Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 16, 1952
Place of Birth
Schenectady, New York, USA
Credits
154 titles
Mickey Rourke
Biography
Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. (born September 16, 1952) is an American actor and former boxer who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films. During the star of the 1980s, Rourke played supporting roles in films like Body Heat (1981) and Diner (1982), before portraying leading roles in films like The Motorcycle Boy in Rumble Fish (1983), Charlie Moran in The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), Captain Stanley White in Year of the Dragon and John Gray in 9½ Weeks (1986). He received critical praise for his work in the Charles Bukowski biopic Barfly and the horror mystery Angel Heart (both 1987). In 1991, following a string of critical and commercial failures, Rourke—who trained as a boxer in his early years—left acting and became a professional boxer for a time. After retiring from boxing in 1994, Rourke returned to acting and had supporting roles in several films such as The Rainmaker (1997), Buffalo '66 (1998), Animal Factory, Get Carter (both 2000), The Pledge (2001), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Man on Fire (2004) and Domino (2005). In 2005, Rourke made a comeback in mainstream Hollywood circles with a lead role in the neo-noir action thriller Sin City, for which he won awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the Irish Film and Television Awards, and the Online Film Critics Society. This comeback culminated in his portraying aging wrestler Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in the sports drama film The Wrestler (2008). For the role, Rourke won the Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. After this, Rourke appeared in several commercially successful films; Iron Man 2, The Expendables (both 2010) and Immortals (2011), before primarily going on to work in independent and direct-to-video productions.
Known For
Filmography
Bring the Law
Gargos
The Roaring Game
The Plow King
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Self
Devil's Play
Reverend Beau Jackson
Like Tears in Rain
Self
Faye
Self
Not Another Church Movie
Devil
Jade
Tork
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Self
Murder at Hollow Creek
Ruslan Petrovic
Celebrity Big Brother
Self - Housemate
Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live
Self - Housemate
Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream
Self - Housemate
Mad Props
Self
21 Rubies
Mickey Mandovanis
The Palace
Bill Crush
Murder Motel
Dino
Hunt Club
Virgil
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
Section 8
Earl Atherton
WarHunt
Major Johnson
The Commando
Johnny
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
Man of God
Paralyzed Man
Take Back
Patrick / Jack
Adverse
Kaden
Bisping
Self
Girl
Sheriff
Belmondo l'influenceur
Self
The Legion
Corbulo
Berlin, I Love You
Jim
Night Walk
Gary
Losers
Self
The Masked Singer
Gremlin
Tiger
Frank Donovan
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
Self - The Narrator (voice)
Nightmare Cinema
The Projectionist
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Weaponized
Professor Clarence Peterson
House of Time
Thanks
Blunt Force Trauma
Zorringer
War Pigs
Major A.J. Redding
Ashby
Ashby Holt
A Hitman in London
Vogel
Hollywood Banker
Self
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Marv
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Dead in Tombstone
Lucifer
Generation Iron
Narrator (voice)