Michael Rooker
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 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.
Place of birth
Jasper, Alabama, USA 
Date of birth
6th April 1955
Movies that starred Michael Rooker (26 in total)
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 [2024]
Sgt. Major Riordan
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 [2024]
Sgt. Major Riordan
The Out-Laws [2023]
Agent Oldham
The Suicide Squad [2021]
Brian Durlin / Savant
F9 [2021]
Buddy
Vivo [2021]
Lutador (voice)
Love and Monsters [2020]
Clyde
Fantasy Island [2020]
Damon
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 [2017]
Yondu Udonta
The Belko Experiment [2016]
Bud Melks
Guardians of the Galaxy [2014]
Yondu Udonta
The Marine 2 [2009]
Church
Jumper [2008]
William Rice
Slither [2006]
Grant
Undisputed [2002]
A.J. Mercker
Here on Earth [2000]
Malcolm Arnold
The 6th Day [2000]
Robert Marshall
The Bone Collector [1999]
Captain Howard Cheney
The Replacement Killers [1998]
Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
Rosewood [1997]
Sheriff Walker
Cliffhanger [1993]
Hal Tucker
JFK [1991]
Bill Broussard
Days of Thunder [1990]
Rowdy Burns
Sea of Love [1989]
Terry
Mississippi Burning [1988]
Frank Bailey
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [1986]
Henry
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