Birth Day: 1955-04-06
Place of birth: Jasper, Alabama, USA
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Rooker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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