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Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor who mainly plays roles of antagonists. He first rose to prominence for portraying the titular role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and is best known for starring as Merle Dixon in the AMC series The Walking Dead (2010–2013) and as Yondu Udonta in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), followed by its sequels Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He is a recurring collaborator of Guardians of the Galaxy director and co-CEO of DC Studios, James Gunn, appearing in all of his films to date, including Slither (2006), Super (2010), and The Suicide Squad (2021). Rooker's other notable roles include Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988), Frank Bailey in Mississippi Burning (1988), Terry Cruger in Sea of Love (1989), Rowdy Burns in Days of Thunder (1990), Bill Broussard in JFK (1991), Hal Tucker in Cliffhanger (1993), Sherman McMaster in Tombstone (1993), Jared Svenning in Mallrats (1995), Detective Edward Kennesaw in Deceiver (1997), Detective Howard Cheney in The Bone Collector (1999), Detective Jake Riley in Replicant (2001), and Buddy in F9 (2021).
The city bleeds neon into rain-slicked streets where nothing stays clean for long. Peter Parker moves through shadows that seem to follow him, a restless vigilante caught between the man he was and the thing he's become. Responsibility weighs heavier than any web he's spun. Above the grimy rooftops and corrupt precincts, he hunts monsters—some with fangs, others in three-piece suits. The line between hero and hunted blurs with each case. Aunt May's worried eyes haunt him more than any villain's threat. In this city of broken promises and darker impulses, even saving lives feels like a losing game. Yet he keeps swinging through the fog, searching for redemption in a world that doesn't believe in it anymore.
