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