Acting

M. Emmet Walsh

Born 1935-03-22 · Ogdensburg, New York, USA

Died 2024-03-19

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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Green and Gold
as Scotty
2025
Brothers
as Judge Farful
2024
Outlaw Posse
as Catfish
2024
Dotty and Soul
as Harold Eichelbaum
2023
A Little White Lie
as Arthur Baldwin
2023
American Gigolo
as Coleman
2022
The Immaculate Room
as Kate's Father
2022
The Mimic
as The Director
2021
Knives Out
as Mr. Proofroc
2019
The Righteous Gemstones
as Roy Gemstone
2019
South of Bix
as Grandpa
2019
Raising Buchanan
as Larry Kiesling
2019
Faith, Hope & Love
as Fr. John
2019
Sorry, Not Sorry
as Harry's Father
2019
Change in the Air
as Walter Lemke
2018
Toto
as Toto
2018
Shifting Gears
as Hank
2018
Boiling Pot
as Dean Marison
2015
Sneaky Pete
as Tex Hopkins
2015
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
as Gorak
2015
Empire
as Harold Blakeley
2015
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
as Detective
2014
Calvary
as The Writer
2014
Love Sick Love
as Ed
2012
Arthur Newman
as Zazek
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Uncle Bub
2012
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
as Chief Van Owen
2011
Pound Puppies
as Olaf (voice)
2010
Chasing 3000
as Chuck Ireland
2010
The Assignment
as Mr. Beudreaux
2010
Adventure Time
as Cosmic Owl (voice)
2010
Youth in Revolt
as Mr. Saunders
2009
Don McKay
as Samuel
2009
Haunted Echoes
as Neil
2008
Your Name Here
as Kroger
2008
A True Character
as Self
2008
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as Self
2007
Big Stan
as Lew Popper
2007
Damages
as Lyle Hewes
2007
Army Wives
as Bernie Wallacheck
2007
Man in the Chair
as Mickey Hopkins
2007
'Til Death
as Uncle Rudolph
2006
Greener Mountains
as Muggs
2005
Racing Stripes
as Woodzie
2005
Christmas with the Kranks
as Walt Scheel
2004
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as Wally Westland
2003
Charlie Lawrence
as Cubby
2003
Baggage
as Sandy Westphall
2003
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
as Jeb (voice)
2002
Snow Dogs
as George
2002
The Guardian
as Ezra Pence
2001
Night Visions
as Gus (segment "Reunion")
2001
Eyeball Eddie
as Coach Cook
2001
Christmas in the Clouds
as Stu O'Malley
2001
Poor White Trash
as Judge Pike
2000
Jack of Hearts
as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
2000
Ed
as Mayor Wally Kendricks
2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
as Self
2000
Random Hearts
as Billy (uncredited)
1999
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
as Mack (voice)
1999
Monster!
as Lloyd Reeves
1999
The Iron Giant
as Earl Stutz (voice)
1999
Me and Will
as Dean
1999
Wild Wild West
as Coleman
1999
The Wild Thornberrys
as Gemsbok #1 (voice)
1998
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
as Marshal Jim Phillips
1998
Men in White
as Stanley
1998
Erasable You
as Ralph Worth
1998
Chairman of the Board
as Freemont
1998
Twilight
as Lester Ivar
1998
My Best Friend's Wedding
as Joe O'Neal
1997
The Killing Jar
as Sheriff Foley
1997
Retroactive
as Sam
1997
Albino Alligator
as Dino
1997
Romeo + Juliet
as Apothecary
1996
The Lottery
as Chief Davis
1996
Early Edition
as Santa
1996
The West
as Self (voice)
1996
A Time to Kill
as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
1996
Portraits of a Killer
as Raymond Garrison
1996