Michael Rooker: movies and TV shows
Michael Rooker has 149 credits in the archive: 113 films and 36 TV series, from 1985 to 2025. Highest rated: The Rookie (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1985 – 2025 · busiest year: 2010 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Superman | Superman Robot #1 (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2024 | Creature Commandos | Sam (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | Sgt. Major Riordan | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Yondu | Film | 7.9 | 68 |
| 2023 | The Out-Laws | Agent Oldham | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2022 | Peacemaker | Red St. Wild | TV | 8.2 | 67 |
| 2022 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Yondu | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2022 | Corrective Measures | Warden Devlin | Film | 5.0 | 67 |
| 2022 | White Elephant | Gabriel Tancredi | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 2021 | What If...? | Yondu (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2021 | What If...? | Yondu Udonta (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad | Savant | Film | 7.5 | 66 |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios Legends | Yondu Udonta (archive footage) (uncredited) | TV | 7.4 | 66 |
| 2021 | F9 | Buddy | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2021 | Vivo | Lutador (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2021 | Clerk | Self | Film | 6.1 | 66 |
| 2021 | Renegades: The Bad Boys of NASCAR | Self | Film | 2.0 | 66 |
| 2020 | Love and Monsters | Clyde | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2020 | Fantasy Island | Damon | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 2020 | Dead Talk Live | Self - Guest | TV | 9.0 | 65 |
| 2020 | The Dark Tower | Elred Jonas | Film | 2.0 | 65 |
| 2020 | The Golden Hour: Making of Days of Thunder | Self | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2019 | The Righteous Gemstones | Cobb Milsap | TV | 7.5 | 64 |
| 2019 | Creepshow | Beau | TV | 7.4 | 64 |
| 2019 | Brightburn | The Big T | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 2019 | Bolden | Pat McMurphy | Film | 4.1 | 64 |
| 2018 | The Rookie | Frank Teska | TV | 8.5 | 63 |
| 2017 | SEAL Team | Big Chief | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Yondu | Film | 7.6 | 62 |
| 2017 | The Belko Experiment | Bud Melks | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 2017 | Life After Flash | Self | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 2017 | The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking | Merle Dixon / Lucille's Father (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2016 | Ride with Norman Reedus | Self | TV | 7.4 | 61 |
| 2016 | Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed | Self | TV | — | 61 |
| 2015 | CelebriD&D | Arnold | TV | 1.0 | 60 |
| 2014 | True Detective | Edward Hoyt | TV | 8.3 | 59 |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Yondu Udonta | Film | 7.9 | 59 |
| 2014 | The Driving Dead | Trooper | Film | 2.0 | 59 |
| 2014 | Elwood | Condello | Film | 2.3 | 59 |
| 2014 | The Sparrows Are Flying Again! - The Making of the Dark Half | Himself | Film | 2.0 | 59 |
| 2013 | Brother's Keeper | Chief Carver | Film | 4.9 | 58 |
| 2012 | Pennhurst | Dr. Death | Film | 3.1 | 57 |
| 2012 | Pennhurst | Film | 3.1 | 57 | |
| 2012 | Rogue River | Gas Attendent | Film | 4.7 | 57 |
| 2012 | Hypothermia | Ray Pelletier | Film | 3.9 | 57 |
| 2011 | Talking Dead | Self | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2011 | Cell 213 | Ray Clement | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 2011 | Mysteria | Captain McCarthy | Film | 3.8 | 56 |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead | Merle Dixon | TV | 8.1 | 55 |
| 2010 | Super | Abe | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2010 | DC Showcase: Jonah Hex | Red Doc (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2010 | Matadors | John Canterna | Film | 4.7 | 55 |
| 2010 | DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Red Doc (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2010 | Atlantis Down | Father / Alien | Film | 2.6 | 55 |
| 2010 | Blood Done Sign My Name | Defense attorney Billy Watkins | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 2010 | The Making of The Walking Dead | Self | Film | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2010 | Louis | Pat McMurphy | Film | 3.0 | 55 |
| 2009 | NSFW Show | Self - Guest | TV | — | 54 |
| 2009 | Archer | Sheriff E. Z. Ponder (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 54 |
| 2009 | Meteor | Calvin Stark | TV | 6.1 | 54 |
| 2009 | The Marine 2 | Church | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | Super Capers | Judge / Dark Winged Vesper | Film | 3.4 | 54 |
| 2009 | Freeway Killer | Det. St. John | Film | 4.6 | 54 |
| 2009 | Penance | Mann | Film | 3.6 | 54 |
| 2008 | Jumper | William Rice | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 2008 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | Film | 6.3 | 53 | |
| 2008 | Humanzee! | Priest | Film | 4.5 | 53 |
| 2008 | This Man's Life | Richard Crummly | Film | 2.0 | 53 |
| 2007 | Chuck | Mauser | TV | 7.7 | 52 |
| 2007 | Burn Notice | Dale Lawson | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 2007 | Whisper | Sydney Braverman | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 2006 | Psych | Garth Lawnmore | TV | 7.9 | 51 |
