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Michael Rooker

Michael Rooker

Birthday: 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 series What If...? (2021). Since 2006, he has been a frequent collaborator of filmmaker James Gunn, and has appeared in all five films Gunn has directed so far.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
White Elephant

as    Gabriel Tancredi

2022
Corrective Measures

as    Warden Devlin

2021
F9

as    Buddy

2021
Vivo

as    Lutador (voice)

2021
The Suicide Squad

as    Savant

2021
2020
Love and Monsters

as    Clyde

2020
Fantasy Island

as    Damon

2019
Bolden

as    Pat McMurphy

2017
2017
2016
The Belko Experiment

as    Bud Melks

2014
Guardians of the Galaxy

as    Yondu Udonta

2012
Pennhurst

as    Dr. Death

2012
Rogue River

as    Gas Attendent

2012
Hypothermia

as    Ray Pelletier

2011
Super

as    Abe

2011
Cell 213

as    Ray Clement

2010
Blood Done Sign My Name

as    Defense attorney Billy Watkins

2010
Atlantis Down

as    Father / Alien

2010
Louis

as    Pat McMurphy

2009
The Marine 2

as    Church

2009
Freeway Killer

as    Det. St. John

2009
Super Capers

as    Judge / Dark Winged Vesper

2009
Penance

as    Mann

2008
Jumper

as    William Rice