Michael Rooker
102 movies · 30 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 6, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Jasper, Alabama, USA
- Also known as
- 마이클 루커 · مایکل روکر
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).
Known for
Michael Rooker: movies and TV shows
Acting (131)
- Upcoming Road Rage
as Stony
- Upcoming The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow
as The Man with the Answers
- Upcoming Pig Village
as Steve
- Upcoming Izzi
as Sheriff Blackstone
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Scott's Dead
as Mitch
- 2025 Superman
as Superman Robot #1 (voice)
- 2024
- 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
- 2022 White Elephant
as Gabriel Tancredi
- 2022 Corrective Measures
as Warden Devlin
- 2022
- 2021
- 2021 Vivo
as Lutador (voice)
- 2021 The Suicide Squad
as Savant
- 2021 F9
as Buddy
- 2021
- 2020 Love and Monsters
as Clyde
- 2020 The Dark Tower
as Elred Jonas
- 2020 Fantasy Island
as Damon
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019 Brightburn
as The Big T
- 2019 Bolden
as Pat McMurphy
- 2018
- 2017 The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice)
- 2017
- 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Yondu
- 2017 The Belko Experiment
as Bud Melks
- 2015
- 2014 The Driving Dead
as Trooper
- 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy
as Yondu Udonta
- 2014 Elwood
as Condello
- 2014
- 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 Cell 213
as Ray Clement
- 2010 Super
as Abe
- 2010 DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
as Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
- 2010
- 2010 Atlantis Down
as Father / Alien
- 2010 DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
as Red Doc (voice)
- 2010 Blood Done Sign My Name
as Defense attorney Billy Watkins
- 2010 Matadors
as John Canterna
- 2010 Louis
as Pat McMurphy
- 2009 The Marine 2
as Church
- 2009 Freeway Killer
as Det. St. John
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Penance
as Mann
- 2009 Super Capers
as Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
- 2008 Humanzee!
as Priest
- 2008 Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
as Sheriff Haney
- 2008 This Man's Life
as Richard Crummly
- 2008 Jumper
as William Rice
- 2007 Whisper
as Sydney Braverman
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 Slither
as Grant Grant
- 2006
- 2006 Lenexa, 1 Mile
as Russ
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005 Chasing Ghosts
as Mark Spencer
- 2004
- 2004 Skeleton Man
as Captain Leary
- 2003 Saving Jessica Lynch
as Colonel Curry
- 2003 On Thin Ice
as Roger Hopkins
- 2003
- 2003 The Box
as Detective Stafford
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002 The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity
as Colonel Beckett
- 2002 Undisputed
as A.J. Mercker
- 2001
- 2001 Replicant
as Jake
- 2000 The 6th Day
as Robert Marshall
- 2000 Newsbreak
as John McNamara
- 2000 Table One
as Rowdy
- 2000 Here on Earth
as Malcolm Arnold
- 1999 Wicked Ways
as Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan
- 1999 The Bone Collector
as Captain Howard Cheney
- 1998 Renegade Force
as Matt Cooper
- 1998 Brown's Requiem
as Fritz Brown
- 1998 Shadow Builder
as Father Vassey
- 1998 The Replacement Killers
as Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
- 1997 Deceiver
as Detective Edward Kennesaw
- 1997
- 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
- 1995 Johnny and Clyde
as Frank Tennant
- 1994 The Hard Truth
as Jonah Mantz
- 1994 Suspicious
as Attendant
- 1993 Tombstone
as Sherman McMasters
- 1993
- 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
- 1990 Days of Thunder
as Rowdy Burns
- 1989 Music Box
as Karchy Laszlo
- 1989 Sea of Love
as Terry
- 1989 L.A. Takedown
as Bosko
- 1989 The Edge
as Deputy Sheriff (Indian Poker)
- 1989
- 1988 Mississippi Burning
as Frank Bailey
- 1988 Eight Men Out
as Chick Gandil
- 1988 Above the Law
as Man in Bar
- 1988
- 1987 Rent-a-Cop
as Joe
- 1987 Light of Day
as Oogie
- 1986 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
as Henry
- 1986
- 1985
Behind the camera (4)
- 2012 Pennhurst
Director
- 2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera
Thanks
- 1999 Wicked Ways
Co-Executive Producer
- 1998 Brown's Requiem
Associate Producer
Talk shows and appearances (15)
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020 Dead Talk Live
2 episodes
- 2017
- 2016 Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
8 episodes
- 2016 Ride with Norman Reedus
2 episodes
- 2014
- 2011 Talking Dead
1 episode
- 2010
- 2009 NSFW Show
6 episodes
- 2005
- 2005
- 2002
- 1993