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.
Known For
| Homepage | http://www.michaelrookeronline.com |
|---|---|
| Birth Location | Jasper, Alabama, USA |
| Born | 1955-04-06 |
Movies
The Out-Laws
as Agent Oldham
2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Yondu Udonta
2023
2022
White Elephant
as Gabriel Tancredi
2022
Corrective Measures
as Warden Devlin
2022
Vivo
as Lutador (voice)
2021
The Suicide Squad
as Brian Durlin / Savant
2021
2021
F9
as Buddy
2021
Clerk
as Self
2021
Love and Monsters
as Clyde
2020
2020
Fantasy Island
as Damon
2020
Brightburn
as The Big T
2019
Bolden
as Pat McMurphy
2019
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice)
2017
Life After Flash
as Self
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Yondu Udonta
2017
The Belko Experiment
as Bud Melks
2016
Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
as Himself
2014
2014
The Driving Dead
as Trooper
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Yondu Udonta
2014
Brother's Keeper
as Chief Carver
2013
Pennhurst
as Dr. Death
2012
Hypothermia
as Ray Pelletier
2012
Rogue River
as Gas Attendent
2012
Mysteria
as Captain McCarthy
2011
Cell 213
as Ray Clement
2011
Super
as Abe
2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
as Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
2010
Atlantis Down
as Father / Alien
2010
The Making of The Walking Dead
as Self
2010
DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
as Red Doc (voice)
2010
Blood Done Sign My Name
as Defense attorney Billy Watkins
2010
Louis
as Pat McMurphy
2010
The Marine 2
as Church
2009
Freeway Killer
as Det. St. John
2009
Penance
as Mann
2009
Super Capers
as Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
2009
Humanzee!
as Priest
2008
This Man's Life
as Richard Crummly
2008
Jumper
as William Rice
2008
Whisper
as Sydney Braverman
2007
Slither
as Grant Grant
2006
Lenexa, 1 Mile
as Russ
2006
Portrait: The Making of Henry
as Self
2005
2005
Chasing Ghosts
as Mark Spencer
2005
2004
Skeleton Man
as Captain Leary
2004
Saving Jessica Lynch
as Colonel Curry
2003
2003
The Box
as Detective Stafford
2003
The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity
as Colonel Beckett
2002
Undisputed
as A.J. Mercker
2002
Replicant
as Jake
2001
The 6th Day
as Robert Marshall
2000
Newsbreak
as John McNamara
2000
Here on Earth
as Malcolm Arnold
2000
Table One
as Rowdy
2000
Wicked Ways
as Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan
1999
The Bone Collector
as Captain Howard Cheney
1999
Renegade Force
as Matt Cooper
1998
Shadow Builder
as Father Vassey
1998
Brown's Requiem
as Fritz Brown
1998
The Replacement Killers
as Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
1998
Deceiver
as Detective Edward Kennesaw
1997
Keys to Tulsa
as Keith Michaels
1997
Rosewood
as Sheriff Walker
1997
Meet Wally Sparks
as Michael Rooker
1997
Song of Hiawatha
as Bertrand
1997
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Uncle Earle
1996
The Trigger Effect
as Gary
1996
Back to Back
as Bob Malone
1996
Mallrats
as Svenning
1995
Johnny and Clyde
as Frank Tennant
1995
The Hard Truth
as Jonah Mantz
1994
Suspicious
as Attendet
1994
Tombstone
as Sherman McMasters
1993
Cliffhanger
as Hal Tucker
1993
The Dark Half
as Sheriff Alan Pangborn
1993
Afterburn
as Casey 'Z' Zankowski
1992
JFK
as Bill Broussard
1991
Days of Thunder
as Rowdy Burns
1990
Music Box
as Karchy Laszlo
1989
Sea of Love
as Terry
1989
L.A. Takedown
as Bosko
1989
Mississippi Burning
as Frank Bailey
1988
Eight Men Out
as Chick Gandil
1988
Above the Law
as Man in Bar
1988
1988
Rent-a-Cop
as Joe
1987
Light of Day
as Oogie
1987
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
as Henry
1986
The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow
as The Man with the Answers
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Matadors
as John Canterna
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Road Rage
as Stony
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Movies
Pennhurst
Director
2012
Wicked Ways
Co-Executive Producer
1999
Brown's Requiem
Associate Producer
1998
