M. Emmet Walsh
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 Carl Reiner's comedy The Jerk (1979), Robert Redford's drama Ordinary People (1980), Ridley Scott's science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), Barry Sonnenfeld's steampunk western Wild Wild West (1999) and Brad Bird's animated film The Iron Giant (1999).
Known for
Outlaw Posse
A Little White Lie
American Gigolo
The Immaculate Room
The Mimic
Knives Out
The Righteous Gemstones
South of Bix
Raising Buchanan
Faith, Hope & Love
Sorry, Not Sorry
Change in the Air
Toto
Shifting Gears
Boiling Pot
Sneaky Pete
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Empire
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Calvary
Love Sick Love
Arthur Newman
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
Pound Puppies
Chasing 3000
The Assignment
Adventure Time
Youth in Revolt
Don McKay
Haunted Echoes
Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner'
Big Stan
Damages
Man in the Chair
Greener Mountains
Racing Stripes
Christmas with the Kranks
Baggage
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Snow Dogs
Night Visions
Eyeball Eddie
Christmas in the Clouds
Poor White Trash
Jack of Hearts
Ed
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Random Hearts
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
The Iron Giant
Me and Will
Wild Wild West
The Wild Thornberrys
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
Men in White
Chairman of the Board
Twilight
My Best Friend's Wedding
The Killing Jar
Retroactive
Romeo + Juliet
The Lottery
Early Edition
The West
Albino Alligator
A Time to Kill
Portraits of a Killer
Criminal Hearts
Tracey Takes On...
Relative Fear
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Panther
Dead Badge
The Outer Limits
Probable Cause
Baseball
The Glass Shield
Camp Nowhere
Cops & Robbersons
Bitter Harvest
NYPD Blue
Frasier
The X-Files
Wilder Napalm
The Music of Chance
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
The Naked Truth
Equinox
Wild Card
White Sands
Killer Image
Home Improvement
Fourth Story
The Flash
The Civil War
Narrow Margin
The Flash
Chattahoochee
Love and Lies
Catch Me If You Can
Thunderground
Tales from the Crypt
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
The Mighty Quinn
Unsub
Brotherhood of the Rose
Red Scorpion
War Party
Clean and Sober
Sunset
The Milagro Beanfield War
No Man's Land
Harry and the Hendersons
Murder Ordained
Raising Arizona
Abduction
Broken Vows
Back to School
The Deliberate Stranger
Resting Place
Critters
Wildcats
The Best of Times
The Right of the People
Amazing Stories
The Twilight Zone
Fletch
Blood Simple
Courage
Grandview, U.S.A.
The Outlaws
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Scandalous
Silkwood
The Hitchhiker
Night Partners
AfterMASH
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Blade Runner
The Escape Artist
Fast-Walking
Cannery Row
Reds
Back Roads
Hellinger's Law
East of Eden
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Ordinary People
Raise the Titanic
Brubaker
City in Fear
Skag
The Gift
The Jerk
The French Atlantic Affair
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Dear Detective
No Other Love
Straight Time
A Question of Guilt
Superdome
Red Alert
Airport '77
Slap Shot
Nickelodeon
Bound for Glory
The Invasion of Johnson County
Starsky & Hutch
Crime Club
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
At Long Last Love
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Baretta
The Gambler
The Rockford Files
Little House on the Prairie
Serpico
Kid Blue
The Bob Newhart Show
The Waltons
Get to Know Your Rabbit
What's Up, Doc?
McMillan and Wife
Nichols
They Might Be Giants
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Cold Turkey
All in the Family
Little Big Man
The Traveling Executioner
Arnie
End of the Road
Alice's Restaurant
Stiletto
Midnight Cowboy
Ironside
Bonanza
The Wonderful World of Disney: Presented by Disney+
Hallmark Hall of Fame