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Mickey Rourke

Acting 73 years old Schenectady, New York, USA ★ 3.3
Born: September 16, 1952

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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Known For

Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 Ivan Vanko 2010
The Expendables
The Expendables Tool 2010
Man on Fire
Man on Fire Jordan Kalfus 2004
Sin City
Sin City Marv 2005
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Marv 2014

Jimmy's Seen (3)

Body Heat
Body Heat Teddy Lewis 1981
Buffalo '66
Buffalo '66 The Bookie 1998
Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988

Filmography

Acting Credits (152)

Bring the Law
Bring the Law Gargos 2026
The Roaring Game
The Roaring Game The Plow King 2026
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks Self 2025
Devil's Play
Devil's Play Reverend Beau Jackson 2025
Like Tears in Rain
Like Tears in Rain Self 2024
Faye
Faye Self 2024
Not Another Church Movie
Not Another Church Movie Devil 2024
Jade
Jade Tork 2024
Murder at Hollow Creek
Murder at Hollow Creek Ruslan Petrovic 2024
Chuck Zito: An American Story
Chuck Zito: An American Story Self 2024
Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream
Celebrity Big Brother: Live Stream Self - Housemate 2024
Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live
Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live Self - Housemate 2024
Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother Self - Housemate 2024
Mad Props
Mad Props Self 2024
21 Rubies
21 Rubies Mickey Mandovanis 2023
The Palace
The Palace Bill Crush 2023
Murder Motel
Murder Motel Dino 2023
Hunt Club
Hunt Club Virgil 2023
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées Self (archive footage) 2022
Section 8
Section 8 Earl Atherton 2022
WarHunt
WarHunt Major Johnson 2022
The Commando
The Commando Johnny 2022
Man of God
Man of God Paralyzed Man 2021
Take Back
Take Back Patrick / Jack 2021
Adverse
Adverse Kaden 2021
Bisping
Bisping Self 2021
Girl
Girl Sheriff 2020
Belmondo l'influenceur
Belmondo l'influenceur Self 2020
The Legion
The Legion Corbulo 2020
Berlin, I Love You
Berlin, I Love You Jim 2019
Night Walk
Night Walk Gary 2019
Losers
Losers Self 2019
The Masked Singer
The Masked Singer Gremlin 2019
The Masked Singer
The Masked Singer Self 2019
The Masked Singer
The Masked Singer Gremlin (archive footage) 2019
Tiger
Tiger Frank Donovan 2018
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers Self - The Narrator (voice) 2018
Nightmare Cinema
Nightmare Cinema The Projectionist 2018
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! 2018
Weaponized
Weaponized Professor Clarence Peterson 2016
Blunt Force Trauma
Blunt Force Trauma Zorringer 2015
War Pigs
War Pigs Major A.J. Redding 2015
Ashby
Ashby Ashby Holt 2015
A Hitman in London
A Hitman in London Vogel 2015
Hollywood Banker
Hollywood Banker Self 2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Marv 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
Dead in Tombstone
Dead in Tombstone Lucifer 2013
Generation Iron
Generation Iron Narrator (voice) 2013
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini Self 2013
Java Heat
Java Heat Malik 2013
Black November
Black November Tom Hudson 2012
The Courier
The Courier Maxwell 2012
Sunset Strip
Sunset Strip Self 2012
I Am Bruce Lee
I Am Bruce Lee Self 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (archive footage) 2012
Immortals
Immortals King Hyperion 2011
David Haye versus
David Haye versus Self 2011
Passion Play
Passion Play Nate 2011
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' Self 2010
One Night in Vegas
One Night in Vegas Self 2010
The Day Before
The Day Before Self 2010
The Expendables
The Expendables Tool 2010
Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 Ivan Vanko 2010
13
13 Jefferson 2010
42nd Street: River to River
42nd Street: River to River Self 2009
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Alan Carr: Chatty Man Self 2009
Within the Ring
Within the Ring Self 2009
WWE WrestleMania XXV
WWE WrestleMania XXV Self 2009
La Traversée du désir
