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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).
As a sequel to the 2024 movie, "Transformers One," this movie will take place a few years after Cybertron's first battle for independence, which is where two factions have risen: the heroic Autobots led by Optimus Prime (formerly Orion Pax) and the evil Decepticons led by Megatron (formerly D-16). The Autobots are preparing for their next battle against the Quintessons, but the Deceptive want to destroy the Autobots because Megatron wants his comrades to fight the Quintessons themselves without anything or anyone in their way. The robot civil war demolishes everything in its path causing the planet's flowing Energon lines to dramatically decrease. What can be done about the civil war? What can be done about the Energon? What can be done about the Quintessons?
