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Michael Rooker is an American actor who portrayed Merle Dixon in AMC's The Walking Dead. Michael Rooker was born in 1955 in Jasper, Alabama. When he was 13, his parents divorced and he went with his mother to live in Chicago.
He first rose to prominence for portraying Henry Lee Lucas 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 ...
YearTitleRole2024Sgt. Major Riordan2023Agent Oldham2023Yondu Udonta2022Gabriel TancrediOn the television front, Rooker is best known for his series regular role as Merle Dixon on AMC's hit series The Walking Dead (2010). Audiences loved to hate the ill-tempered redneck hunter and were sad to see him killed off the series in season three.
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- Mary Demas, Michael Rooker, and Tom Towles in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
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- Michael Rooker and Tom Towles in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
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2 days ago · Michael Rooker starred on The Walking Dead for three seasons, and critiques how his time on the show ended. Rooker's character, Merle, had a redemption arc but was killed off in Season 3. Rooker ...
Merle Dixon is a character in The Walking Dead TV series, played by Michael Rooker. He is a ruthless and cunning survivor who has a strained relationship with his brother Daryl Dixon.
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In a recent conversation with TMZ, Rooker was asked about Costner's Yellowstone departure, going on to compare it to how he'd personally left The Walking Dead.
Rooker received high praise for his striking performance in the critically acclaimed Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Born in Jasper, AL, Rooker moved with his family to Chicago in the mid-1960s. He earned his B.F.A. from the Goodman School of Drama at De Paul University in Chicago.
