Michael Rooker
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-04-06 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Jasper, Alabama, USA
Michael Rooker
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).
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Known For
Acting
Pig Village
as Steve
Meteor
as Calvin Stark
Road Rage
as Stony
The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow
as The Man with the Answers
(2024)
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
as Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan
(2024)
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
as Sgt. Major Riordan
(2023)
Fast X
as Buddy (uncredited)
(2023)
The Out-Laws
as Agent Oldham
(2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Yondu
(2022)
(2022)
Corrective Measures
as Warden Devlin
(2022)
White Elephant
as Gabriel Tancredi
(2021)
The Suicide Squad
as Savant
(2021)
F9
as Buddy
(2021)
Vivo
as Lutador (voice)
(2021)
Clerk
as Self
(2021)
(2020)
Love and Monsters
as Clyde
(2020)
Fantasy Island
as Damon
(2020)
The Dark Tower
as Elred Jonas
(2020)
(2019)
Brightburn
as The Big T
(2019)
Bolden
as Pat McMurphy
(2017)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Yondu
(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)
(2016)
The Belko Experiment
as Bud Melks
(2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Yondu Udonta
(2014)
(2014)
Elwood
as Condello
(2014)
(2014)
The Driving Dead
as Trooper
(2013)
Brother's Keeper
as Chief Carver
(2012)
Hypothermia
as Ray Pelletier
(2012)
Pennhurst
as Dr. Death
(2012)
Rogue River
as Gas Attendent
(2011)
Cell 213
as Ray Clement
(2011)
Mysteria
as Captain McCarthy
(2010)
Super
as Abe
(2010)
(2010)
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
as Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
(2010)
DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
as Red Doc (voice)
(2010)
Atlantis Down
as Father / Alien
(2010)
Louis
as Pat McMurphy
(2010)
Blood Done Sign My Name
as Defense attorney Billy Watkins
(2010)
Matadors
as John Canterna
(2009)
The Marine 2
as Church
(2009)
Penance
as Mann
(2009)
Super Capers
as Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
(2009)
Freeway Killer
as Det. St. John
(2008)
Jumper
as William Rice
(2008)
Humanzee!
as Priest
(2008)
This Man's Life
as Richard Crummly
(2007)
Whisper
as Sydney Braverman
(2006)
Slither
as Grant Grant
(2006)
Lenexa, 1 Mile
as Russ
(2006)
(2005)
(2005)
Chasing Ghosts
as Mark Spencer
(2005)
(2004)
(2004)
Skeleton Man
as Captain Leary
(2003)
On Thin Ice
as Roger Hopkins
(2003)
Saving Jessica Lynch
as Colonel Curry
(2003)
The Box - 2003
as Detective Stafford
(2002)
Undisputed
as A.J. Mercker
(2002)
The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity
as Colonel Beckett
(2001)
Replicant
as Jake
(2000)
The 6th Day
as Robert Marshall
(2000)
Here on Earth
as Malcolm Arnold
(2000)
Newsbreak
as John McNamara
(2000)
Table One
as Rowdy
(1999)
The Bone Collector
as Captain Howard Cheney
(1999)
Wicked Ways
as Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan
(1998)
The Replacement Killers
as Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
(1998)
Shadow Builder
as Father Vassey
(1998)
Brown's Requiem
as Fritz Brown
(1998)
Renegade Force
as Matt Cooper
(1997)
Meet Wally Sparks
as Michael Rooker
(1997)
Deceiver
as Detective Edward Kennesaw
(1997)
Rosewood
as Sheriff Walker
(1997)
Keys to Tulsa
as Keith Michaels
(1997)
Song of Hiawatha
as Bertrand
(1996)
The Trigger Effect
as Gary
(1996)
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Uncle Earle
(1996)
Back to Back
as Bob Malone
(1995)
Mallrats
as Svenning
(1995)
Johnny and Clyde
as Frank Tennant
(1994)
The Hard Truth
as Jonah Mantz
(1994)
Suspicious
as Attendet
(1993)
Tombstone
as Sherman McMasters
(1993)
Cliffhanger
as Hal Tucker
(1993)
The Dark Half
as Sheriff Alan Pangborn
(1992)
Afterburn
as Casey 'Z' Zankowski
(1991)
JFK
as Bill Broussard
(1990)
Days of Thunder
as Rowdy Burns
(1989)
Sea of Love
as Terry
(1989)
Music Box
as Karchy Laszlo
(1989)
L.A. Takedown
as Bosko
(1988)
Mississippi Burning
as Frank Bailey
(1988)
Above the Law
as Man in Bar
(1988)
Eight Men Out
as Chick Gandil
(1988)
(1987)
Light of Day
as Oogie
(1987)
Rent-a-Cop
as Joe
(1986)
Crew
(2012)
Pennhurst
Director
(1999)
Wicked Ways
Co-Executive Producer
(1998)
Brown's Requiem
Associate Producer