Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor. Rooker, who has eight brothers and sisters, was born in Jasper, Alabama and studied at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, where he moved to be with his mother and siblings at the age of 13, after his parents divorced. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Rooker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Apr 6, 1955 In Jasper, Alabama, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 112
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow
- Latest Project:
- Movie Superman 2025-07-09
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Pig Village | Steve | 2026 |
| Movie | The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow | The Man with the Answers | 2026 |
| Movie | Superman | Superman Robot #1 (voice) | 2025-07-09 |
| Movie | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan | 2024-06-26 |
| Movie | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | Sgt. Major Riordan | 2024-09-07 |
| Movie | The Out-Laws | Agent Oldham | 2023-07-07 |
| Movie | Fast X | Buddy (uncredited) | 2023-05-17 |
| Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Yondu | 2023-05-03 |
| Movie | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Yondu | 2022-11-24 |
| Movie | White Elephant | Gabriel Tancredi | 2022-06-03 |
| Movie | Vivo | Lutador (voice) | 2021-07-30 |
| Movie | F9 | Buddy | 2021-05-19 |
| Movie | Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR | Self | 2021-05-29 |
| Movie | The Suicide Squad | Savant | 2021-07-28 |
| Movie | Fantasy Island | Damon | 2020-02-12 |
| Movie | Love and Monsters | Clyde | 2020-10-16 |
| Movie | Brightburn | The Big T | 2019-05-09 |
| Movie | Bolden | Pat McMurphy | 2019-05-03 |
| Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Yondu | 2017-04-19 |
| Series | SEAL Team | Big Chief | 2017-09-27 |
| Movie | The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking | Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice) | 2017-10-08 |
| Movie | Life After Flash | Self | 2017-10-02 |
| Movie | The Belko Experiment | Bud Melks | 2016-03-17 |
| Series | Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed | Self | 2016-12-14 |
| Movie | Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn | Self | 2014-12-09 |
| Movie | Elwood | Condello | 2014-06-01 |
| Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy | Yondu Udonta | 2014-07-30 |
| Movie | Brother's Keeper | Chief Carver | 2013-04-05 |
| Movie | Hypothermia | Ray Pelletier | 2012-10-02 |
| Movie | Pennhurst | Dr. Death | 2012-10-08 |
| Movie | Rogue River | Gas Attendent | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | Mysteria | Captain McCarthy | 2011-10-23 |
| Movie | Cell 213 | Ray Clement | 2011-06-10 |
| Series | Talking Dead | Himself | 2011-10-16 |
| Movie | Blood Done Sign My Name | Defense attorney Billy Watkins | 2010-02-01 |
| Movie | Louis | Pat McMurphy | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | DC Showcase: Jonah Hex | Red Doc (voice) | 2010-07-27 |
| Movie | Atlantis Down | Father / Alien | 2010-10-01 |
| Movie | Super | Abe | 2010-11-26 |
| Movie | DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice) | 2010-11-09 |
| Series | The Walking Dead | Merle Dixon | 2010-10-31 |
| Movie | The Making of The Walking Dead | Self | 2010-07-31 |
| Movie | Super Capers | Judge / Dark Winged Vesper | 2009-03-20 |
| Series | Meteor | Calvin Stark | 2009-07-12 |
| Movie | Penance | Mann | 2009-05-30 |
| Movie | The Marine 2 | Church | 2009-12-29 |
| Movie | Freeway Killer | Det. St. John | 2009-11-04 |
| Movie | Jumper | William Rice | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | Humanzee! | Priest | 2008-12-01 |
| Movie | Whisper | Sydney Braverman | 2007-11-27 |
| Series | Chuck | Mauser | 2007-09-24 |
| Movie | Lenexa, 1 Mile | Russ | 2006-03-25 |
| Series | Shark | Unknown | 2006-09-21 |
| Series | Psych | Garth Lawnmore | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | Slither | Grant Grant | 2006-03-31 |
| Series | Thief | Detective John Hayes | 2006-03-28 |
| Movie | Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats | Himself | 2005-09-20 |
| Movie | Chasing Ghosts | Mark Spencer | 2005-05-11 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | The Eliminator | 2004-07-06 | |
| Movie | Skeleton Man | Captain Leary | 2004-03-01 |
| Movie | The Box | Detective Stafford | 2003-05-15 |
| Series | Tremors | Unknown | 2003-03-28 |
| Movie | On Thin Ice | Roger Hopkins | 2003-11-03 |
| Movie | Saving Jessica Lynch | Colonel Curry | 2003-11-08 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | Undisputed | A.J. Mercker | 2002-07-17 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Series | Crossing Jordan | Unknown | 2001-09-24 |
| Movie | Replicant | Jake | 2001-05-11 |
| Movie | Here on Earth | Malcolm Arnold | 2000-03-24 |
| Movie | The 6th Day | Robert Marshall | 2000-11-17 |
| Movie | Table One | Rowdy | 2000-04-01 |
| Movie | Newsbreak | John McNamara | 2000-09-26 |
| Movie | The Bone Collector | Captain Howard Cheney | 1999-11-04 |
| Movie | Wicked Ways | Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan | 1999-12-21 |
| Movie | The Replacement Killers | Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov | 1998-02-06 |
| Movie | Shadow Builder | Father Vassey | 1998-11-01 |
| Movie | Renegade Force | Matt Cooper | 1998-12-14 |
| Movie | Brown's Requiem | Fritz Brown | 1998-11-01 |
| Movie | Meet Wally Sparks | Michael Rooker | 1997-01-31 |
| Movie | Rosewood | Sheriff Walker | 1997-02-21 |
| Movie | Deceiver | Detective Edward Kennesaw | 1997-08-31 |
| Series | Stargate SG-1 | Colonel Edwards | 1997-07-27 |
| Movie | Song of Hiawatha | Bertrand | 1997-05-31 |
| Movie | Keys to Tulsa | Keith Michaels | 1997-04-11 |
| Movie | Bastard Out of Carolina | Uncle Earle | 1996-12-15 |
| Movie | The Trigger Effect | Gary | 1996-08-30 |
| Movie | American Yakuza II | Bob Malone | 1996-08-29 |
| Movie | Mallrats | Svenning | 1995-10-20 |
| Movie | Johnny and Clyde | Frank Tennant | 1995-01-01 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | The Hard Truth | Jonah Mantz | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | Suspicious | Attendet | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Cliffhanger | Hal Tucker | 1993-05-28 |
| Movie | Tombstone | Sherman McMasters | 1993-12-25 |
| Movie | The Dark Half | Sheriff Alan Pangborn | 1993-04-23 |
| Movie | Afterburn | Casey 'Z' Zankowski | 1992-05-30 |
| Movie | JFK | Bill Broussard | 1991-12-20 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Days of Thunder | Rowdy Burns | 1990-06-27 |
| Movie | Music Box | Karchy Laszlo | 1989-12-22 |
| Movie | Sea of Love | Terry | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | L.A. Takedown | Bosko | 1989-08-27 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Frank Bailey | 1988-12-08 |
| Movie | Above the Law | Man in Bar | 1988-04-08 |
| Movie | Eight Men Out | Chick Gandil | 1988-09-02 |
| Movie | Light of Day | Oogie | 1987-02-06 |
| Movie | Rent-a-Cop | Joe | 1987-11-28 |
| Movie | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Henry | 1986-09-24 |
| Series | Crime Story | Unknown | 1986-09-19 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |