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 TV series What If...? (2021).
Since 2006, he has been a frequent collaborator of filmmaker James Gunn.
Filmography
Character: Bill Broussard
Character: Sheriff Alan Pangborn
Character: Judge / Dark Winged Vesper
Character: Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov
Character: Robert Marshall
Character: Sherman McMasters
Character: Sheriff Walker
Character: Captain Howard Cheney
Character: Malcolm Arnold
Character: Red Doc (voice)
Character: Sydney Braverman
Character: Detective Edward Kennesaw
Character: Casey 'Z' Zankowski
Character: Keith Michaels
Character: Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan
Character: Defense attorney Billy Watkins
Character: Father / Alien
Character: Captain McCarthy
Character: Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice)
Character: Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
Character: Colonel Beckett
Character: Michael Rooker
Character: Richard Crummly
Character: Lutador (voice)
Character: Gabriel Tancredi
Character: Detective Stafford
Character: Brian Durlin / Savant
Character: Sgt. Major Riordan
Character: Sgt. Major Riordan
Character: The Man with the Answers
Job: Co-Executive Producer