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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).
On the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) research facility on Mars, Corporal Flynn “Fly” Taggart an ex-space marine who was transferred to the prison system in the (UAC) for shooting and killing a high-ranking officer awakes from his slumber in his cell block where he discovers the entire Facility is deserted. Wandering through the base and finding bloody corpses and human carcasses throughout. He soon discovered part of Mars' moon Deimos is missing. He also finds a sarcophagus along with his Praetor Suit but as soon as he tries to reach it he is attacked by a horde of zombie-like creatures. As he tries to punch his way through the zombie horde defines a pistol and shoots his way through. He is then rescued and reunited by his former comrades; Snookie, Bob, Scott, and Bill who transfer from the Phobos Moon Base. They shoot one of the explosive barrels killing off the zombie horde. But they are led by Lieutenant Kane Sandlers.
