | Jake | 2001-05-11 |
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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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Newsbreak | John McNamara | 2000-09-26 |
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Here on Earth | Malcolm Arnold | 2000-03-24 |
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Wicked Ways | Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan | 1999-12-21 |
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The Bone Collector | Captain Howard Cheney | 1999-11-04 |
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Shadow Builder | Father Vassey | 1998-11-01 |
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CounterForce | Matt Cooper | 1998-12-14 |
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Brown's Requiem | Fritz Brown | 1998-11-01 |
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The Replacement Killers | Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov | 1998-02-06 |
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Keys to Tulsa | Keith Michaels | 1997-04-11 |
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Deceiver | Detective Edward Kennesaw | 1997-08-31 |
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Rosewood | Sheriff Walker | 1997-02-21 |
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Song of Hiawatha | Bertrand | 1997-01-01 |
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Meet Wally Sparks | Michael Rooker | 1997-01-31 |
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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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Back to Back | Bob Malone | 1996-08-29 |
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Johnny and Clyde | Frank Tennant | 1995-01-01 |
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Mallrats | Mr. Jared 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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Tombstone | Sherman McMasters | 1993-12-25 |
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Cliffhanger | Hal Tucker | 1993-05-28 |
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The Dark Half | Sheriff Alan Pangborn | 1993-04-23 |
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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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Music Box | Karchy Laszlo | 1989-12-22 |
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Sea of Love | Terry | 1989-09-15 |
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L.A. Takedown | Bosko | 1989-08-27 |
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Retreads | 1988-01-01 | |
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Mississippi Burning | Frank Bailey | 1988-12-08 |
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Eight Men Out | Arnold 'Chick' Gandil | 1988-09-02 |
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Above the Law | Man in Bar | 1988-04-08 |
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Light of Day | Oogie | 1987-02-06 |
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Rent-a-Cop | Joe | 1987-11-28 |
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Henry | 1986-09-24 |
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Road Rage | Stony |