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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 6, 1955
Place of Birth
Jasper, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
- 마이클 루커
- مایکل روکر
Michael Rooker
2.8 Popularity
Biography
Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor who mainly plays roles of antagonists. He first rose to prominence for portraying the titular role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and is best known for starring as Merle Dixon in the AMC series The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and as Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), followed by its sequels Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He is a recurring collaborator of Guardians of the Galaxy director and co-CEO of DC Studios, James Gunn, appearing in all of his films to date, including Slither (2006), Super (2010), and The Suicide Squad (2021). Rooker's other notable roles include Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988), Frank Bailey in Mississippi Burning (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), Sherman McMaster in Tombstone (1993), Jared Svenning in Mallrats (1995), Detective Edward Kennesaw in Deceiver (1997), Detective Howard Cheney in The Bone Collector (1999), Detective Jake Riley in Replicant (2001), and Buddy in F9 (2021).
Known For
7.4
Superman Robot #1 (voice)
Superman
2025
7.8
Sam (voice)
Creature Commandos
2024
7.2
Sgt. Major Riordan
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
6.9
Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
2024
6.0
Agent Oldham
The Out-Laws
2023
7.9
Yondu
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
7.1
Yondu
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022
5.8
Gabriel Tancredi
White Elephant
2022
5.0
Warden Devlin
Corrective Measures
2022
8.2
Red St. Wild
Peacemaker
2022
Credits
Superman
as Superman Robot #1 (voice)
2025
7.4
Creature Commandos
as Sam (voice)
2024
7.8
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
as Sgt. Major Riordan
2024
7.2
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
as Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan
2024
6.9
The Out-Laws
as Agent Oldham
2023
6.0
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Yondu
2023
7.9
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Yondu
2022
7.1
White Elephant
as Gabriel Tancredi
2022
5.8
Corrective Measures
as Warden Devlin
2022
5.0
Peacemaker
as Red St. Wild
2022
8.2
What If...?
as Yondu (voice)
2021
8.1
What If...?
as Yondu Udonta (voice)
2021
8.1
Vivo
as Lutador (voice)
2021
7.3
The Suicide Squad
as Savant
2021
7.5
Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR
as Self
2021
2.0
F9
as Buddy
2021
7.0
Clerk
as Self
2021
6.0
Marvel Studios Legends
as Yondu Udonta (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
7.4
Love and Monsters
as Clyde
2020
7.3
The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder
as Self
2020
7.0
Dead Talk Live
as Self - Guest
2020
9.0
🎬
The Dark Tower
as Elred Jonas
2020
2.0
Fantasy Island
as Damon
2020
5.8
Creepshow
as Beau
2019
7.5
The Righteous Gemstones
as Cobb Milsap
2019
7.4
Brightburn
as The Big T
2019
6.1
Bolden
as Pat McMurphy
2019
4.2
The Rookie
as Frank Teska
2018
8.5
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice)
2017
7.2
Life After Flash
as Self
2017
5.7
SEAL Team
as Big Chief
2017
8.0
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Yondu
2017
7.6
Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed
as Self
2016
0.0
Ride with Norman Reedus
as Self
2016
7.3
The Belko Experiment
as Bud Melks
2016
6.2
CelebriD&D
as Arnold
2015
1.0
Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
as Self
2014
7.5
🎬
The Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half
as Himself
2014
2.0
The Driving Dead
as Trooper
2014
2.0
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Yondu Udonta
2014
7.9
Elwood
as Condello
2014
1.5
True Detective
as Edward Hoyt
2014
8.3
Brother's Keeper
as Chief Carver
2013
5.1
Pennhurst
as Dr. Death
2012
3.1
Hypothermia
as Ray Pelletier
2012
3.9
Rogue River
as Gas Attendent
2012
4.8
Mysteria
as Captain McCarthy
2011
3.9
Talking Dead
as Self
2011
7.2
Cell 213
as Ray Clement
2011
5.1
Super
as Abe
2010
6.5
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
as Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
2010
7.1
The Walking Dead
as Merle Dixon
2010
8.1
Atlantis Down
as Father / Alien
2010
2.6
The Making of The Walking Dead
as Self
2010
7.9
DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
as Red Doc (voice)
2010
7.0
Blood Done Sign My Name
as Defense attorney Billy Watkins
2010
5.6
Louis
as Pat McMurphy
2010
3.5
🎬
Matadors
as John Canterna
2010
6.0
The Marine 2
as Church
2009
5.9
Freeway Killer
as Det. St. John
2009
4.6
Archer
as Sheriff E. Z. Ponder (voice)
2009
8.0
Meteor
as Calvin Stark
2009
6.2
Penance
as Mann
2009
3.6
Super Capers
as Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
2009
3.6
Humanzee!
