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14 Facts About Michael Rooney

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Michael Joseph Kyle Rooney was born on March 30,1962 and is an American dancer and choreographer.

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Michael Rooney is the last surviving son of actor Mickey Rooney, and is best known for his work on music videos.

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Michael Rooney was born on March 30,1962, at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California.

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Michael Rooney is the son of Mickey Rooney and the former Barbara Ann Thomason.

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In December 1965, when Michael Rooney was not yet four years old, his father filed for divorce after learning his wife was romantically interested in actor Milos Milosevic, but then the couple reconciled.

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Michael Rooney started dancing after obtaining a part in his high school's production of West Side Story.

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Michael Rooney became a choreographer who has won MTV Video Music Awards for best choreography for the videos to both Bjork's It's Oh So Quiet.

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Michael Rooney was the co-producer and choreographer for VH1's Hit the Floor for the year 2013.

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Michael Rooney choreographed the major dance sequence in the film 500 Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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Michael Rooney did the choreography for Miley Cyrus and her Younger Now 2017 MTV VMA performance.

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Michael Rooney's work has included choreographing Michael Jackson's You Rock My World, Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out of My Head and Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice.

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Michael Rooney has done choreography for advertisements, including Mother's Cookies, Diesel Jeans and Baileys.

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That was the only film that he and his father both worked on, for Mickey Michael Rooney had a small cameo part in the musical.

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Michael Rooney worked on the television film Lovestruck: The Musical.