Michael Rooker
Birthday: 1955-04-06 | Place of Birth: Jasper, Alabama, USAMichael 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 series What If...? (2021). Since 2006, he has been a frequent collaborator of filmmaker James Gunn, and has appeared in all five films Gunn has directed so far.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Gabriel Tancredi
as Warden Devlin
as Brian Durlin / Savant
as Buddy
as Lutador (voice)
as Clyde
as Damon
as Pat McMurphy
as Himself
as Yondu Udonta
as Bud Melks
as Yondu Udonta
as Dr. Death
as Gas Attendent
as Ray Pelletier
as Abe
as Ray Clement
as Defense attorney Billy Watkins
as Father / Alien
as Pat McMurphy
as Church
as Det. St. John
as Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
as Mann
as William Rice
