Michael Rooker
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Rooker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Stony
as The Man with the Answers
as Calvin Stark
as Sgt. Major Riordan
as Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan
as Sam (voice)
as Agent Oldham
as Yondu
as Gabriel Tancredi
as Warden Devlin
as Lutador (voice)
as Savant
as Buddy
as Self
as Yondu (voice)
as Yondu Udonta (voice)
as Yondu Udonta (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Clyde
as Damon
as Self - Guest
as The Big T
as Pat McMurphy
as Beau
as Frank Teska
as Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice)
as Self
as Yondu
as Big Chief
as Bud Melks
as Self
as Arnold
as Trooper
as Yondu Udonta
as Edward Hoyt
as Chief Carver
as Dr. Death
as Ray Pelletier
as Gas Attendent
as Captain McCarthy
as Ray Clement
as Self
as Abe
as Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
as Father / Alien
as Self
as Red Doc (voice)
as Defense attorney Billy Watkins
as John Canterna
as Pat McMurphy
as Merle Dixon
as Church
as Det. St. John
as Mann
as Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
as Sheriff E. Z. Ponder (voice)
as Calvin Stark
as Priest
as Richard Crummly
as William Rice
as Sydney Braverman
as Mauser
as Dale Lawson
as Grant Grant
as Russ
as Garth Lawnmore
as Detective John Hayes
as Self
as Himself
as Mark Spencer
as Chief Carlson
as Captain Leary
as Colonel Curry
as Roger Hopkins
as Detective Stafford
as Kinney
as Colonel Beckett
as A.J. Mercker
as Marty Jones
as Jake
as Shawn Curaco
as Robert Marshall
as John McNamara
as Malcolm Arnold
as Rowdy
as Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan
as Captain Howard Cheney
as Matt Cooper
as Fritz Brown
as Father Vassey
as Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
as Detective Edward Kennesaw
as Bertrand
as Keith Michaels
as Sheriff Walker
as Michael Rooker
as Colonel Edwards
as Uncle Earle
as Gary
as Bob Malone
as Svenning
as Frank Tennant
as Colonel Beckett
as Jonah Mantz
as Attendet
as Sherman McMasters
as Hal Tucker
as Sheriff Alan Pangborn
as Babe McCloor
as Casey 'Z' Zankowski
as Bill Broussard
as Rowdy Burns
as Jamie Yost
as Karchy Laszlo
as Terry
as Bosko
as Detective John Quinn
as Frank Bailey
as Chick Gandil
as Man in Bar
as Joe
as Oogie
as Henry
as Lieutenant
as Bill Whitaker
Producer
as Co-Executive Producer
as Associate Producer
Director
as Director