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).
2018 • TV
1990 • TV
2005 • TV
2010 • TV
2021 • Movie
2023 • Movie
as Savant
as Yondu
as A.J. Mercker
as Yondu Udonta
as Sherman McMasters
as William Rice
as Svenning
as Hal Tucker
as Abe
as Captain Howard Cheney
as Bill Broussard
as Gas Attendent
as Detective Stafford
as Agent Oldham
as Self
as Captain Leary
as Matt Cooper
as Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
as Grant Grant
as Sydney Braverman
Director
as Frank Teska
2 episodes
as Jamie Yost
1 episodes
as Chief Carlson
1 episodes
as Merle Dixon
19 episodes
as Colonel Edwards
1 episodes
as Marty Jones
1 episodes
as Edward Hoyt
1 episodes
as Big Chief
1 episodes
as Sheriff E. Z. Ponder (voice)
1 episodes
as Garth Lawnmore
1 episodes
as Red St. Wild
3 episodes
as Mauser
1 episodes
as Yondu (voice)
2 episodes
as Yondu Udonta (voice)
1 episodes
as Cobb Milsap
4 episodes
as Marcus Wexler
1 episodes
as Bill Whitaker
1 episodes
as Shawn Curaco
1 episodes
as Dale Lawson
1 episodes
as Colonel Beckett
1 episodes
