What is Michael Rooker?
{{Infobox person | name = Michael Rooker | image = Michael Rooker Makeup and Hairstyling Symposium - Feb 2015 (cropped).jpg | caption = Rooker in February 2015 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|4|6|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Jasper, Alabama|Jasper]], [[Alabama]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [[DePaul University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])}} | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1986–present | spouse = {{marriage|Margot Rooker|1979}} | children = 2 | signature = Michael Rooker signature.svg }} '''Michael Rooker''' (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Henry in ''[[Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer]]'' (1986), Terry Cruger in ''[[Sea of Love (movie)|Sea of Love]]'' (1989), Rowdy Burns in ''[[Days of Thunder]]'' (1990), Bill Broussard in ''[[JFK (movie)|JFK]]'' (1991), Hal Tucker in ''[[Cliffhanger (movie)|Cliffhanger]]'' (1993), Jared Svenning in ''[[Mallrats]]'' (1995), [[Merle Dixon]] in [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'' (2010–2013) and [[Yondu|Yondu Udonta]] in ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (movie)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' (2014) and ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2]]'' (2017).<ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019659/bio Michael Rooker Biography - Yahoo! Movies]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nerdist.com/2011/12/nerdist-podcast-151-michael-rooker/|title=Nerdist Podcast #151: Michael Rooker|author=Hardwick, Chris|date=December 20, 2011|publisher=[[Nerdist News|Nerdist]]|access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502011642/http://www.nerdist.com/2011/12/nerdist-podcast-151-michael-rooker/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|740264}} *{{Official website|http://www.michaelrookeronline.com}} *[https://www.facebook.com/officialmichaelrooker Michael Rooker on Facebook] {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rooker, Micha