M. Emmet Walsh
Michael Emmet Walsh was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles as Earl Frank in Straight Time (1978), the Madman in The Jerk (1979), Captain Bryant in Blade Runner (1982), Harv in Critters (1986), and Walt Scheel in Christmas with the Kranks (2004). He starred as private detective Loren Visser in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen brothers' first film, for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.
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🎬 Movies
Brothers
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2024
A Little White Lie
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2023
The Immaculate Room
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2022
The Mimic
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2021
Knives Out
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2019
Change in the Air
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2018
Shifting Gears
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2018
Boiling Pot
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2015
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
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2015
Calvary
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2014
Arthur Newman
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2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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2012
The Assignment
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2010
Youth in Revolt
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2009
Don McKay
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2009
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
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2007
Big Stan
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2007
Man in the Chair
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2007
Racing Stripes
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2005
Christmas with the Kranks
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2004
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
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2003
Snow Dogs
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2002
Poor White Trash
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2000
Jack of Hearts
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2000
Monster!
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1999
The Iron Giant
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1999
Me and Will
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1999
Wild Wild West
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1999
Men in White
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1998
Twilight
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1998
My Best Friend's Wedding
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1997
The Killing Jar
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1997
Retroactive
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1997
Albino Alligator
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1997
Romeo + Juliet
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1996
The Lottery
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1996
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
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1995
Panther
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1995
Probable Cause
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1994
The Glass Shield
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1994
Camp Nowhere
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1994
Wilder Napalm
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1993
The Music of Chance
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1993
The Naked Truth
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1992
Equinox
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1992
White Sands
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1992
Killer Image
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1992
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
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1991
Fourth Story
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1991
Narrow Margin
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1990
Chattahoochee
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1990
The Mighty Quinn
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1989
Red Scorpion
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1988
Clean and Sober
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1988
Sunset
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1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
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1988
No Man's Land
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1987
Harry and the Hendersons
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1987
Murder Ordained
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1987
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
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1987
Back to School
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1986
The Deliberate Stranger
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1986
Resting Place
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1986
Critters
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1986
Wildcats
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1986
The Best of Times
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1986
Fletch
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1985
Blood Simple
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1985
Missing in Action
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1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
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1984
The Pope of Greenwich Village
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1984
Scandalous
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1984
Silkwood
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1983
Blade Runner
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1982
The Escape Artist
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1982
Fast-Walking
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1982
Cannery Row
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1982
Reds
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1981
Back Roads
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1981
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
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1980
Ordinary People
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1980
Raise the Titanic
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1980
Brubaker
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1980
City in Fear
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1980
Skag
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1980
The Jerk
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1979
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
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1979
No Other Love
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1979
Straight Time
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1978
A Question of Guilt
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1978
Red Alert
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1977
Airport '77
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1977
Slap Shot
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1977
Mikey and Nicky
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1976
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
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1975
At Long Last Love
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1975
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
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1975
The Gambler
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1974
Kid Blue
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1973
Get to Know Your Rabbit
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1972
What's Up, Doc?
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1972
They Might Be Giants
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1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
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1971
Little Big Man
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1970
The Traveling Executioner
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1970
End of the Road
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1970
