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Michael Rooker was born on April 6, 1955 in Jasper, Alabama. When he was thirteen, his parents divorced and he went with his mother to live in Chicago. He caught the acting bug while attending college, and began appearing in local stage productions. On first breaking into film, his intensity and "don't-mess-with-me" good looks were highlighted to ... See full bio »

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Known For

Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy Yondu Udonta
(2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Yondu
(2017)
Henry Lee Lucas - sarjamurhaaja
Henry Lee Lucas - sarjamurhaaja Henry
(1986)
Slither
Slither Grant Grant
(2006)
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Filmography

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  Road Rage (announced)
Stony
 2022 Yolo County O.G (pre-production)
Mike Riker
 2023 Fast X (filming)
Buddy
 2023 The Out-Laws (post-production)
Agent Oldham
  The President Is Missing (TV Movie) (completed)
Greg Parkes
 2022 Fairfax (TV Series)
Lorelai
- The Circle of Hype (2022) ... Lorelai (voice)
 2022 White Elephant
Gabriel Tancredi
 2022 Corrective Measures
Overseer Devlin
 2021 Creepshow (TV Series)
Beau (segment "Drug Traffic")
- Drug Traffic/A Dead Girl Named Sue (2021) ... Beau (segment "Drug Traffic")
 2021 What If...? (TV Series)
Yondu
- What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord? (2021) ... Yondu (voice)
 2021/I Vivo
Lutador (voice)
 2021 Fast & Furious 9
Buddy
 2020 The Dark Tower (TV Movie)
Eldred Jonas
 2020 CelebriD&D (TV Series)
Arnold
- CelebriD&D with Suicide Squad (2020) ... Arnold
 2020/I Hirviöongelmia
Clyde
 2020 Fantasy Island
Damon
 2019 Brightburn
The Big T
 2019 Bolden
Pat McMurphy
 2019 True Detective (TV Series)
Edward Hoyt
- Now Am Found (2019) ... Edward Hoyt
- The Final Country (2019) ... Edward Hoyt (voice)
 2017 Robot Chicken (TV Series short)
Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father
- The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking (2017) ... Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice)
 2017 SEAL Team (TV Series)
Big Chief
- Tip of the Spear (2017) ... Big Chief
 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy: Inferno (Music Video short)
Michael Rooker
 2016 The Belko Experiment
Bud Melks
 2014 The Driving Dead (Video short)
Trooper
 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy
Yondu Udonta
 2014 Elwood (Short)
Condello
 2013 Brother's Keeper
Chief Carver
 2013 Conan (TV Series)
Merle Dixon
- It's Not the Hotlanta, It's the Humidylanta (2013) ... Merle Dixon
 2010-2013 The Walking Dead (TV Series)
Merle Dixon
- Welcome to the Tombs (2013) ... Merle Dixon (credit only)
- This Sorrowful Life (2013) ... Merle Dixon
- Prey (2013) ... Merle Dixon (credit only)
- Arrow on the Doorpost (2013) ... Merle Dixon
- Clear (2013) ... Merle Dixon (credit only)
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 2013 The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (Video Game)
Merle Dixon (voice)
 2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Video Game)
Mike Harper (voice)
 2012 The Lost Episode
Dr. Death
 2012 Outlaw Country (TV Movie)
 2012 Lollipop Chainsaw (Video Game)
Vikke (voice)
 2012 Archer (TV Series)
Sheriff E.Z. Ponder
- Bloody Ferlin (2012) ... Sheriff E.Z. Ponder (voice)
 2011 Mysteria
Capt. McCarthy
 2011 Cell 213
Ray Clement
 2011 Call of the Dead (Video Game)
Michael Rooker (voice)
 2010 Hypothermia
Ray
 2010 Matadors (TV Movie)
John Canterna
 2010 Scott's Dead (Short)
Mitch
 2010 DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (Video)
Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
 2010 Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (Video short)
Red Doc (voice)
 2010 Atlantis Down
Father / Alien
 2010/I Super
Abe
 2010 Burn Notice (TV Series)
Dale Lawson
- Guilty as Charged (2010) ... Dale Lawson
 2010 Louis
Pat McMurphy
 2010 DC Showcase: Jonah Hex (Video short)
Red Doc (voice)
 2010 Blood Done Sign My Name
Defense attorney Billy Watkins
 2010 Freeway Killer
Det. St. John
 2009 The Marine 2 (Video)
Church
 2009 Vihjeet hukassa (TV Series)
Garth Longmore
- Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark (2009) ... Garth Longmore
 2009/I Minä tunnustan!
Mann
 2009 Criminal Minds - FBI-tutkijat (TV Series)
Chief Carlson
- House on Fire (2009) ... Chief Carlson
 2009 Meteori (TV Mini Series)
Calvin Stark
- Episode #1.2 (2009) ... Calvin Stark
- Episode #1.1 (2009) ... Calvin Stark
 2008 Humanzee! (TV Series)
Priest
- Pilot (2008) ... Priest
 2008 Chuck (TV Series)
Mauser
- Chuck Versus Santa Claus (2008) ... Mauser
 2008 Shark (TV Series)
Oscar Riddick
- Bar Fight (2008) ... Oscar Riddick
 2008 The Lena Baker Story
Sheriff Haney
 2008 This Man's Life (Short)
Richard Crummly
 2008 Kova laki (TV Series)