La Traversée du désir Self 2009
Killshot
Killshot Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas 2008
The Informers
The Informers Peter 2008
Hyung
Hyung Jack 2008
The Wrestler
The Wrestler Randy 2008
Projectorparishilton
Projectorparishilton Self - Guest 2008
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' Self 2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show Self 2007
Stormbreaker
Stormbreaker Darrius Sayle 2006
Domino
Domino Ed Mosbey 2005
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' Self (archive footage) 2005
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' Self 2005
Sin City
Sin City Marv 2005
Man on Fire
Man on Fire Jordan Kalfus 2004
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Once Upon a Time in Mexico Billy Chambers 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Self 2003
Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous Edmund 2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Celebrity Naked Ambition Self (archive footage) 2003
Spun
Spun The Cook 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self - Guest 2003
V Graham Norton
V Graham Norton Self 2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self 2001
Picture Claire
Picture Claire Eddie 2001
The Follow
The Follow Husband 2001
The Hire
The Hire Husband 2001
They Crawl
They Crawl Tiny Frakes 2001
The Pledge
The Pledge Jim Olstad 2001
Animal Factory
Animal Factory Jan the Actress 2000
Get Carter
Get Carter Cyrus Paice 2000
Shades
Shades Paul S. Sullivan 1999
Out in Fifty
Out in Fifty Jack Bracken 1999
Shergar
Shergar Gavin O'Rourke 1999
Thursday
Thursday Kasarov 1998
Thicker Than Blood
Thicker Than Blood Father Frank Larkin 1998
Point Blank
Point Blank Rudy Ray 1998
Buffalo '66
Buffalo '66 The Bookie 1998
The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker Bruiser Stone 1997
Exit in Red
Exit in Red Ed Altman 1997
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
Another 9 1/2 Weeks John Gray 1997
Double Team
Double Team Stavros 1997
Bullet
Bullet Butch 'Bullet' Stein 1996
Fall Time
Fall Time Florence 1995
F.T.W.
F.T.W. Frank T. Wells 1994
Meet Mickey Rourke
Meet Mickey Rourke Self 1994
The Last Outlaw
The Last Outlaw Graff 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman Self - Guest 1993
Raw
Raw Self (archive footage) 1993
GMTV
GMTV Self 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Self 1992
White Sands
White Sands Gorman Lennox 1992
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man Harley Davidson 1991
Desperate Hours
Desperate Hours Michael Bosworth 1990
Wild Orchid
Wild Orchid James Wheeler 1989
Johnny Handsome
Johnny Handsome Johnny Handsome 1989
Francesco
Francesco Francesco 1989
Homeboy
Homeboy Johnny Walker 1988
A Prayer for the Dying
A Prayer for the Dying Martin Fallon 1987
Barfly
Barfly Henry Chinaski 1987
Angel Heart
Angel Heart Harry Angel 1987
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Nine 1/2 Weeks John 1986
Year of the Dragon
Year of the Dragon Stanley White 1985
The Pope of Greenwich Village
The Pope of Greenwich Village Charlie 1984
Rumble Fish
Rumble Fish The Motorcycle Boy 1983
Eureka
Eureka Aurelio D'Amato 1983
Diner
Diner Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell 1982
Body Heat
Body Heat Teddy Lewis 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? Self 1981
Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate Nick Ray 1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case John Rideout 1980
Fade to Black
Fade to Black Richie 1980
Act of Love
Act of Love Joseph Cybulkowski 1980
City in Fear
City in Fear Tony Pate 1980
1941
1941 Reese 1979
Love in the Hamptons
Love in the Hamptons Swede 1976
Spécial cinéma
Spécial cinéma Self 1974
National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist
National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist
The Mob Priest
The Mob Priest Jared McKendry
Merchandise
Merchandise Patrick
She's Still Here
She's Still Here Father Scott
A Walking Miracle
A Walking Miracle Jack
3 Days Rising
3 Days Rising Willy T

Writing Credits (2)

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