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:
- 110
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Equalizer 1985-09-18
- Latest Project:
- Movie Pig Village 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Pig Village | Steve | 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 | Fast X | Buddy (uncredited) | 2023-05-17 |
| Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Yondu | 2023-05-03 |
| Movie | The Out-Laws | Agent Oldham | 2023-07-07 |
| Movie | White Elephant | Gabriel Tancredi | 2022-06-03 |
| Movie | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Yondu | 2022-11-24 |
| Movie | F9 | Buddy | 2021-05-19 |
| Movie | Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR | Self | 2021-05-29 |
| Movie | Vivo | Lutador (voice) | 2021-07-30 |
| Movie | The Suicide Squad | Savant | 2021-06-06 |
| 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 | Life After Flash | Self | 2017-10-02 |
| Movie | The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking | Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice) | 2017-10-08 |
| 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 | Rogue River | Gas Attendent | 2012-01-16 |
| Movie | Pennhurst | Dr. Death | 2012-10-08 |
| Movie | Hypothermia | Ray Pelletier | 2012-10-02 |
| Series | Talking Dead | Himself | 2011-10-16 |
| Movie | Cell 213 | Ray Clement | 2011-06-10 |
| Movie | Mysteria | Captain McCarthy | 2011-10-23 |
| 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 | The Making of The Walking Dead | Self | 2010-07-31 |
| Series | The Walking Dead | Merle Dixon | 2010-10-31 |
| Movie | Penance | Mann | 2009-05-30 |
| Movie | Super Capers | Judge / Dark Winged Vesper | 2009-03-20 |
| Movie | Freeway Killer | Det. St. John | 2009-11-04 |
| Series | Meteor | Calvin Stark | 2009-07-12 |
| Movie | The Marine 2 | Church | 2009-12-29 |
| Movie | Jumper | William Rice | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | Humanzee! | Priest | 2008-12-01 |
| Series | Chuck | Mauser | 2007-09-24 |
| Movie | Whisper | Sydney Braverman | 2007-11-27 |
| Series | Thief | Detective John Hayes | 2006-03-28 |
| Movie | Lenexa, 1 Mile | Russ | 2006-03-25 |
| Movie | Slither | Grant Grant | 2006-03-31 |
| Series | Psych | Garth Lawnmore | 2006-07-07 |
| Series | Shark | Unknown | 2006-09-21 |
| Movie | Chasing Ghosts | Mark Spencer | 2005-05-11 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats | Himself | 2005-09-20 |
| Movie | Skeleton Man | Captain Leary | 2004-03-01 |
| Movie | The Eliminator | 2004-07-06 | |
| Series | Tremors | Unknown | 2003-03-28 |
| Movie | The Box | Detective Stafford | 2003-05-15 |
| Movie | On Thin Ice | Roger Hopkins | 2003-11-03 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | Saving Jessica Lynch | Colonel Curry | 2003-11-08 |
| Movie | Undisputed | A.J. Mercker | 2002-07-17 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | Replicant | Jake | 2001-05-11 |
| Series | Crossing Jordan | Unknown | 2001-09-24 |
| Movie | Table One | Rowdy | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Here on Earth | Malcolm Arnold | 2000-03-24 |
| Movie | Newsbreak | John McNamara | 2000-09-26 |
| Movie | The 6th Day | Robert Marshall | 2000-11-17 |
| 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 | Keys to Tulsa | Keith Michaels | 1997-04-11 |
| Movie | Meet Wally Sparks | Michael Rooker | 1997-01-31 |
| Movie | Rosewood | Sheriff Walker | 1997-02-21 |
| Movie | Song of Hiawatha | Bertrand | 1997-05-31 |
| Movie | Deceiver | Detective Edward Kennesaw | 1997-08-31 |
| Series | Stargate SG-1 | Colonel Edwards | 1997-07-27 |
| Movie | American Yakuza II | Bob Malone | 1996-08-29 |
| Movie | Bastard Out of Carolina | Uncle Earle | 1996-12-15 |
| Movie | The Trigger Effect | Gary | 1996-08-30 |
| Movie | Johnny and Clyde | Frank Tennant | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Mallrats | Svenning | 1995-10-20 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Suspicious | Attendet | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hard Truth | Jonah Mantz | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | The Dark Half | Sheriff Alan Pangborn | 1993-04-23 |
| Movie | Tombstone | Sherman McMasters | 1993-12-25 |
| Movie | Cliffhanger | Hal Tucker | 1993-05-28 |
| Movie | Afterburn | Casey 'Z' Zankowski | 1992-05-30 |
| Movie | JFK | Bill Broussard | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Days of Thunder | Rowdy Burns | 1990-06-27 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | L.A. Takedown | Bosko | 1989-08-27 |
| Movie | Music Box | Karchy Laszlo | 1989-12-22 |
| Movie | Sea of Love | Terry | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Above the Law | Man in Bar | 1988-04-08 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Frank Bailey | 1988-12-08 |
| 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 |
| Series | Crime Story | Unknown | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Henry | 1986-09-24 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |