Mickey Rourke
Born September 16, 1952 (Age: 73)
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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.
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
Not Another Church Movie
2024
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as Devil
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Age: 71
The Palace
2023
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as Bill Crush
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Age: 71
Ashby
2015
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as Ashby Holt
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Age: 62
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
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as Marv
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Age: 61
The Courier
2012
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as Maxwell
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Age: 59
Immortals
2011
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as King Hyperion
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Age: 59
Passion Play
2011
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as Nate
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Age: 58
The Expendables
2010
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as Tool
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Age: 57
Iron Man 2
2010
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as Ivan Vanko
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Age: 57
13
2010
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as Jefferson
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Age: 57
Killshot
2008
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as Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
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Age: 56
The Informers
2008
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as Peter
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Age: 56
The Wrestler
2008
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as Randy
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Age: 55
Stormbreaker
2006
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as Darrius Sayle
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Age: 53
Domino
2005
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as Ed Mosbey
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Age: 53
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 52
Sin City
2005
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as Marv
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Age: 52
Man on Fire
2004
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as Jordan Kalfus
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Age: 51
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
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as Billy Chambers
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Age: 50
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 50
Picture Claire
2001
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as Eddie
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Age: 48
The Pledge
2001
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as Jim Olstad
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Age: 48
Animal Factory
2000
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as Jan the Actress
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Age: 48
Get Carter
2000
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as Cyrus Paice
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Age: 48
Thursday
1998
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as Kasarov
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Age: 46
Buffalo '66
1998
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as The Bookie
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Age: 45
The Rainmaker
1997
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as Bruiser Stone
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Age: 45
Double Team
1997
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as Stavros
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Age: 44
Meet Mickey Rourke
1994
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as Self
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Age: 41
White Sands
1992
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as Gorman Lennox
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Age: 39
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
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as Harley Davidson
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Age: 38
Desperate Hours
1990
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as Michael Bosworth
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Age: 38
Wild Orchid
1989
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as James Wheeler
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Age: 37
Johnny Handsome
1989
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as Johnny Handsome
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Age: 36
A Prayer for the Dying
1987
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as Martin Fallon
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Age: 34
Barfly
1987
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as Henry Chinaski
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Age: 34
Angel Heart
1987
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as Harry Angel
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Age: 34
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
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as John
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Age: 33
Year of the Dragon
1985
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as Stanley White
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Age: 32
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
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as Charlie
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Age: 31
Rumble Fish
1983
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as The Motorcycle Boy
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Age: 31
Eureka
1983
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as Aurelio D'Amato
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Age: 30
Diner
1982
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as Robert 'Boogie' Sheftell
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Age: 29
Body Heat
1981
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as Teddy Lewis
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Age: 28
Heaven's Gate
1980
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as Nick Ray
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Age: 28
1941
1979
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as Reese
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Age: 27