5. Hal Tucker - Cliffhanger
You'd be pissed too if Stallone let your lady plummet to her death, and Rooker does a great job here of giving Stallone plenty of evils and being an all around bad ass while still being the good guy.
4. Keith Michaels - Keys to Tulsa
Now we're getting a little crazy. How crazy? How about put some guns to the side of your head crazy. While it's not the greatest movie of all time, and Rooker doesn't have a huge role, this is the kind of off-kilter performance you expect from the great man. A little crazy, a little scary, the friend you like but you're always on your toes around coz you never know when he's gonna snap.
3. Svenning - Mallrats
Ahh who will ever forget the infamous chocolate covered pretzel. Rooker hams it up big time in Kevin Smith's Mallrats with his insanity always at near boiling point. This is Rooker doing Rooker like Jack Nicholson does Jack Nicholson in..almost every single movie he ever does, but there's nothing wrong with that.
2. Frank Bailey - Mississippi Burning
Now we're onto totally scary Michael Rooker. This is a powerhouse and shit-scary performance from Rooker who uses his physical presence and booming voice to make Ed Norton in American History X look like a total pussy. A great movie and great work from Rooker.
1. Henry - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Well there's no doubt this would be number 1 as this is simply one of the greatest movies of all time, let alone the best Rooker performance. This is brutal, chilling, unrelenting and unflinching. The kind of one-in-a-million performance which lives in infamy. This surpasses great films like Chopper and Man Bites Dog in their portrail of one mans insanity. If you have somehow missed this movie, see it now!
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