Age: 71
male
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 Kingdom of Myrtana, reunited by King Rhobar II: During the long years of his reign he was able to defeat all foes of the realm. All, except one: The war against the Orcs took its toll and the prisoners of the realm were to pay the price: The King needed swords for his army and every men guilty of a crime, no matter how insignificant was forced to work in the ore mines of Khorinis. To make it impossible to escape the King sent out the best magicians of the Kingdom to create a magic barrier around the entire valley, I was one of them. Something disturbed the delicate structure of magic: We were trapped inside our own barrier. One second of negleciance was enough for the prisoners. Khorinis was now under the control of the convicts. The King had no choice. He had to negotiate, he needed the ore. Month after month the King supplied everything the prisoners needed, month after month they brought the ore to the edge of the barrier in exchange until the present day: Another convict was brought to the Cliff...
