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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).
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
July 9th, 2025 | Superman | Superman Robot #1 (voice) | 7.3 | |
September 7th, 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | Sgt. Major Riordan | 7.5 | |
June 26th, 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan | 6.8 | |
July 7th, 2023 | The Out-Laws | Agent Oldham | 6 | |
May 3rd, 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Yondu | 7.9 | |
November 24th, 2022 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Yondu | 7.1 | |
June 3rd, 2022 | White Elephant | Gabriel Tancredi | 5.8 | |
April 29th, 2022 | Corrective Measures | Warden Devlin | 5.1 | |
July 30th, 2021 | Vivo | Lutador (voice) | 7.3 | |
July 28th, 2021 | The Suicide Squad | Savant | 7.5 | |
May 29th, 2021 | Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR | Self | 2 | |
May 19th, 2021 | F9 | Buddy | 7 | |
March 17th, 2021 | Clerk | Self | 6.2 | |
October 16th, 2020 | Love and Monsters | Clyde | 7.3 | |
September 30th, 2020 | The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder | Self | 7 | |
March 11th, 2020 | The Dark Tower | Elred Jonas | 2 | |
February 12th, 2020 | Fantasy Island | Damon | 5.8 | |
May 9th, 2019 | Brightburn | The Big T | 6.2 | |
May 3rd, 2019 | Bolden | Pat McMurphy | 4.2 | |
October 8th, 2017 | The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking | Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice) | 7.2 | |
October 2nd, 2017 | Life After Flash | Self | 5.7 | |
April 19th, 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Yondu | 7.6 | |
September 10th, 2016 | The Belko Experiment | Bud Melks | 6.2 | |
November 18th, 2014 | The Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half | Himself | 2 | |
August 25th, 2014 | The Driving Dead | Trooper | 2 | |
July 30th, 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Yondu Udonta | 7.9 | |
June 1st, 2014 | Elwood | Condello | 2.3 | |
April 5th, 2013 | Brother's Keeper | Chief Carver | 5.1 | |
October 8th, 2012 | Pennhurst | Dr. Death | 3.1 | |
October 2nd, 2012 | Hypothermia | Ray Pelletier | 3.9 | |
January 16th, 2012 | Rogue River | Gas Attendent | 4.8 | |
October 23rd, 2011 | Mysteria | Captain McCarthy | 3.9 | |
June 10th, 2011 | Cell 213 | Ray Clement | 5.1 | |
November 26th, 2010 | Super | Abe | 6.5 | |
November 9th, 2010 | DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice) | 7.1 | |
October 1st, 2010 | Atlantis Down | Father / Alien | 2.7 | |
July 31st, 2010 | The Making of The Walking Dead | Self | 7.9 | |
July 27th, 2010 | DC Showcase: Jonah Hex | Red Doc (voice) | 7 | |
February 1st, 2010 | Blood Done Sign My Name | Defense attorney Billy Watkins | 5.6 | |
January 1st, 2010 | Matadors | John Canterna | 6 | |
January 1st, 2010 | Louis | Pat McMurphy | 3.5 | |
December 29th, 2009 | The Marine 2 | Church | 5.9 | |
November 4th, 2009 | Freeway Killer | Det. St. John | 4.6 | |
May 30th, 2009 | Penance | Mann | 3.6 | |
March 20th, 2009 | Super Capers | Judge / Dark Winged Vesper | 3.6 | |
December 1st, 2008 | Humanzee! | Priest | 4.9 | |
March 29th, 2008 | This Man's Life | Richard Crummly | 2 | |
February 13th, 2008 | Jumper | William Rice | 6.2 | |
November 27th, 2007 | Whisper | Sydney Braverman | 6.3 | |
March 31st, 2006 | Slither | Grant Grant | 6.5 | |
March 25th, 2006 | Lenexa, 1 Mile | Russ | 4.5 | |
January 1st, 2006 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | TBD | 3.5 | |
