Birth Day: 1955-04-06
Place of birth: Jasper, Alabama, USA
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor 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), Detective Howard Cheney in The Bone Collector (1999), Grant Grant in Slither (2006), Merle Dixon in AMC's The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), its sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and the animated TV series What If...? (2021). Since 2006, he has been a frequent collaborator of filmmaker James Gunn.
Credits
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As Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan -
As Sgt. Major Riordan -
As Agent Oldham -
As Yondu -
As Warden Devlin -
As Gabriel Tancredi -
As Yondu -
As Self -
As Savant -
As Lutador (voice) -
As Buddy -
As Self -
As Clyde -
As Damon -
As Self -
As The Big T -
As Pat McMurphy -
As Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice) -
As Yondu -
As Self -
As Bud Melks -
As Self -
As Himself
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As Yondu Udonta -
As Trooper -
As Chief Carver -
As Gas Attendent -
As Dr. Death -
As Ray Pelletier -
As Ray Clement -
As Captain McCarthy -
As John Canterna
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As Defense attorney Billy Watkins -
As Red Doc (voice) -
As Father / Alien -
As Self -
As Abe -
As Pat McMurphy -
As Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice) -
As Mann -
As Judge / Dark Winged Vesper -
As Det. St. John -
As Church -
As Priest -
As William Rice -
As Richard Crummly
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As Sydney Braverman -
As Russ -
As Grant Grant -
As Self -
As Himself -
As Mark Spencer -
As Captain Leary -
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As Detective Stafford -
As Colonel Curry -
As Roger Hopkins -
As A.J. Mercker -
As Colonel Beckett -
As Jake -
As Robert Marshall -
As John McNamara -
As Malcolm Arnold -
As Rowdy -
As Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan -
As Captain Howard Cheney -
As Fritz Brown -
As Matt Cooper -
As Father Vassey -
As Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov -
As Bertrand -
As Keith Michaels -
As Sheriff Walker -
As Detective Edward Kennesaw -
As Michael Rooker -
As Uncle Earle -
As Bob Malone -
As Gary -
As Frank Tennant -
As Svenning -
As Attendet -
As Jonah Mantz -
As Sherman McMasters -
As Sheriff Alan Pangborn -
As Hal Tucker -
As Casey 'Z' Zankowski -
As Bill Broussard -
As Rowdy Burns -
As Terry -
As Bosko -
As Karchy Laszlo -
As Chick Gandil -
As Frank Bailey -
As Man in Bar -
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As Joe -
As Oogie -
As Henry -
As Stony
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As Calvin Stark
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As The Man with the Answers