| 2006 | Shark | Oscar Riddick | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 2006 | Slither | Grant Grant | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 2006 | Thief | Detective John Hayes | TV | 6.6 | 51 |
| 2006 | Lenexa, 1 Mile | Russ | Film | 4.0 | 51 |
| 2006 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | Film | 3.0 | 51 | |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Chief Carlson | TV | 8.3 | 50 |
| 2005 | Chasing Ghosts | Mark Spencer | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 2005 | Portrait: The Making of Henry | Self | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 2005 | Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats | Self | Film | 2.0 | 50 |
| 2004 | Skeleton Man | Captain Leary | Film | 3.3 | 49 |
| 2004 | The Eliminator | Film | 4.2 | 49 | |
| 2003 | Las Vegas | Marcus Wexler | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2003 | Tremors | Kinney | TV | 6.2 | 48 |
| 2003 | The Box | Detective Stafford | Film | 4.3 | 48 |
| 2003 | Saving Jessica Lynch | Colonel Curry | Film | 4.4 | 48 |
| 2003 | On Thin Ice | Roger Hopkins | Film | 4.9 | 48 |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Marty Jones | TV | 7.7 | 47 |
| 2002 | Undisputed | A.J. Mercker | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 2002 | The Making of 'Tombstone' | Self | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 2002 | The Outer Limits: The New Series - Time Travel and Infinity | Colonel Beckett | Film | 4.7 | 47 |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Shawn Curaco | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 2001 | Replicant | Jake | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 2000 | The 6th Day | Robert Marshall | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 2000 | Here on Earth | Malcolm Arnold | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 2000 | Table One | Rowdy | Film | 3.6 | 45 |
| 2000 | Newsbreak | John McNamara | Film | 4.3 | 45 |
| 1999 | The Bone Collector | Captain Howard Cheney | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1999 | Wicked Ways | Matt Draper / Dr. Matthew Swan | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1999 | Wicked Ways | Film | 5.1 | 44 | |
| 1998 | The Replacement Killers | Stan 'Zeedo' Zedkov | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1998 | Renegade Force | Matt Cooper | Film | 5.4 | 43 |
| 1998 | Shadow Builder | Father Vassey | Film | 4.7 | 43 |
| 1998 | Brown's Requiem | Fritz Brown | Film | 4.5 | 43 |
| 1998 | Brown's Requiem | Film | 4.5 | 43 | |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Colonel Edwards | TV | 8.3 | 42 |
| 1997 | Song of Hiawatha | Bertrand | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1997 | Meet Wally Sparks | Michael Rooker | Film | 4.7 | 42 |
| 1997 | Keys to Tulsa | Keith Michaels | Film | 4.7 | 42 |
| 1997 | Rosewood | Sheriff Walker | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1997 | Deceiver | Detective Edward Kennesaw | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina | Uncle Earle | Film | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1996 | Back to Back | Bob Malone | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1996 | The Trigger Effect | Gary | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Colonel Beckett | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1995 | Mallrats | Svenning | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1995 | Johnny and Clyde | Frank Tennant | Film | 4.0 | 40 |
| 1994 | Suspicious | Attendant | Film | 4.3 | 39 |
| 1994 | The Hard Truth | Jonah Mantz | Film | 3.8 | 39 |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels | Babe McCloor | TV | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Sherman McMasters | Film | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1993 | Cliffhanger | Hal Tucker | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1993 | The Dark Half | Sheriff Alan Pangborn | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1992 | Afterburn | Casey 'Z' Zankowski | Film | 4.2 | 37 |
| 1991 | JFK | Bill Broussard | Film | 7.6 | 36 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Jamie Yost | TV | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder | Rowdy Burns | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Terry | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1989 | L.A. Takedown | Bosko | Film | 5.5 | 34 |
| 1989 | Gideon Oliver | Detective John Quinn | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1989 | Music Box | Karchy Laszlo | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1989 | The Edge | Deputy Sheriff (Indian Poker) | Film | 4.0 | 34 |
| 1988 | Above the Law | Man in Bar | Film | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning | Frank Bailey | Film | 7.7 | 33 |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out | Chick Gandil | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1988 | Retreads | Film | 4.7 | 33 | |
| 1987 | Rent-a-Cop | Joe | Film | 4.8 | 32 |
| 1987 | Light of Day | Oogie | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1986 | Crime Story | Lieutenant | TV | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1986 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | Henry | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Bill Whitaker | TV | 7.1 | 30 |
| Road Rage | Stony | Film | — | — | |
| Pig Village | Steve | Film | — | — | |
| Survive the Night | Film | — | — | ||
| Izzi | Sheriff Blackstone | Film | — | — | |
| Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger | Self | Film | — | — | |
| The Underneath: In Fortune's Shadow | The Man with the Answers | Film | — | — |