Michael Rooker
Michael Rooker was born in Jasper, Alabama, United States on April 6th, 1955 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 69, Michael Rooker biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor best known for his appearances as Henry in Henry (1986), Terry Cruger in Sea of Fire (1990), Rowdy Burns (1990), Merle Dixon in Mallrats (1993), and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 5.
2 (2017).
Early life
Rooker was born in Jasper, Alabama. He has nine brothers and sisters. He and his parents divorced when he was 13 years old, and he and his siblings moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he attended Wells Community Academy High School and studied at DePaul University's Goodman School of Drama.
Personal life
Rooker and his partner, Margot Rooker, live in California. They married in 1979 and have two children. He practices Kyokushin style karate.
Career
He made his film debut in 1986 in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, based on serial killer Henry Lee Lucas' confessions. He was appearing in a play when the play's producer, who would do Henry's prosthetics, told him of his role. Whether the script was good or bad; he just wanted to act in a film because doing so would "challenge" him. Henry was a critical success, and Rooker was given more film roles.
He was given more prominent roles in films including Eight Men Out, Mississippi Burning, and JFK, but it was later known for his roles in action and thriller films such as Sea of Love, Days of Thunder, Cliffhanger, and Tombstone. He appeared in Mallrats, Rosewood, The 6th Day, Slither, Jumper, Super, and Hypothermia.
Merle Dixon, one of the survivors of a zombie apocalypse, died on June 10, 2010; he revealed it on Twitter. Before becoming a series regular for the third season, he appeared in two episodes of the first season and one of the second season.
Rooker is also known for his appearances in video games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops (where he appeared himself), Mike Harper in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 in November 2012, and Merle in The Walking Dead: The Uninhibited Survival Instinct, the computer game based on the television series.
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Yondu appeared in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, and he reprised it in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). He appeared in the action film F9, directed by Justin Lin, in 2021.