Acting
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).
The X-Files
1993 · TV
Adventure Time
2010 · TV
Frasier
1993 · TV
NYPD Blue
1993 · TV
Ironside
1967 · TV
Bonanza
1959 · TV
Army Wives
2007 · TV
Damages
2007 · TV
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · TV
Baretta
1975 · TV
The Rockford Files
1974 · TV
The Waltons
1972 · TV
Home Improvement
1991 · TV
Empire
2015 · TV
The Righteous Gemstones
2019 · TV
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · TV
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · TV
The Guardian
2001 · TV
Early Edition
1996 · TV
Sneaky Pete
2015 · TV
Blade Runner
1982 · Movie
The Hitchhiker
1983 · TV
All in the Family
1971 · TV
Amazing Stories
1985 · TV
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002 · TV
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · TV
Pound Puppies
2010 · TV
McMillan & Wife
1971 · TV
Knives Out
2019 · Movie
Baseball
1994 · TV
Ed
2000 · TV
'Til Death
2006 · TV
The Flash
1990 · TV
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV
The Iron Giant
1999 · Movie
Nichols
1971 · TV
A Time to Kill
1996 · Movie
Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Movie
Arnie
1970 · TV
Tracey Takes On...
1996 · TV
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015 · Movie
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014 · TV
The Civil War
1990 · TV
Big Stan
2007 · Movie
AfterMASH
1983 · TV
American Gigolo
2022 · TV
Night Visions
2001 · TV
Brothers
2024 · Movie
Christmas with the Kranks
2004 · Movie
Midnight Cowboy
1969 · Movie
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999 · TV
Wild Wild West
1999 · Movie
Harry and the Hendersons
1987 · Movie
The French Atlantic Affair
1979 · TV
Critters
1986 · Movie
Raising Arizona
1987 · Movie
Serpico
1973 · Movie
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · Movie
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971 · Movie
Racing Stripes
2005 · Movie
Ordinary People
1980 · Movie
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV
Blood Simple
1985 · Movie
Missing in Action
1984 · Movie
The Jerk
1979 · Movie
The Immaculate Room
2022 · Movie
Snow Dogs
2002 · Movie
Airport '77
1977 · Movie
East of Eden
1981 · TV
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 · Movie
The West
1996 · TV
Brubaker
1980 · Movie
Random Hearts
1999 · Movie
Back to School
1986 · Movie
Silkwood
1983 · Movie
Little Big Man
1970 · Movie
Slap Shot
1977 · Movie
Reds
1981 · Movie
Calvary
2014 · Movie
What's Up, Doc?
1972 · Movie
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988 · Movie
White Sands
1992 · Movie
Youth in Revolt
2009 · Movie
Red Scorpion
1988 · Movie
Fletch
1985 · Movie
Straight Time
1978 · Movie
Wildcats
1986 · Movie
Raise the Titanic
1980 · Movie
The Deliberate Stranger
1986 · TV
No Man's Land
1987 · Movie
Twilight
1998 · Movie
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984 · Movie
Panther
1995 · Movie
Murder Ordained
1987 · TV
Unsub
1989 · TV
Mikey and Nicky
1976 · Movie
Narrow Margin
1990 · Movie
Killer Image
1992 · Movie
Brotherhood of the Rose
1989 · TV
A Little White Lie
2023 · Movie
Clean and Sober
1988 · Movie
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984 · Movie
The Deliberate Stranger
1986 · Movie
Camp Nowhere
1994 · Movie
The Mighty Quinn
1989 · Movie
The Gambler
1974 · Movie
The Flash
1990 · Movie
Resting Place
1986 · Movie
Back Roads
1981 · Movie
Nickelodeon
1976 · Movie
The Best of Times
1986 · Movie
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007 · Movie
Cannery Row
1982 · Movie
Hero in the Family
1986 · Movie
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1991 · Movie
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975 · Movie
Green and Gold
2025 · Movie
Raising Buchanan
2019 · Movie
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000 · Movie
Arthur Newman
2012 · Movie
Sunset
1988 · Movie
Relative Fear
1994 · Movie
Cold Turkey
1971 · Movie
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 · Movie
They Might Be Giants
1971 · Movie
War Party
1988 · Movie
Albino Alligator
1997 · Movie
Scandalous
1984 · Movie
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987 · Movie
Don McKay
2009 · Movie
The Traveling Executioner
1970 · Movie
Courage
1984 · Movie
Bound for Glory
1976 · Movie
Crime Club
1975 · Movie
Chairman of the Board
1998 · Movie
Retroactive
1997 · Movie
Poor White Trash
2000 · Movie
The Glass Shield
1994 · Movie
The Mimic
2021 · Movie
Alice's Restaurant
1969 · Movie
Outlaw Posse
2024 · Movie
Me and Will
1999 · Movie
Cops & Robbersons
1994 · Movie
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003 · Movie
Dead Badge
1995 · Movie
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992 · Movie
A Question of Guilt
1978 · Movie
The Escape Artist
1982 · Movie
At Long Last Love
1975 · Movie
Catch Me... If You Can
1989 · Movie
Greener Mountains
2005 · Movie
Dotty and Soul
2023 · Movie
Hellinger's Law
1981 · Movie
Chattahoochee
1990 · Movie
Change in the Air
2018 · Movie
Stiletto
1969 · Movie
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972 · Movie
The Naked Truth
1992 · Movie
The Music of Chance
1993 · Movie
Equinox
1992 · Movie
Eyeball Eddie
2001 · Movie
The Right of the People
1986 · Movie
Fourth Story
1991 · Movie
Probable Cause
1994 · Movie
Man in the Chair
2007 · Movie
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975 · Movie
Murder Ordained
1987 · Movie
The Killing Jar
1997 · Movie
End of the Road
1970 · Movie
Fast-Walking
1982 · Movie
Men in White
1998 · Movie
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980 · Movie
Faith, Hope & Love
2019 · Movie
Wild Card
1992 · Movie
The Lottery
1996 · Movie
Criminal Hearts
1996 · Movie
Christmas in the Clouds
2001 · Movie
Chasing 3000
2010 · Movie
Wilder Napalm
1993 · Movie
The Invasion of Johnson County
1976 · Movie
The Gift
1979 · Movie
Kid Blue
1973 · Movie
Portraits of a Killer
1996 · Movie
Shifting Gears
2018 · Movie
Haunted Echoes
2008 · Movie
City in Fear
1980 · Movie
Red Alert
1977 · Movie
No Other Love
1979 · Movie
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983 · Movie
Broken Vows
1987 · Movie
The Assignment
2010 · Movie
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
1998 · Movie
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1995 · Movie
Boiling Pot
2015 · Movie
Bitter Harvest
1993 · Movie
Dear Detective
1979 · Movie
Night Partners
1983 · Movie
Superdome
1978 · Movie
South of Bix
2019 · Movie
Your Name Here
2008 · Movie
Love and Lies
1990 · Movie
The Outlaws
1984 · Movie
Monster!
1999 · Movie
Thunderground
1989 · Movie
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
2011 · Movie
Jack of Hearts
2000 · Movie
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
1985 · Movie
Sorry, Not Sorry
2019 · Movie
Baggage
2003 · Movie
Love Sick Love
2012 · Movie
