Acting
M. Emmet Walsh
1935-2024
Known for Blade Runner, Knives Out, Wild Wild West.
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Born03/22/1935
Died03/19/2024
AgeDied at 88
BirthplaceOgdensburg, New York, USA
DepartmentActing
Also known asMichael Emmet Walsh, امت والش
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).
Movie Credits
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency (2011)
Red Scorpion (1988)
Critters (1986)
Missing in Action (1984)
Green and Gold (2025)
Boiling Pot (2015)
The Music of Chance (1993)
Scandalous (1984)
The Immaculate Room (2022)
Change in the Air (2018)
Don McKay (2009)
Youth in Revolt (2009)
Christmas in the Clouds (2001)
Wilder Napalm (1993)
The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Back Roads (1981)
Faith, Hope & Love (2019)
Raising Buchanan (2019)
Shifting Gears (2018)
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)
Snow Dogs (2002)
Wild Wild West (1999)
Bitter Harvest (1993)
The Right of the People (1986)
Blood Simple (1985)
Blade Runner (1982)
Ordinary People (1980)
Straight Time (1978)
Brothers (2024)
Racing Stripes (2005)
Albino Alligator (1997)
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Camp Nowhere (1994)
The Naked Truth (1992)
Narrow Margin (1990)
Calvary (2014)
Big Stan (2007)
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991)
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
The Best of Times (1986)
Fletch (1985)
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975)
The Lottery (1996)
A Little White Lie (2023)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Jerk (1979)
The Mimic (2020)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Cops & Robbersons (1994)
Brubaker (1980)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
Little Big Man (1970)
Hellinger's Law (1981)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Wildcats (1986)
The Glass Shield (1994)
Panther (1995)
At Long Last Love (1975)
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Knives Out (2019)
Clean and Sober (1988)
The Gambler (1974)
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003)
Slap Shot (1977)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Cold Turkey (1971)
Serpico (1973)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Nickelodeon (1976)