as Priest
2008
4.6
🎬
This Man's Life
as Richard Crummly
2008
2.0
Jumper
as William Rice
2008
6.2
Whisper
as Sydney Braverman
2007
6.3
Chuck
as Mauser
2007
7.7
Burn Notice
as Dale Lawson
2007
7.5
Shark
as Oscar Riddick
2006
6.7
Psych
as Garth Lawnmore
2006
7.9
Slither
as Grant Grant
2006
6.5
Thief
as Detective John Hayes
2006
6.4
Lenexa, 1 Mile
as Russ
2006
3.3
🎬
Repo! The Genetic Opera
2006
3.5
Portrait: The Making of Henry
as Self
2005
6.3
Criminal Minds
as Chief Carlson
2005
8.3
Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
as Himself
2005
2.0
Chasing Ghosts
as Mark Spencer
2005
5.5
The Eliminator
2004
4.2
Skeleton Man
as Captain Leary
2004
3.2
Saving Jessica Lynch
as Colonel Curry
2003
4.1
On Thin Ice
as Roger Hopkins
2003
4.8
Las Vegas
as Marcus Wexler
2003
7.0
The Box
as Detective Stafford
2003
3.8
Tremors
as Kinney
2003
6.0
CSI: Miami
as Marty Jones
2002
7.7
The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity
as Colonel Beckett
2002
6.0
Undisputed
as A.J. Mercker
2002
6.5
The Making of 'Tombstone'
as Self
2002
0.0
Crossing Jordan
as Shawn Curaco
2001
7.2
Replicant
as Jake
2001
5.8
The 6th Day
as Robert Marshall
2000
6.0
Newsbreak
as John McNamara
2000
2.0
Table One
as Rowdy
2000
2.3
Here on Earth
as Malcolm Arnold
2000
5.8
Wicked Ways
as Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan
1999
5.3
The Bone Collector
as Captain Howard Cheney
1999
6.8
Renegade Force
as Matt Cooper
1998
5.5
Brown's Requiem
as Fritz Brown
1998
4.4
Shadow Builder
as Father Vassey
1998
4.7
The Replacement Killers
as Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
1998
6.3
Deceiver
as Detective Edward Kennesaw
1997
6.0
Stargate SG-1
as Colonel Edwards
1997
8.3
Song of Hiawatha
as Bertrand
1997
6.0
Keys to Tulsa
as Keith Michaels
1997
4.7
Rosewood
as Sheriff Walker
1997
6.5
Meet Wally Sparks
as Michael Rooker
1997
4.7
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Uncle Earle
1996
7.1
The Trigger Effect
as Gary
1996
5.8
Back to Back
as Bob Malone
1996
5.4
Mallrats
as Svenning
1995
6.8
The Outer Limits
as Colonel Beckett
1995
7.7
Johnny and Clyde
as Frank Tennant
1995
2.5
The Hard Truth
as Jonah Mantz
1994
3.2
Suspicious
as Attendet
1994
3.5
Tombstone
as Sherman McMasters
1993
7.6
Fallen Angels
as Babe McCloor
1993
5.9
Cliffhanger
as Hal Tucker
1993
6.5
The Dark Half
as Sheriff Alan Pangborn
1993
6.0
Afterburn
as Casey 'Z' Zankowski
1992
3.6
JFK
as Bill Broussard
1991
7.6
Law & Order
as Jamie Yost
1990
7.4
Days of Thunder
as Rowdy Burns
1990
6.4
Music Box
as Karchy Laszlo
1989
7.1
Sea of Love
as Terry
1989
6.6
L.A. Takedown
as Bosko
1989
5.4
The Edge
as Deputy Sheriff (Indian Poker)
1989
2.0
🎬
Gideon Oliver
as Detective John Quinn
1989
5.5
Mississippi Burning
as Frank Bailey
1988
7.7
Eight Men Out
as Chick Gandil
1988
6.9
Above the Law
as Man in Bar
1988
6.1
Retreads
1988
2.0
Rent-a-Cop
as Joe
1987
4.6
Light of Day
as Oogie
1987
5.5
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
as Henry
1986
6.7
Crime Story
as Lieutenant
1986
8.0
The Equalizer
as Bill Whitaker
1985
7.1
Pig Village
as Steve
N/A
0.0
🎬
Road Rage
as Stony
N/A
0.0
The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow
as The Man with the Answers
N/A
0.0