Michael Rooker

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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Stage Name: Michael Rooker

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 2.6893

Jenis Kelamin: Laki-laki

Tanggal Lahir: 1955-04-06

Lokasi Lahir: Jasper, Alabama, USA

Riwayat Perfilman

2024

Creature Commandos

Sam (voice)

2024

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan

2023

The Out-Laws

Agent Oldham

2023

Fast X

Buddy (uncredited)

2022

White Elephant

Gabriel Tancredi

2022

Corrective Measures

Warden Devlin

2021

What If...?

Yondu (voice)

2021

What If...?

Yondu Udonta (voice)

2021

Vivo

Lutador (voice)

2021

F9

Buddy

2021

Clerk

Self

2021

Marvel Studios Legends

Yondu Udonta (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020

Dead Talk Live

Self - Guest

2020

The Dark Tower

Elred Jonas

2020

Fantasy Island

Damon

2019

Creepshow

Beau

2019

The Righteous Gemstones

Cobb Milsap

2019

Brightburn

The Big T

2019

Bolden

Pat McMurphy

2018

The Rookie

Frank Teska

2017

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

Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice)

2017

SEAL Team

Big Chief

2016

The Belko Experiment

Bud Melks

2015

CelebriD&D

Arnold

2014

The Driving Dead

Trooper

2014

Guardians of the Galaxy

Yondu Udonta

2014

Elwood

Condello

2014

True Detective

Edward Hoyt

2013

Brother's Keeper

Chief Carver

2012

Pennhurst

Dr. Death

2012

Hypothermia

Ray Pelletier

2012

Rogue River

Gas Attendent

2011

Mysteria

Captain McCarthy

2011

Talking Dead

Self

2011

Cell 213

Ray Clement

2010

Super

Abe

2010

DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection

Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)

2010

The Walking Dead

Merle Dixon

2010

Atlantis Down

Father / Alien

2010

DC Showcase: Jonah Hex

Red Doc (voice)

2010

Blood Done Sign My Name

Defense attorney Billy Watkins

2010

Matadors

John Canterna

2010

Louis

Pat McMurphy

2009

The Marine 2

Church

2009

Freeway Killer

Det. St. John

2009

Archer

Sheriff E. Z. Ponder (voice)

2009

Meteor

Calvin Stark

2009

Penance

Mann

2009

Super Capers

Judge / Dark Winged Vesper

2008

Humanzee!

Priest

2008

This Man's Life

Richard Crummly

2008

Jumper

William Rice

2007

Whisper

Sydney Braverman

2007

Chuck

Mauser

2007

Burn Notice

Dale Lawson

2006

Shark

2006

Psych

Garth Lawnmore

2006

Slither

Grant Grant

2006

Thief

Detective John Hayes

2005

Criminal Minds

Chief Carlson

2005

Chasing Ghosts

Mark Spencer

2004

Skeleton Man

Captain Leary

2003

Saving Jessica Lynch

Colonel Curry

2003

On Thin Ice

Roger Hopkins

2003

The Box - 2003

Detective Stafford

2003

Tremors

Kinney

2002

CSI: Miami

Marty Jones

2002

Undisputed

A.J. Mercker

2001

Crossing Jordan

Shawn Curaco

2001

Replicant

Jake

2000

The 6th Day

Robert Marshall

2000

Newsbreak

John McNamara

2000

Here on Earth

Malcolm Arnold

2000

Table One

Rowdy

1999

Wicked Ways

Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan

1999

The Bone Collector

Captain Howard Cheney

1998

Renegade Force

Matt Cooper

1998

Brown's Requiem

Fritz Brown

1998

Shadow Builder

Father Vassey

1998

The Replacement Killers

Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov

1997

Deceiver

Detective Edward Kennesaw

1997

Stargate SG-1

Colonel Edwards

1997

Song of Hiawatha

Bertrand

1997

Keys to Tulsa

Keith Michaels

1997

Rosewood

Sheriff Walker

1997

Meet Wally Sparks

Michael Rooker

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

Tombstone

Sherman McMasters

1993

Fallen Angels

Babe McCloor

1993

Cliffhanger

Hal Tucker

1993

The Dark Half

Sheriff Alan Pangborn

1992

Afterburn

Casey 'Z' Zankowski

1991

JFK

Bill Broussard

1990

Law & Order

Jamie Yost

1990

Days of Thunder

Rowdy Burns

1989

Music Box

Karchy Laszlo

1989

Sea of Love

Terry

1989

L.A. Takedown

Bosko

1989

Gideon Oliver

Detective John Quinn

1988

Mississippi Burning

Frank Bailey

1988

Eight Men Out

Chick Gandil

1988

Above the Law

Man in Bar

1987

Rent-a-Cop

Joe

1987

Light of Day

Oogie

1986

Crime Story

Lieutenant

1985

The Equalizer

Bill Whitaker

The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow

The Man with the Answers

Meteor

Calvin Stark