Biography
Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American character actor who has appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles in dozens of major studio features of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen Brothers' first film for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also appeared in The Jerk (1979), Ordinary People (1980), Blade Runner (1982), Wild Wild West (1999), and The Iron Giant (1999). His final films included Knives Out (2019) and Brothers (2024).
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Adventure Time
The West
The X-Files
The Iron Giant
Tales from the Crypt
No Other Love
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
The Civil War
Blade Runner
Little House on the Prairie
Knives Out
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
All in the Family
The Outer Limits
Frasier
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg
The Rockford Files
Faith, Hope & Love
Sneaky Pete
Damages
Army Wives
Baseball
Amazing Stories
Night Partners
Serpico
The Bob Newhart Show
Midnight Cowboy
Bonanza
The Righteous Gemstones
A Time to Kill
Home Improvement
The Flash
Ordinary People
What's Up, Doc?
Little Big Man
Blood Simple
Starsky & Hutch
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Straight Time
The Waltons
Empire
Calvary
Night Visions
NYPD Blue
Raising Arizona
Brubaker
Green and Gold
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Guardian