September 27th, 2005 | Portrait: The Making of Henry | Self | 7.3 | |
September 20th, 2005 | Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats | Self | 2 | |
May 11th, 2005 | Chasing Ghosts | Mark Spencer | 5.6 | |
July 6th, 2004 | The Eliminator | TBD | 4.6 | |
March 1st, 2004 | Skeleton Man | Captain Leary | 3.3 | |
November 8th, 2003 | Saving Jessica Lynch | Colonel Curry | 4.6 | |
November 3rd, 2003 | On Thin Ice | Roger Hopkins | 5.2 | |
May 15th, 2003 | The Box | Detective Stafford | 4.5 | |
September 3rd, 2002 | The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity | Colonel Beckett | 6 | |
July 17th, 2002 | Undisputed | A.J. Mercker | 6.5 | |
January 1st, 2002 | The Making of 'Tombstone' | Self | 8 | |
May 11th, 2001 | Replicant | Jake | 5.8 | |
November 17th, 2000 | The 6th Day | Robert Marshall | 6 | |
September 26th, 2000 | Newsbreak | John McNamara | 5.5 | |
April 1st, 2000 | Table One | Rowdy | 4 | |
March 24th, 2000 | Here on Earth | Malcolm Arnold | 5.8 | |
December 21st, 1999 | Wicked Ways | Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan | 5.3 | |
November 4th, 1999 | The Bone Collector | Captain Howard Cheney | 6.8 | |
December 14th, 1998 | Renegade Force | Matt Cooper | 5.6 | |
November 1st, 1998 | Brown's Requiem | Fritz Brown | 4.7 | |
November 1st, 1998 | Shadow Builder | Father Vassey | 4.8 | |
February 6th, 1998 | The Replacement Killers | Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov | 6.3 | |
August 31st, 1997 | Deceiver | Detective Edward Kennesaw | 6 | |
May 31st, 1997 | Song of Hiawatha | Bertrand | 7 | |
April 11th, 1997 | Keys to Tulsa | Keith Michaels | 4.9 | |
February 21st, 1997 | Rosewood | Sheriff Walker | 6.5 | |
January 31st, 1997 | Meet Wally Sparks | Michael Rooker | 4.8 | |
August 30th, 1996 | The Trigger Effect | Gary | 5.9 | |
August 29th, 1996 | Back to Back | Bob Malone | 5.5 | |
October 20th, 1995 | Mallrats | Svenning | 6.8 | |
TBD | Road Rage | Stony | TBD | |
December 15th, 1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Uncle Earle | 7.2 | |
January 1st, 1994 | Suspicious | Attendet | 5 | |
TBD | The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow | The Man with the Answers | TBD | |
January 1st, 1995 | Johnny and Clyde | Frank Tennant | 4.5 | |
November 23rd, 1994 | The Hard Truth | Jonah Mantz | 3.7 | |
December 25th, 1993 | Tombstone | Sherman McMasters | 7.6 | |
May 28th, 1993 | Cliffhanger | Hal Tucker | 6.5 | |
April 23rd, 1993 | The Dark Half | Sheriff Alan Pangborn | 6 | |
May 30th, 1992 | Afterburn | Casey 'Z' Zankowski | 4.4 | |
December 20th, 1991 | JFK | Bill Broussard | 7.6 | |
June 27th, 1990 | Days of Thunder | Rowdy Burns | 6.4 | |
December 22nd, 1989 | Music Box | Karchy Laszlo | 7.1 | |
September 15th, 1989 | Sea of Love | Terry | 6.6 | |
August 27th, 1989 | L.A. Takedown | Bosko | 5.5 | |
August 23rd, 1989 | The Edge | Deputy Sheriff (Indian Poker) | 4.7 | |
December 8th, 1988 | Mississippi Burning | Frank Bailey | 7.7 | |
September 2nd, 1988 | Eight Men Out | Chick Gandil | 6.9 | |
April 8th, 1988 | Above the Law | Man in Bar | 6.1 | |
January 1st, 1988 | Retreads | TBD | 6 | |
November 28th, 1987 | Rent-a-Cop | Joe | 4.8 | |
February 6th, 1987 | Light of Day | Oogie | 5.6 | |
September 24th, 1986 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Henry | 6.7 | |
TBD | Pig Village | Steve | TBD | |
TBD | Izzi | Sheriff Blackstone | TBD | |
TBD | Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger | Self | TBD |