M. Emmet Walsh
Also known as Michael Emmet Walsh
American actor (1935–2024)
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Acting · Ogdensburg, New York, USA
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),…
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- Green and Gold — Scotty2025
- Outlaw Posse — Catfish2024
- Brothers — Judge Farful2024
- A Little White Lie — Arthur Baldwin2023
- Dotty and Soul — Harold Eichelbaum2023
- The Immaculate Room — Kate's Father2022
- American Gigolo — Coleman2022
- The Mimic — The Director2021
- South of Bix — Grandpa2019
- Faith, Hope & Love — Fr. John2019
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Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles as Earl Frank in Straight Time (1978), the Madman in The Jerk (1979), Captain Bryant in Blade Runner (1982), Harv in Critters (1986), and Walt Scheel in Christmas with the Kranks (2004). He starred as private detective Loren Visser in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen brothers' first film, for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.
Walsh's other numerous film appearances include Little Big Man (1970), What's Up, Doc? (1972), Serpico (1973), The Gambler (1974), Bound for Glory (1976), Slap Shot (1977), Airport '77 (1977), Brubaker (1980), Ordinary People (1980), Reds (1981), Silkwood (1983), Missing in Action (1984), Fletch (1985), Back to School (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Romeo + Juliet (1996), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), The Iron Giant (1999), Calvary (2014), and Knives Out (2019). Over five decades as a character actor, he credited roles in more than 220 films and television shows.
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1935 births2024 deaths20th-century American male actors21st-century American male actorsAmerican male deaf actorsAmerican male film actorsAmerican male television actorsAmerican male voice actorsAmerican people of Irish descentBest Male Lead Independent Spirit Award winnersClarkson University alumniMale actors from New York (state)