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 Riordan
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As Sgt. Major Riordan
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As Yondu Udonta
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As Agent Oldham
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As Warden Devlin
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As Gabriel Tancredi
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As Yondu
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As Buddy
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As Self
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As Lutador (voice)
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As Self
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As Brian Durlin / Savant
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As Self
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As Damon
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As Clyde
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As Pat McMurphy
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As The Big T
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As Self
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As Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice)
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As Yondu Udonta
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As Bud Melks
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As Yondu Udonta
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As Himself
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As Himself
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As Trooper
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As Chief Carver
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As Gas Attendent
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As Dr. Death
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As Ray Pelletier
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As Ray Clement
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As Captain McCarthy
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As Father / Alien
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As Self
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As Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
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As Pat McMurphy
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As Defense attorney Billy Watkins
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As Red Doc (voice)
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As Abe
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As Church
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As Det. St. John
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As Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
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As Mann
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As Richard Crummly
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As Priest
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As William Rice
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As Sydney Braverman
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As Grant Grant
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As Russ
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As Mark Spencer
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As Self
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As Self
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As Captain Leary
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As Detective Stafford
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As Colonel Curry
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As Roger Hopkins
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As Colonel Beckett
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As A.J. Mercker
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As Jake
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As Malcolm Arnold
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As Rowdy
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As John McNamara
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As Robert Marshall
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As Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan
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As Captain Howard Cheney
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As Matt Cooper
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As Fritz Brown
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As Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
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As Father Vassey
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As Bertrand
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As Michael Rooker
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As Sheriff Walker
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As Detective Edward Kennesaw
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As Keith Michaels
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As Gary
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As Uncle Earle
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As Bob Malone
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As Frank Tennant
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As Svenning
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As Attendet
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As Jonah Mantz
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As Sherman McMasters
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As Hal Tucker
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As Sheriff Alan Pangborn
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As Casey 'Z' Zankowski
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As Bill Broussard
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As Rowdy Burns
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As Terry
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As Bosko
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As Karchy Laszlo
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As Man in Bar
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As Frank Bailey
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As Chick Gandil
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As Oogie
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As Joe
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As Henry
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As Stony
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As John Canterna
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As The Man with the Answers