Michael Rooker

Acting · 4.7 popularity

Age

Movies

109

Born: April 6, 1955
From: Jasper, Alabama, USA
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Biography

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).

Works

109 films

Superman

20257.3

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

20237.9

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

20177.6

The Suicide Squad

20217.5

Guardians of the Galaxy

20147.9

Brightburn

20196.2

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

20227.1

Tombstone

19937.6

Mallrats

19956.8

20217.0

Jumper

20086.2

The 6th Day

20006.0

The Bone Collector

19996.8

Cliffhanger

19936.5

Love and Monsters

20207.3

Days of Thunder

19906.4

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

20246.8

Above the Law

19886.1

Slither

20066.5

Undisputed

20026.5

Fantasy Island

20205.8

JFK

19917.6

The Belko Experiment

20176.2

Sea of Love

19896.6

Mississippi Burning

19887.7

The Out-Laws

20236.0

Vivo

20217.2

The Replacement Killers

19986.3

Super

20106.5

Replicant

20015.8

The Dark Half

19936.0

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

20247.0

Bastard Out of Carolina

19967.1

Eight Men Out

19886.8

The Marine 2

20096.0

Corrective Measures

20225.0

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

19866.7

Back to Back

19965.4

Skeleton Man

20043.3

Whisper

20076.3

White Elephant

20225.8

Light of Day

19875.5

The Trigger Effect

19965.9

Rent-a-Cop

19874.8

DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection

20107.0

Music Box

19897.1

Retreads

19884.7

The Making of The Walking Dead

20107.8

The Making of 'Tombstone'

20026.7

Song of Hiawatha

19975.8

Bolden

20194.1

On Thin Ice

20034.9

Deceiver

19976.0

Here on Earth

20005.8

Afterburn

19924.2

DC Showcase: Jonah Hex

20106.9

Cell 213

20115.0

Rosewood

19976.5

L.A. Takedown

19895.5

Wicked Ways

19995.1

Meet Wally Sparks

19974.7

The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking

20177.0

Suspicious

19944.3

Matadors

20104.7

Clerk

20216.2

Pennhurst

20123.1

Shadow Builder

19984.7

Brown's Requiem

19984.5

Izzi

2026

Johnny and Clyde

19954.0

Penance

20093.6

Renegade Force

19985.4

The Eliminator

20044.2

Mysteria

20113.8

Brother's Keeper

20134.9

Repo! The Genetic Opera

20063.0

Blood Done Sign My Name

20105.4

Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats

20052.0

Chasing Ghosts

20055.5

Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR

20212.0

Keys to Tulsa

19974.7

Lenexa, 1 Mile

20064.0

Saving Jessica Lynch

20034.4

The Edge

19894.0

Pig Village

2026

Life After Flash

20175.6

Rogue River

20124.7

Super Capers

20093.4

Portrait: The Making of Henry

20056.2

The Box

20034.3

Table One

20003.6

The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder

20206.2

The Hard Truth

19943.8

The Dark Tower

20204.0

The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity

20024.7

The Driving Dead

20142.0

Road Rage

2026

Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger

1993

Hypothermia

20123.9

Newsbreak

20004.3

Freeway Killer

20094.6

The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow

2026

Atlantis Down

20102.6

Louis

20103.0

Humanzee!

20084.5

Survive the Night

2026

Elwood

20142.3

The Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half

20142.0

This Man's Life

20082.0