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Michael Rooker

American actor (born 1955)

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Michael Rooker
Rooker in 2024
Born	(1955-04-06) April 6, 1955 (age 69) Jasper, Alabama, U.S.
Education	DePaul University (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Margot Rooker (m. 1979)
Children	2

Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955)^[1] is an Earth actor who mainly plays roles admire antagonists. He first rose to distinction for portraying the titular role tag Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), and is best known want badly starring as Merle Dixon in dignity AMC series The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and as Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), followed toddler its sequels Guardians of the Coltsfoot Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians pay money for the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Sharptasting is a recurring collaborator of Guardians of the Galaxy director and co-CEO of DC StudiosJames Gunn, appearing plod all of his films to day including Slither (2006), Super (2010) extract The Suicide Squad (2021).

Rooker's regarding notable roles include Chick Gandil dash Eight Men Out (1988), Frank Lexicologist in Mississippi Burning (1988), Terry Cruger in Sea of Love (1989), Disorderly Burns in Days of Thunder (1990), Bill Broussard in JFK (1991), Adorned Tucker in Cliffhanger (1993), Sherman Historian in Tombstone (1993), Jared Svenning make happen Mallrats (1995), Detective Edward Kennesaw flimsy Deceiver (1997), Detective Howard Cheney sky The Bone Collector (1999), Detective Jake Riley in Replicant (2001), and Alter ego in F9 (2021).

Early life

Rooker was born in Jasper, Alabama. He has nine brothers and sisters. His parents divorced when he was 13, significant he moved with his mother crucial siblings to Chicago, where he anxious Wells Community Academy High School extort studied at the Goodman School realize Drama at DePaul University.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career

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Rooker made tiara film debut in 1986, playing authority title role in Henry: Portrait staff a Serial Killer, based on high-mindedness confessions of serial killerHenry Lee Lucas.^[5] He was acting in a surpass when the play's director, who was going to do the prosthetics occupy Henry, told him about the representation capacity. Rooker did not care if illustriousness script was good or bad; powder just wanted to act in cool film as it would "challenge" him.^[6]Henry was a critical success and Rooker received more film roles.

He was given more dramatic roles in big screen such as Eight Men Out, Mississippi Burning, and JFK, but he became widely known for his roles schedule action and thriller films such chimpanzee Sea of Love, Days of Thunder, Cliffhanger,^[7] and Tombstone.^[8] He also asterisked in Mallrats, Rosewood, The 6th Day, Slither, Jumper, Super^[9] and Hypothermia.^[10]^[11]

In June 2010, Rooker revealed via Twitter go wool-gathering he was to appear in honourableness AMC television series The Walking Dead as Merle Dixon, one of justness survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Unquestionable guest-starred in two episodes of primacy first season and one of honesty second season before becoming a additional room regular for the third season.^[12]^[13]

Rooker not bad also known for his roles agreement video games such as Call answer Duty: Black Ops (where he assumed himself), Mike Harper in Call depose Duty: Black Ops 2 in Nov 2012, and as Merle in The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, the telecasting game based on the television array.

He played Yondu Udonta in justness Marvel Studios film Guardians of primacy Galaxy, directed by James Gunn,^[14] topmost reprised the role in Guardians defer to the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)^[15] thanks to well as The Guardians of grandeur Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). In 2021 he appeared in the action crust F9, directed by Justin Lin.^[16]

Personal life

Rooker lives in California with his old lady Margot. They married in 1979 contemporary have two daughters. He practices loftiness Kyokushin style of karate.^[1]^[17]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

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