Movie Credits
The Hard Ride	(2007)
[ Christopher Atkins ][ John Laughlin ][ Don Murray ]
The Sand	(2007)
[ Casper Van Dien ]
Lenexa, 1 Mile	(2006)
[ William Baldwin ][ Chris Klein ][ Jason Ritter ][ Austin Nichols ]
No Direction Home	(2006)
[ Clifton Collins Jr. ][ Andre Braugher ]
Everything That Rises Must Converge	(2006)
[ Clifton Collins Jr. ][ Andre Braugher ]
I Ain't Goin' to Jail for Anyone	(2006)
[ Clifton Collins Jr. ][ Andre Braugher ]
Pilot	(2006)
[ Corbin Bernsen ][ Eric Bogosian ][ Raoul Bova ][ Seth Green ][ John Allen Nelson ]
Slither	(2006)
[ Gregg Henry ][ Nathan Fillion ][ James Gunn ]
Chasing Ghosts	(2005)
[ James Duval ][ Michael Madsen ][ Lochlyn Munro ][ Danny Trejo ][ Gary Busey ]
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay	(2004)
[ Vin Diesel ][ Dwight Schultz ][ Ron Perlman ][ Cole Hauser ][ John Di Maggio ]
Skeleton Man	(2004)
[ Casper Van Dien ]
The Eliminator	(2004)
Saving Jessica Lynch	(2003)
[ Mark Moses ]
On Thin Ice	(2003)
[ Lothaire Bluteau ][ Michael Seater ]
The Box	(2003)
[ Brad Dourif ][ James Russo ][ Jon Polito ]
Undisputed	(2002)
[ Jon Seda ][ Wesley Snipes ][ Ving Rhames ][ Michael Bailey Smith ][ Wes Studi ]
Replicant	(2001)
[ Jean-Claude Van Damme ][ Paul McGillion ]
HRT	(2001)
[ Sean Maher ][ Ernie Hudson ][ Lillo Brancato ]
The 6th Day	(2000)
[ Robert Duvall ][ Tony Goldwyn ][ Arnold Schwarzenegger ][ Terry Crews ][ Michael Rapaport ]
NewsBreak	(2000)
[ Robert Culp ][ Judge Reinhold ][ David Proval ]
Here on Earth	(2000)
[ Josh Hartnett ][ Chris Klein ][ Bruce Greenwood ]
Table One	(2000)
[ Stephen Baldwin ][ Burt Young ][ David Herman ][ Lillo Brancato ]
The Bone Collector	(1999)
[ Bobby Cannavale ][ John Benjamin Hickey ][ Denzel Washington ][ Ed O'Neill ][ Leland Orser ]
A Table for One	(1999)
[ Dale Dye ]
Renegade Force	(1998)
[ Robert Patrick ]
Shadow Builder	(1998)
[ Kevin Zegers ][ Tony Todd ][ Steven Jay Blum ]
The Replacement Killers	(1998)
[ Til Schweiger ][ Yun-Fat Chow ][ Danny Trejo ][ Clifton Collins Jr. ][ Antoine Fuqua ]
Brown's Requiem	(1998)
[ Brad Dourif ][ Christopher Meloni ][ Tobin Bell ][ Kevin Corrigan ][ Harold Gould ]
Meet Wally Sparks	(1997)
[ Tony Danza ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Bob Saget ][ Michael Weatherly ][ Ron Jeremy ]
Song of Hiawatha	(1997)
[ David Strathairn ][ Graham Greene ][ Adam Beach ][ Russell Means ]
Deceiver	(1997)
[ Chris Penn ][ Tim Roth ]
Keys to Tulsa	(1997)
[ James Spader ][ Eric Stoltz ][ Peter Strauss ]
Rosewood	(1997)
[ Bruce McGill ][ Robert Patrick ][ Jon Voight ][ Don Cheadle ][ Ving Rhames ]
The Trigger Effect	(1996)
[ Richard T Jones ][ Kyle MacLachlan ][ Dermot Mulroney ][ Greg Grunberg ][ Richard Schiff ]
Bastard Out of Carolina	(1996)
[ Dermot Mulroney ][ Ron Eldard ][ Pat Hingle ]
Back to Back	(1996)
[ John Laughlin ][ Fred Willard ][ Vincent Schiavelli ][ Bob Goldthwait ][ Leland Orser ]
Mallrats	(1995)
[ Ben Affleck ][ Kevin Smith ][ Jason Lee ][ Jason Mewes ][ Ethan Suplee ]
Johnny & Clyde	(1995)
Suspicious	(1994)
The Hard Truth	(1994)
[ Eric Roberts ]
Tombstone	(1993)
[ Michael Biehn ][ Charlton Heston ][ Terry O'Quinn ][ Bill Paxton ][ Jason Priestley ]
Cliffhanger	(1993)
[ John Lithgow ][ Bruce McGill ][ Sylvester Stallone ][ Renny Harlin ][ Zach Grenier ]
The Dark Half	(1993)
[ Timothy Hutton ][ Elvis Presley ][ Stephen King ][ George A. Romero ][ Robert Joy ]
Afterburn	(1992)
[ Vincent Spano ][ Robert Loggia ]
JFK	(1991)
[ Kevin Bacon ][ Kevin Costner ][ Tommy Lee Jones ][ Jack Lemmon ][ Walter Matthau ]
Days of Thunder	(1990)
[ Tom Cruise ][ Robert Duvall ][ Cary Elwes ][ Billy Idol ][ Elton John ]
Sea of Love	(1989)
[ Gerald Lenton ][ Al Pacino ][ Samuel L. Jackson ][ John Goodman ][ Tom Waits ]
L.A. Takedown	(1989)
[ Daniel Baldwin ][ Billy Idol ][ Scott Plank ][ Xander Berkeley ][ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ]
The Edge	(1989)
[ Brad Davis ][ Rutger Hauer ][ Christian Slater ]
Music Box	(1989)
[ Lukas Haas ][ Frederic Forrest ]
Mississippi Burning	(1988)
[ Willem Dafoe ][ Brad Dourif ][ Gene Hackman ][ Tobin Bell ][ R. Lee Ermey ]
Eight Men Out	(1988)
[ Charlie Sheen ][ David Strathairn ][ John Cusack ][ Christopher Lloyd ][ Michael Lerner ]
Above the Law	(1988)
[ Steven Seagal ]
Retreads	(1988)
[ Joe Estevez ]
Rent-a-Cop	(1987)
[ Bernie Casey ][ James Remar ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Robby Benson ]
Light of Day	(1987)
[ Michael J. Fox ][ Michael McKean ][ Steven Tyler ][ Bruce Springsteen ]
Pilot #1	(1986)
[ Eric Bogosian ][ Anthony John Denison ][ Ted Levine ][ David Caruso ][ Bill Campbell ]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	(1986)
Crime Story	(1986)
[ Eric Bogosian ][ Andrew Dice Clay ][ Anthony John Denison ][ Ted Levine ][ David Caruso ]

Raised in Chicago by his divorced mother, Michael Rooker lived a hand-to-mouth existence until his teens. Rooker successfully auditioned for the Goodman School, and upon graduation, appeared in Chicago-area stage productions. He made a spectacular film debut in the sociopathic title role of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, which was filmed in 1986 but not given a general release until four years later. Henry established Rooker as a gifted purveyor of "don't screw with me" roles, such as chief "Black Sox" conspirator Chick Gandil in Eight Men Out (1988). Michael Rooker's more rugged film assignments of the 1990s included Cliffhanger (1993) and Tombstone (1994).