M. Emmet Walsh
Acting
Born March 22, 1935 · 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), 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).
Films (168)
Green and Gold
2025
Brothers
2024
Outlaw Posse
2024
Dotty and Soul
2023
A Little White Lie
2023
The Immaculate Room
2022
The Mimic
2021
Knives Out
2019
South of Bix
2019
Raising Buchanan
2019
Faith, Hope & Love
2019
Sorry, Not Sorry
2019
Change in the Air
2018
Toto
2018
Shifting Gears
2018
Boiling Pot
2015
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015
Calvary
2014
Love Sick Love
2012
Arthur Newman
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
2011
Chasing 3000
2010
The Assignment
2010
Youth in Revolt
2009
Don McKay
2009
Haunted Echoes
2008
Your Name Here
2008
A True Character
2008
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
Big Stan
2007
Man in the Chair
2007
Greener Mountains
2005
Racing Stripes
2005
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003
Baggage
2003
Snow Dogs
2002
Eyeball Eddie
2001
Christmas in the Clouds
2001
Poor White Trash
2000
Jack of Hearts
2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000
Random Hearts
1999
Monster!
1999
The Iron Giant
1999
Me and Will
1999
Wild Wild West
1999
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
1998
Men in White
1998
Erasable You
1998
Chairman of the Board
1998
Twilight
1998
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997
The Killing Jar
1997
Retroactive
1997
Albino Alligator
1997
Romeo + Juliet
1996
The Lottery
1996
A Time to Kill
1996
Portraits of a Killer
1996
Criminal Hearts
1996
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1995
Panther
1995
Dead Badge
1995
Relative Fear
1994
Probable Cause
1994
The Glass Shield
1994
Camp Nowhere
1994
Cops & Robbersons
1994
Madness of Method
1994
Bitter Harvest
1993
Wilder Napalm
1993
The Music of Chance
1993
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
The Naked Truth
1992
Equinox
1992
Wild Card
1992
White Sands
1992
Killer Image
1992
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1991
Silverfox
1991
Fourth Story
1991
The Flash
1990
Narrow Margin
1990
Chattahoochee
1990
Love and Lies
1990
Catch Me... If You Can
1989
Thunderground
1989
The Mighty Quinn
1989
Red Scorpion
1988
War Party
1988
Clean and Sober
1988
Sunset
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
No Man's Land
1987
Harry and the Hendersons
1987
Murder Ordained
1987
Raising Arizona
1987
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987
Broken Vows
1987
Hero in the Family
1986
Back to School
1986
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
Resting Place
1986
Critters
1986
Wildcats
1986
The Best of Times
1986
The Right of the People
1986
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
1985
Fletch
1985
Blood Simple
1985
Missing in Action
1984
Courage
1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
The Outlaws
1984
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
Scandalous
1984
Silkwood
1983
Night Partners
1983
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983
Blade Runner
1982
The Escape Artist
1982
Fast-Walking
1982
Cannery Row
1982
Reds
1981
Back Roads
1981
Hellinger's Law
1981
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980
Ordinary People
1980
Raise the Titanic
1980
Brubaker
1980
City in Fear
1980
Skag
1980
The Gift
1979
The Jerk
1979
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979
Dear Detective
1979
No Other Love
1979
Straight Time
1978
A Question of Guilt
1978
Superdome
1978
Red Alert
1977
Airport '77
1977
Slap Shot
1977
Nickelodeon
1976
Mikey and Nicky
1976
Bound for Glory
1976
The Invasion of Johnson County
1976
Crime Club
1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975
At Long Last Love
1975
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975
The Gambler
1974
Serpico
1973
Kid Blue
1973
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972
What's Up, Doc?
1972
They Might Be Giants
1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
Cold Turkey
1971
Little Big Man
1970
The Traveling Executioner
1970
End of the Road
1970
Alice's Restaurant
1969
Stiletto
1969
Midnight Cowboy
1969