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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).
Michael Rooker
Inspector Dan Turpin
for Inspector Dan Turpin in Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2013)
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Clark Kent begins his first year as Superman, emerging as Earth’s symbol of hope while balancing his life at the Daily Planet with Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. A cosmic threat arrives: Brainiac, the collector of civilizations, seeking to add Earth and its greatest minds to his collection alongside the bottled city of Kandor. In the depths of Brainiac’s ship, Clark discovers Kandor still intact — and among Brainiac’s prisoners, a lone Kryptonian girl in stasis: Kara Zor-El, his cousin, sent from Krypton before its destruction. With her is Krypto, the loyal superdog who was part of an early Kryptonian rocket experiment. Clark frees Kara and Krypto, and as Kara awakens, she struggles to understand this new world and the loss of their home. Together, the cousins stand against Brainiac, whose cold logic sees Kryptonians as rare specimens to be preserved, not free. Clark’s compassion and Kara’s raw strength become the key to defeating Brainiac, not through power alone, but through proving the worth of free will and hope. Superman, Supergirl, and Krypto ensure Kandor’s safety, though the city remains trapped in its bottled state, promising future challenges. Post Credits: In the shadows of another city, a Batarang embeds into a monitor as Gotham news outlets report on Superman’s heroic rise.
