Michael Rooker
Birthday: 1955-04-06
Birthplace: Jasper, Alabama, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 526
Drafted By: Goutbreak
Owned By: Goutbreak
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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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Career Statisics
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Transaction History
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Credits
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Road Rage | Stony | |
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The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow | The Man with the Answers | |
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Meteor | Calvin Stark | |
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Guardians Inferno | ||
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2024-09-07 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | Sgt. Major Riordan |
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2024-06-26 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan |
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2023-07-07 | The Out-Laws | Agent Oldham |
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2023-05-17 | Fast X | Buddy (uncredited) |
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2023-05-03 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Yondu |
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2022-11-24 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Yondu |
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2022-06-03 | White Elephant | Gabriel Tancredi |
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2022-04-29 | Corrective Measures | Warden Devlin |
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2021-07-30 | Vivo | Lutador (voice) |
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2021-07-28 | The Suicide Squad | Savant |
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2021-05-19 | F9 | Buddy |
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2020-10-16 | Love and Monsters | Clyde |
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2020-03-11 | The Dark Tower | Elred Jonas |
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2020-02-12 | Fantasy Island | Damon |
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2019-05-09 | Brightburn | The Big T |
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2019-05-03 | Bolden | Pat McMurphy |
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2017-10-08 | The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking | Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice) |
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2017-04-19 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Yondu |
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2016-03-17 | The Belko Experiment | Bud Melks |
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2014-08-25 | The Driving Dead | Trooper |
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2014-07-30 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Yondu Udonta |
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2014-06-01 | Elwood | Condello |
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2013-04-05 | Brother's Keeper | Chief Carver |
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2012-10-08 | Pennhurst | Dr. Death |
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2012-10-02 | Hypothermia | Ray Pelletier |
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2012-01-16 | Rogue River | Gas Attendent |
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2011-10-23 | Mysteria | Captain McCarthy |
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2011-06-10 | Cell 213 | Ray Clement |
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2010-11-26 | Super | Abe |
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2010-11-09 | DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice) |
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2010-10-01 | Atlantis Down | Father / Alien |
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2010-07-27 | DC Showcase: Jonah Hex | Red Doc (voice) |
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2010-02-01 | Blood Done Sign My Name | Defense attorney Billy Watkins |
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2010-01-01 | Matadors | John Canterna |
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2010-01-01 | Louis | Pat McMurphy |
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2009-12-29 | The Marine 2 | Church |
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2009-11-04 | Freeway Killer | Det. St. John |
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2009-05-30 | Penance | Mann |
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2009-03-20 | Super Capers | Judge / Dark Winged Vesper |
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2008-12-01 | Humanzee! | Priest |
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2008-03-29 | This Man's Life | Richard Crummly |
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2008-02-13 | Jumper | William Rice |
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2007-11-27 | Whisper | Sydney Braverman |
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2006-03-31 | Slither | Grant Grant |
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2006-03-25 | Lenexa, 1 Mile | Russ |
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2005-05-11 | Chasing Ghosts | Mark Spencer |
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2004-07-06 | The Eliminator | |
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2004-03-01 | Skeleton Man | Captain Leary |
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2003-11-08 | Saving Jessica Lynch | Colonel Curry |
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2003-11-03 | On Thin Ice | Roger Hopkins |
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2003-05-15 | The Box - 2003 | Detective Stafford |
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2002-09-03 | The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity | Colonel Beckett |
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2002-07-17 | Undisputed | A.J. Mercker |
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2001-05-11 | Replicant | Jake |
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2000-11-17 | The 6th Day | Robert Marshall |
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2000-09-26 | Newsbreak | John McNamara |
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2000-03-24 | Here on Earth | Malcolm Arnold |
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2000-01-01 | Table One | Rowdy |
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1999-12-21 | Wicked Ways | Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan |
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1999-11-04 | The Bone Collector | Captain Howard Cheney |
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1998-12-14 | Renegade Force | Matt Cooper |
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1998-11-01 | Brown's Requiem | Fritz Brown |
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1998-11-01 | Shadow Builder | Father Vassey |
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1998-02-06 | The Replacement Killers | Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov |
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1997-08-31 | Deceiver | Detective Edward Kennesaw |
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1997-05-31 | Song of Hiawatha | Bertrand |
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1997-04-11 | Keys to Tulsa | Keith Michaels |
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1997-02-21 | Rosewood | Sheriff Walker |
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1997-01-31 | Meet Wally Sparks | Michael Rooker |
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1996-12-15 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Uncle Earle |
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1996-08-30 | The Trigger Effect | Gary |
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1996-08-29 | Back to Back | Bob Malone |
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1995-10-20 | Mallrats | Svenning |
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1995-01-01 | Johnny and Clyde | Frank Tennant |
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1994-11-23 | The Hard Truth | Jonah Mantz |
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1994-01-01 | Suspicious | Attendet |
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1993-12-25 | Tombstone | Sherman McMasters |
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1993-05-28 | Cliffhanger | Hal Tucker |
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1993-04-23 | The Dark Half | Sheriff Alan Pangborn |
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1992-05-30 | Afterburn | Casey 'Z' Zankowski |
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1991-12-20 | JFK | Bill Broussard |
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1990-06-27 | Days of Thunder | Rowdy Burns |
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1989-12-22 | Music Box | Karchy Laszlo |
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1989-09-15 | Sea of Love | Terry |
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1989-08-27 | L.A. Takedown | Bosko |
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1988-12-08 | Mississippi Burning | Frank Bailey |
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1988-09-02 | Eight Men Out | Chick Gandil |
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1988-04-08 | Above the Law | Man in Bar |
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1988-01-01 | Retreads | |
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1987-11-28 | Rent-a-Cop | Joe |
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1987-02-06 | Light of Day | Oogie |
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1986-09-24 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Henry |