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Michael Rooker is an American actor, best known for his roles as Henry in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (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), Jared Svenning in Mallrats (1995), Merle Dixon in AMC's The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and its sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).
Born
Wednesday, 06 April 1955
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The President Is Missing | Greg Parkes | 7466 |
| Fast X | Buddy | 2023 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Yondu Udonta / Yondu | 2023 |
| The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Yondu | 2022 |
| White Elephant | Gabriel Tancredi | 2022 |
| Corrective Measures | Warden Devlin / Overseer Walton Devlin | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| Fairfax | Lorelai | 2021 |
| What If...? | Yondu | 2021 |
| Vivo | Lutador (voice) / Lutador | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The President Is Missing | Greg Parkes | 7466 |
| Fast X | Buddy | 2023 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Yondu Udonta / Yondu | 2023 |
| The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Yondu | 2022 |
| White Elephant | Gabriel Tancredi | 2022 |
| Corrective Measures | Warden Devlin / Overseer Walton Devlin | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| Fairfax | Lorelai | 2021 |
| What If...? | Yondu | 2021 |
| Vivo | Lutador (voice) / Lutador | 2021 |
| The Suicide Squad | Savant / Savant / Brian Durlin | 2021 |
| F9: The Fast Saga | Buddy | 2021 |
| Clerk | Self | 2021 |
| Heroes Manufactured: Creators Unleashed | Self | 2020 |
| Love and Monsters | Clyde | 2020 |
| Fantasy Island | Damon | 2020 |
| The Dark Tower | Eldred Jonas | 2020 |
| Creepshow | Beau (segment "Drug Traffic") | 2019 |
| Brightburn | The Big T | 2019 |
| Bolden | Pat McMurphy | 2019 |
| The Rookie | Frank Tesca | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Life After Flash | Himself / Self | 2017 |
| SEAL Team | Big Chief | 2017 |
| Extraordinary: Stan Lee | Self | 2017 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy: Inferno | Himself | 2017 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Yondu Udonta / Yondu | 2017 |
| Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed | Self | 2016 |
| Ride with Norman Reedus | Self | 2016 |
| The Belko Experiment | Bud Melks | 2016 |
| Scream Queen Stream | Self | 2016 |
| This Week in Hollywood | Self | 2015 |
| The Walkers Among Us | Self | 2015 |
| I Am Dale Earnhardt | Self | 2015 |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | Yondu Udonta | 2014 |
| True Detective | Edward Hoyt | 2014 |
| All Access Pass | Self | 2014 |
| Bonus Content | Self | 2013 |
| Creative Continuity | Self | 2013 |
| Brother's Keeper | Chief Carver | 2013 |
| The Nerdist | Self | 2013 |
| The Lost Episode | Dr. Death | 2012 |
| Hypothermia | Ray Pelletier / Ray | 2012 |
| Tweet Out | Self | 2012 |
| Outlaw Country | 2012 | |
| Nerdist: Course of the Force | Bounty Hunter | 2012 |
| Super Power Beat Down | Self - Interviewee | 2012 |
| Rogue River | Gas Attendent | 2012 |
| Mysteria | Captain McCarthy | 2011 |
| Talking Dead | Self - Guest, Self - 'Merle', Self | 2011 |
| Cell 213 | Ray Clement | 2011 |
| Super | Abe | 2011 |
| DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") / Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice) | 2010 |
| Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam | Red Doc | 2010 |
| Conan | Merle Dixon | 2010 |
| The Walking Dead | Merle Dixon | 2010 |
| Atlantis Down | Alien / Father | 2010 |
| The Making of the Walking Dead | Merle Dixon / Himself | 2010 |
| Louis | Pat McMurphy | 2010 |
| DC Showcase: Jonah Hex | Red Doc / Red Doc (voice) | 2010 |
| Freeway Killer | Det. St. John | 2010 |
| Atlantis Rising: The Making of 'Atlantis Down' | Self | 2010 |
| Blood Done Sign My Name | Defense attorney Billy Watkins | 2010 |
