
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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