M. Emmet Walsh
Born: 1935-03-22
• 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).
Filmography
Green and Gold
Brothers
Outlaw Posse
Dotty and Soul
A Little White Lie
The Immaculate Room
The Mimic
Knives Out
South of Bix
Raising Buchanan
Faith, Hope & Love
Sorry, Not Sorry
Change in the Air
Toto
Shifting Gears
Boiling Pot
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Calvary
Love Sick Love
Arthur Newman
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
Chasing 3000
The Assignment
Youth in Revolt
Don McKay
Haunted Echoes
Your Name Here
No Image
A True Character
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Big Stan
Man in the Chair
Greener Mountains
Racing Stripes
Christmas with the Kranks
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Baggage
Snow Dogs
Eyeball Eddie
Christmas in the Clouds
Poor White Trash
Jack of Hearts
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Random Hearts
Monster!
The Iron Giant
Me and Will
Wild Wild West
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
Men in White
No Image
Erasable You
Chairman of the Board
Twilight
My Best Friend's Wedding
The Killing Jar
Retroactive
Albino Alligator
Romeo + Juliet
The Lottery
A Time to Kill
Portraits of a Killer
Criminal Hearts
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Panther
Dead Badge
Relative Fear
Probable Cause
The Glass Shield
Camp Nowhere
Cops & Robbersons
No Image
Madness of Method
Bitter Harvest
Wilder Napalm
The Music of Chance
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
The Naked Truth
Equinox
Wild Card
White Sands
Killer Image
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
No Image
Silverfox
Fourth Story
The Flash
The Flash
Narrow Margin
Chattahoochee
Love and Lies
Catch Me... If You Can
Thunderground
The Mighty Quinn
Red Scorpion
War Party
Clean and Sober
Sunset
The Milagro Beanfield War
No Man's Land
Harry and the Hendersons
Murder Ordained