Jamie Yost
- Executioner (2008) ... Jamie Yost
 2008 Jumper
William Rice
 2007/I Whisper
Sidney
 2007 Yli synkän virran (TV Series)
Shawn Curaco
- D.O.A. (2007) ... Shawn Curaco
 2006 Repo! The Genetic Opera (Short)
Repo Man
 2006 Scarface: The World Is Yours (Video Game)
Tony's Enforcer / Old Civilian (voice)
 2006 Varas (TV Mini Series)
Det. John Hayes
- Flight (2006) ... Det. John Hayes
- No Direction Home (2006) ... Det. John Hayes
- Everything That Rises Must Converge (2006) ... Det. John Hayes
- I Ain't Goin' to Jail for Anyone (2006) ... Det. John Hayes
- Pilot (2006) ... Det. John Hayes
 2006 Slither
Grant Grant
 2006 Lenexa, 1 Mile
Russ
 2005 Num3rot (TV Series)
Don's Partner
- Unaired Pilot (2005) ... Don's Partner
 2005 Chasing Ghosts
Mark Spencer
 2005 Kunnian miehet (TV Series)
Captain Jack Ramsey
- Heart of Darkness (2005) ... Captain Jack Ramsey
 2004 Las Vegas (TV Series)
Marcus Wexler
- Degas Away with It (2004) ... Marcus Wexler
 2004 The Eliminator
Miles Dawson
 2004 The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (Video Game)
Centurion / Jack (voice)
 2004 Skeleton Man (TV Movie)
Captain Leary
 2003 Saving Jessica Lynch (TV Movie)
Colonel Curry
 2003 On Thin Ice (TV Movie)
 2003 CSI: Miami (TV Series)
Marty Jones
- Dead Zone (2003) ... Marty Jones
 2003 Tähtiportti (TV Series)
Colonel Edwards
- Enemy Mine (2003) ... Colonel Edwards
 2003 Lucky (TV Series)
Gibby
- Savant (2003) ... Gibby
 2003/I The Box
Detective Stafford
 2003 Tremors (TV Series)
Kinney
- Hit and Run (2003) ... Kinney
 2002 Teräskehä
A.J. Mercker
 2002 Jeremiah (TV Series)
Major Quantrell
- Firewall (2002) ... Major Quantrell
 2001 HRT (TV Movie)
Special Agent Nicholas Roberts
 2001 Replicant
Det. Jake Riley
 2001 Äärirajoilla (TV Series)
Colonel Beckett
- Patient Zero (2001) ... Colonel Beckett
 2000 6. päivä
Robert Marshall
 2000 Trendimesta
Rowdy
 2000 Kohtalokas kesäloma
Malcolm Arnold
 2000 Newsbreak
John McNamara
 1999 Luunkerääjä
Captain Howard Cheney
 1999 Illallinen yhdelle
Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan
 1998 Honolulu CRU (TV Series)
- Pilot
 1998 Counterforce
Matt Cooper (as Micheal Rooker)
 1998 Brownin murhamysteeri
Fritz Brown
 1998 Varjojen valtias
Father Vassey
 1998 The Replacement Killers
Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
 1997 Song of Hiawatha
Bertrand
 1997 Deceiver
Det. Edward Kennesaw
 1997 Tulsa - valheiden kaupunki
Keith Michaels
 1997 Rosewood
Sheriff Walker
 1997 Wally Sparks - sika herrasmieheksi
Michael Rooker (uncredited)
 1996 Viattomuuden loppu
Earle
 1996 Back to Back (TV Movie)
Bob Malone
 1995 Fallen Angels (TV Series)
Babe McCloor
- Fly Paper (1995) ... Babe McCloor
 1995 Häiriköt
Svenning
 1995 Johnny & Clyde (TV Movie)
Frank Tennant
 1994 Suspicious (Short)
Attendent
 1994 The Hard Truth
Jonah Mantz
 1993 Tombstone
Sherman McMasters
 1993 Cliffhanger - kuilun partaalla
Hal Tucker
 1993 Pimeä puoli
Sheriff Alan Pangborn
 1992 F-16 - Surmanloukku (TV Movie)
Casey 'Z' Zankowski
 1991 JFK - avoin tapaus
Bill Broussard
 1990 Days of Thunder
Rowdy Burns
 1990 Equal Justice (TV Series)
Wallace 'Wally' Dalton
- Sugar Blues (1990) ... Wallace 'Wally' Dalton
 1989 Music Box
Karchy Laszlo
 1989 Rakkauden meri
Terry
 1989 The Edge (TV Series)
Deputy Sheriff
- Indian Poker (1989) ... Deputy Sheriff
 1989 L.A. Takedown (TV Movie)
Bosko
 1989 Gideon Oliver (TV Series)
Detective John Quinn
- Sleep Well, Professor Oliver (1989) ... Detective John Quinn
 1988 Retreads
 1988 Mississippi palaa
Frank Bailey
 1988 Eight Men Out
Chick Gandil
 1988 Nico
Man in Bar
 1988 Kutsukaa McCall (TV Series)
Bill Whitaker
- No Place Like Home (1988) ... Bill Whitaker
 1987 Rent-a-Cop
Joe
 1987 Matkalla maineeseen
Oogie
 1986 Crime Story (TV Series)
Lieutenant
- Pilot (1986) ... Lieutenant
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Alternate Names:

Micheal Rooker

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Spouse:

Margot Tsuru LaRose  (2 children)

Children:

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Personal Quote:

(On filming Teräskehä (2002)) It was in a prison in Nevada. And it was scary. It was very scary. Every teenager should go visit a maximum-security prison. Talk about being scared straight. That was a scary, scary place. Clean as a whistle. You could eat off the floors, but it was so sterile and scary, it was like, "Holy shit. Let's do this movie and get the hell out of here". And the ... See more »

Trivia:

Said in an interview, that when he was 13 years old, he saw a Volvo commercial that compared Volvos to other cars by hanging them upside down from a crane and dropping them on their roof. He was so impressed with how well the Volvo fared in the comparison that he's wanted one ever since. In 2014, he finally purchased an s60 Volvo Sedan. See more »

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