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Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor known for playing the title role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.

Biography

Rooker, with eight brothers and sisters, was born in Jasper, Alabama and studied at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, where he moved to be with his mother and siblings at the age of thirteen, after his parents divorced.^[1][2]

He made his film debut in 1986 playing the title role in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.^[3] He has since appeared in numerous films over the years including Mississippi Burning, Sea of Love, Days of Thunder, JFK, Cliffhanger, Tombstone, Mallrats, Rosewood, The 6th Day and Jumper. He has also guest starred in the TV series Stargate SG-1 as Colonel Edwards.^[4] In 2010 stars in the James Felix McKenney's monster horror flick Hypothermia^[5], the film is co produced by Larry Fessenden and set in New York.^[6]

Partial filmography

Film

• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
• Light of Day (1987)
• Rent-A-Cop (1987)
• Above the Law (1988)
• Eight Men Out (1988)
• Mississippi Burning (1988)
• Sea of Love (1989)
• Music Box (1989)
• Days of Thunder (1990)
• JFK (1991)
• The Dark Half (1993)
• Cliffhanger (1993)
• Tombstone (1993)
• Mallrats (1995)
• Back to Back (1996)
• The Trigger Effect (1996)
• Bastard out of Carolina (1996)
• Keys to Tulsa (1997)
• Deceiver (1997)
• Rosewood (1997)
• Brown's Requiem (1998)
• The Replacement Killers (1998)
• Shadow Builder (1998)
• The Bone Collector (1999)
• Here on Earth (2000)
• The 6th Day (2000)
• Replicant (2001)
• Undisputed (2002)
• The Box (2003)
• The Eliminator (2004)
• Skeleton Man (2004)
• Slither (2006)
• Repo! The Genetic Opera (2006)
• Whisper (2007)
• Jumper (2008)
• The Lena Baker Story (2008)
• Super Capers (2009)
• Freeway Killer (2009)

Television

• Crime Story (1986)
• The Equalizer (1988)
• Gideon Oliver (1989)
• L.A. Takedown (1989)
• Fallen Angels (1995)
• The Outer Limits (2001)
• Jeremiah (2002)
• Tremors (2003)
• Lucky (2003)
• Stargate SG-1 (2003)
• CSI: Miami (2003)
• Saving Jessica Lynch (2003)
• Las Vegas (2004)
• JAG (2005)
• Thief (2006)
• Crossing Jordan (2007)
• Law & Order (2008)
• Scream Queen (2008)
• Shark (2008)
• Chuck (2008)
• Criminal Minds (2009)
• Meteor (2009) (mini-series)
• Psych (2009)

References

External links

• Michael Rooker at the Internet Movie Database