Michael Rooker
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.
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Jasper, Alabama, USA
Birthday
4/6/1955
Corrective Measures
5.1
The Box - 2003
5.1
Days of Thunder
6.4
Mississippi Burning
7.7
JFK
7.6
Music Box
7.1
Mallrats
6.8
Replicant
5.832
The Dark Half
5.98
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
6.722
Super Capers
4.4
Penance
3.9
The Replacement Killers
6.2
The 6th Day
6
Tombstone
7.6
Jumper
6.158
Freeway Killer
4.9
Sea of Love
6.59
Rosewood
6.529
Slither
6.5
The Bone Collector
6.8
Light of Day
5.4
L.A. Takedown
5.6
Cliffhanger
6.5
The Marine 2
5.9
Here on Earth
5.9
Eight Men Out
6.924
Whisper
6.4
Deceiver
6
DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
7
Undisputed
6.5
Renegade Force
5.3
Super
6.533
Clerk
6.3
Brown's Requiem
5
The Suicide Squad
7.5
Shadow Builder
4.9
The Out-Laws
6
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
7.965
Lenexa, 1 Mile
4
Back to Back
5.5
Matadors
10
Skeleton Man
3.3
Rogue River
5
Afterburn
4.5
Hypothermia
4
Guardians of the Galaxy
7.9
Keys to Tulsa
4.7
Louis
0
Saving Jessica Lynch
4.5
Song of Hiawatha
10
Brother's Keeper
5.8
The Hard Truth
3.6
Retreads
0
Table One
4
Wicked Ways
6
On Thin Ice
5.7
The Trigger Effect
5.8
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
7.1
Suspicious
5
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
7.151
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
10
The Belko Experiment
6.2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
7.6
Humanzee!
4.8
Blood Done Sign My Name
5.9
Cell 213
5.1
Atlantis Down
2.8
Mysteria
4.5
Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
7.9
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
7.3
Chasing Ghosts
5.5
Bolden
4.3
The Eliminator
4.2
Pennhurst
3
Fantasy Island
5.8
Love and Monsters
7.309
Brightburn
6.132
F9
7.075
Life After Flash
5.9
Rent-a-Cop
4.8
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
7.107
The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity
10
Meet Wally Sparks
4.7
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
8.2
Newsbreak
0
Johnny and Clyde
3
The Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half
0
Above the Law
6.1
Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
0
This Man's Life
0
The Making of The Walking Dead
8
Vivo
7.3
Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR
0
White Elephant
6
Portrait: The Making of Henry
8.5
Bastard Out of Carolina
7.2
The Driving Dead
0