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
The Expendables (2010)
as Tool
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
as Marv
Year of the Dragon (1985)
as Stanley White
Man on Fire (2004)
as Jordan Kalfus
Sin City (2005)
as Marv
Body Heat (1981)
as Teddy Lewis
Immortals (2011)
as King Hyperion
Wild Orchid (1989)
as James Wheeler
Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)
as John
Girl (2020)
as Sheriff
Thursday (1998)
as Kasarov
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
as Billy Chambers
The Rainmaker (1997)
as Bruiser Stone
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
as Harley Davidson
Killshot (2008)
as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
Heaven's Gate (1980)
as Nick Ray
Rumble Fish (1983)
as The Motorcycle Boy
Angel Heart (1987)
as Harry Angel
The Wrestler (2008)
as Randy
Barfly (1987)
as Henry Chinaski
Double Team (1997)
as Stavros
Eureka (1983)
as Aurelio D'Amato
13 (2010)
as Jefferson
1941 (1979)
as Reese
The Pledge (2001)
as Jim Olstad
Passion Play (2011)
as Nate
Faye (2024)
as Self
Get Carter (2000)
as Cyrus Paice
Jade (2024)
as Tork
Domino (2005)
as Ed Mosbey
Ashby (2015)
as Ashby Holt
Buffalo '66 (1998)
as The Bookie
kid 90 (2021)
as Self
The Informers (2008)
as Peter
Section 8 (2022)
as Earl Atherton
Johnny Handsome (1989)
as Johnny Handsome
Bring the Law (2026)
as Gargos
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
as Edmund
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
Actor
Stormbreaker (2006)
as Darrius Sayle
3 Days Rising (2026)
as Willy T
Bob Lazar: Area 51 and Flying Saucers (2018)
as Self - The Narrator (voice)
Spun (2003)
as The Cook
Mad Props (2024)
as Self
Hollywood Banker (2014)
as Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Animal Factory (2000)
as Jan the Actress
The Commando (2022)
as Johnny
White Sands (1992)
as Gorman Lennox
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' (2007)
as Self
Berlin, I Love You (2019)
as Jim
Bullet (1996)
as Butch 'Bullet' Stein
A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
as Martin Fallon
Nightmare Cinema (2018)
as The Projectionist
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
as Charlie
Blunt Force Trauma (2015)
as Zorringer
She's Still Here (—)
as Father Scott
Desperate Hours (1990)
as Michael Bosworth
Another 9 1/2 Weeks (1997)
as John Gray
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
WarHunt (2022)
as Major Johnson
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man (2023)
Actor
The Courier (2012)
as Maxwell
War Pigs (2015)
as Major A.J. Redding
Out in Fifty (1999)
as Jack Bracken
A Hitman in London (2015)
as Vogel
Java Heat (2013)
as Malik
Dead in Tombstone (2013)
as Lucifer
Hyung (2008)
as Jack
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Take Back (2021)
as Patrick / Jack
Belmondo l'influenceur (2020)
as Self
Devil's Play (2025)
as Reverend Beau Jackson
The Last Outlaw (1993)
as Graff
The Legion (2020)
as Corbulo
Adverse (2021)
as Kaden
Merchandise (—)
as Patrick
Diner (1982)
as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
The Palace (2023)
as Bill Crush
Point Blank (1998)
as Rudy Ray
I Am Bruce Lee (2012)
as Self
Night Walk (2019)
as Gary
Weaponized (2016)
as Professor Clarence Peterson
Man of God (2021)
as Paralyzed Man
Fade to Black (1980)
as Richie
The Mob Priest (—)
as Jared McKendry
National Lampoon's Hollywood Heist (—)
Actor
The Roaring Game (2026)
as The Plow King
Love in the Hamptons (1976)
as Swede
One Night in Vegas (2010)
as Self
Within the Ring (2009)
as Self
Picture Claire (2001)
as Eddie
F.T.W. (1994)
as Frank T. Wells
Hunt Club (2023)
as Virgil
Homeboy (1988)
as Johnny Walker
Francesco (1989)
as Francesco
Not Another Church Movie (2024)
as Devil
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980)
as John Rideout
Bisping (2021)
as Self
La Traversée du désir (2009)
as Self
Sunset Strip (2012)
as Self
Generation Iron (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Murder at Hollow Creek (2024)
as Ruslan Petrovic
Meet Mickey Rourke (1994)
as Self
Chuck Zito: An American Story (2024)
as Self
Act of Love (1980)
as Joseph Cybulkowski
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' (2010)
as Self
Fall Time (1995)
as Florence
Murder Motel (2023)
as Dino
WWE WrestleMania XXV (2009)
as Self
Black November (2012)
as Tom Hudson
City in Fear (1980)
as Tony Pate
A Walking Miracle (—)
as Jack
The Follow (2001)
as Husband
Like Tears in Rain (2024)
as Self
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' (2005)
as Self
They Crawl (2001)
as Tiny Frakes
Tiger (2018)
as Frank Donovan
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks (2025)
as Self
Exit in Red (1997)
as Ed Altman
Shades (1999)
as Paul S. Sullivan
42nd Street: River to River (2009)
as Self
Thicker Than Blood (1998)
as Father Frank Larkin
Shergar (1999)
as Gavin O'Rourke
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini (2013)
as Self
21 Rubies (2023)
as Mickey Mandovanis