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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).
John Baxter returned home from the war. Settled in rural Colorado, he tries to banish the demons of his bloody past with a quiet life in the backcountry. He went through many problems in life and suffered a lot mentally, he never felt loved and he felt lonely. But after all, there was someone who gave John pure, unconditional love, his cousin Melissa. Melissa went to Norway with her friend Laura. They were kidnapped. When Melissa's mother Evelyn calls this news to John, his life is upside down. He is determined to go into action again and leave a corpse behind. He travels without hesitation to Norway determined to bring her home at any cost. Don't tease a snake with your bare foot and that's what this mafia did. 6 kidnappers Big Jasper, Bloody Karsson, Icelander Agnarsson, Thor The Slayer, Snowman Olaf, Rasmus Ice Bjorge and boss Invard Dahl are feared powerful men of the Nordic underworld. Vincent, Melissa's bf, heard about John's rescue mission and wants to join. When a shootout breaks out in Lillehammer, Vince is injured and policeman Ole Nordgaard is murdered, complicating matters. Dahl is furious over Thor's death. John has to take care of Vince, get rid of detective Elias Haavik Aarønes, free Melissa and Laura from the Oslo underworld and defeat the Norwegian mafia. Dahl's shoes are running, so he hires Nikku Jeremiassen, a Greenlandic hitman, and Finnish sniper Paavo Kapanen. John and Vince stand against the mafia. The girls are rescued and John starts dating Laura.
