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 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).
Acting (164 movies)
South of Bix
2019
Brubaker
1980
The Iron Giant
1999
Critters
1986
Alice's Restaurant
1969
The Best of Times
1986
The Mighty Quinn
1989
The Jerk
1979
Blood Simple
1985
Slap Shot
1977
Chairman of the Board
1998
Straight Time
1978
Narrow Margin
1990
Wild Wild West
1999
Cold Turkey
1971
Raise the Titanic
1980
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
Cannery Row
1982
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
Harry and the Hendersons
1987
Twilight
1998
Fletch
1985
Red Scorpion
1988
Silkwood
1983
Retroactive
1997
Christmas in the Clouds
2001
No Man's Land
1987
Big Stan
2007
Catch Me... If You Can
1989
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
Don McKay
2009
The Outlaws
1984
Cops & Robbersons
1994
Man in the Chair
2007
Missing in Action
1984
Back to School
1986
Back Roads
1981
The Gambler
1974
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1989
Poor White Trash
2000
Me and Will
1999
Fast-Walking
1982
Ordinary People
1980
The Music of Chance
1993
Camp Nowhere
1994
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
Reds
1981
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
White Sands
1992
Killer Image
1992
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
War Party
1988
The Traveling Executioner
1970
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
City in Fear
1980
Thunderground
1989
Random Hearts
1999
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1995
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
2011
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980
Red Alert
1977
A Question of Guilt
1978
Your Name Here
2008
Scandalous
1984
Broken Vows
1987
At Long Last Love
1975
Nickelodeon
1976
Love Sick Love
2012
Monster!
1999
Skag
1980
The Naked Truth
1992
Bitter Harvest
1993
The Flash
1990
Abduction
1987
Baggage
2003
Haunted Echoes
2008
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
Calvary
2014
Probable Cause
1994
Racing Stripes
2005
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
They Might Be Giants
1971
Youth in Revolt
2009
Mikey and Nicky
1976
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975
Little Big Man
1970
Superdome
1978
A Time to Kill
1996
Airport '77
1977
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000
Snow Dogs
2002
Blade Runner
1982
Relative Fear
1995
Criminal Hearts
1996
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
1998
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015
Albino Alligator
1997
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