Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
22 Mar, 1935 (90 years old)
Death date
19 Mar, 2024
M. Emmet Walsh
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 Carl Reiner's comedy The Jerk (1979), Robert Redford's drama Ordinary People (1980), Ridley Scott's science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), Barry Sonnenfeld's steampunk western Wild Wild West (1999) and Brad Bird's animated film The Iron Giant (1999).
Known For
Acting
2025
Green and Gold
2024
Brothers
2024
Outlaw Posse
2023
A Little White Lie
2022
The Immaculate Room
2021
The Mimic
2019
Knives Out
2019
Raising Buchanan
2019
Faith, Hope & Love
2018
Change in the Air
2018
Shifting Gears
2015
Boiling Pot
2015
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2014
Calvary
2012
Arthur Newman
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2010
Chasing 3000
2009
Youth in Revolt
2009
Don McKay
2007
Big Stan
2005
Greener Mountains
2005
Racing Stripes
2004
Christmas with the Kranks
2003
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2002
Snow Dogs
2001
Christmas in the Clouds
2000
Poor White Trash
1999
Random Hearts
1999
The Iron Giant
1999
Wild Wild West
1998
Chairman of the Board
1998
Twilight
1997
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
The Killing Jar
1997
Retroactive
1996
Romeo + Juliet
1996
Albino Alligator
1996
A Time to Kill
1995
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
Panther
1994
The Glass Shield
1994
Camp Nowhere
1994
Cops & Robbersons
1993
Bitter Harvest
1993
Wilder Napalm
1993
The Music of Chance
1992
Equinox
1992
White Sands
1990
Narrow Margin
1990
Chattahoochee
1989
Catch Me If You Can
1989
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1989
The Mighty Quinn
1988
Red Scorpion
1988
War Party
1988
Clean and Sober
1988
Sunset
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
1987
No Man's Land
1987
Harry and the Hendersons
1987
Murder Ordained
1987
Raising Arizona
1986
Back to School
1986
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
Resting Place
1986
Critters
1986
Wildcats
1986
The Best of Times
1985
Fletch
1984
Courage
1984
Missing in Action
1984
Blood Simple
1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1983
Silkwood
1982
Blade Runner
1982
The Escape Artist
1982
Fast-Walking
1982
Cannery Row
1981
Reds
1981
Back Roads
1980
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980
Ordinary People
1980
Raise the Titanic
1980
Brubaker
1979
The Jerk
1979
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1978
Straight Time
1978
A Question of Guilt
1978
Superdome
1977
Airport '77
1977
Slap Shot
1976
Mikey and Nicky
1976
Nickelodeon
1976
Bound for Glory
1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
At Long Last Love
1975
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1974
The Gambler
1973
Serpico
1973
Kid Blue
1972
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972
What's Up, Doc?
1971
They Might Be Giants
1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
Cold Turkey
1970
Little Big Man
1970
The Traveling Executioner
1970
End of the Road
1969
Alice's Restaurant
1969
Stiletto
1969
Midnight Cowboy