Michael Rooker
April 6, 1955 (69 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 as Sgt. Major Riordan
- 2024 · Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 as Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan
- 2023 · The Out-Laws as Agent Oldham
- 2023 · Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Yondu
- 2022 · The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Yondu
- 2022 · White Elephant as Gabriel Tancredi
- 2022 · Corrective Measures as Warden Devlin
- 2021 · What If...? as Yondu (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Yondu Udonta (voice)
- 2021 · Vivo as Lutador (voice)
- 2021 · The Suicide Squad as Savant
- 2021 · Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR as Self
- 2021 · F9 as Buddy
- 2021 · Clerk as Self
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Yondu Udonta (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Love and Monsters as Clyde
- 2020 · The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder as Self
- 2020 · Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest
- 2020 · Fantasy Island as Damon
- 2019 · Creepshow as Beau
- 2019 · Brightburn as The Big T
- 2019 · Bolden as Pat McMurphy
- 2018 · The Rookie as Frank Teska
- 2017 · The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice)
- 2017 · Life After Flash as Self
- 2017 · SEAL Team as Big Chief
- 2017 · Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Yondu
- 2016 · Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed as Self
- 2016 · Ride with Norman Reedus as Self
- 2016 · The Belko Experiment as Bud Melks
- 2015 · CelebriD&D as Arnold
- 2014 · Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn as Self
- 2014 · The Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half as Himself
- 2014 · The Driving Dead as Trooper
- 2014 · Guardians of the Galaxy as Yondu Udonta
- 2014 · True Detective as Edward Hoyt
- 2013 · Brother's Keeper as Chief Carver
- 2012 · Pennhurst as Dr. Death
- 2012 · Hypothermia as Ray Pelletier
- 2012 · Rogue River as Gas Attendent
- 2011 · Mysteria as Captain McCarthy
- 2011 · Talking Dead as Self
- 2011 · Cell 213 as Ray Clement
- 2010 · Super as Abe
- 2010 · DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection as Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
- 2010 · The Walking Dead as Merle Dixon
- 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 · Matadors as John Canterna
- 2009 · The Marine 2 as Church
- 2009 · Freeway Killer as Det. St. John
- 2009 · Archer as Sheriff E. Z. Ponder (voice)
- 2009 · Meteor as Calvin Stark
- 2009 · Penance as Mann
- 2009 · Super Capers as Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
- 2008 · Humanzee! as Priest
- 2008 · This Man's Life as Richard Crummly
- 2008 · Jumper as William Rice
- 2007 · Whisper as Sydney Braverman
- 2007 · Chuck as Mauser
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Dale Lawson
- 2006 · Shark as
- 2006 · Psych as Garth Lawnmore
- 2006 · Slither as Grant Grant
- 2006 · Thief as Detective John Hayes
- 2006 · Lenexa, 1 Mile as Russ
- 2005 · Portrait: The Making of Henry as Self
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Chief Carlson
- 2005 · Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats as Himself
- 2005 · Chasing Ghosts as Mark Spencer
- 2004 · The Eliminator as
- 2004 · Skeleton Man as Captain Leary
- 2003 · Saving Jessica Lynch as Colonel Curry
- 2003 · On Thin Ice as Roger Hopkins
- 2003 · Las Vegas as
- 2003 · The Box - 2003 as Detective Stafford
- 2003 · Tremors as Kinney
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Marty Jones
- 2002 · The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity as Colonel Beckett
- 2002 · Undisputed as A.J. Mercker
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Shawn Curaco
- 2001 · Replicant as Jake
- 2000 · The 6th Day as Robert Marshall
- 2000 · Newsbreak as John McNamara
- 2000 · Here on Earth as Malcolm Arnold
- 2000 · Table One as Rowdy
- 1999 · Wicked Ways as Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan
- 1999 · The Bone Collector as Captain Howard Cheney
- 1998 · 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
- 1997 · Deceiver as Detective Edward Kennesaw
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Colonel Edwards
- 1997 · Song of Hiawatha as Bertrand
- 1997 · Keys to Tulsa as Keith Michaels
- 1997 · Rosewood as Sheriff Walker
- 1997 · Meet Wally Sparks as Michael Rooker
- 1996 · Bastard Out of Carolina as Uncle Earle
- 1996 · The Trigger Effect as Gary
- 1996 · Back to Back as Bob Malone
- 1995 · Mallrats as Svenning
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Colonel Beckett
- 1995 · Johnny and Clyde as Frank Tennant
- 1993 · Tombstone as Sherman McMasters
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Babe McCloor
- 1993 · Cliffhanger as Hal Tucker
- 1993 · The Dark Half as Sheriff Alan Pangborn
- 1991 · JFK as Bill Broussard
- 1990 · Law & Order as Jamie Yost
- 1990 · Days of Thunder as Rowdy Burns
- 1989 · Sea of Love as Terry
- 1988 · Mississippi Burning as Frank Bailey
- 1988 · Above the Law as Man in Bar
- 1987 · Light of Day as Oogie
- 1986 · Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer as Henry
- 1986 · Crime Story as Lieutenant
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Bill Whitaker
- Future · Meteor as Calvin Stark
- 1994 · The Hard Truth as Jonah Mantz
- 1994 · Suspicious as Attendet
- 1992 · Afterburn as Casey 'Z' Zankowski
- 1989 · Music Box as Karchy Laszlo
- 1989 · L.A. Takedown as Bosko
- 1989 · Gideon Oliver as Detective John Quinn
- 1988 · Eight Men Out as Chick Gandil
- Future · The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow as The Man with the Answers
- Future · Road Rage as Stony
- 1988 · Retreads as
- 1987 · Rent-a-Cop as Joe