Mickey Rourke
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 16, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Schenectady, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist
Movie
Merchandise
Movie · as Patrick
The Mob Priest
Movie · as Jared McKendry
She's Still Here
Movie · as Father Scott
A Walking Miracle
Movie · as Jack
Bring the Law
Movie · as Gargos
The Roaring Game
Movie · as The Plow King
3 Days Rising
Movie · as Willy T
Devil's Play
Movie · as Reverend Beau Jackson
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Movie · as Self
Murder at Hollow Creek
Movie · as Ruslan Petrovic
Not Another Church Movie
Movie · as Devil
Mad Props
Movie · as Self
Faye
Movie · as Self
Jade
Movie · as Tork
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Movie · as Self
Like Tears in Rain
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream
TV · as Self - Housemate · 18 eps
Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live
TV · as Self - Housemate · 17 eps
Murder Motel
Movie · as Dino
The Palace
Movie · as Bill Crush
21 Rubies
Movie · as Mickey Mandovanis
Hunt Club
Movie · as Virgil
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
Movie
Section 8
Movie · as Earl Atherton
WarHunt
Movie · as Major Johnson
The Commando
Movie · as Johnny
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Bisping
Movie · as Self
Adverse
Movie · as Kaden
Take Back
Movie · as Patrick / Jack
Man of God
Movie · as Paralyzed Man
kid 90
Movie · as Self
The Legion
Movie · as Corbulo
Girl
Movie · as Sheriff
Belmondo l'influenceur
Movie · as Self
Berlin, I Love You
Movie · as Jim
Night Walk
Movie · as Gary
The Masked Singer
TV · as Gremlin, Self, Gremlin (archive footage)
Losers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tiger
Movie · as Frank Donovan
Nightmare Cinema
Movie · as The Projectionist
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
Movie · as Self - The Narrator (voice)
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Movie
Weaponized
Movie · as Professor Clarence Peterson
A Hitman in London
Movie · as Vogel
Ashby
Movie · as Ashby Holt
War Pigs
Movie · as Major A.J. Redding
Blunt Force Trauma
Movie · as Zorringer
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Movie · as Marv
Hollywood Banker
Movie · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Dead in Tombstone
Movie · as Lucifer
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini
Movie · as Self
Generation Iron
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Java Heat
Movie · as Malik
I Am Bruce Lee
Movie · as Self
The Courier
Movie · as Maxwell
Black November
Movie · as Tom Hudson
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Sunset Strip
Movie · as Self
Immortals
Movie · as King Hyperion
Passion Play
Movie · as Nate
David Haye versus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Iron Man 2
Movie · as Ivan Vanko
The Expendables
Movie · as Tool
13
Movie · as Jefferson
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Movie · as Self
One Night in Vegas
Movie · as Self
The Day Before
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Within the Ring
Movie · as Self
WWE WrestleMania XXV
Movie · as Self
La Traversée du désir
Movie · as Self
42nd Street: River to River
Movie · as Self
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Wrestler
Movie · as Randy
Killshot
Movie · as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
The Informers
Movie · as Peter
Hyung
Movie · as Jack
Projectorparishilton
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Stormbreaker
Movie · as Darrius Sayle
Sin City
Movie · as Marv
Domino
Movie · as Ed Mosbey
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
Movie · as Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Man on Fire
Movie · as Jordan Kalfus
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Movie · as Billy Chambers
Masked and Anonymous
Movie · as Edmund
Spun
Movie · as The Cook
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Pledge
Movie · as Jim Olstad
Picture Claire
Movie · as Eddie
The Follow
Movie · as Husband
They Crawl
Movie · as Tiny Frakes
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Hire
TV · as Husband · 1 ep
Get Carter
Movie · as Cyrus Paice
Animal Factory
Movie · as Jan the Actress
Shades
Movie · as Paul S. Sullivan
Out in Fifty
Movie · as Jack Bracken
Shergar
Movie · as Gavin O'Rourke
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV · 1 ep
Buffalo '66
Movie · as The Bookie
Thursday
Movie · as Kasarov
Point Blank
Movie · as Rudy Ray
Thicker Than Blood
Movie · as Father Frank Larkin
The Rainmaker
Movie · as Bruiser Stone
Double Team
Movie · as Stavros
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
Movie · as John Gray
Exit in Red
Movie · as Ed Altman
Bullet
Movie · as Butch 'Bullet' Stein
Fall Time
Movie · as Florence
F.T.W.
Movie · as Frank T. Wells
Meet Mickey Rourke
Movie · as Self
The Last Outlaw
Movie · as Graff
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Raw
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
White Sands
Movie · as Gorman Lennox
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Movie · as Harley Davidson
Desperate Hours
Movie · as Michael Bosworth
The Word
TV · 1 ep
Johnny Handsome
Movie · as Johnny Handsome
Wild Orchid
Movie · as James Wheeler
Francesco
Movie · as Francesco
Homeboy
Movie · as Johnny Walker
Angel Heart
Movie · as Harry Angel
Barfly
Movie · as Henry Chinaski
A Prayer for the Dying
Movie · as Martin Fallon
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Movie · as John
Year of the Dragon
Movie · as Stanley White
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Movie · as Charlie
Rumble Fish
Movie · as The Motorcycle Boy
Eureka
Movie · as Aurelio D'Amato
Diner
Movie · as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
Body Heat
Movie · as Teddy Lewis
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Heaven's Gate
Movie · as Nick Ray
Fade to Black
Movie · as Richie
City in Fear
Movie · as Tony Pate
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Movie · as John Rideout
Act of Love
Movie · as Joseph Cybulkowski
1941
Movie · as Reese
Love in the Hamptons
Movie · as Swede
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep