Michael Rooker
Highest Rated: 100% Bastard out of Carolina (1996)
Lowest Rated: 0% Super Capers (2009)
Birthday: Apr 6, 1955
Birthplace: Jasper, Alabama, USA
Raised in Chicago by his divorced mother, Michael Rooker lived a hand-to-mouth existence until his teens. Rooker successfully auditioned for the Goodman School, and upon graduation, appeared in Chicago-area stage productions. He made a spectacular film debut in the sociopathic title role of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which was filmed in 1986 but not given a general release until four years later. Henry established Rooker as a gifted purveyor of "don't screw with me" roles, such as chief "Black Sox" conspirator Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988). Michael Rooker's more rugged film assignments of the 1990s included Cliffhanger (1993) and Tombstone (1994).

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

CREDIT
67% Bolden Actor — 2019
84% Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Yondu $389.9M 2017
52% The Belko Experiment Bud Melks $10.2M 2017
91% Guardians of the Galaxy Yondu $270.6M 2014
No Score Yet Brother's Keeper Chief Carver — 2013
No Score Yet Rogue River Actor — 2012
No Score Yet Pennhurst Director Actor — 2012
17% Cell 213 Ray Clement — 2011
49% Super Abe $0.3M 2011
No Score Yet Mysteria Actor — 2011
No Score Yet DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection Actor — 2010
No Score Yet Atlantis Down Father — 2010
40% Louis Pat McMurphy — 2010
No Score Yet DC Showcase: Jonah Hex Red Doc — 2010
52% Blood Done Sign My Name Defense Attorney Billy Watkins $83.2K 2010
No Score Yet Freeway Killer Detective St. John — 2010
No Score Yet Hypothermia Ray Pelletier — 2010
80% Penance Mann — 2009
0% Super Capers The Dark Winged Vespers — 2009
No Score Yet The Lena Baker Story (Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story) Sheriff Haney — 2009
No Score Yet The Marine 2 Church — 2009
No Score Yet Meteor Calvin Stark — 2009
15% Jumper William Rice $80.1M 2008
No Score Yet Whisper Sydney Braverman — 2007
No Score Yet The Hard Ride Actor — 2007
86% Slither Grant Grant $7.8M 2006
No Score Yet Kinamand (Chinaman) Actor — 2006
No Score Yet Full Count Russ — 2006
No Score Yet Johnny & Clyde Frank Tennant — 2005
No Score Yet Chasing Ghosts Mark Spencer — 2005
No Score Yet Skeleton Man Captain Leary — 2004
No Score Yet The Eliminator Miles Dawson — 2004
No Score Yet On Thin Ice Roger Hopkins — 2003
No Score Yet The Box Det. Stafford — 2003
No Score Yet Saving Jessica Lynch Commander Curry — 2003
48% Undisputed A.J. Mercker — 2002
27% Replicant Jake — 2001
41% The 6th Day Robert Marshall $33.9M 2000
No Score Yet Newsbreak John McNamara — 2000
17% Here on Earth Michael — 2000
50% Brown's Requiem Fritz Brown — 2000
No Score Yet Table One Rowdy — 2000
No Score Yet A Table for One Matt — 1999
No Score Yet Renegade Force Actor — 1998
No Score Yet Shadow Builder Actor — 1998
35% The Replacement Killers Stan Zeedo Zedkov — 1998
48% Deceiver Kennesaw $0.6M 1998
No Score Yet Bram Stoker's Shadowbuilder Father Vassey — 1998
85% Rosewood Sheriff Walker — 1997
13% Meet Wally Sparks Actor — 1997
No Score Yet Song of Hiawatha Bertrand — 1997
100% Bastard out of Carolina Earle — 1996
75% The Trigger Effect Gary — 1996
No Score Yet Back to Back Bob — 1996
10% Keys to Tulsa Keith Michaels — 1996
56% Mallrats Svenning — 1995
No Score Yet The Hard Truth Jonah Mantz — 1994
73% Tombstone Sherman McMasters — 1993
57% The Dark Half Alan Panghorn — 1993
No Score Yet Afterburn Casey — 1992
83% JFK Bill Broussard — 1991
39% Days of Thunder Rowdy Burns — 1990
No Score Yet L.A. Takedown Bosko — 1989
78% Sea of Love Terry — 1989
75% Music Box Karchy Laszlo — 1989
86% Mississippi Burning Frank Bailey — 1988
86% Eight Men Out Chick Gandil — 1988
15% Rent-A-Cop Joe — 1988
53% Above the Law Man in Bar — 1988
53% Light of Day Oogie — 1987
87% Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Henry — 1986
67% Streets of Fire Actor — 1984

TV

CREDIT
No Score Yet Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
Guest
  • 2017
No Score Yet SEAL Team
2017
Big Chief
  • 2017
No Score Yet Talking Dead
2011
Guest
  • 2017
  • 2015
80% The Walking Dead
2010
Merle Dixon
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
No Score Yet The Nerdist
2011-2013
Guest
  • 2013
91% Archer
2009
E.Z. Ponder
  • 2012
No Score Yet Criminal Minds
2005
Linda Carlson
  • 2009
52% Shark
2006-2008
Oscar Riddick
  • 2008
No Score Yet Thief
2006
John Hayes
  • 2006
No Score Yet JAG
1995-2005
Capt. Jack Ramsey
  • 2005
No Score Yet MythBusters
2003-2018
Appearing
  • 2003
No Score Yet The Outer Limits
1995-2002
Beckett
  • 2001
No Score Yet The Equalizer
1985-1989
  • 1988

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