| The Playboy Morning Show | Self | 2010 |
| The Marine 2 | Church | 2009 |
| NSFW Show | Self | 2009 |
| Archer | Sheriff E.Z. Ponder | 2009 |
| Penance | Mann | 2009 |
| Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion | Judge / Dark Winged Vesper | 2009 |
| Meteor | Calvin Stark | 2009 |
| Humanzee! | Priest | 2008 |
| Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story | Sheriff Haney | 2008 |
| Scream Queens | Self | 2008 |
| Jumper | William Rice | 2008 |
| 30 Even Scarier Movie Moments | Self | 2007 |
| Chuck | Mauser | 2007 |
| Burn Notice | Dale Lawson | 2007 |
| Whisper | Sidney / Sydney Braverman | 2007 |
| Shark | Oscar Riddick | 2006 |
| Psych | Garth Longmore | 2006 |
| Slither | Grant Grant / Grant | 2006 |
| Thief | Det. John Hayes | 2006 |
| Lenexa, 1 Mile | Russ | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Criminal Minds | Chief Carlson | 2005 |
| Chasing Ghosts | Mark Spencer | 2005 |
| The Eliminator | Miles Dawson | 2004 |
| Skeleton Man | Captain Leary | 2004 |
| Saving Jessica Lynch | Colonel Curry | 2003 |
| On Thin Ice | 2003 | |
| Las Vegas | Marcus Wexler | 2003 |
| Lucky | Gibby | 2003 |
| Tremors | Kinney | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003 |
| MythBusters | Self - Guest Star | 2003 |
| The Box | Detective Stafford | 2003 |
| CSI: Miami | Marty Jones | 2002 |
| Undisputed | A.J. Mercker | 2002 |
| Jeremiah | Major Quantrell | 2002 |
| Crossing Jordan | Shawn Curaco | 2001 |
| Replicant | Det. Jake Riley / Jake | 2001 |
| Robot Chicken | Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father | 2001 |
| The 6th Day | Robert Marshall | 2000 |
| Here on Earth | Malcolm Arnold | 2000 |
| Newsbreak | John McNamara | 2000 |
| Table One | Rowdy | 2000 |
| The Bone Collector | Captain Howard Cheney | 1999 |
| A Table for One | Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan | 1999 |
| Renegade Force | Matt Cooper | 1998 |
| Brown's Requiem | Fritz Brown | 1998 |
| Shadow Builder | Father Vassey | 1998 |
| The Replacement Killers | Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov | 1998 |
| Honolulu CRU | 1998 | |
| Deceiver | Det. Edward Kennesaw / Detective Edward Kennesaw | 1997 |
| Stargate SG-1 | Colonel Edwards | 1997 |
| Keys to Tulsa | Keith Michaels | 1997 |
| Rosewood | Sheriff Walker | 1997 |
| Meet Wally Sparks | Self / Michael Rooker | 1997 |
| Song of Hiawatha | Bertrand | 1997 |
| Bastard Out of Carolina | Uncle Earle / Earle | 1996 |
| The Trigger Effect | Gary | 1996 |
| Back to Back | Bob Malone | 1996 |
| Mallrats | Svenning / Mr. Jared Svenning | 1995 |
| JAG | Captain Jack Ramsey | 1995 |
| Empire of the Censors | Self | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Colonel Beckett | 1995 |
| Johnny & Clyde | Frank Tennant | 1995 |
| The Hard Truth | Jonah Mantz | 1994 |
| Suspicious | Attendet / Attendent | 1994 |
| Tombstone | Sherman McMasters | 1993 |
| Fallen Angels | Babe McCloor | 1993 |
| Cliffhanger | Hal Tucker | 1993 |
| The Dark Half | Sheriff Alan Pangborn | 1993 |
| Afterburn | Casey 'Z' Zankowski | 1992 |
| JFK | Bill Broussard | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Jamie Yost | 1990 |
| Days of Thunder | Rowdy Burns | 1990 |
| Equal Justice | Wallace 'Wally' Dalton | 1990 |
| Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Henry | 1990 |
| Music Box | Karchy Laszlo | 1989 |
| Sea of Love | Terry | 1989 |
| L.A. Takedown | Bosko | 1989 |
| Gideon Oliver | Detective John Quinn | 1989 |
| Mississippi Burning | Frank Bailey | 1988 |
| Eight Men Out | Arnold 'Chick' Gandil / Chick Gandil | 1988 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
| Above the Law | Man in Bar | 1988 |
| Rent-a-Cop | Joe | 1987 |
| Light of Day | Oogie | 1987 |
| Crime Story | Lieutenant | 1986 |
| The Equalizer | Bill Whitaker | 1985 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Lost Episode | 2012 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| A Table for One | 1999 |
| Brown's Requiem | 1998 |
