Age: 71
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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
General Sam Lane
for General Sam Lane in Superman: Man of Tomorrow
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Clark Kent moved to metropolis, trying to live a quiet life as a journalist at the Daily Planet. But after saving a train full of people during a catastrophic infrastructure failure, he is thrust into the public spotlight, and becomes a symbol of both hope and fear. As the world meets Superman for the first time, Lex Luthor, a rising tech magnate and defense contractor, positions himself as Earth’s protector from “alien dependency.” Meanwhile, an accident at S.T.A.R. Labs involving a low-level technician, Rudy Jones, transforms him into the energy-draining monster Parasite, a tragedy Lex intends to exploit. As Parasite spirals out of control, Superman must prove he is not the threat, but the savior the world needs
